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". ]. BRYAN SPEAKS on
WHITE MANS BURDEN
GUEST OF AMERICAN SoCTETY
IN LONDON At CELE-
BRATI0N.

Rather than Review the Glorious
Achievements Of the Past He Calls
Them to Serious Consideration OF the
Responsibility Resting Upon the Ma
tions Aspiring to Premiership--white
Man Occupies Especially Favored
Position Among the Children of HEen.
London, July 4.-William ]. Bryan
was the central figure at the annual
independence day dinner Of the Amer
lean society at the Hotel cecil tonight,
Nearly 500 members and guests sur
rounded the society's board and cheer
ed patriotic sentiments with the Pc
cullar zest born of exile. Ambassador
Whitelaw Reid and Mr.. Bryan engaged
in some sharp but good natured raillery
and banter over political differences,
the crowd evincing It's enjoyment Of the
sport with cheers and shouts Of laugh
ter.
Mr. Reid In responding to Sir w. B.
Richmond's graceful proposal Of his
health, said with reference to Mr.. Bry-
an:
"At home as a citizen, have openly
and squarely opposed him at every
stage Of his conspicuous career. am
reasonably sure that when / return
home shall continue to do the same
believe he Tonight is as wen satAa-
fed as 7 am, though by different rea,-
soning, that the country we both love
and try to serve has not been ruined
by It's gold abroad. AS the official rep
resentative of the American people
without distinction as to party / am
glad to welcome him here ais a typical
American whose whole life has been
lived In the daylight and one whom
such a great host of my countrymen
have long trusted and honored."
Mr.. Bryan, rising amid laughter and
cheers, said
THE temptation to make q political
speech is strong within me. have not
had chance to do $50 for ten months.
| However, will restrain myself with
reference to the ambassadors remarks
on gold, I wish to say that when
see the progress my country has made
walking on one leg I wonder what it
would have done walkis.g on two legs.
1t Is pleasing to test. " that the am
bassador not only las iought me but
that he has done 1t well. No American
redoices more than that he Is 5000
miles from his base. While abroad /
have met many good republicans-ho
| ing offlce-and only wish there warB-
enough offices abroad 10 take all thes
republicans out of the country"
Chairman F. w. Jones proposed the
health Of King Edward and Hayward
Greenwood. president of the Canadian
society and member Of parliament FOR
the city of York, proposed the health
Of President Roosevelt. When they
arose to drink to the toasts the crowd
discovered Mrs Nicholas oLngworth in
the gallery and cheered and drank her
| health.
| The subject of Mr.. Bryan's address
was ''The White Mans Burden" He
said:
Mr.. Bryan's Address,
| The memory of the evening spent
with the American Society, Thanks
giving Day two and half years ago,
is such a pleasant one that esteem
myself fortunate to be able to accept
| the invitation so kindly extended by
our distinguished Ambassador, Hon.
Whitelaw Reid to be your guest on
this occasion. Our English friends, un-
| der whose flag we meet tonight, re-
calling that this Is the anniversary Of
our nations birth, doubtless pardon us
if our rejoicing contained something
of elf-congratulation, for it is at such
times as this that we are wont to-
review those national achievements
which have given to the United States
its prominence among the nations But
hope I shall not be thought lacking
| in patriotic spirit IT, instead of drawing
a picture Of the past, bright with heroic
deeds and unparalleled in progress
summon you rather to a serious con-
sideration of the responsibility resting
upon those nations which aspire to
premiership. This line of thought is
suggested by a sense of propriety as
wellasby recent experience-by o sense
| of propriety because such a subject will
interest the Briton as we'll as the
American, and by recent experiences
because they have impressed me not
| less with our national duty than with
the superiority of Western over East
| ern civilization.
Asking your attention to such a
theme it is not uniting to adopt a
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