Show P Prof of Goldwin Smith Supports Us Gold Gold vin win Smith made a few remarks remark at a dinner Tuesday nl night ht at Washington to Captain Schley of th the Baltimore He said he gladly took advantage of the courteous courteous courteous cour cour- invitation of his host to express his regret as an Englishman at the repeated utterances of a 0 portion porton of the British press respecting the Chilian Chlan affair He said he hoped the tho worst wort han had come com cote to us and best bes stayed behind Speaking of the tho criticism on the Presidents President's message on tho the Chilian question Mr Smith mith said that to t him It was entirely temperate dignified and logically conclusive Nobody he was sure who was on the tho spot could have reasonably found a fault with the spirit and hearing bearing of the American people during the dispute with Chili There was no violence no aggressiveness no appearance of a propensity to display superior power by trampling on the tho weaker nation No desire had been shown but that of upholding International law to vindicate which was the tho duty of the tho American pee peo not only to themselves but to tho whole community of nations The Tho weakness weakness weak weak- ness of an offending power may be a rca rea son on Mr Smith said for long suffering and forbearance on the tho part of the tho strong but It cannot bo deemed an unlimited license to break the tho law otherwise the tho world would bo at atthe the mercy of the weak powers Did England hesitate the tho other day to en force tho law against Portugal ho asked No needless humiliation has been inflicted on Chill nothing has been exacted from her ber but that recognition of public right Which not the will of the American pie but the tho law of nations required require pee pee- |