Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-10
DURAND'S FAREWELL
RETIRING AMBASSADOR DINED
By HIS FELLOW coUNTRYMEN.

A dispatch from New York says: Sir
Henry Mortimer Durand. the British
ambassador, bade farewell to America last
night at the dinner given by the British
Schools and Universities Club at Delmon.,
fco's to celebrate the sixty-first anniversary
of the birth of King Edward VII.
Sir Henry, as the representative of the
king, was naturally the guest of honor. He
sat at the right hand of Sir Percy San
derson, the British consul general at New
York, who was toastmaster, and responded
to the toast, His Majestys Representa-
tives." 1t was anticipated that the ambas-
sador would allude to his own forthcoming
departure, and the utmost interest was
manifested in his valedictory.
The banquet room at Delmonico's was
decorated with British and American flags,
intertwined and interlooped. A large royal
standard about the size of the Daghestan
rug Of the republican club swung from
the wall to the right of the speakers dais.
Flags of the colonies were arranged here
and there. and the scheme of decoration
was preserved by the red roses of England.
the thistles Of Scotland and the maple
leaves of Canada.
The Guests Present.
Among the guests who sat with Sir Percy
Sanderson and the ambassador were the
Rev. r. Evans of ST. David's Society; the
Rev. DR.. Patton, Marion ]. Verdery of the
Southern Society: Sir. c. Purdon Clarke,
Alfred Moseley, President N. NJ. Butler of
Columbia and Capt. Ryan. R. N. Forbes
Robertson, the English actor, was unable
to be present.
The ambassador spoke first, and told the
club members that the first speech he ever
made in this country was in the same room
three years ago, when he was a guest Of
the Pilgrim Society. Il am not going to be
in This country much longer, to my very
great regret, said he. Il have only few
weeks a few months more"
He said that he was not a college man,
but that he was member of the University
of Pennsylvania through a doctorate con-
ferred him recently. In giving few
"reminiscences of Harrow and Backheath
he alluded to the archbishop of Canter-
bury. He was then model boy" said
the ambassador. :At Blackheath l learned
to play foot ball, and very little else,
fear" The ambassador then passed on to
in India.
England's Great Work.
cit is a great and astonishing work. said
he, 'the greatest thing that England has
ever done Cheers, and I think the great
est thing any nation has ever done, to rule
300, 900 people on the other side of the
globe by justice alone. (Applause.)
'It is preposterous nonsense to say we
rule India by force, because we rule by
Justice. and they know we hold it fairly
and honestly. We English ought all to be
proud Of that work, and Americans ought
to feel pride in it also, as they feel
pride in Shakespeare. Do you gentlemen
know how many Englishmen and English
women there are in all India? Just 10000.
lone thing makes me more ready to go
than otherwise should be-the feeling that
since the revolutionary war the relations
between the two countries have never been
on so good a footing as now. applause
and cheering) I am not. as some of you
may perhaps know. a believer in gush
Qaughter). and I think we overdid that
little on the other side (cries of hear! hearD,
but this / believe. that the old era Of mis-
understanding and prejudice has passed.
Or is rapidly passing" applause and
cheering.)
Alfred Moseley. the English educator who
has brought parties Of English school teach
ers to this country several times to study
American educational methods and ideas.
responded to the toast Great Britain and
the United States Others who talked
were Capt. F. E. c. Ryan of the royal
navy, THE Army and Navy" and Presi-
dent N. NJ Butler of Columbia, Schools
and Universities" 81