New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
DURAND THEIR GUEST,
LOTOS CLUB DINNER.
Speakers Laud Friendship Bet5ceen
England and America.


Far from permitting the Pilgrims Of the United
States at their dinner in honor of the British
Ambassador the preceding evening to steal
their thunder in the shape Of Anglo-American
good will. the Lotos Club at it's complimentary
dinner last night. when Sir Henry Mortimer
Durand was again the guest Of honor. took up
the good work where the Pilgrims had left it.
and struck further chords of fellowship and
good will between the two great English speak
ing nations.
True while dining they did not exchange
courtesies by cable with their English cousins.
None the less. the Lotos dinner. individual as it
was, from the oysters 10 the coffee compile
mented the Pilgrims gathering of the night be-
fore serving to cement still further the bonds
between both countries
Was there auGht that did not share.
One JOY or woe that / did not know.
Dear hearts across the seas3
So ran the Kipling stanza on the corner Of the
menu, on which. too the dual Anglo-American
Tag was again ep-evident. Such too was the
note of the entire evening.
Frank r. Lawrence. the president of the club.
presided. Seated at the guests table with Sir
Henry Mortimer Durand were Sir Percy Sander
son. British Consul General here: President
Jacob Gould Schurman OF Cornell University. the
Rev James Fl. Garfield. the Rev. DR.. Henry van
the Rev. Merle St. Croix Wright Marion ].
Verdery, and the Rev DR.. Robert s Mac
Arthur.
Among the members present were Charles ].
Harrah, Or. Wallace W. Walker. ]. Newton
Gum. Willis p. Richards. II. c. Du Val. Cap
tain William II. White, DR.. \. P. Dudley. Peter
Bodine. Edmund Hendricks. Colonel II. B. Will
SON. William H. Bradley. Colonel ]. H Cowper-
thwait II. W. Poor. George A Hearn, F. P.
Norris. r C. Veit, Charles W. Price. F. A
Burnham. William CIausen, John Elderkin. r.
1. ShainwaId and Clarkson Cowl
President Lawrence in introducing Sir Nor
timer Durand. the British Ambassador. paid a
glowing tribute to Anglo-American friendship
"It may fairly be said" he began, that the
AngIo-Saxon race is the dominant one. Wher-
ever the American and Englishmen go they
govern 1t is a compact so broad and strong
that to disturb it would be breach of civiliza-
ton. No contract can be broad enough TO ex-
press the bond between the English ard Ameri-
can people"
After the applause had subsided with which
the toast to the British Ambassador was re-
ceived Sir Mortimer arose and, after a short
speech. responded cordially TO the sentiment
expressed by the tOastmaster.
"Au through my life" he said. there is
nothing on earth have desired more than that
America and England should stand together.
BY that do not mean an alliance. That is
not necessary. I do mean this: These races
should stand together and feel together. And
this has come to pass. thank God! Long may
that be sO"
This reply was received with another burst
of applause.
Sir Mortimer then continued. in part
The hospitality of your country IS really bound
Pilgrims of the United States. and again am the
~ O"e @ han S cTs,Iitsd Win PnIentv ~
courage in battle, but If you put him on his feet
courage ,oOzes out. As Falstaafr says. he has 'n9
Before / sit down viii YOU allow one who comes
from the land OF the lOtos to lay flower on the
earliest I associaI so Tons Iongfeow has always spoken
poet perhaps. / would say rather in his own
Nqt from the grand Old masters. masters.
Whose mighty footsteps echo
Down the corridors OF time
He also spoke Of his Indebtedness to William
Cullen Bryant and Hawthorne. and that friend
of his country. the Editor Of Life who has
given me many pleasant half hours in India
and Persia
This expression. which closed Sir Henry's /.
speech, was the signal for further outburst /
Of frantic cheering.
The America and England shoulder to shoul-
der sentiment of the Pilgrims re-echoed again /
and again as the evening progressed. The +
Anglo-American spirit even found expression
in the miniature English and American flags
which every member wore pinned in his but
tonhole. MIR. Canheld. who followed DR.. van
Dyke, and waved pink carnation TO lay en-
phasis his remarks. went so far as to ex-
plain away the War of Independence as purely
friction between father and his son. Mr. Can
field said in part:
Language enfoids as Vel unfolds all thought
Il is not only the vehicle by which thought is con-
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