The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-06
HONOR TO AMERICANS
NEW WORKERS DINED BY LONDON
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
PRES. M'KINLEY TOASTED.
GREAT FRIENDSHIP EXPRESSED
BY NOBLE SPEAKERS.

The Americans Highly Honored, but
Few Savannah Orators Would
Have Helped Out Things Greatly.
The American Kings of Finance
Held Seats of Honor-LOrd Lans-
downe Expressed Sympathy of
Great Britain for President and
Hope for Recovery of His Wife.
London, June 5.-The banquet rendered
nv the London Chamber of Commerce to
che delegates OF the New York Chamber
at Grooers' Hall tonight, was one OF
the handsomest affairs of the kind ever
given in city famed for lavish hospital
itv. No effort was spared to honor the
American guests; but it must be con-
fessed that the latter did not sustain
the reputation America has for brilliant
after dinner speaking. Nor did the
British speakers do much to relieve the
te6ium of four hours speaking.
All the speeches, however, teemed with
extreme friendliness and faith in the
establishment of permanent friendly re-
lations All the speakers expressed the
belief that Great Britain and the United
States would rule the destinies of the
world, and that their unwritten alliance
would always work for peace and the
benefit of mankind.
Lord Brassey presided. On his right
was Mr.. Choate and on his left Lord
Lansdowne. Morris K. Jesup, Andrew
Carnegie Cornelius N. Bliss, Mr. Griscom,
were among those seated al the table of
honor. In all, nearly 300 guests were pres
ent.
Debt Great Britain Owes.
In welcoming the delegates, Lord Bras
sey who made the first speech said, re-
ferring to the debt Great Britain owned
TO the New York Chamber of Commerce
az the time the Venezuela difficulty
arose, he desired to mark Great Britain's
deep sense of the service rendered
TO no other nation" he continued,
"are we drawn as we are to our kinsmen
across the Atlantic. The wisely directed
friendship of our two peoples-not as yet,
and. perhaps never to be, cemented by
formal alliance-should be a potent in
fuence. Working together for the COM
mon good of all mankind, we may keep
/ open the door for trade, we may spread
1 civilization. we may protect the oppress-
/ ed, and we may esta blish peace among
the nations" 'f
To President Mckinley.
There was murmur of expectancy as
4 Lord Lansdowne, the foreign secretary,
4 rose to toast President Mckinley.
Il imagine he said, that this honor
able duty has assigned to me because 1
am connected with the department of for.
4 aff ao5 a. !,
a toast, coming from my lips' may seem
to denote something more than a mere
private expression of admiration and good
Will. 1 think | may say that to all the
SUBJECTS of IBIS Majesty it requires an
effort to think of our relations with the
United States as foreign relations. pro
longed cheers) All those who, like my
self are servants Of the pubic, feel that
they hold an unwritten commission that
no pains shall be spared to maintain the
most friendly relations.
With regard to President Mckinley,
we think of the great Office he fills. and
IN addition to his public cares, we rernem-
per the burden OF private anxiety he has
70 bear, and it is the prayer of our whole
country that his wife may be restored to
neaIth, and that he may continue to
Oe TO the whole world
potent influence for the good of
the human race"
Speeches by Americans.
oHcehes were made by Morris X
Sesup who responded to the address of
"eIcome; by A. Barton Hepburn who
aroused interest by an intimation that
'ae Ohited states were entering on the
stage of tariff relaxation, and bv Mr.
carnegie, who elaborated his well-known
views as to Anglo-Saxon supremacy. MIR.
o'lscom spoke on the expansion of Amer
" .van shipping and Mr.. Choate closed the
'east with a few words.