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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1906.
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WRECK OFTHE DIX
Taken From Sound
Near Alki Point.
FORTY-NINE REPORTED TRUSSING
Sunken Vessel Lies in 100
Fathoms of Water.
MANY BODIES IMPRISONED
President Roosevelt Is Urged by the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce to
Order a Searching Inquiry
Into the Disaster.
ADDED TO LIST OF MISSIJ.G.
C. T. Bennett, tartendr, rest-
dDce unkrcwn. 5
Axel Carlson, planrman, Port
Blakeley mill.
J. W Geal. Sherlock, Wash.
Frank Gordon, Port Blakeley
mill.
George Lubbe.rlnsr. Port Blakeley.
Mrs. George Lubberlng, Port
Blakeley.
Mr. H. Rubbering, Port Blake
ley. Mlm Lubberlng. her daughter.
Albert AIcDrury. tallymaa, Port
B'-sk.-iey.
William McKntght. Seattle,.
William Maher, Port Blakeley
mill
A. C. Reynolds. Port Blakeley
mill.
Jamen Sloan. tallyman. Port
Blakeley mill.
Josepo E. Conway, lumber sur
veyor. Edward Jones, foremaji Bothc
chlld JonM, Port Blakeley.
I'an Read.
Charles Williams,, sawyer, Bal
lard mill.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. IS (fpeciaL
Th first body of the 4.1 victims of the
dlfafter which occurred within sight of
the Feattle waterfront and West Seattle
Sunday night, in which the steamer Dtx !
was inn down hy the Alaska steamship
Jcanie. sinking Instantly, was recovered
hetween TVest Seattle and Alki Point to
day. The body was that of Albert Mc
Donald, a lumber surveyor, of Port
Blakeley. Of the known missing the
names of 4" have been vouched for. The
Commercial Club of Seattle has passed
strong resolutions, addressed to Presi
dent Roosevelt, urging that special in
structions be given by the Executive to
the United States marine officers to con
duct a searching inquiry into the disaster
and ' order the strict enforcement of every
statute, governing the case.'' The reso
lutions call for the extreme penalty for
violation of rules if the responsibility
can be placed.
Port Blakeley Is in mourning, the mills
are not running and special preparations
are on foot to hold memorial service.
Long Swim for Life.
Two Filipino boys claim to have swam
ashore from the wreck to a Seattle dock,
a distance of six miles. Manuel Eepeto
and Eazzintia Garcia are the names.
They claim to be sailors. The story has
not yet bepn confirmed.
Marine Inspectors "Whitney an Turner
decided this, afternoon to hold a rigorous
Investigation into the loss of the Dix.
Their Inquiry will begin as soon as wit
r.'."f can be summoned.
The Dii lies in nearly lv fathomg of
water and it is doubtful whether she will
ever be raised. The owners of the boat
have turned her over to the under
writers, who expect to make some effort
to recover the steamer. Whether they
will drag for the boat or try blasting is
unsettled, but little hope of success is
entertained.
Dix Va6 About to Be Sold.
Had General Manager Grant, of the
feattle Electric Company, returned in
time, the Dix would have been sold to
that company. XegotJatlona were prac
tically completed a week ago, but were
held up to await Grant's return. As it is,
J. E. Chilberg and A. B. C. Denniston
owned the boat. The Port Blakeley Mill
Company operated her under a lease.
By a curious coincidence, the Hoods
Canal steamer Perdita, passed over the
scene of the wreck early this morning
without knowing of the catastrophe. Chief
Engineer Parks, of the Dix. who drowned
in that boat, was the builder and part
owner of the Perdita.
Boats Can Find Xo Bodies.
All of the boats sent out to look for
bodies have returned and one cork
fender pirked up by the tug Tyee is the
net refult of their search. The tides off
the Feattle docks and from Alki Point
met half a mile north of the scene of
the disaster and the naturaj trend of the
drift is toward Jefferson Head.
Two log Jams have broken off
Duwamlsh Head and nine-tenths of the
logs were picked up at Jefferson Head.
With the view that if any bodies ever
come ashore they will be found in that
vicinity, a patrol has been started from
Kingston.
All but one of the fliers in the big
Port Blakeley mill were drowned In the
Dix accident, and the lumber plant
will have to be Idle until more help is
secured. Almost the entire " force of
lumber surveyors was aboard the boat,
returning to Port Blakeley, and half
of them were drowned.
Flags of every nation in the city are
hanging: at half-mast in Port Blakeley
today, and the entire population of
2000 has temporarily abandoned busi
ness pursuits to emphasize its grief
over the loss of the Dix. It is likely
Fort Ward will observe with military
exactitude the loss of its men.
COOPER KILLED BY AUTO
Xoted Automanlac Meets Sudden
Death in Collision.
NEW .YORK, Nov. 19. Tom Cooper, of
Detroit, well known as a bicycle rider and
automobilist, was instantly killed in an
automobile accident in Central Park late
tonight. Three companions were seri
ously injured and one of them, it Is be
lieved, will die.
The four were riding in Coopers auto
mobile when the machine collided with
another automobile on the drive. Cooper
was hurled 20 feet and struck upon hie
head. He was lifeless when picked up.
Daniel Barclow, of Paterson, N. J., a
cotton broker, was also thrown from the
machine and sustained a fracture of the
skull. At the hospital tonight it was
sajd he would probably die.
Miss Virginia Vernon, of Jerwy City,
N. J., and Miss Helen Hall, of this city,
the other occupants of the automobile.
Peabody, ex-Governor of
Colorado.
suffered severe injuries. All were re
moved to Roosevelt Hospital.
The occupants of the car with which
Cooper's machine collided were arrested.
GEORGIA CAYVAN IS DEAD
Noted Actress Passes Away in Ke
. treat on Long Island.-
NEW TOEK, Nov. 13. Miss Georgia
Cayvan, for years one of the most
popular actresses in this city, died
today in a sanitarium at Flushing. I. I ,
where she had been a patient for several
years. Miss Cayvan, who was 45 years of
age. was formerly a member of the old
Lyceum Stock Company of this city, of
which Daniel Frohman was manager.
About seven years ago the actress was
taken ill and was compelled to leave the
stage. A benefit was held and sufficient
money was raised to pay her expenses
the remainder of her life.
During her career on the stage. Miss
Cayvan took the prominent parts in the
"Charity Ball," "Sweet Lavender,"
"Americans Abroad." and "Squire Kate."
Miss Cayvan was one of the prime movers
in the Actors' Fund Fair, which was
held about 17 years ago In Madison Square
Garden. At the close of the fair she was
awarded a diamond star, having received
the most votes for the most popular
actress on the stage.
C. G. Lorillard-Spencer, Paris.
PARIS. Nov. 19. Charles G. Tjorillard
Spencer. of New York, brother of Prin
cess Cenci-Bolognetti, is dead.
WOULD NOT ACCEPT AGAIN
Root Speaks for Boosevelt and Is
Not Candidate Himself.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 19. Secre
tary of State Elihu Root during an in
terview, in which he alluded to polit
ical conditions and Presidential possi
bilities for 19ftS. was asked:
'Will Roosevelt accept a nomination
If tendered to him by the Repub
licans"? "No." replied Mr. Root. He will not.
His intention on that score has been
definitely and absolutely drawn out.
No. he won't accept It again."
"Your name is mentioned," was sug
gested. .
"I am not a candidate and won't be,"
was the reply.
Ciillette Must Stand Trial.
NEW YORK. Nov. 19. Justice Green
haum in the Superior Court today denied
the application of counsel for Walter
R. Gillette, of the Mutual Life Insur
ance Company, to dismiss an indictment
for perjury against Gillette.
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POWER OF STATE
TO SUPPRESS RIOT
Federal Court Declares Gover
nor of Colorado Is
Supreme.
RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE
Mover's Suit Against Peabody and
Bell Fails, State Having Same
Right as Individual to
Self-Preservation.
DENVER, Colo., Nov. 19. (Special.)
Ended is the latest chapter of the
Tellurlde ' war. Charles H. Moyer,
president of the Wrestern Federation
of Miners, has lost the suit growing
out of alleged illegal imprisonment by
the state militia under orders from
Governor Peabody and General Bell.
Judge R. E. Lewis, of the United States
District Court, today delivered an im
portant decision, in which he sustained
a demurrer by the defendants. Gov
ernor Peabody. ex-Adjutant-General
Sherman M. D. Bell and Bulkely Wells,
now Adjutant-General, to the effect
that Moyer had no rig-ht to bring suit
before the United States Court to re
cover $100,000 damages.
Power Cnder Martial Law.
The opinion is of importance because
it expresses at length the belief that
it is clearly within the power of a
state executive and of the military act
ing under his orders to imprison with
out trial, and because it declares im
prisonment and detention in prison
during martial law as within the con-
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TESTERDA Y'F Maximum temperature. 44
deg. ; minimum. 33.
TODAY'S Rain; slightly warmer: southerly
winds.
Foreign.
Kaiser William talks frankly Id answer to
critics- Page 5.
Church inventories resumed in France with
out "disturbance Page 3.
Threatening letters sent to the Pope.
Page 3.
National.
President reorganises Panama canal govern
ment, making Phonts epreme. Page 3.
Fulton ready to renew fight on Bristol. Page
14.
Discharge "f negro .troops susp'endecl and
white, officers may get into trouble.
Fage 3.
- Politics.
Root. Pays Roosevelt will not run again and
he himf-eif is not candidate for Presi
dent. Page 1.
Speeches at Kansas City banquet by Root
and South American ministers on Pan
Americanism. Pag- 1.
Domestic.
Federal Court declares Gov. Peabody had
power to suppress Telluride riots arid dis
misses Mover's suit. Page 1.
Episcopal court affirms sentence on Crap
sey. Page 5.
Jerome notifies Thaw to prepare for trial.
Page 2.
Bark Harry Morse, from Portland, arrives
at. Boston. Page 2
Woman murders employer in dispute about
wages. Page 4.
Commerce Commissioner Prouty discusses
car shortage and rates.
Peary's steamer sighted off Labrador coast.
Pa.ge 4.
Labor Federation advocate state laws
against, child labor.
Rain causes floods In Mississippi Valley:
deep snow in Texas. Page 4.
Paclflo Coast.
List of the mLsslng in the Dix disaster has
grown to 49 Page 1.
Robnett land fraud case goes to the Jury
at Moscow, Idaho. Page a.
Rev. s. M. Driver, formerly of Oregon, is
driven insane by drink. Page 16.
L. C. Dolley. Seattle timber dealer, indicted
for subornation of periury. Page 6.
Northern Pacific has trains running be
tween Seattle and Tacoma. Page 7.
Portland and Vicinity.
Four suicides committed in one day In
Portland. Page 5.
Ex-Superintendent Cook of Portage Ratl
wav arrested on graft charge. Page 11.
M. O. Lownsdale of Tamhlll County chal
lenges Hood River apple-growers to a
test. Page 11
Council committee draws up electric wire
ordinance. Page 10.
Southern Pacific, will put on third passen
ger train between Portland and San
Francisco Sunday. Page 11.
Will's high licence ordinance reported favor
ably by council committee. Fage 10.
New pipe line to North Albtna and Ports
mouth opened. Page lO.
Walter Stanley, aged lfi. who says he Is son
of Morrow. Or., bank caEhler. caugat in
act of robbing telephone box. Page 10.
Commercial and Marine.
War is on between beet and cane sugar refiners-
Fage 15.
Bullish sentiment in Chicago wheat market.
Page 15.
Advance in call money checks rise In stocks
Page 15.
Owner Peterson says steamship Geo- W. El
der will not sail tonight. Page 14.
Captain of barkentlne denies rescue of
woman on a spar. Page 14-
Sport.
Dan J. Kelly's record of 3-5 seconds for
the 100-yard dash confirmed by the
Amateur Athletic Union. Page 7.
STEAMSHIP JEANIE AND
stitutlon of the United States. Moyer
had claimed that his detention In the
Telluride bull pen was a violation of
the 14th amendment to the constitu
tion of the American political system
and an infringement of the right of
habeas corpus.
Starting with the preface that it had
been agreed by both parties to the con
troversy that the United States Court
should consider the proceedings of the
Colorado Court In all its phases, a
short history of the proceedings is
given and -then Judge Lewis says:
Stare's Right of Self-Defense.
"There is nothing in the Colorado
constitution to conflict with the 14th
amendment to the United States con
stitution. It is obvious that the pro
visions above quoted from the consti
tution of Colorado (referirng to the
power given the executive in time of
Insurrection) are but the emanation of
a sovereign power founded on neces
sity and inherent in every government.
It is sometimes likened to that of
self-defense. The life of a government
is like that of men. The latter has a
right to kill, in case of natural de
fense; the former has the right to
wage war for its own preservation.
When the dominion pf the mob becomes
so powerful that it cannot be stayed
h.y the civic authorities, it has the same
right to protect itself.
Government Only Can Decide.
"There is only one department of the
governmental organization that has the
right to determine the question
whether there is insurrection or not.
Governor Peabody had that power. The
political departments of the govern
ment have "always had that power. 'The
courts have never had it and it would
be absurd for them to try to exercise
it. Should a court say there was in
surrection in a community, the insur
rectionists could say there was not.
and there would be no way for the
court to enforce its declaration. That
the executive has the power to pass
pon this question of fact, and he
alone, is the principle advanced during
the Rhode Island trouble many years
ago by Chief Justice Taney and Justice
Treat of the highest court of the
United States. I therefore conclude
that the existence of insurrection as
declared in the Governor's proclama
tion is not issuable," rules Judge
Lewis.
LUST DP HILL'S FLOCK
RAILROAD MAX'S YOUNGEST
DAUGHTER TO MARRY.
Michael Gavin, Xew York Lawyer,
the Happy Man Bridal
Tour to Japan.
ST. PAUL, Nov. 19 (Special 1 Miss
Grtrud" Hill, the youngest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Jerome Hill, and
Michael Gavin. Jr., of New York City,
will be married at 11 o'clock Thursday
morning in St. Mary's Catholic Church
in St Paul.
There are only 40 pews in the church,
but the Hills have always attended this
small edifice. The list of guests, there
fore, could not be large, and only 300
invitations have been Issued to the wed
ding. Archbishop Ireland will officiate
an- will be assisted by Rev. Father Gib
bon and Rev. Father McNulty.
Miss Rachel Hill will be the maid of
honor and the bridesmaids will b Misses
Nanette Paschall of Seattle, Miss Mary
Hill of Washington. Miss Abbott and
Miss Clara Hill. Kenneth Clark, of New
York, who is a friend of the young at
torney, will be the best man. and the
ushers will include Mr. Gavin's brother,
John Gavin, of Memphis, Tenn.; John T.
Tallmade, Graham Douglas, Evander
Schjey. James N. Hill, of New York, and
Walter Hill, of St, "Paul.
Louis W. Hill will give a dinner in his
new country place near St. Paul tomor
row for Mr. Gavin and his friends, and
Miss Gertrude Hill will give a luncheon
at J. J. Hill's farm. North Oak, to her
sister. Mr. Gavin and the members of
their bridal party Wednesday afternoon.
After services on Thursday, there will be
a weddjng breakfast at J. J. Hill's resi
dence on Summit avenue, to which the
immediate members of the family and
very near friends have been invited. Then
will follow an extended tour, which may
be to Japan, it is stated.
HEART OF JTOWN BURNED
Fayette, Mississippi, Has Xothing
Left of Stores.
JACKSON. Miss.. Nov. 19. Practically
the entire business section of Fayette,
Miss., was destroyed by fire tonight, en
tailing a loss of about $75,000, partially
covered by insurance. The Are originated
In McGinniss' cafe, which was destroyed,
the flames rapidly spreading to the ad
poining buildings.
The telephone exchange was destroyed
and the grounding of the Western Union
wires makes it impossible to get details.
STEAMER DIX AND MAP SHOWING WHERE THEY COLLIDED
ss
SWORDS
-OVER RAILROADS
Harriman and Root Have De
bate at Kansas City
Banquet.
BREAK FROM PROGRAMME
Railroad President Wants More
Power for Railroads and Less
Criticism Statesman Says
More Control Is Seeded.
KANSAS CTTY, Mo., Nov. 13. The
most Interesting feature of the Commer
cial Club banquet last night had not
been announced beforehand. it being
Edward H. Harriman's criticism of
Government regulation of railroads and
Secretary of State Root's vigorous re
ply. Mr. Harrimon in his address said:
"I saw In. the papers that President
Hill, of the Great Northern, in an ad
dress before the commercial bodies of
Chicago, said that the country needs 100.
000 miles of railway. I feel sure Mr.
Hill was misquoted Two men now here
who heard his speech confirm me in that
belief. As they understood it and as
he probably said, the railroads need sid
ings, terminals and double tracks equal
to lOO.oon miles of new railway.
Give Railroads More Power.
"In his speech in Harrisburg recent
ly. President Roosevelt said that the
executive and legislative departments
of the Government should be given ad
ditional power to deal with public or
ganizations. If we are going to con
tinue to prosper, the power which
President Roosevelt desires added to
the Government. I hope, will be added
to the other organizations. I hope that
some of it will come our way. It is
impossible for a railway company or
large organization to carry on its
business properly, if the people are
constantly criticising. In the Union
Pacific Company no one man says what
the company will or will not d. I am
untiring only because I must be on
hand to hear conferences and try to
bring a body of men to one conclusion.
It is not easy if you always have to
turn to the legal departments and find
whether you may or not "
Here Mr. Harriman paused and turned
to Mr Raot. who sat two seats rear
ward. "It is often important to a city or a
country whether we do certain things,
whether we develop a territory," Mr.
Harriman continued, "or leave it dor
mant. Often we cannot give development
a start because of the action of certain
people for political prestige. I believe
there is to be a change of attitude which
soon is to be felt. The people are coming
to believe In Americanism and that
means fair play."
Root Accepts Challenge.
Mr. Root, accepted Mr. Harriman's
challenge promptly and prefaced his pre
pared sipeech by saying:
"Before I begin my talk on the subject
which has been assigned, I desire to
make a few remarks in answer to Mr.
Harriman. Mr. Harriman. I believe, in
his speech tonight would have us give
more power to the railroads.
"The experience I gained from a knowl
edge of railroad business in the State of
Missouri at a time when the railroads
were competing for business led me to
believe that the Just means of regulating
traffic, and railroad affairs is through the
railways themselves I believe it is just
to say that a wise law would be one that
would force the railroads to combine in
keeping the law a law that would pre
vent the railroads from breaking the law.
"I repeat that the best regulation can
be brought about by the railroads them
selves, if they will only do It. Their
power. Mr Harriman. should be supple
mented by Governmental control, such
that would prevent them from doing
wrong.
Xeed Control to Protect Weak.
"It is doubtless the case that a rail
road, by special compensation or special
rates can help to build up a bigger and
better business. Nevertheless the science
of Government always gives a chance.
The privilege of the railroads in discrim
inating In the matter of special rates and
compensations is too often abused, as we
have seen.
"It is the common tendency of rail
roads to give advantage to the wealthy
shipper against the weaker or smaller
one. It is that tendency so often dis
playeda tendency to crush the weak.
For this reason I say that it is necessary,
it is essential, to freedom and independ
ence that the railroads should be held
under control to prevent discrimination.
The slight advantage that the railroads
would gain by more power the power
that Mr. Harriman asks for would be so
greatly offset by the evil that such a
proposition would not be considered a
moment.
KAISER IS AN OPTIMIST
Talks Frankly to Dr. Ganghofer of
Views of Life.
MUNICH, Nov. 19. Emperor William
received Dr. Edward Ludwig Ganghofer,
the author, November 12, during His
Majesty's visit to Munich and talked with
extraordinary freedom regarding his way
of looking at life. Dr. Ganghofer. writing
to the Muenichener Neuste Nachrichten
today, says that the Emperor, referring
to the optimtistic vein pervading Dr.
Ganghofer's book, "Hoherschein" (High
Polish), said:
"I am an out-and-out optimist and noth
ing will prevent my continuing so to the
end of my life."
The Emperor described himself as a
man fully occupied with his work and
who believed In his work, and added:
Sherman Bell, ex-AdJiitant-General
of Colorado.
'I am determined to make progress, and
I would be pleased if others rightly un
derstood what I am aiming at and sup
ported me."
His alajesty referred to the difficult
position in which a man got when he
was suspicions and he quoted Dr. Gang
hofer's "Silence in the Forest," saying:
"He who is suspicious not only does in
justice to others but. injures himself. It
is our duty to regard others as being
good until they prove themselves to be
the contrary.
"According to this principle." said the
Emperor. "I have always treated every
body with whom I have had to deal. Of
course one will have some unpleasant ex
perience, but one must not be discouraged.
One must always approach life and hu
manity with renewed confidence."
The Emperor added: "One gets on much
further in life if one does not look at
everything with a pessimistic eye. and
this is equally true in politics. Without
doubt, the German people who have a fu
ture, and there is one word that annoys
me' whenever I hear it reich?n-erdrossen-heit
("translated as 'unwillingness of the
people to support the empire ). What is
the good of this? Let us rather work and
look to the future."
The Emperor, mentioning his frequent
journeys, said: "When I travel, especi
ally when I go into Scandinavian waters.
I am freed for a few weeks of all that
weighs on me. Yet people often take
amiss that which gives me such pleas
ure. I know I am called the traveling
Emperor," but I have always taken it aa
a joke.
"I love traveling, especially in my own
country. I thini the feeling of homeo
geneousness is strengthened thereby and
many Germans have no idea how beauti
ful our native land is and how much there
is to be seen. I am always glad when
I become acquainted with a new part of
Germany.
"I often feel inclined to jump into an
automobile and dash off for a couple of
days, returning full of energy and con
tentment. Such recreations, especially to
one In my responsible position, are very
indeed, doubly necessary, because I am
exposed to many misunderstandings and
am always In a. thankless position, as I
am conceded no independence. If I suc
ceed the whole world asks 'who was his
adviser?" and if I fail they say, he dud not
understand the matter."
"Regarding happenings which people
look on as a matter of course, in the case
of other Princes, in my case they. ask,
'Why did he do that?' and the only pos
sible answer 1b. 'Because l am working for
the good of the German empire and the
German people." "
The Emperor's utterances to Dr. Gang
hofer are regarded as a reply to the fre
quent criticisms recently of the excessive
introduction of the Emperor's personality
in the conduct of German affairs.
Receiver for German Insurance.
FREE PORT, 111, Nov. 19 The German
Insurance Company, which reinsured in
the Royal of Liverpool last week, was
placed In the hands of a receiver today,
the Chicago Trust & Title Company
being named.
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TIGHTENS BONDS
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Root Speaks for Justice
Among Nations.
DIPLOMATS' READY RESPONSE
South America Welcomes
United States Citizens.
OUR PLACE AMONG NATIONS
Minister Cortes, of Colombia, Pre
dicts SonI of America Will Tri
umph Over Pelf in Upholding
International J notice.
KANSAS CITT. Mo.. Nov. 19. A
world-wicj peace, substantial and en
during, made possible by closer com
mercial and friendly relations amonjt
nations, was the keynote of a notable,
speech delivered here tonight by Elihu
Root. Secretary of State. Following
Mr. Root, the diplomatic representa
tives of Latin-American republics made,
speeches along the same line, offering
trade extension between the countries
of North and South America as a means
of bringing these countries into closer
and lasting friendship. The occasion
was the twelfth annual banquet given
by the Kansas City Commercial Club
in commemoration of the signing of th
John Jay commercial treaty. FIv
hundred plates were laid and many
notable persons were present.
Besides Mr. Root, th speakers, in
the order of their rank, were Ignacio
Calderon. Minister of Bolivia; Felipe
Pardo, Minister of Peru; Enrlqu
Cortes. Minister of Colombia: Sylvino
Gurgel do Amaral. first secretary of the
Brazilian legation; Alberto Toacham.
Charge d'Affaires of the Chilean lega
tion; John Barrett, United States Min
ister to Colombia; Pr. William Jay
Schieffelin. New York, great-grandson
of John Jay, who spoke to the toast:
"The Value of the Lifft and Example of
John Jay;" E. H. Harriman. president
of the Union Pacific Railway, who
talked informally on trade conditions
in general.
Mr. Root, who addressed himself to
the toast, "Our Relations With South,
America." spoke in part as follows;
America's Field Widening.
Sine John Jay made th tariff treaty
which itt commemorated h- th annual din
ner of this culb. th United States has
passed through a period of comparative iso
lation and Indifference in foreign affairs.
Now. however, our growth has been ?o
great as to bring us again on the wider
field of the world's trade and con.srrurt.iv
enterprise, into contact with all the great
and active nations of mankind. We have
entered anew-, whether we will or not, by
the necessities of our development, into the
field of intimate relations with all the Na
tions of the earth. It is a field in whica
the guiding principle laid down by Washing
ton, of friendship for all with entangllnj
alliances with none, is as wife a rul of
conduct a it wis in Washington's time, it
is as true now as it was then that. Europe has
certain primary interests in whica we are
not concerned and into which we should not
permit ourselves to be drawn; yet It is a.
field in which w-e care no longer to be in
different or to be ignorant.
In this time of vast immigration, of in
ternational Investment and ownership, of
opportunities for enterprise ani of enlarged
peaceful intercourse and. abov all. of
steadily progressing popular government, a
new diplomacy has found pla-ce. It. Is a
representative diplomacy, ajid answers not
to the Judgments of courts or sovereigns,
but to the Judgment of great popular
masses. It grows continually more t rue
that the sentiments, feelings and opinions of
the people determine policies; decide upon
the issues of peace and war, and establish,
those sympathies between nations wbl-.h,
are more powerful than written and signed
treaties of alliance A new responsibility
rests upon the people whose representatives
answer to their will In thaplng their treat
ment of foreign nations.
Right Principles in Democracy.
Nations have fouls and consciences an
truly as individual citizens The life of
the Just and faithful and kindly man who
is respected and beloved by his neighbor
is the type of what every cit Uen should
wish his own country to he in its relations
to all other countries. To b narrow and
hard, selfish and grasping, to be arrogant
toward the weak and timid in maintaining
the right against the strong, to be unwilling
to give kindly consideration to the rights
and interests and feelings of others, to be
without sympathy or helpfulness for the
rest of mankind all these thfngs make an
individual despised and hated in the com
munity. We s should take the same pains
to help our Vountrv avoid them that we
would take to avoid them ourselves. The
greater part of the controversies and wars
between Nations arise from the tendency of
the people of each Nation to assume that
upon every question which arises all the
right is upon their own side and to Insist
upon having their own way without that
deliberate and kindly consideration of the
rights and interests of the other side of
the question which a Just man would giv
to his neighbor.
Justice as Security for Peace.
America, has given to the world an ex
ample of a democracy made up of indi
viduals capable of that self-control and
self-restraint which, enables the defeated
contestants in a most excited political con
troversy to acrept peacefully the Judgment
of the majority and leadR the entire com
munity, however deep may be its feelings,
to bow with respect, to Judicial Judgments
The same spirit reinforced by the sentiment
for humanity and the desire to help on the
progress of civilization, the rule of peare
and justice throughout, the world, may ex
ert a powerful Influence not only upon our
own affairs with other Nations, but. up-n
the international intercourse of mankind.
Mediation and arbitration are useful meth
ods of solving international controversies
without recourse to war. but the true pre
ventive of war is th willingness of the
people of the world to be Just towards one
another; the strong desire of the people of
the earth to be kind toward one another;
the application f the same rules by all
men to tneir collective treatment of other
Nations which gf-od citizens appU- to then
individual treatment of each other. The
true and final antidote for war Is the love
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BINDING AMERICA