The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-12-03
THANKSGIVING IN LONDON.
The American Society Dimes at Hotel Cecil
Mr.. BRYAN Present

LONDON, Nov. 26. Thanksgiving
Day was celebrated by the American
Society in London at banquet given
at the Hotel Cecil tonight. There were
over four hundred covers. William
Jennings Bryan was the guest Of honor.
The speeches, while favored by the
usual seasonable cheer and reference to
Angola friendliness, devel-
oped particularly into duel of repair
tee, good natured but almost sub-acid
between Mr.. Bryan and Ambassador
Choate.
There were 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, Major Ar
thur, formerly military attache at
Washington, now Civil Lord of the
Admiralty; Sir Montague T. Omman-
ney, all the ambassadors in London;
Miss Evans, Mrs Ronalds, the Countess
of Denbigh, Major Budworth of the
Honorable Artillery Company; and
several members of the House of
Commons.
The Duke of Marlborough proposed
toast to President Roosevelt, and adj
dressing himself to the interests which
England and the United States have in
common, referred in terms of the high
est praise to President Roosevelt. He
also spoke feelingly of the late Sir Mi
chael Herbert.
Ambassador Choate responding to
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complimentary terms by Lord Davey,
took up the Duke of Marlborough's ref
erence to the mutual sympathies 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 Anglo-Ameri-
can 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
annually and return thanks. The
American Society in London had now
among them another of these eXlles,
for whom personally he as ambassador
had been doing the best he could. The
ambassador said he had aided Mr.. Bry-
an to hear Mr.. Asquith. MI. Chamber
| lain, Lord Goschen and Lord Rosebery
all within As hours, SO it Ills views on
the fiscal question were net utterly
mixed they would appreciate at least
the quality of the man they had before
them.
| The speech of the ambassador was
followed by an ovation to MI. Bryan
which lasted for several minutes. Mr..
Bryan, in responding, paid a graceful
tribute to the English guests of the So
ciety.
He thanked the British for the kindly
forbearance they had shown hlnI-the
protectionists for letting him land at
all, and the gold bugs for not having
deported him Immediately after his
arrival. Mr.. Bryan said he had profit
ed exceedingly by visit to the Bank
of England.
Touching the theme of Thanksgiving
Day, Nh. 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 when
they must thank their English progenl-
tors. He urged the necessity OF the
present generation bequeathlng TO pos
terity some gift commensurate Win tne
blessings they have received from their
ancestors and suggested that they oe-
queath the ideal of international amlty'
of which THE Hague arbitration trlou-
nal was lasting monument.
"Hail to the nation" concluded MT.
Bryan, whatever her name, VINO leSds
the world towards this higher ideal 1ol
the lasting good of humanity