Show TAFT CHIEF GUEST AT BANQUET OF OHIO SOCIETY philadelphia jan 11 1 1 secretary al war was the chief guest of tho banquet of the ohio society ot philadelphia held here tonight when secretary taft arose to speak ie was greeted a sons in which be was referred to as the only one in reply to this he said if seems to be a mighty por society occasion of this sort when you do not nominate some one for the presidency go when we arc through IJ like to take a little paper and sign it value received he described ohio as the typical american state referred to the place its sons havo hold in the history of the country and then talk edon the relations of this country with china and japan the japanese he said do not war with us nor do we with them tho question ot the open door in china he declared was the important one fo us the united statys the secretary aandy was second only to england in its commercial relations with china figures falling to show the true conditions because american goods entering china compelled to pass through hong kong a port controlled by england tho sending of tiro american fleet to tho pacina the speaker insisted had no Yarl fco significance but the effect as viewed from the oriental standpoint was most wholesome since alit orientals Orient als reason through their ayea and the material evidence of the government warships in the settled abo talk of war in tho alnes |