The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-25
BANQUET on NATIONS.
Tribute Of British Sailors to Our
Naval Officers,
SPEECH OF AMBASSADOR BAYARD.
Our Representative at the Court Of 81.
James Pays Glowing Tribute to Eng
lands Queen, While Lord George Ham
ilton Lauds President Cleveland.

James Pays Glowing Tribute to Eng
lands Queen, While Lord George Ham
ilton Lauds President Cleveland.
LONDON, May 25-The banquet ten
dered TO Admiral Erben, Captain Mahan .
and the officers of the United States !
cruiser Chicago by officers Of the English .
navy and army and distinguished citizens |
of Great Britain was held last night in ST. |
James hall and was brilliant success.
The American officers were received by a !
committee consisting among others OF |
| Lord George Hamilton, Admiral Z. II. /
| Seymour, Lord Brassey, Viscount Galway |
the lord mayor Of London, the Duke OF |
| Leeds, and Lords Methuen, Hood and !
| Napier
The guests were first conducted into the /
smaller st. James hail, which had been
converted into a reception room. Here in
Productions took place and all engaged in
an animated conversation for an hour. At
| 8 o clock the guests entered the banquet
ting hall. Entwined Union Jacks and
Stars and Stripes were placed in many
| parts of the hall A banner inscribed,
| BLOOD Is Thicker Than Water was sus-
! pended from the gallery opposite the or
gan loft.
As the guests entered United States
| Ambassador Bayard and Admiral Erben
were together. They were followed by
| Captain Mahan and the other officers of
the Chicago. The string band of the Royal
Marines Light infantry played Hail
Columbia" as the company took their
places AT Mr. Bayard's left sat Lord
George Hamilton, the chairman. Next
sat Admiral Erben, Lord Roberts, the
Earl Of Darnley Viscount Sidmouth and
I I a. 7 Hv1l
cester formerly Admiral SEYMOUR. On
the right sat the Earl of Carlisle, Captain
Mahan, Admiral Hornby, the Earl Of
Galloway, the Earl of Mimic and Viscount
Falmouth. Four tables extending the
whole length Of the hail. at right angles
to the principal table, accommodated the
other guests, numbering 800.
Lord George Hamilton offered n toast to
the queen and President Cleveland. He
said that Queen Victoria and President
Cleveland were the heads of the two great
English speaking nationalities of the
world. President Cleveland was a man
OF pre-eminent abilities and character,
and his fellow citizens recognized the fact
by comforting upon him the rare distinc-
tion of twice electing him to the highest
post to which a citizen of the United
States could aspire
In responding to the toast, "The United
States" Ambassador Bayard said he was
sincerely grateful for the manner in which
in old England the toast to the health of
the United States was received. He felt
deeply the honor of having been made the
envoy Of this country and this nation. The
gracious reception that he had been given
on numerous occasions in this great city
and elsewhere In Great Britain made him
feel the sincerity and reality OF the well
come so expressed In the name Of his
country and his countrymen he sincerely
thanked them for tonight's banquet, Ii
was a happy omen that it came upon the
birthday of that benign and gracious
lady whose devotion to public duty was
clear and beautiful Her private life en-
deRred her not merely to those whose good
fortune it was to live under her benign
sway, but to all right minded and right
thinking men and women in America as
fully as in England.
Well might the British subject congrat-
ulate himself as he contemplated with af-
fectionate admiration the home life of the
e true mother Of her country, whose domes-
:, tic ties 80 illustrated her long and happy
reign. Turning his eyes across the At
- lantlc, well might the American of what
, ever party or race COM ratulate himself
|
womanhood, of innocent and guileless
childhood, of life, integrity and manhood
were clustered round the hearthstone OF
the president of the United States.
He did not feel that this was an ordinary
occasion of festivity. Hospitslities and
S courtesies came thick and fast as the bios.
: SONS in May, and mutual services were
paid in time of need and sympathy, in
time of sorrow. These, thank God, were
p exchanged abundantly between the two
great branches of the English speaking
people. 1t was the men who went deep in
ships who knew best the sympathies that
1. bound the hearts OF the sailors of the two
nations. VI was an excellent thing to have
a sea power of giants, but it was tyranouS
to use that power, Therefore, step by
step, and keeping equal step, let the law
Of equal forces and the laws Of morals pro
I. ceed, and whoever should best exercise
power In this world remember that poweI
to be safe must ever be in the harness oi
the law.
Admiral Hornby toasted the United
States navy In a felioitous speech, tC
= which Admiral Erben responded Othe'
speakers were Lord Roberts, Captain Ma
han and Admiral Commerell