The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-07
FOND FAREWELL
TO JAMES BRYCE
Banquet of the London Pilgrims
in Honor of Great Britain's
New Ambassador.
SPEECH OF WHITELAW REID
FEELING RESPONSE OF NOTED
ENGLISHMAN.

London Feb. 6.-The farewell, han
quet given tonight by the London psi
srims in honor of James Rrvce o.,
oassador Of Great Britain to the United
states was notable Anglo-American
~ IN. me most prominent members Of
80; 50 eIihhent and other leaders mar
tbc cns- Inc banquet was held ar
r. SAVOY Motel under the presidency of
leld Marshal Lord Robe~fs Mr. P,.,.o VI
occupied the post of honor AT the riS,b+
VI ~ me president. Ambassador WhiteIoI,,
tHCIu SAT at Lord Roberts left VIII
NdI secretary Haldane and Lord E,it1-
maurice of Leigh, under secretar,- %
st 81, Tor foreign affairs. Government
oilciais. diplomats. including the lana
49, @Inoassador, and many others
thaue up an asSemblage of exceptiona1
Drliiiancy. The japanese ambassador
replying TO the toast "The Guests >,
mace significant reference to lana
hese-American relations.
/ am glad the ambassador said
70 he present at this demonstration To
/ Ile new ambassador to the United
oIa'es' with which country both Japan
ana Great Britain have maintained the
most cordial relations"
Ambassador Reid's Speech.
Ambassador Reid. in proposing the
| heaIth OF Mr.. Bryce. spoke of the no.
taDie company present, which demon
I strated the pride Englishmen feIt as
MI. Bryce set forth on his new dnties
The good will of the hour CON
llhued Mr.. Reid. will not permit any
Illusions as to the nature of these du-
! Ties. lie knows perfectly that he is
sent. first. to look scrupulousIv offe,
me interests of his own country. We
should not give him half so hearty a
welcome ourselves if we did not expect
that OF him. But. next. he knows inst
as wei that those interests i'm this
country, as i'm ours is best promoted by
Keeping peace OF course any diplorn
aust who does not steer his course bv
that north star in these days is a mere
anarchronism.
But duty is nowhere else so clear.
SO overpowering, as with the diplom-
atist IN any way intTusted with respon-
slbll1ty for the relations between the
two great nations nearest to each other
in the whole world. in history. lam
guage. blood belief and common ideals
and aspirations.
An Honorable Task
That is an honorable task. to UNDER
take promoting the tendency of these
great nations to keep i'm friendly touch.
There is none more so i'm the whole
round of public service. Circumstances
make also for your guest an easy task.
At the heads of the two governments
stand two statesmen with unsurpassed
records as peacemakers-his majesty,
King Edward VII and Theodore Roose-
welt. 1t is not too much to say that
each has the confidence not only of his
own people. but of the world alike. in
his desire for peace and his knowing
how TO secure it. How well they are
supported in their respective foreign
offices is known to all who have bust
ress with them. Your ambassador will
/ find our Mr.. Root very much the same
man as your Sir Edward Grey. with
the same elevated views. the same calm
] lucidity OF thought and that habitual
| fairness Of temper and habit I'm looking
a subject oyer on all it's sides before
reaching a conclusion about it which
may he permitted to call by the large
name of Anglo-Saxon.
Glad to Be Friends.
land under such chiefs discussions
proceed with the idea of discovering
justice, and conclusions are facilitated
by absolute candor. There has never
been a time when the two peoples were
so glad TO be friends. or when they
looked with such impotence on the
idea of permitting anything to prevent
it. Incidents which a few years ago
would have set both countries in a
blaze are now brushed away or
laughed out of sight The two peo-
pies have better business than watch
ing each other for causes of Offense,
and they better read the destiny to
which they are both tending.
THE selection of Mr. Bryce has been
accepted as a compliment from the
mother country TO her giant offspring
In the west. i can assure him well
come as cordial as ever fell 10 the lot
of British representative. and I wish
him in his new field as all confidently
anticipated, another distinguished and
successful career"
Response of Mr.. Bryce.
Mr.. Bryce. responding to Mr.. Reid
confessed he had not words to ac-
knowledge the real kindness shown
him. lie sometimes wondered, he said
If whether in going 70 the western hem
isphere he was not going To another
and better world Re expressed him
self as deeply sensible TO the warm
welcome. and thanked the American
ambassador for the good augeries With
which he cheered him on i'm undertake
ing a new and responsible task. OF all
the duties man could undertake
none was higher or more difficult of
fulfiIlment than those given him, and
If he had not been encouraged by so
many friends he might have hesitated
in undertaking them.
Mr.. Bryce reviewed the relations Of
Great Britain and the United States
for the past century, and referred to
the steady growth of better feeling be-
tween the two countries since the time
of his first visit 10 America In 1870.
1.-The United States have grown so
great that they no longer need, as they
did a century ago TO be self assert
i've" said Mr.. Bryce. having become
the largest and the wealthiest among
civilized communities. they are re-
spected everywhere end know II.
No Cause for Quarrel.
During The last forty or nifty years
Great Britain and the United States
..-....a lrrnc,,,- and rl.adn,.s nd