Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-05
GEN. KITCHENER
Given Grand Ovation By Citi-
zens Of London, Friday.
Presented With Sword Of Honor---
Given Freedom Of the City.
Lord Salisbury Announces That France HAS
Removed Greatest Cause For War.

London, Nov. 4.-The streets of the
city We're crowded all the morning an
immense number of people seeking to
witness General Kitchener's triumphal
progress to the Guild hall to receive
the freedom of the city of London and
the sword of honor presented to him
in recognition of his defeat of the Der
wishes at Omdurman. sgaa
The general received a great ovation.
as he drove through the streets, ac-
companied by three aides and dressed
in full generals uniform, with the
Egyptian sash.
There was a scene of great enthusi-
| assn as Gen. Kitchener took his place
on the dais by the side of Lord Mayor,
Mr.. Horatio David Davies.
The clerk then read document set
ting forth that certain citizens, one
described as butcher, one as a bar
Der and one as a stationer. had declar-
ell the general to be fit and proper
person.
In presenting the sword of honor,
the lord mayor read an address in
which he said this honor was only re-
served for England's greatest sons.
Gen. Kitchener, in replying. express
ed his deep and heartfelt thanks and
said the success Of the campaign was
due not only to the oneness of purpose
and cheerful spirit of determination,
but to the master mind of Lord Cro-
mer, the British agent in Egypt under
whose able direction the Soudan had
been re-conquered.
The banquet given to Gen. Kitcte-
ner at the Mansion House. this even
| ing, was an exceptionally brilliant ar
fair. trophy of British and Egyp-
tian flags entwined had been arranged
above the lord mayors seat.
The guests, who wore full dress uni
forms. with ribbon and decorations.
included the Duke of Cambridge. the
Marquis of Salisbury and the other
cabinet ministers: Lord Roberts OF
Kandahar. Lord Strathcona and
Mount Royal, Sir VIM. Vernon Har-
court, Lord Roseberry, Lord Wolseley,
the commander-in-chiefo of thesfprces:
Lord Russell of Killowen. the lord chief
justice of England; Lord Curxons OF
Kedleston, the newly appointed pice-
roy of India: Sir Joseph Lister, presi-
| dent of the Royal Society; the Duke of
Marlborough, Mr.. Henry White, the
United States charge daffairs, Baron
Rothschild, Judge Lambert Tree.
formerly United States minister to
Russia. and others of the highest rank
in the British empire. In all there
were about so guests present.
The lord mayor received his guests
in the grand salon. Gen. Kitchener
was attired in the uniform of a MAJOR
general of the British army, with the
ribbon of the Osmanieh Order He was
greeted with tremendous cheering
from the assembled guests.
The banquet, appropriately, was
served in the Egyptian hall of the
Mansion House. Gen Kitchener sat
on the right of the lord mayor and the
Duke of Cambridge was seated on the
lord mayors left.
After the dinner proper the lady
mayor and number Of other ladies'
were accommodated with seats in the
gallery in order to enable them to
hear the speeches.
After the loving cup had been cir
culated, the lord mayor toasted the
Queen, the Prince and Princess of
Wales and the royal family, to which
the Duke of Cambridge responded.
Lord Rosebery toasted the army and
navy. paying glowing tribute to Lord
Kitchener and his gallant comrades
and to Lord Cromer and the Egyptian
and SOudanese forces whose brilliant
campaign, just closed, is the most con-
sumate in the annals of British mill
tary history for so years and far more
benehcent and extended in it's results
than, perhaps, any recorded in his
tory. The campaign, said Lord Rose
berry, had wiped out the "blOodiest and
most barbarOus tyranny in the history
of mankind
He concluded by expressing the
opinion that Great Britain had "a right
to expect from the nations whose terri
tory borders on the Dervish territory
not i'll feeling and jealousy, but the
fullest measure of gratitude"
Admiral Sir Newell Salmon respond
ed for the navy, and the secretary Of
state for war, Lord Lansdowne, for the
army.
There was feeling of expectancy
throughout the speeches and every
thing that could be construed was an
allusion to war was jumped at by the
assembly with prolonged cheers. When
Sir Newell Salmon alluded to the pre-
paredness of the navy" and Lord
LAnsdowne to the readiness Of the
army there were prolonged outbursts
of applause.
The assembly greeted the rising Of
the Marquis of Salisbury to toast the
Sirdar, with nervous silence, as it had
been whispered that he had an import
ant and grave statement to make. His
statement was important, but It was
pacific, as he announced a settlement
of the chief difficulty with France. The
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