The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-01

ural lands so rich that they say there that
q grain of wheat sown in the morning brin g
q harvest by night is taking thousands and
tens of thousands Of our citizens across
their borders in exchange for those which
our attraction have drawn TO us.
Il will not try to balance the account.
will leave that to Lord Grey. We have
Z competitor such as we never dreamed
9f a few years aEo, II it goes on as 1t has
h the last five or ten years, Canada Will
be able To feed the mother country without
Help from us. and we will be left TO ma
d new market for our surplus products.
"One civilization binds us both, ] find
when / cross the border that | can tell the
Change only by the change in the flag:
81 hope-l won't express an opinion IL
the presence Of the Secretary of State
II hope that in order TO make sure OF
the ha rmony between us every unsettled
question will be settled. No one can ever
nelI how, soon a trihing international q'les-
non will be q matter OF serious noinei,
] had a:ptivate meeting not long ago, WIN
Sir Wilfrid lnurier lapplauseI and the
npembefs of his Government. fo'lnd
not only thrt theirs was a tone of the great
est sympathy and friendship, but that they
bad "A great desire that all questions be-
tween Ms should he forever remedicd' ,
"LOrd Crews ancestors were several OF
them pet-1rs Of interest 10 the American
people. When tn" second Earl. his grand
father. achieved the wonderful Reform
bill in lsS2, sweeping away he whole system
Of rotten buroughs, he did a work that
Sppcnled directly TO the American people.
THROUGH his grctt-Erindfnther. Major
Gen. Sir Cha rlcs Grey, afterward raised
go the pccraEc, he had an experience which
appeals even more dirCctlyto the American
people.
"W hen the British for COS had possession
Of Philadelphia IN IN. hi- ancestor, second
in command, was in pOSS 'sSIoa OF the city,
He aud his aide. Major John Andre, were
gIarterod in the very house OF Benjamin
Franklin. They hal a very good time
there, and in thu dining room where they
dlrripd on their rCveIs there hung a fine
portrait Of Franklin himself
after a few months the General had to
lcaVc Philadelphia a little sooner than he
expected. He did what the loose tongued
soldiers called skedaddle. The portrait of
Frank III was packed up and was seen no
more in Philadelphia. Franklin was then
in France. 1t is supposed that Andr took
i and afterward gave It, to Lord Grey;
Since then II has hung on the walls OF Lord
Grey's ANCESTRAL home in northumberland;
Nov. Lord Grey Is an admirer OF Frank
lin and a well wisher for the happy feeling
between the two peoples. He has con-
Guided to restore TO the United states OF
bis own free will the portrait which has
20 long hung on his ancestral walls. PRO
lpnged applause. A month ago he wrote
to the President of the United States Of
iFlIllh ~ ltNN'PI lli 1 gin ~ - w.
in the hands of the American Minister.
en- route to Philadelphia, where, | hope,
il will arrive in time for the great Franklin
celebration on April %. .
Gentlemen, | propose the health of Lord
Grey-standing and with all honors."
Somehow the suggestion didn't seem to
take as II should have taken. There was an
expression in various quarters as though
something was going irregular. The Eng
glishmen, in particular; pulled their
nustaches and looked embarrassed. The
cheering died away, and Mr.. Jesup rose.
Gentlemen" he said, 1T is never too
late to feIuedy a mistake. I should have
proposed at the beginning OF the evening
the health of the President and the King.
do SO now The orchestra played the
cheered, M the business of the evening
proceeded as Lord Grey heaved his big
frame to his feet and got his delayed ova-
ton.
In reply Earl Grey said;
Earl Grey's Speech.
| recognize that the distin guished compli-
ncnt youhave paid 10 me .is not IA compliment
TO me personally. but a compliment which
out of the fulness of the heart you are glad to
pay a NADIA. your nearest neighbor and the
most powerful of the self-go verning nations
which brings siren 9Th to the British Crown
and | also recognize that the banquet is also
in some degree an expression of the feelings
You entertain toward his Majesty King Ed
ward. whose representative | have the honor
10 he for a term ia Canada. and who is owed
and reyercd aud h0nor.d here on this side of
the Atlantic borausr he is known, as Queen
Victoria was known before him as the true
and constant friend of America
II has been my great good fortune to make
the personal a-malutaune Of the President.
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