New-York tribune., 1898-11-05
uONORS FOR KITCHENER.
..orABIE Tributes TO THE CON.
ouEROR OF THE DERvISHES.
.,n SALISBURY MAKES a PACIFIC AN
,.o,-xCFMENT AT THE MANSION HOUSE
BANQUET-QUAlNT CEREMONY AT
THE GUUDHALI.

THE GUlI.DHALI
so, %ov. 4-The banquet given to Cen
:, xi,chencr at the Mansion House this even
90 vas ar exceptionally brilliant affair.
~ n. British and Egyptian flags entwined
len arranged above the Lord Mayors seat
- s,ests who wore full-dress uniforms with
s.ocs and decorations. included the Duke Of
r.br,dee the Marquis OF Salisbury and 'he
80. Cabinet Ministers. Lord Roberts If Can
- Lord StrathcOna and Mount Royal. Sir
rrsa,o Vernon HarcOurt. Lord Rosebery. Lord
,r.,,.lac the Commander-in- Chief OF the forces
.., Russell II Knowen. the Lord Chief JUS
-. r, England: Lord Curzon Of kedleston, the
.u,v erpointed Niceroy of India; Sir joseph
,,..er president Of the Royal Society the Duke
,y.,borough Henry White. the United states
ch.,gs d'ANaires. Baron Rothschild. Judge
,,obsrt Tree formerly United States Minister
- p,seia and others Of the highest rank In he
p,,,,sh Empire In all there were about three
,rrdred and fifty guests present
cHEERED BY ASSEMBLED GUESTS.
~. Lord Mayor received his guests in the
..,d salon. General Kitchener was attiTed In
~. Uniform of a major general Of the British
80 with the ribbon Of the Osmanieh Order
~. n,.s greeted with tremendous cheering from
-. .ssemhled guests The banquet. appropri-
.,s,y was served in the Egyptian Hall of the
',...,on House General Kitchener sat IN the
.'.,, hand Of the Lord Mayor and the Duke of
rsm,,iass was seated on the Lord Mayors left
,n., the dinner proper the Lady Mayoress ana
her Of other women were accommodated
Nth seats in the gallery. in order TO enaoie
,,er, 20 hear the speeches. After the loving
~, had heen circulated the Lord Mayor toasted
-. Queen the Prince and Princes OF Wales
,,a The roval family to which the Duke OF
csmbridge responded.
Lord Rosebery toasted the army ana navy,
,.v,r, . vloO,,nr tribute 10 Lord Kitchener and
ste gallant comrades and TO Lord Cromer ana
tho Er1,ntian and Soudanese forces. whose
,r,lian NJ caropaign lust closed. is the most con-
.rnrnafe in the annals Of British military MS
,o-v FOR eighty years. and far more oenerceh'
and extended in It's results than perhaps any
recorded IN history" Tho campaign. SAID Loru
poseberv. had wiped out the "boodiest ana
nost harharous tyranny in the history or man
tina" He concluded ny expressing the opinion
that Great Britain had "a right TO expect from
the nations whose territory borders on the
DArvish territory NOT ill-feelng and jealousy
hi, the fullest measure Of gratitude.
Admiral Sir Newell Salmon. First ard frin-
cipal Naval A.de-de-Camp 10 the queen re
snoraed for the navy and the Secretary OF
State for War. Lord Lansdowne. for the army.
There was feeling Of expectancy throughout
the speeches and everything that could be con-
.trued as an anuson 10 war was jumped at ny
ne assembly with prolonged cheers. When Sir
Newell Salmon alluded to the preparedness OF
,ss navy" and Lord Lansdowne to the "readi-
n.s. Of The army" there were prolonged out
bursts Of applause.
LORD sALISBURY'S SPEECH.
The assembly greeted the rising of the Mar
ouis Of Salisbury to toast the Sirdar with ner-
yous silence as IT had been whispered that he
had an important and grave statement to make.
His statement was important but 1t was spe-
ciAc. as he announced q settlement Of the chief
dinculty with France. The Premier said, in
part:
NO one can wonder at the vast enthusiasm
by which the career Of this great soldier has
been received especially when we consider the
strange dramatic interest Of the circumstances
and conditions amid which his laurels were
won by the Slrdar Besides being a splendid
soldier. he is also a splendid diplomatist. 1t
must have required unusual talents successfully
TO carry out the delicate mission up the Nile
which conducted him into the presence Of Major
Narchand
The Sirdar has recently expressed the hope
that the difficulties arising from the presence
Q, Major Marchand may he within the power OF
diplomacy to adjust. | am glad 10 say that up
70 a certain point he has proved true prophet.
This afternoon I received from the French Am
bassador the Information that the French Gov
ernmert has come TO the conclusion that the
occupation Of Fashoda is Of no sort of value
(rr-io nd cbo nd hat
thought. in the circumstances. that to persist
in an occupation which would only cost them
money and do harm. merely because some bad
advisers thought it might he disasreeable TO an
unwelcone neighbor. would not show the wis
dom with which as l think. the French Repub-
lie has been uniformly guided.
They have done what ! believe every Gov
eminent would have done in the same position
resolved that the occupation must cease
lCheers) I must not he understood as saying
'ha, an causes of controversy are removed
That s rot so. Doubtless there will be many
discuss ors between us: but somewhat acute
and somewhat dangerous cause of differences
has been removed"
KITCUENER'S MODEST REPLY
Genera Kuchener's reply. which was modest
and not inn lrtant. gaze unstinted praise to the
British Egyptian and SOudanese troops. The
slriar said he would indeed have been an In
capable oa1er Il ne had failed OF victory with
such soldiers Ife gave some details as 10 the
t1penses ~ the expedition. dwelling With pride
upon us ,hea; acss. and In summing up ,he
assets thai r-,,a,n" referred 10 six hundred
niles ~ RAILWAY. gunboats a fotia OF sailing
craf and oar'er a pausc) the soraai daugA
Ter arrfspco