The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-05
Ambassador Andrew ID. White at Leip-
sic Speaks of Roosevelt's Lik-
ing for Germany.
AT ROME AND AT PARIS
RECEPTIONS GIVEN AT AMERICAN
EMBASSIES IN BOTH CITIES.
Training Ships Anchored on Queens
town Have Boat Races-The Day
at Other Foreign Places.

LONDON, July 4.-The Fourth of July
banquet of the American Society in London
was given at the Hotel Cecil tonight.
There was a remarkable manifestation of
sympathy for King Edward in his illness,
and incidentally there was some open ex-
pressions of displeasure with Joseph H.
Choate, the United States ambassador
Between four hundred and five hundred
Americans were present at the banquet and
the specially invited guests included Lieut..
Gen. Sir Francis Grenfell, the Governor of
Malta; Sir John Gordon Sprigg prime min
lister of the Cape Colony; Sir Robert Bond,
the premier of Newfoundland Gen. Joseph
Wheeler and the United States consul gen.
eral in London, II. Clay Evans. The dinner
was expedited in order to enable Mr..
Choate. Henry White. secretary of the
American embassy. and the colonial Off
cials TO attend the reception at the India
| Office.
Having elOquently toasted King Edward,
| Mr.. Choate announced that, in consequence
! of his Majesty's grave condition, the other
usual tOasts, with the exception of one to
the President of the United States, would
/ be omitted, and that there would be no
| speechmaking. Sir Francis Grenfell pro-
| posed the health of President Roosevelt.
! After this toast was drunk Mr. Choate
Mr.. White, Sir Francis and the other colon
ial officials hurried away to don their court
/ dress and TO meet the Prince of Wales at
the India Office. The other guests of the
society remained, and. in spite of Mr.
Choate's announcement, there ensued an
unusually bright series of speeches. which
| were punctuated by openly expressed dis
satisfaction with the absence of the Amer
/ too
/ countenancing the speeches This dissatis-
faction was voiced by Ex-Governor Hast
ings, of Pennsylvania, who said that he
! quite disagreed with Mr.. Choate. Mr..
Hastings said he had only just arrived in
London from the United States. but that
before he left all the country was rejoicing
over the Kings recovery, and that, there
fore, he thought tonight should be one of
rejoicing and of speeches to voice that feel
ing. This remark was greeted with loud
cheers, in which the American diplomats
| who had remained and all the consular rep
| resentatives present heartily Joined.
Mr.. Choate opened the ceremonies at to-
| nights banquet by reading the last bulletin
concerning the condition of the King. 1t
was received with cheers.
| The ends OF the world" said the ambas-
! sador. 'have been brought very close to-
gether these last few days. King Edwards
! health occupies the tender, serious and af-
o.. "A
| TINS banquet, and especially upon the
! Fourth of July which, | believe contrib
| uted TO the happiness of both countries
! can express for the people of the United
States, and without unduly assuming any
| authority, their earnest and hearty sympa-
thy with King Edward and his people i'm
their anxiety, and can say that the Amer
lean people offer them their prayers for his
Majesty's speedy recovery as earnestly and
as ardently as If no separation had ever oc-
Never has there been. and never could
be, a more pathetic historical occurrence
| than the Kings illness The peace which
| was so anxiously looked for had come at
! last; the capital had been transformed
into a theater in which millions of people
might behold the most wonderful pageant
of modern times, and all mankind was on
the tip toe of expectation, when suddenly
like a bolt from clear blue sky, the CEN
ter of these festivities had TO exchange the
glory and brightness of the coronation for
weeks of illness. No wonder all hearts
were prostrated and that every note of
preparation ceased. Now, when hope has
revived. we are all somewhat chastened
by the brief but startling experience
Anxiety still mingles with hope, and
speeches on this occasion would be suitably
In view of these circumstances Mr..
/ Choate urged that the usual hilarity of the
celebration be tempered. He alluded TO
President Roosevelt, whom all men de-
lighted to honor" and his keen sympathy
for the King in his illness, to which he
drew the parallel of the feeling in Great
Britain over the death of President Nc
Kinley.
Indignation at the act of the assassin"
said Mr.. ChOate, expressions of grief,
also. came from all parts of the British
dominions from the King downward One
voice that week spoke more constantly and
feellngly than any one, and that was the
voice OF King Edward Not alone did the
King insist upon my forwarding him every
message l received concerning Mr.. Nc
Kinleys condition, but he answered each
one with sympathetic messages No liv-
ing heart beat more warmly towards the
United States in those days than did that
of mis- Majesty He has lost no OppOr-
tunity of manifesting his good will toward
US. and we have every reason and right TO
count him. as we did his mother, our stead
fast and constant friend"
With brief reference 10 the function at
the India Office, Mr.. ChOate concluded his
speech. Ii loudly cheered and King
Edwards health was drank with enthusi-
asm.
In proposing the health of President
Roosevelt, Sir Francis GrenfeIl quoted
Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford as
saying. this afternoon, in reply TO Sir
Francs's question: DO you know Roose-
velt?"
Know him? 1 know him we'll I've
stayed with him in America. He is the
best and straightest of men. real good
sportsman, a gallant soldier and a sue
This description OF President Roosevelt
was greeted by those present. Continuing
Sir Francis classed the deaths of Presi-
dent Mckinley and Lord Pauncefote. for
merly British ambassador at Washington
I and the illness of King Edward as the three
greatest calamities of the past twelve
months He declared that Englishmen
would never forget the sympathy shown in
the United States over the death of Lord
/ Pauncefote. or the deeply-felt solicitude
expressed by Americans for King Edward
He said he had just been speaking TO one
| of King Edwards sisters. and that she
had said 10 him: Nothing could be better
I'm the circumstances than the condition
| OF the King"
! Sir FTancis evoked tremendous cheering