The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-25
Friendship of
Two n atoms.
BRITAIN AMERICA.
A Notable Thanksgiving
Banquet in London.

London, Nov 24-The Thanksgiving
banquet of the American Society in
London, which was held at the Hotel
Cecil this evening, was a glorihcation
of Anglo American friendship. Three
hundred Americans and their English
guests sat at tables under the entwined
flags of the two nations.
Two notable speeches were made, one
by Henry White, the American charge
d'affaires and the other by Sir Edwin
Arnold, who was supposed to be nearly
at the point of death from paralysis,
but who dragged himself into the ban
quet hall against the orders of his ply
sicians. leaning ON the arm of his Jap
anese wife. and supported by cane.
j. l.. Taylor, president of the society,
proposed toasts to ner majesty the
queen, and to President Mckinley and
f. c. Van Duzer, the secretary. read
President McKinleys Thanksgiving
proclamation. w. NJ. Osborne, the
the health of the charge d'affaires, paid
a high tribute to Mr. Whites long ser
vices.
Mr.. White, responding to the toast,
Thanksgiving day evoked enthusiasts
tic cheers by reference 10 Col. Hay,
formerly American ambassador, and
now United States secretary of state
whose eloquence, he said, had been the
chief attraction of the gatherings of the
society. Speaking of the first foreign
war in so years which Americans had
been compelled to wage in the interests
of humanity and civilization" the
charge d'affaires congratulated the ma
ton that, as in previous crisis, it had
been guided by & president possessed
of the wisdom and courage necessary
to surmount the difficulties of the cri-
sis. The war had proven that the
Are of patriotism burns as brightly in
the hearts Of our citizens as it ever did
and that sectional differences have dis
appeared We have emerged from the
conflict a united people among the ma
tons of the earth, ready to assume the
responsibilities Unexpectedly thrust
upon us"
The speaker referred to the change
which had come over the feelings of
the two nations with respect TO each
other, "As based upon no alliance at
present, nor, [ hope to come, but upon
unity of feeling"
1t would be difficult, he said, to fore
tell the consequences, should the two
in any part of the world. 1t would be
a combination difficult to defeat and
tending to the advancement of she hu-
man race
The Earl of Halsbury, the lord chan
cellor, eXtoled the Anglo-American
friendship, which, he said was not
Vain tinsel, but what the race be-
lieved was a duty to be done"
These two nations, he declared, had
destroyed the idea that it was right
for one man to make another his prop
erty. 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 10
gether might defy the world Their ell
lance might be an idea and a dream:
but it was a noble idea and a splendid
dream.
Sir Edwin Arnold concluded the
speech-makng with an address, the
manner of which was so eloquent that
it could not be reproduced. No man,
he said, could visit America and not
express the gratitude, attachment and
hopes that filled his heart. He con-
cluded
Your guests salute you. Only one
who has known Holmes, Emerson,
Longfellow and Whitman. can tell how
secretly and shyly EngIishmen love
America