The herald., 1898-11-05
FRENCH DEPUTIES MEET.
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lor and few other notables were prese

lor and few other notables were present.
There was scene of great enthusiasm
when General Kitchener took his place on
the dais by the side of the Lord Mayor, Mr..
Horatio David Davies. The Clerk then read
document setting forth that citizens, one
described as butcher, one as barber and
one as stationer, had declared the Gen
eral 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 reserved tor Eng
lands greatest sons.
General Kitchener in replying expressed
his deep and heartfelt thanks and said the
success of the campaign was due not only
the oneness of purpose and cheerful spirit
of determination, but to the master mind OF
Lord Cromer British Agent in Egypt, un-
der whose able direction, the Sirdar assert
ed, the Soudan had been reconquered.
The banquet given to General Kitchener
at the Mansion house tonight was an excep-
tionally brilliant affair.
A trophy of British and Egyptian flags
entwined had been arranged above the lord
mayors seat. The guests included the Duke
OF Cambridge, the Marquis of Salisbury and
other cabinet ministers; Lord Roberts of
Ksndahar, Lord Strathcona and Mount
Royal, Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Lord
in-chief of the British forces, Lord Russell
of Killowen, the lord chief justice of Eng
land, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, the newly
appointed viceroy Of India, Sir Joseph
Lister, president of the Royal society, the
Duke of Marlborough, Mr.. Henry White,
United States charge d'affares, Baron Roth
schild,. Judge Lambert Tree, formerly
ers of the highest rank in the British en-
pire. In all there were about $50 guests pre-
ent. After the dinner proper, the lady may
Dress and number of other ladies were ac-
commodated with seats in the gallery, in or
der to enable them to hear the speeches.
After the loving cup has been circulated,
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 Gro
mer and the Egyptian and Soudanese forces
whose brilliant campaign, just closed, is
the most consummate in the annals OF Brit
ish military history for eighty years and far
more beneicient and extended in its results
than perhaps any recorded in history
The campaign, said Lord Roseberry, had
wiped out the 'bloodiest and most barbar-
Gus tyranny in the history of mankind"
He concluded by expressing the opinion
that Great Britain had right to expect from
the nations whose territory borders on the
Dervish territory, not i'll feeling and jealousy
but the fullest measure of gratitude"
Admiral Sir Newell Salmon, first and
principal naval aid-de-camp to the queen,
responded for the navy and the secretary
for war, Lord Lansdowne, for the army.
The assembly greeted the rising of the
Marquis of Salisbury to the toast, ''The Sir
dar," with nervous silence, as it had been
whispered that he had an important and
grave statement to make. His statement
nounced a settlement of the chief difficulty
with France. The premier said in part:
mo one can wonder at the vast enthu
siasm by which the career of this great SOL
dier has been received, especially when we
consider the strange dramatic interest of
the circumstances and conditions amid
which his laurels were won by the Sirdar.
Besides being a splendid soldier, he is also
splendid diplomatist 1t must have re-
quired unusual talents to successfully carry
out the delicate mission up the Nile which
conducted him into the presence of Major
Marchand.
''The Sirdar has recently expressed the
hope that the difficulties arising from the
presence of Major Marchand may be within
the power of diplomacy to adjust. am
glad to say that up to certain point he has
proved true prophet.
This afternoon / received from the
French ambassador the information that the
sion that the occupation of Fashoda is of no
sort of value. prolonged laughter and
cheers) And that they thought, in the cir
cumstance that to persist IN an occupation
which would only cost them money and di-
rect harm, merely because some bad advisors
thought it might be disagreeable to an un
welcome neighbor, would not show the wis
dom with which, as | think, the French re-
public has been uniformly guided.
"They have done what l believe every
government would have done in the same
position-resolved that the occupation must
cease. (Cheers.) | must not be understood
as saying that all causes of controversy are
removed. Doubtless there will be made dis
cussions between us, but somewhat acute
and somewhat dangerous cause of differ
ences has been removed
General Kitchener whose reply was mod
est and not important, gave unstinted praise
to the British Egyptian and Soudanese
troops The Sirdar said he would indeed
have been an incapable leader if he had
failed OF victory with such soldiers. He gave
solae details as to the experience of the ex-
pedition, dwelling with pride upon its cheap
ness, and, in summing up, "the assets that
remain" referred to 600 miles of railway
gunboats, hotilla of sailing craft and latter
a pause) the Soudan. daughter and ap-
plause.)
A striking feature os the occasion was the
presence of number of young officers OF the
Life Guards and Twenty-first lancers who
had served with the Sirdar. Several of
them were wounded and walked with the
aid of crutches or with their arms in sings