New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-05
AMERICAN SOCIETY MEETS.
Mr.. CHOATE AND MR.. CLEMENS MAKE
ADDRESSES-AN ENTHUSIAS-
TIC ASSEMBLY


guests attended the banquet OF the American
Society in London. at the Hotel Cecil. this even
ing and many women viewed the ceremonies
from the gallery of the dining-room.
AS display OF patriotism and Anglo-Saxon
gcod-fellowship. the affair was not excelled
even by the famous dinner given last year.
While the interest Of that occasion was stimu-
lated by the great naval victory at Santiago.
to-night's festivities signalized by the in
PRODUCTION of Mr.. Choate the United States
Ambassador. to fellowship in the society.
They we're also rendered additionally sgnlh-
cant by the presence of Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge. who introduced the Free Cuba resolu-
ton in the Republican convention at St Louis
and OF Senator Hanna and William Mckinley
Osborne, United States Consul General in Lon
don.
The dining room was not only richly dec>-
rated with the American and British colors. but
a huge American eagle was perched upon
pedestal Immediately behind the chairman. j.
Walter Earle president of the society.
DISTINGUISHED PERSONS PRESENT.
On the right Of the chairman sat Cardinal
Herbert Vaughan. Archbishop Of Westminster
and on his left Mr.. Choate.
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At the same tables sat also the Earl or Rose
the Earl OF Dartmouth. the Earl Of WARWICK
Admiral Sir Richard Tracey president OF the
Royal Naval College; Northumberland Sir
Henry Brackenbury president Of the Ordnance
Committee United States Consul-General Os-
borne James Boyle. United States Consul at
Liverpool: Lieutenant J. c. Colwell Naval
Attache Of the United States Embassy Henry
White. Secretary of the Embassy; Colonel Sam
uel S Sumner. United States Military Attache;
H. y Allen. United States Minister 10 Corea;
nd
After the toast 10 the Queen which was pro-
posed by Mr. Earle, the Rev. DR.. Henry Mon
tagu Butler. master Of Trinity College. pro-
posed the health Of President Mckinley, re-
ferrng TO him eloquently as "a President who
rules in an unequallsd atmosphere Of love and
personal esteem"
Newton Crane toasted the United States Am
bassador
ADDRESS OF MR.. CHOATE.
Mr. Choate responded in the most dignifed'
and statesmanlike address he has yet delivered
in England praising the Anglo-Saxon alliance,
but assuring Americans that they cannot be
English. and asserting that an American must
be a American.
When an American. on hearing that was
10 come TO England" said the Ambassador,
cried out God save the queen" he completed
my OUTFIT for when man couples Prosperity to
the American people with that other senti-
ment he gives an American Ambassador the
fullest credentials and all the diplomacy he
needs"
The speaker declared that the Anglo-Amer-
ican alliance was no new thing, as was evil
denced by the lowering of British flags on the
Channel Fleet on the death Of Washington, by
the sorrow for Lincoln and by the honest grief
at the death Of Garfield. He referred also IN
eloquent terms to Englands sympathy in the
recent war with Spain. and concluded his re-
marks by proposing THE Day We Celebrate"
Senator Lodge responded with a most patri-
otto expression Of the DETERMINATION OF me
American people to carry on and carry out the
war in the Philippines, not selfshly but Tor
the civilization Of that people.
MR. CLEMENS REFERS TO ALLIANCE
Mark Twain" also responded to the same
sentiment. keeping the company most Of the
time in peals Of laughter. but closing with this
pathetic reference to the alliance:
Wherever one soldier finds himself beneath
the shelter OF the others flag, he knows ne Is
not an alien but kinsman Of the biood anu
at home.
Cardinal Vaughan responded to Tine com
rnunitv OF English Speaking Nations. saying
.ba+ the destiny OF the new century depended
on the question whether the despotic power now
looming in North Asia or the nberty-lovins
ICED East -"'~
Other toasts followed . A..
The United States Ambassador ana MIS-.
Choate celebrated the day with receptions Doth
at the United States Embassy ana AT tne atoF,iIv
dence zach Of the buildings was tasteluIly
decorated with flags and flowers representing
the National colors 49,. ,,.o. >,
The reception at the Choate residence was az
tended by fifteen hundred persons nT ,I1snr
MANY English people and number OF lea a ;
~ the international Council OF women So .1s
bovs from the United States training snip snip
NtcE,oneobala now al Plymouth, who were also
nresent' attracted much attention. band OF
music played on the terrace; -,..,o.u -. ,,or1-
bcrouTh lady William Beresford. Sir Wiillam
Verron Harcourt Lord Strathcona ana mount
Povsl the Canadian High Commissioner, VI !,
and Mrs Gilbert Parker. Mr.. and MIS- Stephs.i
Crsn@ Mr. and Mrs. John Drew. Mrs; Ronalds =
Mrs Mackay, Mrs. Rider Haggasd. MIS- Whea pa1iH
leslie General Wheaton and MRS WheS, ,
" :. choate Admiral Kinahan and Mrs.
Kirahan. Sir William Collins t the nse ana Mrs
~. 20 senator and Mrs. Marx Hanna, sen
stor and Mrs Henry Cabot Lodge ana Miiiia am
N osborne. United States Consui-"eherai anu