The age-herald., 1897-11-10
HON. DAVIES WELLS NEW LORD MAYOR Despite a Thick DrizzIe and the
 Fog.
 LONDONS NEW EXECUTIVE Was Accorded q Grand Civic Parade
 With All the PaTaphernalia AND THE FS. .NDANT PERsoNaGEs Banquet Guild Hall Marred By
 To < to Duchess of Teck. SAk tSJRY AS PRIME MINISTER Talks of the Situation in West Africa-Eng- lands Objects Are Purely Business
Banquet Guild Hall Marred By
 Te : to Duchess of Teck.
SAN <SJRY AS PRIME MINISTER
Talks of the Situation in West Africa -Eng- lands Objects Are Purely Business Hopes For Continual Peace For
 Europe-The Greek War.

London, Nov. 9.-In spite of thick drizzle and a heavy fog, the ancient cus- tom of presenting the elected chief mag istrate of London, Hon. Davies Wells, to the representatives, of the sovereign and the people was observed today With sue cess. The usual throngs of people lined the route and the decorations were more ambitious than usual.
 But, i'm spite of the weather, a more stirring proof of the popularity of Lori- don's yearly pageant, known as the lord mayors procession, has not been given dn a -long times
 When the procession reached the law courts, the lord mayor, in his fun civic robes, preceded by the recorder, Sir For- est Fulton and attended by the ratr2 ing lord mayor, the slheriffs, the Cnace- bearer, slword-bearer, chaplain, aldermen in their gaible-trimmsd robis, together with other funotiopardes, proceeded to the court room oif the lord chief justices where they were received by the judges attired in scarlet robes, full bottomed | wigs and cooked hats. The Isual solemn coiIrtesies were exchanged, the lorq mayor, in exercise of am tmmemorlai right, remaining covered while thetcou- asier read am eulogIstic review of the new Dord mayors career.
 It was i'm the usual Sunday school style, referring to his blameless youths successful comm ercfal career and we'll spent life crowned by the at ainnent of the highest civic honors.
 At the close of the reading the new lord mayor was presented to the judges by Sir Ncrrest Fulton. The procession went to the court of appeals and was received by the master and rolls and appeal judges in their striking robes of, black and gold. The proceedings herF were purely formal. The d,gnitasEes then returned 10 their coach and the prop cession resumed the march to the city.
 Lord Mayors Banquet.
 The brflliancy of the s1tting of ths lord mayors banquet at Guild hall this evening was somewhat marred by tokens of mourning for the late Duchess Teck, A majority of the ladies preSsnV wofa robes of black and grey. The entrance of the Marquis of Salisbury, prime min- ister, and Arthur J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury, was the sgnal for loud applause but the reception tendefed to the foreign diplomats was of the tamest character as compared with the enthus- iasm which last year greeted the then ambassador of the United States, Thomas r. Bayard. After the usual loyal and formal toas.s, the Marquis of Lans- downe secretary of state for war, re- sponded for "The Army"
 salisbury's Greeting.
 The Marquis of Salisbury, on rising, was greeted with several minutes of con- tinuous cheering. He began by depior- ing the engineers dispute, which, he said. "involves the future prosperity or disas- ter of the country" but added that he was pleased to say that there was U renewed prospect that the boards Of trades intervention would prove success ful.r His lordship read telegram fronf the queen asking him 10 express how deeply her majesty felt the marvellous display of loyalty to the crown and to her person at the jubilee festivities. After refening to the conduct or the troops on the Indian frontier in terms similar to those used by the Marquis of Lansdowne and warmly praising the conduct of the Anglo-Egyptian expedi- tion in the Soundan campaign, the premier came to the leading passage in his speech, introducing the tangled ques- ton of the Niger and the connecting claims and interests of Great Bi[tain and France in that section of West Africa. He said:
 African Ministry.
 "It might not achieve the general con- ciliatory process desired if l entered frankly into all the negotiations be etween the powers respecting Africa. We are all aware of the great extent of terri tory cast loose during the last twenty years in Africa and put up as the object of acquisition for several enterprising governors. The negotiations that are proceeding will probably continue for g. long time. We desire that territory to be governed on strict principles of right and with a constant regard to it's pros- perity and to the interests of the em- pire. We do not desire unjust and ille- gitimate achievements, and we do not wish to take territory simply because 1t would look well to paint red on tho maps.
 "Our objects are strictly business. We wish to extend commerce, trade, indus try and civilizations; to throw open as many markets as possible and to bring together as many consumers and pro- ducers s possible, and to opsn the great natural highways and waters of the con- tinent We wish trade to pursue an uIl- checked course on the Niger. the Nile and the Zambesi and. in doing these things while we wish to behave in a neighboring manner and to rhow due consideration for the feelings and claims of others, we are obliged to say that 1hs re is limit to the exercise of this particular set of feelings, and we cannot