New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-26
THE FLAG IN LONDON.
ENGLISH FRIENDSHIP AS SHOWN on LORD
MAYORS DAY.

enough, but the salute AT lOIkloNu vas wv 'N' "a
the American Government with the Army and Navy
of the United States TO execute It, The LORD MAYOR
is considerable parsonage but he is wholly without
politlcaI authority and his act IS significant mainly
in connection with the reception gwen to II by tue
popnlace Of Lon.lon The personal good feeling
which dictated il deserves cordial recognition. III
turned ont moreover that he rightly estimated the
feeling of his felow-ctiZens and the people u
London in general. A roar of cheering grecteu 'ho
flag throughout the entire route, says one observer
who must be supposed to have formed part OF the
procession. Whatever may be thought OF the mann
features of the Show, OF which 1t has lately peeh
the fashion to speak with some contempt IL Is an
unprcccdcnted thing that the flag Of a foreign
country should he borne through the streets OF
London from the Gudhall to Westminster and
back again. with guard OF honor attending it, and
cheers ACCOMPANYING its progress. One writer, In
deed ntimates that the pageant was puzzle TO
people IN general The American banner, he says
was received respectfully; but the more deinOhstrd-
tive portion of the spectators did not seem qutcto
understand what it meant.
The general impression is quite different from
that Whoever conceived the notion OF dong honor
to The Stas and Stripes took care that his intention
should be evident to everybody. The flag was car
red Just before the Sher1s in their state carriages
and inst after the officers of the Corporation of Lon
regiment supplied music for it, and company OF
seroeants detailed from the same regiment escorted
the tag carried by three watermen III the quaint
costume of the DOggett coat and badge. The
pcoulc did the rest. Indubtahy" remarks one
journal it was the cheers of the populace winch
TUNED what was "A civic and municipal and oihcial
honor paid to America into national one AT every
| point of the route the appearance CT the Famous
ensign of the States was the signal for bursts OF
cheering. which were especially noticeable in the
! CITY. by st. Martins Church and the New Law
Courts, at Charing Cross, aud opposite the Houses
/ of Parliament and Westminster FRIDGE
From time to time the bands played The star
| Spanglcd Banner; which is described as we'll
! known strain. but which really | fear is not
| familiar TO the majority of Londourrs Al one
| polnt. beyond doubt the air was recognized. and
that was at the baggage express office and reading
room which reiojces in tic lofty title OF the Ame-i-
| can Exchange in Europe. This enterprsing concern
| loses no opportunity of advertising itacH 10 inc
| universe 1t came to the front on the occasion oil
| n Lord Mayors Show with the same cagernesN MS
II anagcrs showed on the occasion of the President
| funeral What happened at the time OF the funeral
| was an outrage on evcryJOdys feelings Inc Ills
| pav Of yesterday was merely vulgar. Bcth con
| tributcd to the notpTicty OF the establishments
! There seem to have been Americans of the female
|
| balcony in the face of gglnning crowd. and wave
| little flags The English papers arc good-natured,
| and abstain from comments on this performance.
| They content themselves with reporting II. 1t
! vonld be too mnch to expect that Englshmen
| should not ridicule Il in private. If there arc any
vacant post Offices in the extreme West, respect
fully suggest to President Arthur the cXpcdeHcy OF
Offering them TO the stan Of the American Exchange
in Europe.
There was some talk Of military salute to the
| American flag III Palace Yard. Palace Yard Is not
where the Queen lives, but an inciosurc and en-
| trance TO the Law Courts and Houses Of Parlia-
ment. The Lord Mayor, however has not many
| troops under his immediate command and the place
| is rot adapted for burning powder. What was done
was to carry the flag inside the railings-it was the
| ou1v flag allowed 20 be taken inside-and the
| massed bands played The Star Spanged Banner,
amid vocifcrOus applause" The one witness who
is perhaps entitled to he called most authoritative
| declares that the carrying Of the United states
flag was the great point and success of the whole
| show His testimony is amply corroborated from
| all onarters More than that, this addition to the
usual spectacle did something, we are assured TO
! redeem the character of the demonstration which,
as was laying has of Late years fallen into some
disrepute 1t is TO say the least, odd thing that
a pageant so old as thi. should be uyIgoratcd by n
tribute Of friendly respect to a Republic some hun
| drcds of years younger.
At the Guillhall banquet in the evening, tho
United States came in for a further share of public
| attention. Lord Granville. speaking as Foreign
Minister, devoted nearly half his speech to rs.
Every word he uttered friendly, and Mt least
one portion of the speech was pregnant with poti-
cal good sense. What he said about the Alabama
business was turned to domestic purpose. The
Conservatives who every now and then break out
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tLe Treaty of Washington were reminded that they
were Jointly responsible with the Liberals for the
treaty and it's consequences. 1t must be the five
hundredth tine they have been told that thciT
present leader in the Commons Sir Stafford North
cote WAS one Of the High Commissioners who ncgo
tiated that treaty. Nor did Lord Granville forgot
to remind his audience, an audience largely Con
soryative that Lord Bcaconsield himself speaking
in that very hail. had very canddly stated his
appreciation of the general principles of that iransac
ton" And he asked them TO consider what would
have been the state of feeling in America if there
had been no treaty, or if the Geneva Arbitration
had been thrown over "Centures of eXaspera
ton" is his emphatic answer. Whereas noI the
friendly feeling between the two nations is closer
than ever before known. There is no novelty in
that statement It's impressiyeucss is due 10. the
fact that the man who MAKES it Is the English Sec
retary of State for Foreign Affairs Lord Granville
referred with not less fitness of language to the deeT
grief and sympathy of England in the loss OF Pres
dent Garfield and TO the American demonstrations OF
adyyoted loyalty" to the Queen. He used the
word LOYALTY with half apology. forgetting, appa'
rently that Mr. Blaine himself used it last week IN
welcoming the British Minister somewhat to the
surprise and much TO the pleasure OF Englislnnen.
But the true point of Lord Granyille's Specch-th'
true political point of twas his reference to The
American attitude on the Irish question. W.
know, and I have it on excellent authority, thai
not only the native Americans but the better and
more enlightened class of Irish themselves arc al
most to a man in this great contest which my friend
Mr. Forster is carving on with such patience firm