The sun., 1919-10-22
PEOPLE DOMINATE
U. s., SAYS HEDGES
Men and Women of Canadian
Club Told America Never
Will Be Isolated.
NO POvERTY,HE DECLARES
War Correspondent Among
the Speakers at Monthly
Dinner at Biltmore.

The Canadian Club of New York.
Dominion constantly in the minds of her
New York sons anG daughters by getting
them together with frequency and in
numbers. held one of its monthly dinners
ut the Hotel Biltmore last night, with
music to stir the pulses and oratory to
rouse the soul.
Tho speakers were Job f Hedges,
George Herbert Perris. the English war
correspondent, and Mark Sheldon. Com
missioner from Australia. Miss Edith
Dodge Sinclair ana Charles Hart sang
between the speeches. Every now and
then the men and women gathered at the
tables sang America" and God Save
the King"
1t was Mr.. Hedges. whose repute for
after dinner wit increases as the years
so on, who held the attention of the
diners in the longest speech OF the eve
ming, and upon matters touching the
American character as 1t must or may
appear to travellers newly In this coun-
try. His address was In the main
prompted by remarks of Mr.. Perris, who
preceded him and who made 1t clear that
he did not as yet have his New York
by rote.
II am surprised" Mr.. Perris had said,
"to And that there is 50 thriving a club
Of Canadians in this city but then I
cannot be expected to keep abreast of
all that has been going on on both sides
OF the Atlantic these last few years, for
the last speech / can remember TO have
made was at a gathering of correspon-
dents in a subcellar forming part of the
citadel of Verdun the night before the
first Verdun battle.
Mr. Perris then explained that from
the war front he had been despatched to
Paris to report the deliberations of the
Peace Conference and told his hearers
that some sort of a covenant or agree
ment between the great Powers of the
world was necessary to the worlds
peace.
you can't expect perfect peace or a
perfect league" he said. II say with all
reverence that even II archansels in
stead of statesmen had met at the con-
ference the peace formulated would have
been no better than the best possible in
the time allowed and at the time"
Wherefore Mr.. Hedges, when his turn
came, explained that neither Mr.. Ferris
nor any other newcomer to American
soil was to worry about the heart and
conscience OF this nation.
You must not give too great a credi-
bility." he insisted, ito persons you will
hear on platforms and elsewhere claim
ing to represent the people without au-
thority from the people, and clamorins
for the rights Of the downtrodden when
there are no downtrodden. There are
no poor in the United States. The only
ones who are losing money are those
who already have money; a few are
paying out some of their accumulation in
wages to worthy mechanics, who some
times give them something for their
money and sometimes do not.
You must understand there are two
classes of government in the United
States, government by those in Office and
those out. Ultimately the voice OF the
pc ople Is heard and It dominates. 1t was
the people, not the orators. who went to
war and helped win ii. On the score
of the worlds future you can all make
your minds easy; the United States.
whether 1t becomes part of league
or not, never can live in an isolated fash
| ion when right and wrong make up the
| issue"