The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-27
BRYAN GUEST OF HONOR
Thanksgiving Banquet by Amer
lean Society in London.

London, Nov. 27.-Thanksgiving day
was celebrated by the American society
in London at a banquet given at the
Hotel Cecil There were over 400 covers.
William j. Bryan was the guest of
honor.
The speeches for the while favored by
the seasonable cheer and references to
anglo American friendliness, developed
particularly into duel of repartee, good
natured but almost sub-acid between
Mr.. Bryan and Ambassador Choate.
There were a number of notable
guests at the banquet including the
Duke of Marlboro. Earl Denbigh of the
honorable artillery company, Lord
Parker, Major Arthur Lee, formerly
military attache at Washington, now
civil lord of the admiralty; Sir Mon
tague F. Ommanney, all the ambassa-
Ronalds, Countess Denbigh, Major Bud
worth of the honorable artillery COM
pany and several members of the house
of commons.
The Duke of Marlborough proposed
toast to President Roosevelt and adj
dressing himself to the interest which
England and the United States have in
common referred in terms of thehighest
praise to President Roosevelt and spoke
feelingIy of the late Sir Michael Her
bert.
Ambassador Choate responding to the
toast to his health which was proposed
in complimentary terms by Lord DaVey
took up the Duke of Marlboro's refer
ence to the mutual sympathy of the
American and British people and said
that there had been reason 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 Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Choate
said it was the custom of Americans
torn from their native shores to gather
together annually and return thanks.
He had taken Mr.. Bryan to visit the
Bank of England, where he was able
to study the fiscal question IN It's ma
tive lair. The company would be edi-
fed, said Mr.. Choate, had they heard
Mr. Bryan cross-examining the gov
ernor of the Bank of England. The
am AMBASSADOR said he had aided Mr..
Bryan to hear Mr.. Asquith, Mr.. Cham
berlain, Lord Goschen and Lord Rose
berry, all within As hours, so If his
views on the fiscal question We're not
at least the quality of the man they
had before them.
The speech of the ambassador was
followed by an ovation to Mr.. Bryan
which lasted for several minutes. Mr..
Bryan, in responding, paid a graceful
| tribute to the English guests of the
society. He said the highest comDI-
ment he was able to pay was that in
| to distinguish the English from the
| American women present He thanked
the British nation for the kindly for
bearance it had shown in receiving
| him-the protectionists for letting him
land at all. and the goldbugs for not
having deoorted him Immediately after
his arrival Mr.. Bryan said he had
profited exceedingly by his visit to the
Bank of England. He wanted to call
attention, however, to the fact that the
murderous attack by an insane man
with revolver on Mr.. Kenneth Ora
hame, the secretary of the bank. &C.
CURED the day before he called
Touching the theme of Thanksgiving
day. Mr.. 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 English progen-
/ itors He urged the necessity of the
present generation bequeathing to pos
terity some gift commensurate with
the blessings they had received from
their ancestors, and suggested that
they bequeath the ideal of interna-
tional amity of which The Hague ar
bitration tribunal was a lasting monu-
meEt-
HAL to the nation concluded Mr..
Bryan, whatever her name, who leads
/ the world toward this high ideal for
| the lasting good of all humanity"