The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-25
ONE FAMILY.
English Tributes to Ameri-
can Naval Officers.
Unstinted Praise Accorded to Captain
Mahan- Sentiments of Respect.


,ruiser Chicago by officers of the English
navy and army and distinguished citi-
Eens OF Great Britain was held last night
IN st. James hall and was brilliant sue
cess.
The principal table was placed upon
platform underneath the organ loft, from
which hung immense English and Ameri-
can flags. Eutwined Union Jacks and
Stars and Stripes were placed In many
parts of the hall. A broad band in
scribed; BLOOD is thicker than water"
was suspended from the gallery, opposite
the organ loft.
Four tables, extending the whole length
OF the hall at right angles to the principal
tables, accommodated the other guests,
mum bering 800 These included the other
officers OF the Chicago and the leading
lights of the nation.
Work of Art.
Before each guest there was beautiful
menu card or brochure
This consisted of sixteen pages The
frontispiece was a monochrome engraving
OF the cruiser Chicago. between the
Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes,
and was inscribed, "A hearty welcome to
the Chicago" The second page con-
tanned portraits of Admiral Erben and
Captain Mahan. and was surmounted
with device representing clasped
hands between intertwined flags, with
the scroll, Blood is thicker than water"
and the couplet:
When love unites wide space divides In vain,
And hands may clasp across the spreading
main.
Other pages contained pictures of West
minister Abbey, Trafalgar square, Green
wich hospital and the disaster to the
Trenton aud the Calliope at Apia.
When the ladies entered the gallery in
evening costume, the brillisncy of the
scene was greatly enhanced.
The Speeches.
Lord Hamilton, the chairman, began
the speechmaking by Offering a 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, the heads Of governments
whose authority was exercised over q
large portion OF the globe.
But it was not merely on that account
that he asked them to drink to their
health. He gave the toast with the hope
that the rare qualities Of these two per-
sons might long continue to influence and
sway the national policy of the two great
countries Of which they were the heads.
After giving the usual loyal toasrs 10 the
Prince Of Wales and his family, and to
the royal family generally, Lord Hamil-
ton toasted the United States, saying
Englishmen are proud Of the progress
that the United States has made in the
present century, because they believed
that the progress was largely due to the
-. ,ch
ally came from Great Britain transmitted
TO America.
Times Have Chan..ed.
One hundred and ten years ago we parted
in anger after bloodshed; now we have
met together as reconciled memb ers of
one family. The historic town of Boston
yesterday received the British admiral
and the officers of his flagship magnif-
Gently. He was afraid that the citizens
of that great town were engaged Ito years
ago in less congenial operation.
Today 1t was our privilege to entertain
a distinguished American admiral and
the officers OF his flagship (here there was
great outburst of cheeringl One hun
dred and ten years ago the citizens of
London were engaged in less satisfac-
tory operation of taxing themselves in
OTueT w Dunlrh thc CitiEcHs vi DOsbO1.
The speaker saw opposite to him the
historic words: Blood is thicker than
water" Nobody who had the privilege
of being on the other side of the water
could come tn any other conclusion than
that tbe sentiment was true, because
there were between Euglishmen and the
great mass of the American community
an origin and identity of language and
similarity of ideas and pursuits which
existed between no other two nations on
the face of the earth. These great prin-
cipes would not fail to bind the two
nations in bonds of permanent unity. All
then rose and drank to the toast amid
tremendous applause.
Bayard's Speech.
AMBASSADOR Bayard rose to reply. and
was received with prolonged cheering.
He said he felt deeply the honor of having
been made the envoy TO 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 welcome so expressed. In
the name of his country and his country
men he sincerely thanked them for the
banquet
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the birthday OF that benign and gracious
lady whose devotion to public duty was
clear and beautiful. Well might the
British subject congratulate himself that
he contemplated with affectionate admi-
ration the home life of the true mother Of
her country. whose domestic virtues so IL
Illustrated her long and happy reign
Turning his eyes across the Atlantic. we'll
might the American, OF whatever party or
race, congratulate himself that the vir-
tues OF innocent and guileless childhood,
OF life. integrity, manhood and woman
hood, were clustere around theshearth-
stone of the President OF the United
States.
No other tongue spoken now by man
contained that word "Home" more than
the mother tongue Of them all, and IL was
from home and through home that associ-
stions and impressions were formed that