The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-02

His fame has already filed three con-
tinents full. You cannot go anywhere
where any man, woman or child is ig-
| norant Of what he has accomplished
Let us, the fourth continent, let us, the
New World, have a little share of the
glory i do most cordially invite him,
in my official and my personal capac-
l ity, to cross the Atlantic and visit the
United States l can assure him of
reception such as believe no English
man has ever received on visiting the
United States, or, ] believe, visiting any
other country One thing would pot
him very much on his guard about.
From the day he lands to the day he
| leaves, by whatever means may be nee
essary, he must keep his pyloric oriflce
| forever open or he will be forever a
| lost man. should like to be present
when the Pilgrims of New York, head
ed by the Right Rev. Bishop Potter,
greeted him On his landing at the har-
Dor of New York and override the re-
strictions of the custom house authors
ties. / would like to be present at that
first interview at the White House be-
tween him and that younger soldier,
President Roosevelt. can assure him
that within that historic edifice on that
day public business will be suspended, 4
and he and the president will sit cheek
BY jowl from the rising to the setting
of the sun, matching stories of war and
peace, I can assure him that in every
hamlet of the land, however remote and
obscure, they will receive him with
equal ardor. l want him to go as an
apostle Of peace, as an apostle of AM
glo-American harmony, and, more, as
an apostle Of the great doctrine Of ar
bitration which shall make future wars
between great nations unnecessary If
he Will tlo- this why, then. think his
work Will be very nearly accomplished
How he will find time to do II ! do not
know; but if between. his journeys to
and fro in Great Britain, receiving the
freedom of all the great cities, he will
just come to us. we will open our arms
to him and extend to him the best hos
pitality of which we az 6effation are ca
pable, was a little disappointed When
/ first had the pleasure OF netting him.
had heard all about him. / had read
I all about his historic achievements, and
expected to see a man at least ten
feet high, with d countenance BY the
side Of which Wellington's would have
faded into insignhicance. and found
that quiet, modest, lovely. and unassum-
ing gentleman. / give you the health
Of Lord Roberts.
The following is Lord Roberts reply:
j can scarcely find words toAtell you
how very greatly value the honor the
members Of this club have paid me In
inviting me to be their guest this even
ing, and cannot possibly tell Mr..
Choate how proud am of the kind and
far too fattering words he has said
about me. All can do is to offer his
lexcellency and you all my lords and
gentlemen, my most grateful and cor
dial thanks for the reception you have
given me this evening. It Is a great
pleasure, great honor, to me, as a sol
dier and an Englishman, to have won
the good opinion Of the many American
gentlemen and of those of my fellow
countrymen who are here this evening.
assure you keenly appreciate the
complimentary terms In which Mr..
Choate has referred tonne, and Isvalue
highly, indeed, the response which you
have given to those words. / cannot
help thinking that an occasion such as
this enables us to understand how close
is the feeling which binds Anglo axons
together; and that, although we on this
side Of the water call ourselves Eng
lishmen and you on the other side call
yourselves Americans, we can still feel
that blood is thicker than water, and
that the 5000 miles which separate us
nowadays cannot prevent that sympa-
thy, that pride In each others success
es which kinsfolks are bound to feel and
which we Pilgrims do feel to the very
utmost extent.
1t would be difficult, / think, to exag-
gerate or overestimate the happy state
Of things which now exists, and which
I trust and firmly believe will continue,
to the benefit of both nations. And /
venture to think, and am proud to
think, that, although this Pilgrims club
has been inexistence less than two
years, 1t has done something towards
bringing about the happy relations
which at present exist between Ameri-
ca and Great Britain. All Of us on this
side Of the water feel that we owe a
great debt Of gratitude to General
Wheeler for the happy thought which
enabled him to propose that this club
should be formed. On the first occa-
sion when we had a meeting of the club
II think 1t was in August, 1907 ven
tured to predice that the Pilgrims club
would result in cementing old and va
ried friendships and producing new
friendships; and I have certainly not
been disappointed, for the progress the
club has made has exceeded even my
anticipations, and am sure now that it
will be a success.
] cannot now say more about the kind
invitation which his excellency has Civ
en- me. and which most assuredly hope
I shall be able to accept. I have looked
forward for a great many years to the
pleasure Of visiting America, and sin
cerely trust may be permitted to do SO
at some not very distant future. When
90 shall certainly remember not to
forget the advice which his excellency
has triuot, me, ~ y