The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-05
THE 4TH IN LONDON.
American Society Gives Banquet and
Depew Speaks.

London, July Sin addition to near
~ all the American residents in and
visiting London who celebrated the
Fourth of July at the dinner of the
American society last night, were a
number of distinguished BritonS, in
sey, Henry Campbell Bannerman and
Lord George Hamilton. Among the
Americans present were Ambassador
Choate, Messrs. White and Carter, of
the American embassy; Commander
Glover, the American naval attache;
Marshall Field, of Chicago; ex-senator
Cannon; Ex-Governor Wolcott of Massa-
chusetts, and Josiah Quincy, ex-mayor
of Boston. The feature of the evening
was the complimentary remarks of the
Englishmen.
within a measurable period of
time" declared Lord WolSeley, in pro-
1.-The United States must become the
greatest nation in the world with
which declaration almost 400 persons
who were present broke into loud ap-
plause.
1--WE watch" continued the British
commander in chief, the actions of the
United States with greater interest than
any other nation. Both nations, if
united, would be able to control the des-
tines of the world, always with view
to insist upon universal peace"
Henry Campbell Zimmerman, propos-
ing the health of Ambassador Choate,
declared II was more IMPERATIVE anu
yet easier for Mr.. Choate to maintain
friendly relations than it had ever been
for any ambassador in the history of
the two countries.
Mr.. Choate, responding, asked what
George III would say if he saw the
British commander in chief and the
heads of church and state celebrating
the day was stripped England of her
richest colonies.
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew arrived
in the nick of time to respond to ''The
Day We Celebrate" He was greeted
with a prolonged ovation. In the course
of the remarks he declared that rival
ries and jealousies between Great Brit
ain and the United States must always
exist, but that the warships of both ma
lions would always greet each other
with cheers on the celebrations of the
Fourth of July. These remarks were
due to the senator's having seen a Brit
ish war vessel decorated today at
Southampton.
An American" said Mr. Depew, sis no
longer a provincial. We are now salts
fed to have on one side Porto Rico and
upon the other side neighborly, loyal,
peaceful and progressive Canada
Referring to the Philippines Mr. De-
pew said the United States intended to
keep them.
lin one year" said he, "we have
grown up from an infant We belong to
the family of nations and anyone who
does must have the manners of those
who sit at the same table. We are no
longer a hermit nation. We are partak-
ing in the crusade of the Twentieth CEN
fury. 1t is not for blood, but fur hui
mainly and civilization. Side by side
English and American sailors are
marching under a common commander
not for the conquest of China-no pow
err wants to conquer China-and not for
the partition of China, but for the pur-e
pose of pressing on that empire of four
hundred million a government of law,
order and civilization, for the benefit of
humanity, of civilization and of the
commerce of the world
Ex-Governor Wolcott, ex-senator
Cannon, Lord George Hamilton, the
Earl of Jersey, ex-Mayor Quincy and
Mark Twain also spoke.