Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27
BRYAN HONOR GUEST.
American Society in London Cele-
 brates Thanksgiving.

brates Thanksgiving
 LONDON, Ncp. 2G. Thanksgiving day was celebrated by the American society in London at a banquet given at the Hotel Cecil. There were over 400 guests present. William Jennings Bryan was the guest of honor.
 The speeches, while favored by the usual seasona ble cheer and references to Anglo-American friendliness, devel- oped particularly into a duel of repar- tee, good natured, but almost subacid, between MT. Bryan and Ambassador Choate
 There were a number of notable guests at the banquet, including the Duke of Marlborough, who wore the ribbon of the Order of the Garter; Earl Denbigh of the Honorable Artillery Company, Lord Davey, General Ian Hamilton, Gilbert Parker, MajQS Ar tfHur Lee, formerly military attache at Washington, now civil lord of the ad- miralty; Sir Montagu F. Ommanney, all the ambassadors in London, Miss Evans, Mrs. Ronalds, Countess Den- bigh, Major Budworth of the Honora- ble Artillery Company and several members of the house of commons.
 The Duke of Marlborough proposed a toast to President Roosevelt and, ad- dressing himself to the interests which England and the United States have in common referred in terms of the highest praise to President Roosevelt and spoke feelingly of the late Sir Michael Herbert.
 Ambassador Choate, responding to the toast to his health, which was pro- posed in complimentary terms by Lord Davey, took up the Duke of Marlbor- ough'S reference to the mutual sympa- thies of the American and British peo- pies and said that there had been rea- son heretofore to suspect some such sentiment on the part of the duke, since he had set an example in one form of the Anglo American alliance on which the people of both countries were able to look with entire approval.
 Turning to MT. Bryan MT. Choate said it was the custom of Americans, torn from their native shores, to gather annually and return thanks. The Amer lean society in London had now among them another of these exiles for whom personally he as ambassador had been doing the best he could. He had taken MT. Bryan to visit the Bank of Eng land, where he was able to study the fiscal question in its native lair The company would be edified, said Mr. Choate, had they heard MT. Bryan l cross examining the governor of the Bank of England. The aI ldor HA La J n3l MT. Asquith, MT. Chamber}a;:l. Lord Goschen and Lord Rosebery, all within forty-eight hours, so if his views on the fiscal question were not utterly mixed they would appreciate at least the quail ity of the man they had before them.
 The speech of the ambassador was followed by an ovation to MT. Bryan which lasted for several minutes. MT. Bryan in responding paid a graceful tribute to the English guests of the so- ciety. He said the highest compliment he was able to pay was that in look ing over the tables he was unable to distinguish the English from the Amer ican women present. He thanked the British nation for the kindly forbear- ance it had shown in receiving him the protectionists for letting him land at all and the gold bugs for not having deported him immediately after his ar rival. MT. Bryan said he had proflted exceedingly by his visit to the Bank of England 1 He wanted to call attention, however, to the fact that the murderous attack by an insane man with a revolver on MT. Kenneth Graham the secretary of the bank, occurred the day before he called
 Touching the theme of Thanksgiving day, MT Bryan spoke eloquently of the natural resources and advantages of the United States, for which the people must return thanks to God, and of the ideals of liberty and progress, for which they must thank their Eng fish progenitors. He urged the neces- Eity of the present generation be- queathing to posterity some gift com mensurate with the blessings they had received from their ancestors and sug- gested that they bequeath the ideal of international amity, of which The Hague arbitration tribunal was a last Ing monument.
 Hail to the nation" concluded MT. Bryan, whatever her name, who leads the world toward this higher ideal for the lasting good of all humanity"