New-York tribune., 1905-06-24
MR.. REID PILGRIMS GUEST.
Continued from first page.


ords. The chief duty pressing upon US as dis
eiosed by these secret records Of recent years
ts not been TO promote peace. for that is stable
- secure. nor TO promote good WILL for that
q oxerfiowing. The chief duty, in fact, of the
isnhassador has been to raise himself to the de-
ENDS of British welcome and British hospi-
teIi+v which have given new meaning to the
ao-is and impose new definition OF the labors
~ diplomacy. He has had TO be equal to the
Seecirating but bewildering task of making In
]. Tevr 6svs or weeks the graciously offered ac-
1ueintsnce Of half the men whose names mean
70 him the world andits history for the century.
Tse has had TO struggle with the equally fas-
-11ersnr and bewidering task of accepting
Srth OF the charming invitations that pour in
won him. TO be followed, after every day ana
,onr are filed by the additional task Of giving
- word and writing plausible reasons for his
;neblity to accept the other four-hfths.
snsaking now with the precision of the official,
sc well as OF journalism, he has had TO ma
~esns of acknowledging in every appreciative
end grateful way that he could the generous
hearty heart warming cordiality shown TO the
representative Of my country always and every
where IN this land. from the palace to the Ia
bcTers cottage.
GREAT WORK LEFT FOR THE PILGRIMS
We'll then, perhaps we may agree that this
business Of keeping up the struggle TO secure
friendly relations between the two countries is
no longer quite as urgent as 10 demand All
vnur attention. Now, If the Society OF XII
rims finds one of its tasks happily accom-
plished, and to that extent its mission gone; IL
n no longer needs to exert itself in bringing
shout the good will Of either branch OF the Eng
Isb king people toward the other, 1t stiIl
has left q great work. this good VIII VIII
each Down to deeper foundations. and its wider
sroHth and absolute permanence viii be assured
81 you can increase the intercourse between US
an6 bring about more intimate knowledge OF
each other. These are the only guarantees or
perpetual peace we need.
In this view, and indeed for all reasons, 1t is
70 great pleasure that Lord Roberts is going to
America He will find there an enthusiastic
xrelcome which will spring spontaneously from
every branch Of our composite citizenship unan
oh 4
rarely command We want more such men to
come 10 US. 1 will not say more men like him.
for what nation can boast of such wealth as
more Rober1ses? But we want more OF his
stock men who. after his example and to the
measure Of their ability. have served and are
ready 10 serve their country 10 the utterrnost IN
what they believe to be the work OF patriotism,
civilization and humanity. America has open
arms for such men and awaits them with the
electric enthusiasm Of our younger land.
This is now vital opportunity and duty for
Pilgrims TO promote intercourse and better
knowledge Of each other and cooperation IN
good causes The old, unhappy, faT-on times
when meetings were opportunity for friction
have long since disappeared. Give us now the
widest possible personal acquaintance. Give US
frequent meetings on each others SOIL Give
US visits Of friendship. visits of trade and visits
Of study, observation. travel and sport. Give
Us intimate and constant personal correspond
ence. and, may I add. without indiscretion, give
US facilities for the transmission of our cor
respondence somewhat less archaic than the
two countries now provide-nore nearly up to
the demands OF The wide awake twentieth CEN
fury. The Angio-Saxon in either hemisphere
has given US in all directions greater personal
familiarity with each others country and peo-
pie, easier and more rapid means for personal
exchanges. And after these guarantees OF en-
during good will you will find others-co-o opera
ton IN works OF civilization, the promotion OF
frmer friendship and cooperation in the pur-
fuit Of the peace OF the world. Does TINS CO.
operation in efforts to carry forward rising hu-
Inauity hold the English speaking peoples to-
Eether in front Of the tide? Does the advance
fnent OF our educational systems lines that
.1ag-N l0r7d nor
cordial comparisons and interchanges between
them? Does this development OF common
literature? Does this literature, no longer de-
fined in terms Of geography. but only in Ian
guage?
AN EXAMPLE OF COOPERATION.
Let me interject here a little example of this
international cooperation in literary matter
that will appeal 10 the sensibilities Of many. 1t
is known TO you that some time ago few
young American authors temporarily In Rome,
Mrs Edith Wharton, Agnes Reppiier. Norman
Hapgood. Robert Underwood Johnson and
Others. determined on an effort to rescue the
house in which Keats lived and died and con-
vert it into a permanent memorial for the two
great English poets Keats and Shelley, whose
memories must forever cluster about the spot.
They secured as chairman Of those English
public servants who adorn both diplomacy and
literature, Sir James Rennell Rodd, and. under
these Joint auspices. the movement was
launched. I will not speak Of the distinguished
cooperation it attracted from authors of both
countries, but perhaps 1 may mention that at
the head or the American GOInr0Itee SLOOQ tO-
mund Clarence Stedman, that early on the list
OF its supporters stood the name Of John Hay
and that correspondingly early on the English
list was the name or Lord LansdoWne. We'll
the last steamer brought adyices that subscrip-
tlons were just reaching point wherein fact,
when the letter was written, they were only
Tfdiculously small number of dollars short of
the point where the purchase Of the building
and the success OF the whole movement were
assured.
Pardon the digression You see. could not
resist the temptation to mention incident
much in accordance with my text.
After all this talk about the beneficent effects
Of intercourse and international cooperation In
causes OF common interest, may close by say
ing that whatever brings the church and philan-
thropy OF the two countries together clasps the
whole English speaking family. on Whatever con-
tinents or lands il may be scattered. in single
bond. the strongest that has ever held them or
ever wi-the bond Of the historic reverence OF
the race for conscience and duty?
Sir Henry Irving read poem written for the
occasion by Alfred Austin. the Poet Laureate
It is in five stanzas, the third of which follows:
Now. once again. our Western kindred send
Not for whose sake alone We hail him friend
But for the manly land where he was born
The last stanza reads:
Our homes be one wherever we abide,
Ours yours. yours ours. free gtvn, time long
Bound by no fragile parchment. but allied
By fearless love in world embracing peace
Field Marshal Sir George White. Governor of
Gibraltar proposed the toast of The Pilgrims" ;"
Speaking Of the new United States feet ne said
# was TO guard the coast of America and the
Ieighboring countries from evildoers- Sir
George also referred TO the good relations Of
the two countries. which, he said, were growing
closer and closer.
General Stewart L. woodford, former Ameri
can Minister to Spain, replied for the American
Pilgrims and Sir Conan Doyle for the British