New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
CELEBRATE TN LONDON.
AMERICAN SOCIETY DIMES
Speeches by ambassador Reid, Cen
eraL White and Others.

London, Nov. 2S.-whitelaw Reid, the Amer
;can Ambassador, spoke optimstically Of the
financial outlook and Field Marshal Sir George
Stewart White eulogized President Roosevelt in
the waTmest terms at the Thanksgiving dinner
ot the American Society tonight. That the
financial depression was felt among the Amer
leans in England was shown by the attendance
at the banquet. which was the smallest in sew
eral years. Three hundred guests participated,
compared with four hundred at last years ban
quet.
The president of the society. Colonel Millard
Hunsicker, was absent and r. Newton Crane,
former president. presided. Ambassador Reid sat
at his right at the table of honor, and Mrs. Reid
sat at his left. Others at this table besides the
speakers were the Marquis and Marchioness of
Tweeddale, Sir Ernest Cassel, Robert J. wynne.
American Consul General at London. and Mrs.
Wynne: J. ]. Van Allen. Captain Sydney Clo-
man. military attache Of the American EN-
bassy. and Mrs. Cloman; Isaac Seligman. Rich
ard A. Westacott. Deputy American Consul
General: Sir Joseph and Lady Lawrence and Mr..
and Mrs. II. Gordon Selfridge.
Mr. Reid's speech was received with great en-
thUsasm. He said:
Some one said TO me, as was starting for
this dinner, You will have to be a Mark Tap
ley tonight, cheerful under difficulties That
only exaggerated way of saying that
could be more un-Amercan than to be DOWN
cast over temporary discouragements. TO
despair of the Republic because some of our
people unhappily. have lost their money almost
fast they had made it. We have seen
such things before and it was worse when
the country not half so big or half so rich
it is now and we have not forgotten how
we came out OF them"
Continuing, Mr.. Reid said he was reminded
he t,2I
'Transeunt Nubes Manet Coelum," which. freely
translated. means. 1--WE are in a bit of fix
but Ue shall soon be out OF it again. when
the clouds roll by, Mr. Reid then said, ''it
will be seen that we still have the country that
Providence gave US; that we still have a people
and that we still have the boundless opportuni-
tics which, after every reverse in the past. have
invariably speedily lifted us higher and yet
higher. Given these, what American fears the
result?
In most respects our country never has been
in a happier position than to-day. It is not
merely at peace. but on terms Of absolute good
will with all the world. The whole sensational
press was unable to make ripple in our
dial relations with that great friendly people in
the Farther East whom we had the honor of
first introducing TO the Western World. Even
that spirited little colony beyond our northern
frontier. Newfoundland. has good naturedIy
war with us, and however this arbitration turns
out we shall, either side of the border. take
Il smiling after the habit of our race"
The Ambassador then paid tribute to the
new star in the flag. Oklahoma, and said the
next President would be the head of forty
states, with a population of 100O00,O00 before
The close OF his term. Mr.. Reid then related
the history Of Thanksgiving Day, and eloquent
ly concluded his remarks with these words:
The men Of to-day have not lost the faith
Of their fathers. and they are not unworthy
the inheritance they have received. They have
seen clouds before. but to-day they will keep
the feast with hearts as brave and glad those
of the Plymouth Pilgrims or the heroes of the
Civil War
Field Marshal White In toasting President
Roosevelt spoke of him one whose honesty
and strenuosity appealed strongly to English
men
Lord Justice John Fletcher Moulton, one Of
the most eloquent speakers in London toasted
the American Ambassador, referring TO him as
an example of the highest type of journalist.
He praised the restraint the American news
papers exhibited during the financial crisis in
that country
Sir George Dashwood Taubman Godie. presi-
dent of the Royal Geographical Society, re-
sponded 10 Our Guests"