The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-06-17
CHAMBERLAIN AND MILNER.
ILEIIR RECENT SPEECHES ARE THE
BEST IMPRESSION
OF Eng.and's south African Policy.

tel to meet Sir Alfred (now Lord Mil
ner.
Luncheon was served in the ground
floor saloon, which was prettily deco
rated, and music was supplied by al
orchestra in the vestibule. Only two
toasts were proposed, viz, THE King
and the health of the chief guest The
luncheon commenced at a quarter tt
two O'Clock and the proceedings CON
cluded about half-past three o'clock
The occasion was private in the sense
I that representatives of the press We're
not invited, but the following report OF
the speeches has been supplied to us
officially.
The toast Of "The King having been
duly honored, Mr.. Chamberlain said:
Your Royal Highness, my Lords,
Ladies and Gentlemen; l ask your
permission to propose one more toast,
the health of Sir Alfred Miner, whom
in future we shall know as Lord Mil
ner, -Four years ago Sir Alfred was Sc
lected for one Of the most difficult and
most arduous tasks to which any pub
lie servant has ever been called. l
think that selection was justified by
the experience of a career in which he
had played many parts, and all of
them with great distinction, and in any
case the choice was acclaimed by men
of all parties, who were confident that
he would bring to this great duty 81
mind trained to judicial investigation
emlnently impartial, and at the same
time courage and a calm resolution
which would not fail him in the great
est emergency. And, now that he has
come back to us for short interval of
rest between the work that he has ac
complished and the still greater work
that lies before him, l think we may
say those expectations of his friends
have been justified. I am sure that it
will be a pleasure to them, and think
it will be an encOurageme to Lord
Miner, that he should have received
so signal a mark of personal favor from
his majesty the king yesterday, and
that he should also have received so
warm a welcome from his own country
men. Ladies and gentlemen, l think
that these are indications, which are
confirmed to-day, that Sir Alfred Mil
ner possesses the undated confidence
of his sovereign and of his fellow coun-
trymen, whom he has served so ably
and with so much devotion. I have
said that greater work lies before him
after his return to South Africa. AL
though we may have many disappoint-
ments, I am sanguine when that time
comes the smoldering embers of the
war-which has long since ceased to be
a war in the true sense of the word
the smoldering embers of this great
struggle will have been extinguished.
Then he will be able to take up this
arduous than any which
he has hitherto confronted, which, l
believe, will be more congenial to him
self-and after the chaos Of war and
conflict he will found new order of
things in South Africa and establish
he administrative machinery which we
believe will unite and re-
commend the two races in that country
Who, unfortunately, have now been OPP
1osed, and whose cooperation is abso-
utely necessary to its future welfare
ind prosperity. And, your Royal
1ighness, ladies and gentlemen, I am
;ure that you all will join me in the
nope that Lord Miner, strengthened by
short respite from the strain of the
asst few years, and heartened and en-
by the proof that he still has
he support of his fellow-c ountrymen, |
will be able to crown the work which
lie has undertaken, laying broad and |
leep the foundations of a united South |
africa, as free, as prosperous, and as |
oval as the sister declarations of Can
da and Australia. I give you The I
Health of Lord Miner,
LORD MINERS REMARKS.
Lord Milner-Your Royal Highness,
Ir. Chamberlain, my Lords, Ladies
nd Gentlemen: I am so taken aback
" the reception which has been given
o me yesterday and to-day that I
annot find words, and, what is mora,
am afraid I cannot find ideas alto
ether suitable to the occasion. To
I'll the honest truth, I am rather
shamed to be here at all with big,
Unfinished job awaiting me and with
, many men, my fellow workers, but
/ positions far more dangerous and
lore physically eXhausting than my
wn, who are not able to take the rest
.hich they both deserve and need In
lese circumstances it would have been
lore pleasant to me, and, | believe, In
rational world it would have seemed
atter to all of us, that ! should have
rrived, and staid, and returned in the
Iietest possible manner, But / fully
,cognize that, in an age where 1t
,ems impossible for many people to
1t a simple and natural Interpretation .
oon anything, my doing so would have
zen lnisconstrued, and misconstrued !
a manner and to degree which
Guild have been injurious to the in
rests Of the state If the fact that :
e leave that | asked for-aCCorded ,,
in the kindest manner, but
it'll the most evident reluctance on
e part of His Majesty's government :
this hard begged holiday could be
as yelled recall, then of :
urse, it was obvious that, had taken
e proverbial hanson from Waterloo ! !,
my old chambers, that very harm ! .
IS action would have been trumpeted !,
er two continents as evidence of my :
sgrace. 1t is hard it is ludicrous
at some of the busiest men in the
1rld should be obliged to occupy their
ne and that so many of my friends | T
q we'll wishers should be put to in
nvenence-and on a DAY, TOO, when
would be so nice to be in the coun- Y
merely in order to prove to per- a
MS with an ingrained habit of self-de- n
sion that the British government will F