OCR Text |
Show 4'); .404 Iis~'i('lfti'tl xx'th 1.1m in duinq this Laid twirl-t. and it affords the gird changes, pnlitieal.,. twluca‘iznnai v. ‘ . . k Id countrv, her trainiinnal 1min) lw Hi‘l will lilt'flllS amicalile and schemes mt seli-aeerainh,inn1.: at in 11‘ (it-ten the cause and lirttt \t set'iiisti it of past conservatism and ll ii her unlv desire was in Le peace. ller 1110110 hits luen and is 'l it is lltli, huwevei'. that t'" compelled iw iiet‘issitji. tlzi \‘ lt is their di,Ii-_v>itiwii_ thtir peace-luring purple. in recent )t'ai's th: rw prominent place L'il M121 showing made hy .vnr tn in It! :v at the maneuvers (if the ra- ‘ i repzirted hy U,rl‘l't'*i‘~‘*Htit‘iil‘ nations, pl'UV'Cs that tlivz'e is St makiner of soldiers 'i he iii however, create the lust objects of this MiCit'lyi 'l' ated by one aim, filitl 111‘ ett‘ieiency fut" Imlice and t accordance with the Itl't'ix'i; It' 2.:5, men, that in mrder i i ., to he prepared fur v '\'e in a 1:1. izes two iiiliy the hi it general (lirai'iiu: Cl]iil£li11(li>3])l)>t'fi i F at N there is a d ' educate pt'iilie (tin. and (lzscm'ei‘iw l3i1\|‘i)t‘k have c(,iiiti‘ilit:t-.,-vi iii thi- m'i .. , good \wn'i: eat: [)L‘Upit " the fully and lir'i'iiiiix machinery \uiirh is thw l Culitzi'zttuiatr ' great gratdir‘aiiwii :4. take a humilia- part in the titer-ting of this (‘uiigresa it must lt‘ ri-iricrrlir red that in nu period (if human history has cwmmvrtt riaehi-d sneh gigantic prunorttnns as at present, The niarl'tvl Juli'aurw in tra. pnrtztion iacilit i hy the inventions iii the last i‘entuq‘ has caused international trade tn become a featuri- r-i current history. The applieatirin ()1. Steam and elec~ triritg. lmth rin land and on the sea, has revolutionized methods (If tra . and travel. Not luner ago hitevn hundred tons of pig irmi truth the llanyang Steel and Iron \Yorks, which are in the central part at China. traveled six hundred miles down the Yangtse River and tnurteen thousand miles by sea and were laid rlmvii in lirmld n, New York, at $i7.5o per ton. The terminus of the longest railway in the world is Felting. and it is p0. ble to travel today an an unbroken road truth the interior of my country to l‘aris. France These facts alune are enough to show that natiuns are interdependent. and should have friendly relations with each nther. N0 nation nowadays slimnld wantoniy declare war. lit-cause the eumniereial interests of tie world's. nations, are tun valuahle iH he Vit-upardized by such actirin. In eoiiclusiun I would add that our attitude on this question cannut he better expressed. I think. than by a quotatiein from Sir Rnhcrt llart. whn has been half a century in China. He says. "the Chinese liclieve in right so firmly that they scorn to think it requires tn llL‘ summrted or enforced by might." In short. we l\t‘ll(‘\'t‘ that right makes: might and ncvt might makes right. and I am sanguine enivugh to lieliere that the whole world is coming around to adapt that View, which is eminently the right one. Representing as l dn, therefore. a natinn peaceahle by nature and choice taught {ruin our infancy to aiiliwr violence and reverA ence fur right and reason, to worship literary and industrial pur- suits and to neglect and despise martial Vaing'lor)‘. I am very happy, I repeat. to bring to you this afternoon the greeting: of my enuntrymen. Mn. TiAR'I‘HOLDTZ The first great battleship of the modern type was built by Great Britain, hut I r"::ret to say that it was ieft to the |