The Days of a Man 1912 



a doctor. . . . The conditions about Magdalena Bay as far as 

 I have heard about three weeks ago are the same as for the 

 last ten or fifteen years. I most emphatically deny the assertion 

 of the shipbuilder who visited the West Coast of Mexico, and 

 authorize you to do it in my name. 



I have treated this matter somewhat fully, as it 

 illustrates the use of certain methods in breeding 

 suspicion of our neighbors for ulterior ends. My 

 readers will perhaps recall that one of the leading 

 questions asked at Baron Shibusawa's lawn party 

 in 1911 related to American yellow journalism and 

 its disregard for truth in dealing with foreign affairs. 



In the spring of 1912 the University was visited by 

 several unusual persons almost at the same time - - a 

 brilliant period in that academic year. 



Baron d'Estournelles de Constant ] came under the 

 aus pi ces f tne American Association for International 

 Conciliation, and his several admirable lectures in 

 favor of peace and arbitration aroused the keen 

 attention of the students. He had been a member of 

 the Hague tribunal which decided the much-disputed 

 Casa Blanca case in 1909, and said that a month 

 after the verdict, quietly accepted, no one remem- 

 bered what the contest was about. 



Soon after we welcomed Dr. James A. Macdonald, 

 editor of the Toronto Globe, a most vigorous and 

 enthusiastic speaker, a thorough democrat, and an 

 eloquent advocate of the principles of international 

 conciliation. He made a great impression; students 

 followed him about, even to the railway station, 

 where (his train being late) he gave a short talk in 

 favor of a civil tongue in foreign affairs and in op- 

 position to the bristling attitude taken by diplomatists 



1 See Chapter xxxvn, page 324. 



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