Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-05
BRYAN IN LONDON.
Independence Banqueters Lis
 ten to Nebraskan.
rHENE, 1.-THE WHITE MAYS BURDEN"

sMasterly Talk on Duty of England @and America-Assembly, Drinking
 President's Health, Cheer His
 Daughter In Gallery. z LONDON, July 5.-William J. Bryan was the central figure at the annual Independence day dinner of the Amer can society at the Hotel Cecil last night. Ambassador Whitelaw Reid lnd MT. Bryan engaged in some sharp but good natured raillery and banter over political differences, the crowd evincing its enjoyment of the sport with cheers and shouts of laughter.
 Mr. Reid, in responding to Sir W. B. Rlchmond's graceful proposal of his health. said with reference to Mir. Bry- m: At, home, as a citizen, I have openly and squarely opposed him at every stage of his conspicuous career. l am reasonably sure that when l re turn home I shall continue to do the Bame. believe he tonight is as well BatisAed as 1 am, though by different reasoning, that the country we both love and try to serve has not been ruined by its gold Abroad, as the 0ficial representative of the American people without distinction as to party, 2 am glad to welcome him here as Typical American whose whole life has been lived in the daylight and one whom such great host of my country men have long trusted and honored."
 Mr. Bryan, rising amid laughter and cheers, said:
 The temptation to make political speech Is strong within me. I have not had a chance to do so for ten months. However. will restrain my self. With reference to the ambassa- dor's remarks on gold, wish to say that when see the progress my coun- Ey has made walking on one leg I wonder what it would have done walk ing on two legs It Is pleasing to tes- tify that the ambassador not only has fought me, but that he has done it well. No American reJoices more than I that he is 5000 miles from his base. While abroad I have met many gosd Republicans-holding offlce-and I only wish there were enough offices abroad to take all the Republicans out of the country"
 When the assembly arose to drink the health of President Roosevelt the crowd discovered Mrs Nicholas Long worth in the gallery and cheered and drank her health.
 The subject of Mir Bryan's address was The White Mans Burden" He said:
 'The memory of the evening spent with the American society Thanksgiv- ing day two and half years ago is such a pleasant one that esteem my self fortunate to be able to accept the invitation so kindly extended by our distinguished ambassador, Hon. White law Reid. to be yoW:spest ert this occa- sion Our English friends, under whose nag we meet tonight. recalling that this is the anniversary of our nations birth. would doubtless pardon us if our rejoicing contained something of self COukl TUT " ID at suth tituCS as this that we are wont to review those national achievements which have given to the United States its prominence among the nations. But I hope I shall not be thought lacking in patriotic spirit If instead of drawing a picture of the past. bright with heroic deeds and unparalleled in progress. I summon you rather to serious consid- eration of the responsibility resting upon those nations which aspire to premiers.p.
 This line of thought is suggested by . sense of propriety as well as by re- cent experiences-by a sense of pro- priety because such a subject will in- terest the Briton as we'll as the Amer ican and by recent experiences be- cause they have impressed me not less with our national duty than with the superiority of western over eastern civilization.
 Asking your attention to such a theme 1t is not uniting to adopt a phrase coined by a poet to whom America as well as England can lay some claim and take for my text The White Mans Burden'
 "Tske up the white mans burden
 In patience to abide.
 To veil the threat of terror
 And check the show of pride.
 By open speech and simple. | An hundred times made plain,
 To seek another's profit
 And work anothers gain.
 "Thus sings Klpling. and with the exception of the third line Cof the meaning of which am not quite sureI the stanza enbodies the thought which Is uppermost in my mind tonight. No one can travel among the dark skinned races of the orient without feeling that the white man occupies an es- pecially favored position among the children of men. and the recognition of this fact is accompanied by the convic- son that there is a duty inseparably connected with the advantages enjoy ed There Is & white mans burden-a burden which the white man should not shirk even If he could. a burden which he could not shirk even if he would Thst no one liveth unto him. self or dieth unto himself has a ns- tional as well as sn individual applica- ton. Our destinies are so interwoven that each exerfs an influence directly or indirectly upon all others
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