The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-30
CABLE WIRES KEPT BUSY
Messages Fly Between Del. ll1onic0'S and Carlton Hotel.
Bishop Potter Presi ss at the Ameri can Affair, Sir Henry Mortimer Durand is Guest of
 Honor.

New York, Jan. 29.-Interchanges of ca- ole messages of good will with the Eng fish Pilgrims at supper at the Carlton Hotel, London, formed a striking fea- lure of the banquet given at Delmoni- eos tonight by the Pilgrims of the Unted States in honor of Sir Henry Nor timer Durand, the British ambassador, Bishop Potter presided.
 There sat with him at the guests .L- ble Sir Henry, R. B. Armstrong, Cap tain W. H. Brownson, U. s. N; James Beck of Pennsylvania; General Alfred E. Bates, Thomas Barclay of Paris and Lon- don; Former Attorney General John w. Griggs, Associate Justice George Gray Morris K. Jessup; Colonel A. l. Mills, Rev. D. Parker Morgan, former Attorney General Wayne Mac ,eagh; Rear Admi- ral Frederick Rodgers; Sir Percy An derson, Rev. Ernest M. Stirres, President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton Univer' sity; Major General Joseph Wheeler and Lieutenant General s. B. M. Young.
 Flags are Enterwined.
 The banqueting hall was decorated with a great profusion of intertwined British and American flags. Just before the oln- ner began the following cable was sem by MT. Wilson to Walter Neef of Lon- don: Hello there; whenever you are ready we dEeS HOOp-id' A7AAoP sent this to Lord Roberts,:
 Lord Roberts: We reciprocate your good wishes and return hearty greetings God speed the good work of the P1lgrl S and all efforts to bring the Anglo-Saxon race together We hope you will pay us the promised visit" .
 Bishop Potter read a message or resre' from President Roosevelt and a comph mentary cable from Sir Thomas Llptor and introduced as the first speaker Sii Henry Mortimer Durand. Sir Henry saIe he had spent twenty years in India where 5 man worked hard and said httle' .tna sneaking came to Americans as singing tc birds. but to Englfshmen it came slowly ETe had been told years ago that Eng ishmen and Americans would never bt la sympathy with one another. but ne vvas glad to say that he had seen tht prophecy fail of fulflllmenL.
 Prediction of Durand.
 He predicted that the feeling would con- sinue to grow. There was nothing IT England but good will for America. He mentioned Ireland ana said that Wth ar Irishman directing the foreign policy oi England, another commanding the army and another the channel fleet, England position could not be perilous.
 MT Griggs dwelt on the cordial relations existing between the two countries. He said that America had not always been represented by the best of her citizens. England had been first to negative the divine rights of kings, MT. Griggs said and had created government by the people for the people. He spoke of attending the coronation of the King and Queen and of the gorgeous uniforms worn by most of the people attending the ceremony. But" he said. among that glitering gathering there was one man, dressed in the ordinary attire of an English gentle man. Arthur J. Balfour who represented all England. represented the common people," He closed by saying that Eng land had taught the world government by the people.