New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
PEACE, PLEADS PORTER.
FOR COMMERCE., NOT VAR.
cboate. Montague and alderman at
Chamber of Commerce Dinner.

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,-,-,r,ercial Relations Between the Two Great
.-,L1;cs'' General Horace Porter made an
',..,ent appeal for lasting international peace
- night at the 13Tth annual dinner of the
i-r,,,ber OF Commerce at Delmonicos.
To.oce between the two republics, France and
-. I-nited states. and that other nation of
-,cb close kin. England. would mean the ad-
-,osrrent Of an good for the whole world he
aid Commercial prosperity. by which nations
&c he said. can be extended-can exist, in fact
onlv in tine OF peace while, conversely, COM
.-riaI relations between the nations cement
o-a firmly than any other agent the mutual
..,5arstandlng and good will of the peoples
Tosanh Il. Choate ex-Ambassador to the Court
=. Ct Jamess, in a speech heartily cheered, told
- The great friendship between the British
Bon and the American eagle
The reception given to Prince Louis of Batten-
berg showed how the Anglo-Saxon cousins re-
ro-5e5 each other, he said. However, the Lion
vas ahead Of the Eagle in one respect Mr.
r,,oate went on 1t accumulates ships wherever
ran honestly The Eagle should follow its
svsmnle. he said. in the opinion of many people
..a, ..yre NAV DO business under our own Stars
and Stripes"
NJ Choate, too, advocated peace and good will
among the nations. He spoke feelingly Of the
,art played by President Roosevelt in the Rus
,en-Japanese peace negotiations, prophesy1ng
that at some future time the President would
hove "Peaceniaker' as the basis Of all his other
titles.
The 'cross-seas cordiality was exempliied by
tho decorations for the dinner. The walls Of the
ls-ge dining hall, in which were seated some five
hundred guests, were swathed in flags OF the
Tinted States England, France, Germany, Hol-
ien6 Fapan Russia, Belgium, Italy. Spain
Austria and China Over the head of Morris K.
Tss,7p president of the Chamber Of Commerce,
vrbo urestded at the dinner hung the great
seal Of the chamber. fanked by sheaves Of
American flags Opposite the speakers table
,re-e entwined the British and American ban
ners while around the hall was a frieze Of flags
of the various States, picked out with electric
lights
The attendance included many notable men.
At the presidents table were: General John GIL.
william B Ridgeley the Hon. Alfred Moseley, c
n G. Carl Schurz Brigadier General Frederick
n Grant Charles s. Smith. Seth Low, Horace
Porter Governor Andrew J. Montague Of Vir-
s4nia Morris X Jesup Lieutenant General Adna
P Chaffee Joseph H. Choate. DR.. Edwin A
Alderman, J Pierpont Morgan, Marshall Field,
the Rev DR.. Hugh Black. Alexander E Orr,
Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan and Samuel
Sloan.
others present were Ernest R Alderman, John
Jacob Astor. William D. Baldwin, George Cln-
ton BatcheIler Henry H. Benedict. c. n. Bliss,
Emil l. Boas John Crosby Brown Vernon H
Brown. James G. Cannon. Howard Carroll, John
Clafin, Henry Clews. Robert G. Clowry. James
C. Colgate. Samuel D Coykendau William c.
Dsmorest Benjamin Douglass, jr., Silas B.
butcher. Clement A Griscom. Bernard G. Gun
ther C H. Hackett. ". F Havemeyer, Colgate
Hoyt, A Lewisohn. William G. McAdoo, David
Mcclure John B. Mcdonald. D. o, Mills, Seth
NJ. Mfliken, Adolph s. Ocfs, p g Ogden, James
H Oliphant J. Seaver Page, r. ". Poor. John
1. Riker. George H. Sargent. Jacob h Schif.
Mortimer L. schiff, Leo Schlesinger, Grant b
schley Daniel Schnakenberg, Sylvanus L
Schoonmaker, Gustav H. Schwab. Paul Schwarz,
Clarence W. seamans. c ". Meade, Isaac n.
seligman, A r. ShattUck, Henry Seigel, Samuel
Sloan, Samuel Spencer, John Stewart, Isidor
Straus. Nathan Straus, Richard Sutro. z. n.
Taller, J. " Tappin. Ernest Thalmann, F. B.
Thurber, ". H. Truesdale, Frederick D Under
wood, Samuel Untermyer. George 2. Victor John
Wanamaker. Edwin H. Weatherbee, Silas P.
Webb. William r Wilcox. George Wilson, Louis
Windmuller. Stewart L Woodford. James A
Wyckon. Henry A. Wygant, Richard Young,
Cornelius Zabriske. William Zimmerman. Fred
erick Zittei and Eugene ZoIIikoffer-
When the cigars were lighted, at the end Of
the long menu. Mr.. Jesup rose and proposed |
health TO the President The guests drank,
standing. while the orchestra played The Star /
Spangled Banner" Then followed a toast TO |
King Edward. while God, Save the King was |
played. To be sure, many Of those present sang
"Arne-ioa-" Then Mr Jesup, in introducing Mr.. |
Choate. said:
I am rather overcome by the atmosphere of peace
10 me Tie words. Peace be still" u hen we see /
and the Tags Of France and England, and then look /
around rs and the enblems OF ali the ether |
thst We are at peace with all of them (applause), |
[ u a. peace Win ourselves, although We ale l37 |
quarrel?
propose TO proceed Immediately to the pleasant |
G 1pIies q me evenlng-and the duties are very /
peasant Tor we have with two of most
prince has gone, and are rather sorry for It. /
=. .i-h & We made a good impression Lpan hIm and
The friendly relations that have existed so long
ps1"een en England and America cannot he ade-
g1a'ely expressed by me. I know that nv friend
Choate APPLAUSE has been fearful that I might |
sa{ ssmefhing which he might wish TO say him
-; ~ 1augntsIl but DO say that the friendly re-
it7 5lRa and America are due. IN a great measure
11 r1s,J 70 the admirable tact and Wonderful service
l5lrha' 5 Joseph Il. Cheate, the American Anbassa-
Ihe guests drank to the toast England and
america and then drank again to Mr.. Choate,
singing For he's a jolly good fellow" Mr..
Choate said:
10 MIX IN the last week there a demonstra-
49, Al ms city and country which must carry
ttHe 10 the minds of friends across the
fTe. o-slctlon that the peace that exists between
- MO countries never be broken It is
IN pO me me united action OF these two great nations
~, ~ t2eScefui employ that the peace OF the
+ ss ~. word depends, and We did not too freely
I.sA eI.sA upon the visitors who AVE just left our
r..o-7s demonstrations Of a1ectlo.I rom All the
W. NJ "lo came IN contact with them
nhen look around 5.pon this sea Of up
- 1ei faces, all sober all earnest, all devoted 20
- cause OF which ! am now speaking. Of peace
- = cen these great English speaking nations
= ne world. am satisfied that heTa III this body,
= = Us err company That represents the wealth
- commerce. The patriotism of this nation, here
~ y nave guarantee OF the preservation and per