The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-29
CLOUDS WILL ROLL
FROM FINANCIAL
HORIZON
Ambassador Reid Talks on
America at London
PRAISE FOR ROOSEVELT
Declares II 10 Un.American to be
Downcast Over Temporary Dis
courasements.

LONDON, Nov. 29.-Whitelaw Reid,
the American ambassador, spoke OPP
timistically of the financial outlook
and Field Marshal Sir George Stuart
White eulogized President Roosevelt In
the warmest terms at the Thanksgiv-
ing dinner of the American society
here last night
r. Newton Crane, an ex-president,
presided, and Ambassador Reid sat at
his right at the table of honor and
Mrs. Reid at his left. Others at this
table were the Marquis and Marchion.
ess of Tweeddale. Sir Ernest Cassel,
Robert ]. Wynne, American consul gen
era1 at London, and Mrs. Wynne. J. J.
Van Allen, Captain Sydney Cloman,
military attache of the American EN-
bassy. and Mrs. Cloman, Isaac Selig-
man. Richard A. Westcott, deputy
American consul general; Sir Joseph
and Lady Lawrence and Mr.. and Mrs
III. Gordon Selfridge.
Mr.. Reds speech was received with
great enthusiasm.
The popular veteran Field Marshal
White in toasting President Roosevelt
smoke of him as one whose honesty
and strenuosity appealed strongly TO
Eiglishmen.
Lord Justice John Fletcher Moulton,
one of the most eloquent speakers III
London. toasted the American ambas-
sador. referring to him as an example
of the highest type of journalist. lie
praised the restraint the American
newspapers exhibited during the tinan-
cial crisis in that country.
Mr.. Reid spoke as follows
"Some one said to me as l was start
ing for this dinner. You will have to
be Mark Tapley tonight. cheerful
under difficulties That was only an
exaggerated way of saying that we
will have to be American as usual
Nothing could be more un-American
than to he dOwncast over temporary
discouragements or to despair of the
republic because some of our people
unhappily have lost their money al
most as fast as they had made it, We
have seen such things before, and il
was worse when the country was not
half so big or half so rich as it Is now
and we have not forgotten how we
came out of them
Continuing, Mr.. Reid said he was re-
minded of a motto he had once seen
on sundial, "Transeunt Nubes Manet
Coelun," which freely translated
means. 1--WE are in bit of a fix, but
we shall soon be out of it again
when the clouds roll by, it will be
seen that we still have the country
that Providence gave us, that we still
have people and that we still have
the boundless opportunities which aft
er every reverse in the past have in
variably speedily lifted us higher and
yet higher. Given these, what Ameri'
can fears the result?
an most respects our country never
has been in happier position than
today. 1t 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 cordial relations with that great
friendly people In the farther east
whom we had the honor of first intro
ducing to the western world Even that
spirited little colony beyond our north
'ern frontier, Newfoundland. has good
naturally agreed to arbitrate things
instead of going to war with us. and
however this arbitration turns out. we
shall on either side of the border take
1t 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 bt
head Of forty-six states, with a popu
lation of 1O0,000,0OO before the close Of
his term.
Mr.. Reid related the history o.
Thanksgiving day and then eloquently
concluded his remarks with thes,
words:
1.-THE men of today have not lost the
faith of their fathers, and they are no
unworthy the Inheritance they hav,
received. They have seen clouds be
fore, but today they will keep thu
feast with hearts as brave and glad al
those Of the Plymouth pilgrims or tn,
heroes of the civil war;"
ptiss CtIred In a 70 ia DAYS.