The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-20
Tells Pilgrims of United States That Diplomats Believe
 There's Nothing in it.
TWAIN's PANIC THEORY
Attributes Financial Depression to the Omission of tho Old Motto, "In God We Trust" from
 Coins.

Kew York, Feb. 19-The prophetic utterances tonight of Whitelaw Reid. American ambassador to the court of St. James, who sees in the future a strengthening of the ties that bind his own country to the nation to which he is accredited and vanishment of the Japan war bugaboo, aroused the Pill grims of the United States to a pitch of enthusiasm that found full vent only in roaring demonstration that fairly shook Delmonico's banquet hall Just returned from Washington and about to sail for England, the ambassadors words carefully chosen and delivered with impressive deliberation, took on a significance that strongly moved the 400 diners whose guests he was. Hav- ing ridiculed the suggestion that war between the United States and Japan was within the range of possibility, the ambassador departed from his prepared speech to add:
 So far as the information and belief of the officers of the diplomatic service extends-there is absolutely nothing in it."
 4 burst of applause followed the de- claration, and as the ambassador en- larged upon the mutual interests of Great Britain and the United States and pointed out that there was noth- ing in the British Japanese treaty in- consistent with still closer under ! standing between this and the mother country, shouts of approval were fol- lowed by handclapping, the spon- taneity of which could not be doubted. Altogether the dinner was the live Hest and perhaps most genuinely en- joyed that the Pilgrims have had. In the absence through illness of Presi- cent w. Butler Duncan, Joseph H. Choate, former ambassador to Great Britain, presided. In happy and characteristic speech Mir. Choate put the diners in pleasant mood and when toasts were offered the Pilgrims shouted themselves hoarse. British ambassador James Bryce who is in Canada was unable to come to New York for the dinner but he was remem- bered in a toast to "our absent friends" Response for him was made by Esme Howard, councillor of the British amhassy.
 Much of the fun of the evening was afforded by Mark Twain. Mir. Clem- ems said he vas gratified that congress was about to restore to the gold coin- age the words "In God we Trust He continued:
 T knew that we would get into diff ! ficulty if we left those words off, and straightaway the trouble came. The prosperity of the whole nation went down in q pile when we ceased to trust God in that conspicuous and well ad- vertised way. If Pierpont Morgan had not stepped in just then--now that we | have resumed ouf trust in God we will discharge MI. Morgan from his high office of honor
 Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts replying to the toast New England s message to Old England.' said that Americans owed their liberty to Arch bishop I.aud of England Without that funetionary the Pilgrims would have had no reason to come to this land for 1 it was under the archbishop's rule that they had learned the sweetness of lib- erty. The Pilgrims, however, he added, when they got here treated all others as they themselves had been treated be- fore they came In a more serious vein the bishop dwelt on the question of tho church and it's relation to the school. The separation of the two institutions was approved and he added that re- ligion could never be taught by the state as it must always come from the | heart