The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-24
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR
 IGNORED IN LONDON
GIVEN DINNER BY PILGRIM.so-
 CIETY IN THAT CITF.

Notable Gathering Including Many of
 EngIand's Most Famous Men and
 American Residents-FieId Marshal
 Lord Roberts Presides-King Edward
 and President Roosevelt Toasted-
 Growth of the AngIO-American
 Friendship.
 London, June 2s.-Whitelaw Reid, the American ambassador. who has been officially received by King Edward and the members of the cabinet and enter tained socially by royalty and the lead- CTS of English society, made his first public appearance as ambassador to- night at a dinner given in his honor by the Pilgrims society of London. The gathering was most notable and in cluded many of England's most fam ous men with a sprinkling of Ameri- can residents of London, all of whom gave the heartiest welcome to the American representative.
 The large banquet hall in Claridges ! WeiS tGEOWdGU8 ciIl0 ef scene. The hall was plainly but daint- 1 fly decked with the entwineds, Ameri- can and British flags, huge bells of American Beauty roses and clisters of other flowers while the numerous round tables at which the company dined were l decorated with red and pink roses and gree climbers.
 I Field Marshal Lord Roberts presided. Letters and cablegrams expressing regret at inability to attend and send- ling greetings to the ambassador and the society were received from Bishop Potter of New York. Joseph Chamber lain, Foreign Minister Lansdowne, Sir | Mortimer Durand, the British ambassa- dor at Washington; former Ambassador Choate and Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford.
 Lord Roberts in proposing toast to King Edward and President Roosevelt isaid:
 ! The first toast on this vast pro- gramme is one which cannot but ap- peal to every one in this room. It is that of King Edward and President Roosevelt. I thought that on an occa- l sion such as this when we pilgrims of I this country assembled to do honor to I a brother pilgrim in the person of the eminent gentleman who has come to I this country to represent America at l the Court of St. James that it would SI De appropriate to bracket the names of the rulers of the respective countries not only because they are our. rules but
 because in their persons we have two of the greatest peacemakers of the pres ent time. When. we reflect on the hap. py results of King Edwards s continent
 al journeys, upon the friendly relations of Great Britain with other powers an6
 indeed on all and every phase of the
 kings reign, King Edwards success as a promoter of peace and good feeling stands out pre- eminent The same might be said of President Roosevelt who even now is giving the world the
 strongest proof of his love of peace anc | who may be considered to be one o, civilizations truest friends.
 T ask you all to drink to the health
 long life and prosperity of the kins
 and of that distinguished American
 gentleman President Roosevelt
 Lord Roberts reference to Presiden'
 Roosevelt,s efforts to end the war wa,
 received with cheers ...s | To Premier Balfour fell the task O
 proposing the toast to the guest of tn,
 evening. MT. Balfour said that the sen 1 timent with which they regarded tn
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