New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-30

President Roosevelt:
Ny Dear Mr.. Wilson:
Pray present my regards to your associates
and to your distinguished guest. 1 wish could
be present with you the evening you receive
him.
With best wishes and renewed regrets at my
inability to be present with you. am
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
THE AMBASSADOR INTRODUCED.
Bishop Potter than introduced the first
speaker Sir Henry Mortimer Durand. the guest
Of honor. In a singulary modest but felicitous
speech. after narrating one or two "reminiscences
Of Afghanistan and elsewhere. the ambassador
who wore as insignia merely his simple diplo-
matte badge, said in part:
For wears I have served in q land where silence
is golden. have served In India. where men
work hard and speak little. To Americans
somehow speaking comes naturally like singing
to birds. but to the average Engnshlnan IT comes
very slowly.
The ambassador here told OF very differ
ent occasion in which the Amer Of Afghanistan
figured. Looking round the sea Of upturned.
Interested faces. he continued in part;
Now that I am back among you, among
white people, I feel that am at home again.
Years ago I told that Englishmen and
Americans would never be in sympathy with
one another and that my hope otherwise which
1 inherited perhaps from my predecessor, Sir
Michael Herbert, was nothing more than g beau
tiful dream.
| am glad to say that have seen that proph-
ecy fail Of fulfilment. There is nothing IN Eng
land but goodwill for America and the ls,s same a
continue and grow. We know that man who
comes to stay in America is not German or
Frenchman Engshman. but becomes an
American citizen.
Before closing HIS speech, which was fire.
quentIy interrupted by salvos Of applause. the
ambassador paid hearty tribute to American
hospitality. 1T is hard for an Englishman In
America" he said. Ito realize that he is a
stranger And 1t certainly is IN my own
case. I have not experienced the feeling at all"
Mr.. GRIGGss SPEECH.
| Following the British Ambassador, ex-At-
! torney General John w. Griggs spoke. He said
! that with Irishmen commanding both sides, he
! didn't see ''how we could have anything but
peace" Mr. Griggs dwelt on the cordial rea-
/ tions existing between England and America.
England had been the first to negative the
divine right Of kings. Mr.. Griggs said and had
created a government by the people, for the
people. He had attended, he said, the corona
ton OF the King and Queen, and spoke OF the
/ gorgeous uniforms worn by most of the people
attending the ceremony. But" he added,
among that glittering gathering there was one
man dressed in the ordinary attire Of an Eng
/ lish gentleman. Arthur J. Balfour. who repre-
scented all England-represented the common
:
government by the people.
WHAT MR. BECK SAID.
Ex-Assistant Attorney General James NJ.
Beck. who was the next speaker. said in part:
It is great privilege and pleasure to participate
/ excellency the British Ambassador. Whatever
may be our opinion with respect 10 the advantage
OF reciprocity fiscal arrangements, those OF Us
n go ana nag Gracious UseT phospy 20 Of our ss
! cannot but warmly believe in that reciprocity OF
owes its origin and which finds expression at this
/ dinner.
The date selected for this dinner is most fortu-
nate. and is IN itselr a happy augnry. slHty-ohe
destined TO lead his country TO high achievements
was was the mart be was to p'ay In The unIfcation OF
/ the two great divisions OF the English speaking
ot54@ sge tber Ia ~ sisa,n V and sicctrcitv
otner age ti!an tI'o OF SIN anu 49, 49,,
! OF Presidential office the American people under
| went a commercial expansion which is more re-
marka bic than any similar event IN the entire his
! The shackies OF an outworn tradition and refus-
/ ing longer be crIbbed cahined and confined
arena of nations and became world power.
But not the least OF the many oenetcent results
! can people Uhquestionabiy that friendship was
t due in great measure TO the generous and
sagacious action OF her majesty's government.
array against the United States a European coali-
! people clasped the outstretched hand across the
/ sea- and the Anglo-AmeriOan entente cordials be-
| We can tonight lttngly recall the last public
! utterance Of the lamented Mckinley TO his fellow
the representatives Of the nations assembled at the
Hfed arm and With all the Sigor Of his Splendid
personality. gave his parting admontion to the
! from whom he was about to be taken forever The
! last words of that speech bTeathed even finer
| spirit than that OF intense patriotism, for through
its every utterancc ran the far no5ler strain OF an
''have linked the nations together. 40 nation can
longer be indifferent 70 any OtheI, ami Nth the
! grace of a benedctiou his concluding words prayed
| happiness peace with ali neighbors and
| a like blessing to all the peoples and powers Of
! There is yet another tie to which I was asked to
! refer especially, and that the tie OF our common
/ ment is the administration OF justice between man
! and man. Between many nations the ideals OF
England aSd Rme Found R' q that on
! heritage of both peoples, the common law. and
| the same the ideals OF Justice and liberty show
| little II any: variance: How could this be other
both sides Of the Atlantic. The historic bench OF
!. England and that more than amphictyonic coun-
| ell the Supreme Court Of the United States. each
| has extraterritorial jurisdiction, and their
decisions o'erleapng political barriers, enjoy
remember last summer, when the fleets Of Eng
English Channel. thought that even II time
| should come when their guns would be trained
forefend!-yet the courts Of England and the United
States would still continue to administer, without
distinction of race or creed the same ndestructi-
! bic principles of natural justice.
! PRESIDENT WILSON THE LAST SPEAKER.
President woodrow Wilson Of Princeton Uni
versity the last speaker OF the evening. He
said that he presumed he had been called to ex-
| plain to the British Ambassador what the prov
! ince Of a college president was. HE has moth
ing to do with the college," he said but has to
attend public dinners and discuss academic
/ 49,. ,Gat, - a.