The record-union., 1898-11-05
KITCHENER The
HERO OF The HOUR,
The Commander of the Nile Expedi-
tion LiOnizod at London.
Presented With a Sword Of Honor In Rec
ognition Of Defeat Of DsrVishes.
rendered a Banquet in the Even
ing, Which Was Attended by
the Marquis of Salisbury and
Many Others Of the Highest
Rank in the British Empire.

LONDON, Nov 4-The streets of
the city were crowded all morning, an
witness General Kitcheners triumphal
progress to Guildhau, 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.
| The General received a great ovation
as, accompanied by three aides
camp, and dressed in full Generals
uniform, with the Egyptian SASH he
drove through the streets.
! At Guildhall there was the quaintest
kind of a ceremony, which was wit
messed by $500 spectators, chiefly city
dignitaries and their families. thoueh
Lord Rosebery and Lord Halsbury, the
Lord Chancellor and few other not
ables were present.
| There was scene of great enthusi-
asm when General Kitchener took his
place on the dais by the side of the
/ Lord Mayor, Horatio David Davies.
| The clerk then read document setting
| forth that citizens, one described as a
! butcher, one as a barber and one as a
! stationer, had declared 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 reserved
| for England's greatest sons.
| General Kitchener, in replying, ex-
| pressed his deep and heartfelt thanks.
! and said the success of the campaign
was due not only to the oneness of pur.
| pose and cheerful spirit of determna-
/ ton, but to the master mind Of Lord
| Cromer British agent in Egypt) un-
der whose able direction, the Sirdar as
serted, the Soudan had been recon
! Quered.
The banquet given to General Kitche
ner at the Mansion House tonight was
an exceptionally brilliant affair. A
| trophy of British and Egyptian flags
entWined had been arranged above the
Lord Mayors seat. The guests includ-
ed the Duke of Cambridge, the Marquis
OF Salisbury and other Cabinet Minis
ters; Lord Roberts ef Kandahar, Lord
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, Sir
William Vernon Harcourt, Lord Rose
| berry, Lord Wolseley, the Commander
| in-Chief of the British forces; Lord
Russell, the Lord Chief Justice of Eng
|
newly appointed Viceroy of India; Sir
| Joseph Lister, President of the Royal
| Society; the Duke of Marlborough.
Henry White, the United States Charge
d'Affaires; 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 $50 guests present
i ha ha I,,
MayOress and a number of ladies were
accommodated with seats in the gallery
in order to enable them to hear the
| speeches.
After the loving cup had been circu-
lated 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 a 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-
| summate in the annals of British mill
tary history for eighty years, and far
more beneficent and extended in it's
results than perhaps any recorded in
| history" The campaign, said Lord
| RCsebery, has wiped out the "bloodiest
and most barbarOus tyranny in the his
| tory of mankind" He concluded by
expressing the opinion that Great Brit
ain had right to expect from the ma
| ton 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 aide de camp to the
! Queen, responded for the navy. and
the Secretary for War, for the army.
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 settlement
of the chief difficulty with France The
Premier said in part:
mo one can wonder at the vast en-
thusiasm by which the career of this
| great soldier has been received espe-
j cially 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
dlpIOmatlSI. 1t must nave required
| unusual talents to successfully carry
out the delicate mission uD 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. l am glad to say that up
to a certain point he has proved true
prophet This afternoon I received
from the French ambassador the in
formation that the French Government
had come to- the conclusion that the oc-
cupation Of Fashoda is on no sort of
value prolonged laughter and cheers).
and that they thought under the cir
cumstances, to persist in an occupa-
ton which would only cost them mon
ey and do harm, merely because some
bad advisers thought it might be dis
agreeable to an unwelcome neighbor.
would not show the wisdom with
which, l think, the French Republic
has been uniformly guided
They have done what I believe every
Government would have done in the
same position-resolved that the occu-