Arizona republican., 1906-07-05
AMERICANS ABROAD
 ADDRESSED BY BRYAN
lie Talked tO the Society of kiIeS at LOn-
 don Last Night
The White Mans Burden the Subject O His Remarks Upon the Duty Ofthe Superior Races Who Asnir, to World Power.

London, July 4.-William J. Bryan was the central figure at the annual Independence day dinner of the Amer ican society at the Hotel Cecil tonight. Nearly 500 members and guests sur rounded the society's board and cheeTed patriotic sentiments with the peculiar zest born of exile Ambas- sador Whitelaw Reid and MT. Rrvan engaged in some sharp but good-hu- mored raillery and banter over poIit- tcal differences. the crowd evincing it's enjoyment of the sport with cheers and shouts of laughter.
 MT. Reid, in responding to Sir Wfl- Ham Richmond's graceful proposal of his health, said, with reference to MT. Bryan; At home, as a citizen, I have openly and squarely opposed him at every stage of his conspicuous career. am reasonably sure that when I re- turn home I shall continue to do the same. l believe he tonight is as well satisfied as I am, though by different reasoning, that the country we both love and try to serve has not been ruined by its gold standard. As the of hcial representative of the American people. without distinction as to party. l am glad to welcome him here as a typical American, whose whole life has been lived in the daylight, and one whom a great host of my countrymen have long trusted and honored"
 Mir. Bryan, rising, amid laughter and cheers, said: "The temptatiou to make a political speech is strong within me l have not had a chance to do so for ten months However, I will rstrain myself. With reference to the ambas- sador's remarks on gold, I wish to say that when see the progress my coun- try has made walking on, one leg. I wonder what 1t would have done walk ing on two legs. It is pleasing to tes- tify that the ambassador has not only fought me, but he has done it we'll No American rejoices more than I do that he Is 5000 miles from his base. While abroad I have met many good republi- cans-holding offices-and I only wish there were enough offices abroad to take all the republicans out of the country"
 Chairman w. J. 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 dis covered Mrs. Nicholas Longworth in the gallery and cheered and drank her health.
 Following the passage between Am bassador Reid and Mir. Bryan. the lat ter read his formal speech:
 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 a half years ago. is such pleasant one that I esteem my self fortunate to be able to accept the invitation so kindly extended by our ambassador, Hon. White law Reid, to be your guest on this oc- casion. Our English friends under whose flag we meet tonight. recalling that this is the anniversary of our na- uon's birth, would doubtless pardon us if our rejoicing contained something of f-congratulation. for it is at such times as this that we are wont to re- view those national achievements which have given to the United States It's prominence among the nations. But 1 hope I shall not be thought lacking in patriotic spirit if. instead of drawing B picture of the past, bright with he | roic deeds and unparalleled in pro gress, 1 summon you rather to a ser ious consideration of the responsibil- ! lty resting upon these nations which ! aspire to premiership. This line of thought is suggested by sense of pro- priety as well as by recent exper- | ences-by d sense of propriety be- cause such a subject will interest the ! BritOn as we'll as the American, and ] by recent experiences because they have impressed me not less without | national duty than with the superior-l ]