The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
MR, REID TELLS WHY WE ARE THANKFUL Notable Thanksgiving Reunion
 is Held in London. TRIBUTES TO ROOSEVELT MT. Reid Hopes English Guests Will Think All the More of the Ameri-
 can Eagle for Tapping
 It's Wings.
TRIBUTES TO ROOSEVELT

London, November sO--Thanksgiving
 day was celebrated in London in the
 time-honored manner by reunion of
 leading Americans at a banquet in the
 grand hall of the Hotel Cecil Among
 those present were Ambassador Reid,
 Capt. c. H. Stockton, naval attache of
 the American ambassador. and Mrs.
 Stockton; Maj. John Beacon, the mili-
 tary attache: Delancey Jay, private sec
 retary to Ambassador Reid, and Richard
 Westcott, deputy American consul to
 London, who represented the consulate.
 Other Americans present included John
 L. Grfhths. consul at Liverpool; Lord
 Fairfax, William I. Buchanar Douglas
 Slayden, Col. Willard Hunsiker and Mrs.
 Hunsiker, J. O. Richards. In all, over four hundred Americans were in attend ance.
 The guests of honor included Walter Vaughan Morgan, lord mayor of London.
 and Mrs, Hornby Steer, the lady may press; Randolph Lemieux, solicitor gen.
 eral of Canada Sir Joseph Cornfieid
 Dimsdales and Lady Dimsdale, Hon. Alban Gibbs and Sir Henry Edmund Knight. IF. '. Nanuuberr cndlrludH oi tho TAiiiSi - can society in England, presided The band played American airs and con- cluded with God. Save the King and the Star Spangled Banner"
 MT. Vanduser proposed toast to King Edward Mr Lemieux, in an eloquent
 speech, proposed the health of the Presi-
 dent of the United States. He said:
 Every true American must feel 1t an
 honor to be governed by a man whose f,, belongs tO hid
 own country, but to humanity itself, and
 to whom the peace of Portsmouth Is a. monument which coming generations Will respect and revere as the croWning tr1-
 umph of the uncrowned king of power
 full republic, who has earned the right to the title of diplomat among kings.
 and king among diplomats"
 Lord Dmsdale proposed toast to the American ambassador
 Ambassador Reid Graceful. MT. Reid, in responding, first grace fully welcomed the English guests who, he said 'shelped to complete the family
 reunion" If they chanced to notice the American eagle Tapping its wings dur
 ing the evening, he hoped they would think better of the bird on that account and at the same time understand that the
 Americans present were fully aware that the British lion was carrying on busi-
 ness at the same old stand After defining the use of the term "A merica" as applied to the United States, quoting from Pitt, Fox, Burke and Daniel Webster. who so used It. thus absolving the present generation from the charge of undue assumption, MT.
 Reid said that the thought uppermost Tn
 the minds of Americans who everywhere were celebrating the festival was pride in America, pride in her prosperity at
 home and in her renown abroad, profound
 gra titude for the blessings of peace,
 gratitude that it had pleased Providence that America should be helpful in bring
 ing peace to others and, above all, grati- tude that there was now no cloud on the national horizon and that America had not an enemy In the world. Tribute to Roosevelt. MT. Reid paid tribute to President Roosevelt.
 He said that the pride of Americans in the President was not the pride or party. but of the patriots in all parties that the mutations of politics had seen brought to the front such a man as Theo- dore Roosevelt
 Concluding with fine peroration, the ambassador said; Ut is a goodly land the Lord our God has given us Thus far have we come with the hand of our God upon us. Such were the pious phrases which on this oc- asion our fathers were wont to use 1 close with one in a similar vein from an English pen:
 ..Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet Lest we forget, lest we forget.