New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-28
PEACEFUL PATH OF TRADE.
BANQUET OF AMERICAN CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE. AT LIVERPOOL.
SPEECHES BY THE EARL OF DERBY. WHITE
LAW REID AND SIR EDWARD
RUSSELL
RUSSELL.

RUSSELL
The Liverpool newspapers brought in by the
Cunarder Lucania on Saturday contained full
reports of the centenary dinner of the American
Chamber of Commerce. in that city, Thurs
day evening, July II. when whiteIaw Reid
Special American Ambassador TO the coronation.
was the guest. He sat at the right of the chair
man. Mr.. A. 5. Hanway. Among the others at the
tables were the Earl of Derby. Lord Inverclyde
General Joseph Wheeler. U. S. A. the Lord
Mayor of Liverpool. Consul General H. Clay
Evans the Bishop of Liverpool DR.. John Wat
son, Principal Dale. Sir Edward Russell. Consul
Boyle Monsgnor Nugent and W. E. Lawrence
Mp.
After the toasts to the King and other MEM
hers of the royal family. the presiding officer
proposed the health Of the President OF the
United States. paying tribute to that great
man Mckinley and to President Roosevelt
who has been known to as a good sports
man. clever author. brave warrior and now
great statesman-always a straight man."
The toast was received with cheers.
THE EARL OF DERBY's INTRODUCTION.
The Earl of Derby. who on rising to propose
the health of Mr. Reid was received with loud
applause, said in part
1t is due 10 kindness that l. living beyond your
borders, should have the honor to propose
toast so intimately connected with the purpose
of this meeting. but. although there are present
many better qualified to do justice to the theme
there are few to whom II would give greater
pleasure in welcoming the distinguished guest
of the evening His Excellency's name is known
to all in England. 1t is a name hOnored in it
self. honored because its possessor has won his
own title to respect by the briancy OF his
studies. by his services in the field, and subse-
quently by his career in diplomacy; honored as
sphere OF life to another has added fresh lustre
to the renown already won (Applause)
BY this time His Excellency must know the
feeling evinced toward him, both on account OF
the great position he fills and also for those in
trinsic qualities which have endeared him 20
so many English friends (Applause) In
fortunately, in London count inti-
mate connection only from the time when he
was selected as the right and proper person to
hilee of our late Queen. (Cheers) An echo
OF what passed in England then must have been
waited westward. an echo OF the feeling mani
tested 10 him on account of his urbanity and
his liberality. The fate which led TO the post
ponement of the coronation will at least have
the effect of showing him how the British peo-
pie can bear themselves in circumstances which
have distressed every heart and brought gloom
into every home
AS Engshmen, we hope he will see that al
though monarchy might in some respects be an
obsolete institution Qaughter, il has struck
deeply into the hearts OF the people who have
such King (hear. hearD. and that there is
hardly In the wide dominion over which
ereign rules but one thought, us the King going
to recover7" (Hear heard We trust that
guest will yet be able TO bear testimony 10 the
rejoicing OF a great and united country in the
recovery OF a beloved sovereign. We all know
how greatly this city is mixed up in all that
relates TO the United States. For more than
hundred years Liverpool has maintained that
close connection. In spite OF all the changes
time has brought, IL is still without question the
western port OF Europe (cheers) and we trust
that no circumstances will diminish its glory.
We determined TO relax no effort to keep
Liverpool in the place IL has held, and in spite
OF competition Liverpool will remain marked out
as the nearest and best port TO America (Hear,
heard We know that 1t is largely by our own
eXertionS that we must continue to prosper.
Ours Is a case in which Providence helps those
who help themselves. daughter and applause)
International comities are not without their use.
Hear. heard State ceremonies have the ad-
vantage OF bringing people together Of promot-
ing better knowledge between nations. en-
larging their sympathies, increasing their in
the close and friendly relations which we in
England are at all times most anxious 70 Guilt
waite. (Hear. hearO
Speaking OF one thoroughly permeated by a
sense OF duty. Lord Pauncefote. who steadily
pursued A course which recommended itself 10
his fellow countrymen and his own character.
and who endeavored 10 make himself at home
and a friend with those among whom his duty
lay. IL Is a pleasure to remember that Lord
which I hope will be the forerunner OF
many other successes OF a like kind. II was
success in Lord Pauncefote's case achieved on
friendly soil No one spoke more strongly OF
the kindness he met with OF the value OF
that international comfy he strove to promote.
which had found fitting climax in the distin-
guiShed honor OF the offer of a United States
warshlp 10 carry his lordship's body 10 his
native soil. CHear. hear! and cheers)
These matters are not slight They may IN
themselves be forgotten. but the feeling which
produced them, and which they in turn produce
is not evanescent- Hear heard Our kinsmen
beyond the sea sympathize with us In our times
OF anxiety. We equally feel with them in sea-
sons Of JOY and OF mourning. Hear. heard For
a century or more there has been conserved In
our society the feeling which had in the first in
stance formed the chamber on whose behalf
have the honor TO propose the toast His Ex-
cellency,' coupling with 1t the name OF one whom
he would be the first TO honor Mrs. Whitelaw
Reid. (Cheers)
MR.. Reds SPEECH.
Mr.. Reid greeted with cheers as he rose
TO respond lie said:
II is a privilege and great pleasure 10 be
able to congratulate this Chamber on the cele-
bration Of its centenary Beyond that far be-
yond mere congratulations on the happy COM
pletion of an active and useful career of a hun
consider what fruit the trade of the century.
shared and IN part directed by this body. has
borne. / speak only of that to which the Amer
lean Chamber of Commerce in Liverpool has
direct relation when remind you that the CEN
tury's work leaves the interchange of commodi-
ties between the ports OF Liverpool and New
York, as / am assured, actually the largest
that exists anywhere between any two ports in
the world.
1t happens that. in too generous recognition of
some small success in the removal OF restrtc-
tions on our trade. secured in diplomatic
service have long been life member OF the
New-York Chamber Of Commerce and am at
present one OF It's Vice Presidents. I have some
right. therefore, on this suspicious occasion TO
extend TO you, as I now DO, with all possible
the corresponding body in the metropolis OF the
New World, on the marvellous record OF your
past century, and their earnest wishes that
throughout the next century the pace you have
already set may be more than sustained
1t is in fact in this relation to the New-York
Chamber alone that have ventured to appear
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