Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-10
BALFOUR SAYSPEACE
Guildhall Banquet at London
 Historic Event.
ROOSEVELT AS WORLDS PEACEMAKER
Ambassador From United States Fa-
 yored Court of Arbitration Rather a7 { Than an Appeal to the Sword. a@g> England and America.

| AAS~~~AAA sAAAA ]AAhAShANes | LONDON, Nov. 1O.-"A century ago I Pitt, standing where now stand l prophesied war. prophecy peace"
 This was the text on which Premier
 Balfour based his speech concerning 1 the relations of Great Britain with for 1 eign countries at the lord mayors ban 1 quet in the Guildhall last night, an oc- | casion when custom makes it almost imperative for either the premier or
 the foreign secretary to discuss the for eign and domestic policies of the Brit ish government.
 Mir. Balfour and Whitelaw Reid, the 1 American ambassador, who replied to
 the toast Of Their Excellencies, the
 Foreign Ministers" proposed by the
 lord mayor, vied with each other in
 pleasant words for the credit of their
 respective countries as leaders among the advocates of the arbitration of quarrels throughout the civilized world
 In fact, the whole tenor of the speech
 es was optimistic so far as the rela- tions between all the great powers
 were concerned. The premier's refer
 ence to Russia was particularly hap
 py. He said:
 "Our friends in Russia are absorbing
 public interest by the great movement
 they are making in the direction, as
 we believe, of self government. The
 task of the emperor and his advisers
 is indeed not light one, and those
 who for centuries have practiced par
 liamentary government know best the
 difficulties which confront them. There
 is not citizen in Great Britain who
 does not wish them every success, and
 I express the earnest wish that the
 movement may not in the future be- strained by the unnecessary effusion
 of blood. We hope that the movement will bring happiness to countless mil
 lions, unsullied by repetition of the painful and horrible events which made the initial progress so Iamenta- ble."
 The banquet was conducted with all the quaint ceremonial peculiar to the occasion The guests of Lord Mayor Morgan included the retiring lord mayor, Sir John Pound, and Premier Balfour as guests of honor; Ambassa- dor Reid and viscount Hayashi, the Japanese minister, who were given splendid reception by the assembled guests.
 In proposing the toast of "The Impe- rial Forces" Sheriff Smallman pleas antly referred to the reception in the United States of the British squadron under command of Prince Louis of Battenberg.
 Ambassador Reid in the beginning of his speech referred to viscount Haya- shi as ''the new ambassador" and said he should have been selected to re- spond to the toast to the representa- lives of foreign nations because of his we'll known eloquence and also because he was more capable of doing justice to the subject. Referring to the pre- mier's expressions concerning the prob abilities of peace, Mir Reid said it was the business of diplomatists to make peace and not war, and for his part he preferred the court of arbitration to the arbitrament of the sword The ann bassador said he would neither con cede nor dispute Mir. Balfour's claim that Great Britain had taken prece- dence in the matter of arbitration, but | he would say that Great Britain and | the United States had set an example | and had settled some of the most burn | ing questions through arbitration and | that today the two countries were more cordial in their relations than they had | been at any time in the last hundred I years.
 If you hear of the possibility of diff. faculties over fisheries or something | else, don't believe it." said the ambas- sador, because such report will be | the result of absolute transformation. There Is no question today between the United States and Great Britain that | Secretary Root and Secretary Lans- downe cannot speedily settle, and. while King Edward and President Roosevelt retain their places there is sure to be continuance of good rela- tions.'
 Mir. Reid closed with a tribute to the action of President Roosevelt in bring ing about peAce between Russia and Japan and said that King Edward was known throughout the United States as an earnest advocate of peace, whose tact and moderation had endeared him to every citizen of the republic.