Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02

leaders he felt, he said, as IL he should
maintained that Gen. Hancock ordered him
to the rear because he had killed enough
men already" ct has been nearly half
century" said he, "sinSs TIE lSyalty OF the
ton of the, American states. and you gen.
tlemen may APPLY be called men of a for
mer generation Yet you are now doing
progress Of the great -sepuSs:c in which
you live. What you accomplished In your
great struggle In the civil war was making
for the first time nation or this country.
No one today claims state can secede,
and the federal government has grown re-
markably. Popular opinion has forced Con-
gress and the Supreme Court to interpret
the Constitution far differently from what
would have been done before the war.
Il agree with the greatest Of modern
philosophers, Mr.. Dooley, that as long as
the Supreme Court watches the newspapers
and the election returns 1t cannot go wrong.
Have YOU ever considered that the people,
through the ballot box, have 1T in their
power to make this most despotic govern
ment or throw it into anarchy? Yet we
have lived longer under the present govern
ment than any other people, except those of
Great Britain and Russia. And that is be-
cause we know when we are well of and are
satisfied when well governed.
He said no profession is so honered as
that of the soldier or the sailor. He told of
the choice of leaders from all the wars as
succeeding Presidents, ending with the
that the fortune of a colonel of the Rough
Riders was affected by the late Spanish
American war And turning to the vet
Grams, he said: And you need not rear
that what you did will be forgotten"
British Ambassador Evokes Applause.
Probably no speech of the evening
called forth more spontaneous praise nor
was more frequently interrupted with
bursts of applause than that of Sir Nor
timer Durand the British ambassador,
who was in especially happy mood and
who referred with evident pride to the
bond of friendship existing between the
United States and Great Britain.
Il cannot thank you sufficiently for the
great honor done me by your order and
the good fortune in being here said the
ambassador, as he arose and faced the
great audience of American soldiers,
many of whom were the descendants of
sires who had fought, bled and died in
the great American revolution. Il have
had the good fortune to see some service
myself but 1T is mere bagatelle when
compared with the Incompatible serv-
ice you have given to your native land.
1 thank you most heartily for your ex-
preston of good will toward me and the
people ] represent. ] can assure you 1T is
| a qualification that cannot easily be for
gotten.
ION my side Of the water there is moth
| ing but good will toward the United
breasts of all classes of people.
| 1.-The king feels it and is glad of it. When
| he came to this country as Prince of Wales
| he formed many friendships which have
continued until this day. We know the
mass of the American people are and have
always been full of good feeling toward us.
| Even our aristocracy, which was at one
| time bitter, if the word can be used, has
seen the error of it's way and has shown
| 1t in a very practical manner. The whirli-
| sig of time brings its revenges.
| Before the end of the century, he said,
/ In happy manner I'VE will see the British
people grooming under the heel of an Ameri-
can, certainly half American mobility. There
| is no use in our trying to prove too much.
| We have had-what shall call it?-our fra
ternal scraps. but any bitter feeling that
| existed has blown away.
Great Britain and the Revolution.
| He then told of the participation of the
| British in the American revolution. and said
| the hearts of many of the best people of the
| isles were not in that great struggle; that
many of England's brightest men-notably
| Pitt, Fox and Burke-opposed- the war and
| declined to participate in it; that many
| men withdrew their sons from the army
| and navy in order that, they might not be
! called to fight in what they considered
civil war. He told of the difference of feel
| ing in the great war of the British against
! the French, when they went against that
| Incompatible military genius, Napoleon.
and their entire hearts were In the con-
| fiict.''
II hope to see all bitter feelings fade
| away like last years snow he concluded;
| ''if not like last years then like the snow
| of this year is bound to disappear. On my
| side of the water there is no i'll feeling.
| There is nothing but good will, and it is
! even stronger than good will. There is a
| feeling of kinship, and a feeling of pride in
| that kinship. OF course, we are British
| first, but we are Americans Immediately
afterward. We are proud of the British
| emblem on which the sun does not set and
| we are proud of the stars and stripes, which
l see in such profusion around me-
| At the conclusion of these remarks there
| was such hearty cheering and waving of
| handkerchief that order could not be re-
| stored for several minutes, and toast was
| drunk standing to the British ambassador
| as a man and to the sovereign and people he
| represents AS an added token of appre-
citation the entire company Joined in sing
| ing the British national anthem, God Save
! the King
Represents the Church.