New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-01
THANKSGIVING IN LONDON.
r,,fFRJCANS OBSERVE DAP.
n;,ncr 1t Hotel CeciI-4mbdsSddor
Reid Speaks.

%ov Thanksgiving Day was
t-..o5 II, London in the time honored man
~ reunion of leading Americans at
.+ II the grand hall of the Hotel Cecil.
noe. present were Ambassador Reid,
a--.In q III Stockton, naval attache of the
.-..ricar Embassy. and Mrs. Stockton; Major
'.s,H Beacon the military attache; Delaney
- rr,vate secretary TO AMBASSADOR Reid, and
-,.hord i. Westacott. deputy American Consul
r.,sral at London. who represented the con-
e,.+e Other Americans present included John
: eri41ths consul at Liverpool; Lord Fairfax,
--,u:.r, buchanan. Douglas Sladen, Colonel
,,,lard Hunsiker and Mrs. Hunsiker and !. u
a'ah.r5s III al. more than four hundred Amer
;,sus were In attendance
the guests Of honor included Walter Vaughan
,,a-gan Lord Mayor of London. and the Lady
rlovoress: Randolphe Lemieux, Solicitor General
=. canada. Sir Joseph Cockfield Dfmsdale and
To5v Din1sdaIe the Hon. Alben Gibbs and SIR
Henry Edmund Knight.
Z Q yanduzer chairman Of the American 50
,,s,v in England presided The great hall was
.,s5orned except for an American eagle hacked
- nv monster American and British flags above
-. seal 81 the chairman The scene was par
.i,ular,y brilliant because of the presence OF
~, vor1erl The band played American airs
o,a concluded its programme with God save
,ha King" and The Star Spangled Banner.
ur vanduzer proposed a toast tc King Ed
zs-5 Mr. I1errieux in al eloquent speech. pro
80 THE President Of the United States" He
s.fd. Every true American must feel Il an
.a.or ~ Is governed by a man whose name and
fam. not only belong to his own country, put
- humanity itself. and to whom the Peace OF
1o-,sr,oIIfh is a monument which coming gen
,iore viii respect and revere as the crown
49, triin7nh Of the uncrowned king Of a power
all rsnjTlic who has earned the right TO me
+i,la of dfplomat among kings and king among
diplomats
Ind Dfnagdale proposed a toast to the Arneri-
o.n AMBASSADOR TO which Mr.. Reid replied
M Reid. in responding, first gracefully vel
,oroA5 the English guests. who, he said, helpeo
m complete the family reunion If they chaheeo
% 7otice The American eagle Tapping its wings
during the evening he hoped they would thlnh
better Of the bird on that account and at the
s.,,s time understand that the Americans pres,
EN- were fully aware that the British non wa
carrying on business at the same old stand
.f,.r ascending the use of the term "Ameri-
a. as appIfed 70 the United States, quotins
from pitt Fox. Burke and Daniel Webster, Wh(
81 usa5 il thus absolving the present generation
from the charge of undue assumption, MI. Relc
ssid that The thought upperr1ost in the MINDS o
Americans who everywhere were celebrating
the festival was pride in America, prize IN ne
prosperity at home and in her renown abroad
profound gratitude for the blessings OF peace
gratitude that il had pleased Providence ina
america should be helpful ii bringing peace g
others. and. above ali. gratitude that there was
row no cloud on the national horizon. and ina
America had not an enemy in the world.
M Reid paid tribute to President Roose'
Welt He said that the pride Of Americans in th'
President was not the pride OF party. but Of th'
4atrfots in all parties, because the mutations o
POLITICS had brought 10 the front and kept IN tn
front such a type Of American as was nov
known to the world as Theodore Roosevelt
Concluding with a fine peroration, the Ambas
E9dor said
1T Is a goodiy land the Lord our God hai
given US Thus far have we come with the han'
n our God upon US. Such were the piou
phrases which on these occasions our father
we're wont TO use. close with one in a simila
vein from an English pen:
lord God Of Hosts. he with US yet
lest We forget, lest we forget "
There were a number of other toasts am
speeches