Show William Walter Ihclps Letter NEW YORK July 10 Mr William Walter Phelps in refusing an invitation from tao I Phelps guards to a public reception to teen I te-en him in Paterson in honor of his sue cess in the Berlin conference wrote I ciuu t like t celebrate the results of the Samoan conference when colleagues on the cuiiimission are absent if there is anj thing to celebrate and while a diplo th1g lajtic padlock ties ray own lips I have not rtileJ to read iu the English and German eitfl fe press that in their opinion i tho interests of the United States and of Samoa were not neglected iu Berlin the credit must b3 shared at least equally with my accomplished accom-plished colleagues on the American commission com-mission Kasson of Iowa astute alert experienced trained for a general in the debates of Congress to readiness of thought and expression trained in diplomacy for which he was lilted by nature at Vienna and licrlin and rich in the precedents of two international conferences in which he had years ago a conspicuous part Bates of Delewarc young eager and accomplished accom-plished bringing to the very table of the conference a personal and accurate knowledge knowl-edge of Samoan customs and laws and history and welcomed there with peculiar respect because they welcomed him u an enemy and he proved by his judicial fairness in debate and in decision that a man who most respects his own rigiits will most regard the rights of others and become their friend to these were largely due the success of the conference con-ference ana I should be loth by any public celebration in their absence to indicate that I claimed i any more than my share r with them of a battle honorably fought |