-AT the annual meeting of the American University Club, Judge Milton J, Helmick presiding, held on June 29 in the American Club, Dr. Alfred Sze, former Ambassador to Washington, having. pointed out the cordial relations existing between Canada and the United States for over a century and the beneficial effects of, President Roosevelt's "good nei hour" policy, empltasized that peaceful relations between Japan and, China cannot be cultivated by a forceful exploitation of China.
Dr. Sze further emphasized, "It will be a red letter day in the history of nations, specially China, Japan and America, when all fear and suspicion are remove ved between China and Japan and that the good neighbour' policy which has so successfully been inaugurated on the eastern shores of the Pacific shall be introduced and pursued by the nations bordering on the western shores of that great ocean."
'Judge Helmick, in his retiring the American countries. When they marks, intimated' that the past year saw Porto Rico.annexed, Cuba more had been most successful by reason oF less controlled, the Panama region of the close ce-operation of officers, dominated, and countries ike Haiti, executive committee and members, Santo Domingo and Nicaragua ocfas well os the officials of the various cupied by United States troops, and college groups. They had held six their policies dictated, they were not tigris, the annual ball, several tea able to convince themselves that the dances, a farewell tiffin to students United States was without cing to America and the associated dinner in honour of Dr, Hu Shih. penalist ambitions that might affect The active membership of the Club, They disliked even the Monroe including 160 life members, totalled Doctrine which, though it* appeared 402, The Club had suffered severe to serve as a shield of defence for losses during the year in the death themselves as against possible foreign of Messrs. J. B. Lee, W. W. Lockwood, conquest or intervention, nevertheless Dr. ¥. S. Tsao and Dr. W. S. New: it seemed to them to indicate a claim The J. B. Lee Scholarship Fund by the United States of a sort of was nearing the $2,000-mark and he protective overlordship over them~ hoped that shortly additional gifts selves. This feeling was intensified would top their goal. The receipts by the declaration repeatedly made were being devoted to the education by the United States Government of their late secretary's two children, that the Monroe Doctrine was one for which the United States was solely Election of Offcers responsible; that the United States 'The nomination committee proposed had the sole right to define its scope the following names. as oticers, for and to determine when and under the ensuing' yearr=Dr. B.C. Yen, what circumstances it should be appresident; ai "A. C. Cornish, vice: plied. president; Mr, Aliced Lee, secretary; "Good Neighbour" Poticy ind Mr. J.B. Pilcher," treasurer.
I mention these factors of fear, at 'There being' no nominations from the least, of suspicion, because of the floor" these gentlemen were duly extent to which, during the last few years, they have been removed by At the instance of Judge Helmick, the "good neighbour" potley which the r, Yen took the chair at once and, present administration at Washington pointing out that the Club had pro-has pursued, a polley which it has rossed notably as a social unit, said pursued not only in word but also {hat they could have broader sbjec-In deed, and in the economic as well tives as well, such as furthering the in the political eld.
Interchange of professorships between 'Upon its negative side, this "good Chinese and American universities, a neighbour" policy hag included a de-well as sponsoring fellowships, claration by the United States that, introducing the speaker' of the In the future, she will not for any day, Dr. ¥en insisted that he. purpose, send her armed forces across bladed a trail in Sino-American rela-borders into the territory of a neigh: Honest only had he spent twelve bouring state, and to this declaration years in. American asholnstie. insti has given a retroactive effect by Yutlons at his own expense) but withdrawing her forces from Latin iso "nad served eleven years in a American countries where they were diplomatic capacity. 'THis time in the already stationed. Also, the United United States covered neatly one hal States has entered into'new treaties of his career. with Cuba and Panama which have Dr. Sue was greeted by spontanoremoved objections felt by. these ous applause, the entire assembly Fis-countries to the former treaties. ing to their feet, Ho assured his Upon its affirmative side, the Iisfenors that he appreciated the, op-United States has sought to give portunity of addressing them and, content to its "good neighbour" T'malter of fact he thought that he policy by negotiating mutually bene-Was instrumental. wits two others in ficial trade agreements.
Younding the rst American. Univer Club in China in 1006, in Peking.
Pres. Roosevelt's Statement
Ho recalled several American iti As to her policy with regard to when, on his return from Ameri non-intervention in the affairs of and on arriving in Yokohama, he had other American countries, we have fecolved the formal application. ask the following statement by President Ing him to speak—"T caw @ sign on Roosevelt in last December at the tutoring a elly which said, go" slow opening of the Inter-American Con~ fand see our city, drive fast and sce ference for the Maintenance of four judge' T came vas quickly "as Peace: Business would Show me 40 sce your from wheresoever: If may' come. The "We cannot countenance ogarer
eopte of Nelghbourliness Dr. Szo's address follows-—"the people of the' Dominion pu cone speaking to you to-day on the wu. liver free from eslre for subject of good neighbours in inter est and free from fear of conquest, national relations, a recent statement the came ime elt made by that great South African 'Shd: Intellectual Felationships ake council' together statesman, General Smuts, on the European' situation comes "naturally to my mind. This statement was 10 the effect that one of the prim Smosg'Gs snd sil our neighbsures" reasons for the existence of unsatis-T have, dealt upon this" factory international conditions in neighbour policy of the United States Europe was the fact that the. na-Because it has given such a striking were In fear of one another. demonstration of the extent 19 which "Fear," he said, "is to-day the real international. relations can be. imdriving force In our European rela-proved by enlightened policies which tions. Fear, the meanest of human are not only' declared but their motives, is to-day the master of us sincerity shown in actual deeds. "At the present time that fear of which Certainly, conditions in Europe, as General Smuts spoke and to which evidenced by the feverish increase of referred at the beginning of my armaments, have not Improved, and remarks, has been largely dissipated, T cannot but contrast, in my mind, not wholly removed from. the this situation with that which I and American continents, in America. Instead of becoming worse, international relations between US.-Canadian Relations the batlons of the two American 'A further and striking evidence of continents have improved, the possibility of removing fear and specially Is this true as to suspicion of neighbouring states, ings and relations between the however powerful, is furnished by the peoples of Latin America, that is, of relations which exist between the South and Central America, and the Dominion of Canada and the United people of the United States, and it is States. Here there are two states Dut justice to the United States with long contiguous borders and yet to say that this improvement ties, in without any fear by the weaker of Jarge measure, been due to enlighten them of aggression on the part of the ed efforts to that end. stronger neighbour. This absence of fear upon the part of the Canadians American Imperialism Feared is not due to the fact that the in-It cannot be denied that, until terests of the two countries are, and very recent years, the international have been, identical. By no means policies of the United States were hhas"this been the case.
Viewed with considerable suspicion.
There have been In the past fre-by the governments and peoples of quent controversies, some of them
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