The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-10
CHOATE IGNORED BY A BRILLIANT BANQUET
RETURNING AMBASSADOR FROM
 ENGLAND GIVEN OVATION.

Makes Interesting Announcement That
 Field Marshal Roberts of the British
 Army is to Visit America Next OctO-
 ber-Urses Establishment of a Per- | manent Home for American Am-
 bassadOrs to the Court of St. James. New York, June 9.-Joseph Choate, the returning ambassador to the Court Iof St. James, was welcomed home to- night by the Pilgrims of the United States at a banquet at Delmonico's. Bishop Potter, president of the society, presided.
 Letters of regret were read from President Roosevelt, Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, Andrew D. White, As sistant Secretary of State Loomis, As- sociate Justice John Marshall Harlan, Senator Thomas c. Platt, Senator s. M. Cullom and others. President Roose- welt wrote:
 MT. Choate, as ambassador, render ' ed high and useful service, not merely to his own country and to the country to which he was accredited, but to all mankind, and it is eminently fit that good Americans should join to pay him honor. .....-. b., With best wishes for the success of the occasion, I am, sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt" MT. Choate was introduced by Bish- op Potter and received great ovation. He beamed his acknowledgements, and after warmly thanking his hosts said in part: 3- 4...... -.... .--.. .......5..
 Tt was my unusual privilege to serve as ambassador in two countries, in two reigns and under two of the most cele- brated presidents of the United States, and all the time my duties were very easy and extremely pleasant. Toward my own countrymen there was, of course, but one cardinal rule to follow: That the ambassador represented no party, no section and no social class, but was the equal servant of all alike.
 AS to the people of England from the day that landed until left met with nothing but kindness, hospitality and good will extended freely and cor dially to me as the representative of my countrymen. And l feet sure that every man, woman and child in Great Britain is friendly to us, and that, as a people, they are determined always to be on good terms with the United States . #
 There is but one drawback to it's complete success and the perfect pres- tige of the American embassy and that is the want of a permanent home, the property of its own government, where the residence of the ambassador shall be fixed and all the business of the embassy be conducted. .4., ,4 t1
 "The present arrangement by which our country almost alone among the nations represented at London by enl- bassfes, goes without a home of it's own is undemocratic, unrepublican and unbecoming to the dignity of great nation, It is unfair to the president 6oe- cause 1t limits his choice every time, He ought to be able to lay his hand upon the shoulder of whenever he considers the very best man among our 80000,000 to represent the nation whether he has dollar of his own or not. What we. ought to have is permanent embassy, spacious in area and simple in charac- ter, suitable for the representative of a republic, properly equipped and ade- quate for the purpose, in which each successive ambassador would reside as la matter of course, the nation alone being responsible for it's dignity and fitness and hope that all of you who have any political influence will urge this modest reform "}
 The announcement made by MT. Choate that General Roberts, the first Pilgrim of all' would visit this coun- try next October excited much interest, and the comment indicated verY warm welcome for the distinguished, British soldier. General Roberts is the president of the English Society of the Pilgrims.
 Sir Mortimer Durand, who followed MT. Choate, eomplimented the country on sending to England MT. Choats, whom he referred to as lone of the very best ambassadors this country has ever sent to England" '" ]
 The last speaker of the evening was Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university.