New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-25
THE DAY OBSERVED ABROAD. !
A THANKSGIVING BANQUET IN LONDON.
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EENRY WHITE LORD HNLSBrEY. SIR
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EDWIN ARNOLD NNp OTHERS
Lordon. Nov 1.-THE Thanksgiving banquet
Of tho American Society IN London. which was
held a, the Hotel cecil this coming was
soridcation Of Anglo American friendship
Three hundred Americans and thcir English
guests sat at tables under the entn med flags
Of tho two nations Two notable speeches were
made. ono by Henry White. tho American
Charge dAfaircs. and the other by Sir Edwin
Arnold who was supposed To he nearly nj tho
point Of death from paralysis hut who dragged
himself into tho banquet hall against the orders
OF his physicians leaning on the arm of his
Japanese wife and supported by cane.
j. l.. Taylor. president OF the society. proposed
toass to Her Majesty the Queen and to Presi-
dent Mckinley. and F. c. Van Duzer the
tary read President McKinley's Thanksgiving
Proclamation.
W. NJ Osborne. the American Consul General.
IN proposing the health OF the Charge d'Anaires.
paid high tribute to Mr. Whites long services.
Mr.. White responding to the toast Thanks
giving Day" evoked enthusiastic cheers 10y ref
erenca to Colonel Hay. formerly American Am
bassador. and now United States Secretary Of
State. whose eloquence he said Lad been the
cety Speaking Of the FIRST foreign in
fifty years which Americans had been COM
PEELED to wage in the interests of humanity and
civilization" the Charge d'Affares congratu-
lated the Nation that in previous crisis
1t had been guided by a President possessed
Of the wisdom and courage necossary 10 sur
mount the difficulties Of the crisis. The war
had proved that the fire Of patriotism burns
as brightly in the hearts Of our citizens as 1t
ever did. and that sectional differences have
disappeared We have emerged from the con
fict united people among the nations Of the
earth ready TO assume the responsibilities I'M
expectedly thrust upon us
The speaker referred to the change which had
come over the feelings of the two nations with
respect TO each other las based upon no ALI
ance at present nor ] hope. TO come. but upon
unity of feeling"
1t would be difficult. he said TO forete the
consequences should the two countries ever de-
eide upon joint action in any part Of the world.
1t would be a combination difficult to defeat
and tending to the advancement Of the human
race.
The Earl of Halsbury. the Lord Chancellor
extolled the Anglo-Amercan friendship. which,
he said was not vain tinse, but what the
race believed was a duty TO be done" These
two nations he declared. had destroyed the idea
that il was right for one man to make another
his property. The American people, at the risk
of tearing asunder the great empire they had
founded had determined that every man under
the Stars and Stripes should be free The two
nations together might defy the world Their
alliance might be idea and a dream. but IT
was a noble idea and a splendid dream
Sir Edwin Arnold concluded the speech-mak-
ing with an address. the manner Of which was
so eloquent that II could not be reproduced No
man. he said could visit America and not ex-
! press the gratitude. attachment and hopes that
filed his heart He said in conclusion:
Your guests salute you Only one who has
! known Holmes Emerson. Longfelow and Whit
| tier can tell how secretly and shyly Engshmen
/ love America