The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-25
BRIT0NS AT BANQUET BOARD.
AMERICANS AND ENGLIsHMnN on
SERVE THANKSGIVING IN
LONDON.

ThnnISsEivIng nanquef of the Amer
lean society GIorincation of
AngIO-Americnn FriendShip - Mr.
henry White and Sir Edwin Ar
mold Deliver the Notable Adj
dresseses of the Evening, the Lat
ter Declaring That the Two Ma
tiOnS Could Defy the world.
London, Nov si--The Thanksgiving BAN
quet of the American Society in London
which was held at the Hotel Cecil this
evening was a glorihcaton of Anglo-Amer-
lean friendship Three hundred Americans
and their English guests sat at a table
under the entwined flags of the two ma
tions
Two notable speeches were made. one by
Mr. Henry White, the American charge
d'affaires, and the other by Sir Edwin Ar
mold, who was supposed to be nearly al the
point Of death from paralysis, but who
dragged himself into the banquet hall
against the orders of his physicians. leans
ing on the arm OF his japanese wife and
supported by "a cane
j. i. Taylor, president of the society.
proposed toasts to her majesty. the Queen,
and to President Mckinley. and Mr.. +. c.
Van Duser.4 the secretary, read President
McKinley's Thanksgiving proclamation.
Mr.. White, responding 30 the toass
THANKSGIVING Day." evoked enthusiastic
cheers by reference to 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 fifty years
which Americans had been compelled 10
wage In the interests of humanity and
civilization" the charge d'affaires con-
graduated the nation that as in a prevl-
GUS crisis, it had been guided by Presi-
dent possessed OF the wisdom and courage
necessary to snrmount the difficulties OF
the crisis. The war had proven that tha
fire of patriotism burns as brightly in the
hearts Of our citizens as II ever did, and
that sectional differences have disappears
ed. We have emerged from the conflict
a united people among the nations 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 IL
would be dinlcult. he said, to foretell tho
consequences should The two countries eV-
er decide upon joint action IN any part OF
the world. II would be a combination
difficult 70 defeat and tending 20 the adj
vancement Of the human race.
The Earl Of Halsbury the lord chancel-
Tor, extolled Anglo-American friendship
which, he said, was not vain tinsel, but
what the race believed was a duty to be
done"
These two nations. he declared, had de-
stroyed the idea that it was right for one
man to make another his property. The
American people, at the risk Of tearing
asunder the great empire they had found
ed, 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 an idea and a
dream, but IL was a noble idea and splen-
did dream.
Sir Edwin Arnold concluded the speech-
making with an address, the manner Of
which was so eloquent that 1t could not
be reproduced. No man, he said. could
visit America and not express the gratl-
tude, attachment and hopes that filled his
heart He concluded: Your guests, salute
you. Only one who has known Holmes.
Emerson, Longfellow and Whitman can
tell how secretly and SHY, Englishmen
love America"