Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-15
A NOTABLE SPEECH.
Delivered by England's Pre-
mier at a Banquet.
ELECTION IN AMERICA.
Salisbury Says Britons Should
Rejoice Over the Result.
SATIRIZED THE WAR FEVER
Taken All in All, the Premier's Ad-
dress Cast IA Gloom over the Ham
quet, the Most brilliant of All Social
Functions In England.


London, Nov. 1O.-What is probably
the most brilliant of all pubic func-
tons in England, the lord mayor
banquet, took place last evening. 1t
will be memorable even to Americans
by reason of the following remark
able utterance of Lord Salisbury,
who, in the presence of 900 guests,
including United States Ambassador
Choate, the members of the British
ca abinet and many of the leading men
of England. spoke as follows of the
American elections:
I'VE believe that the cause which
/ has won is the cause of civilization
and commercial honor. We believe
those principles to he at the root of
all prosperity and all progress in the
world. Therefore we claim that we
have as much right to rejoice i'll what
has taken place as the distinguished
gentleman (referring to Mr.. Choate)
vino sits at my side"
This was followed by loud and pro-
longed cheering.
Except in its references to the Uni
ted States, the speech of the premier
cast an extraordinary gloom over the
gorgeous banquet. Following direct
ly after the colonel commanding the
City Imperial volunteers, Lord Sails
bury startled mis- hearers by satiriz-
ing the war fever, although praising
the courage of the soldiers and de-
claring that the passionate admira-
ton Of military valor evidenced by
the populace must produce change
Of attitude on the part of the outside
world when viewing English charac-
! ter
Then, with lowered voice, he went
on to speak of the price of victory
and the ravagcs Of death, dealing es-
pecially with the queens bereave-
ment in the loss of Prince Christian
| Victor. Finally he uttered hope,
almost a prayer, that Lord Roberts
might be spared the sorrow now
| hanging over him by reason of the
critical condition of his daughter.
Tears sprang to the eyes of women,
and men moved uncomfortably in
their seats. The silence and solemn
| ity grew oppressive.
The premier reviewed the events of
the last 10 months. Mr.. Kruger and
the empress of China, he went on to
say, had forced war upon Great Brit
ain. He maintained that the British
war office deserved great credit for
the way in which it had handled these
| emergencies.
Despite nebulous and fictitious at
tacks, we should be glad to improve
all the defects of the war Office" he
continued, "and our utmost efforts
will be devoted to that task; but |
should rather dcprccatc any unneces-
sary examination into what has oc-
curred. You will not add to the en-
thusiasm of your troops by so doing
lie maintained earnestly that the
idea of invading China with our
scanty force" or ''of approaching the
| stupendous task of governing China
instead of leaving il TO be governed
Iv the Chinese" was most dangerous.
Relapsing into pessimism, Lord Sal
isbury admitted tnat the trend of re-
cent events has almost put an end to
The hopes of the Russian emperor and
Others who took part in the peace
conference at The Hague. His speech
closed with fcrvid appeal TO the peo-
pie of England to maintain their de-
lenses in such perfect condition
that 1--WE shall not be exposed to any
sudden interruption of hepeace upon
which our prosperity depends
The majority of Salisbury's hearers
believed that this warning referred to
The possibility of French antagonism.