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Show 407 4t)" that lll‘iilt'i United States to enlarge uprn Ilttiltwtt/i new" Li by adopted grant ' it. battleships with zoom tnn~' more than the Dreadnought ratio they will build illtlll ~sters of the sea i< to be 1"" be an inundation tvn thru- t . they have built all these batiit per other purpose to rpt'nil the ' * advocate a policy of " British I)OSSC.\>lHH>. l :1le liapp} present hour not Ivue it‘illar hm ‘w: against our northern in tehbui is the best eyidence nf the 1‘ Kim United States and Great llriin l', I shall brietly ineniinn l\',ii ' American relatii n . Hague Conference l1l~l~lttl m t? . of gradual (llSIUmHHM‘Ht. l \i 3 2.2" . friends they found at The Another incident : knighthood upon a p' . Crenier, the frzuu it'l' wi ihv lt'i l mint al-u cxprt-Ja: my own regret that no one more fit has been chmen tr) rvpresent .iim here I can make no claim even to a fraction of Mr. liryrc's knowledge and ability, and I am a lll')\‘lt'f' in the art of m'zi‘mry, and therefore you may find the few . trl‘ l shall talce the liberty of saying trite and tame, and I must it‘li yvvur indulgence. We cannot calculate the effect upon the history of the world 01' meeting: like lllls. None of us, I suppose, expects that these meetinp will have any immediate outward and visible effect upon the foreign pulic (7f the different countries. We shall all be *lelii‘ll‘tl. I take it. if we can here influence the feeling of a large limly of individual; from whom as a center the great sentiment of peace and find fellowship may radiate; and this I do firmly believe we can accomplish. If it is true to say that the sentiment of a people influences the policy of their guyernment, it is equally true to say that the policy of government influences the sentiment of the people. I have mySelf known a case where an act of true policy and politi- cal wi~<lom >CClllCLl to create a sudden revolution in the feelings I of two great nations, but the suddenness of the revolution was, believe, more apparent than real. The real friendship already existed and was growing in intensity until all that was required for it to burst from that into a flame was the vigorous blast of the bellows of statesmen wise enough to understand the exigencies the only evidence on l't turd (.f :3 of the situation, honored an humble l' ‘ ' the noble L'it‘ e (if pw ‘ I now h. British Embassy. . . ' Creetiinrs from (inn! littun Mn. .\1.i Ell n Elm " l\IR. ClIi'ile‘M.‘\_'§. I. it: instance I niu-«t ignite dor that he i~ l't.l:l;lt' in he were to Map! .min this ll‘,"1)llitltlt' w tll‘ll'». into many seeti n. When we see such spontaneous combustion, as it were we may be sure that it is not really spontaneous. The in practi- underlying heat of mutual good-will, I believe, exists is cally every country, among eyery people, and all that is required that the air shou ld e cleared. that something should be done which will sweep away the superir nposed rubbish, the dust, often of cenis can do much to sweep turies; and I belieye that lHL‘C tug like th away such rubbidt. the most It is helieyed and it is generally said that one of between dif- interconimunication is friendship of causes powerful ferent races. and no (101 ‘lt this is the case, but the idea must be follow because taken with some qualification. It does not always better. No other each love we that better other each we know but they wife, and husband as well so people know each other are married than do not always love each other more after they |
