New-York tribune., 1910-07-30
THE SAFETY OF NATIONS
Ambassador Reid Addresses En-
aineers in London.
RESPECT FOR LAW URGED
Reulv to Toast to MIR. Taft
Embodies High Ideals of
Citizenship.
F6v Cable - The Tribune. )


London. July 2o.-The international
session Of the British and American In
.tirutes Of Mining Engineers has been
brought TO close IN London. after q
weeks work at Birmingham There was
& dinner tonight at the Connaught
rooms with over four hundred members
and guests at the tables So many of
tbs American delegates had their wives
and daughters with them that the rules
were relaxed. and women were admitted
II seats in the dining hall. AT least q
hundred Americans were present, and
there was q series of Interesting
speeches
The American Ambassador was one of
the earliest speakers. as Chairman
AspinaIl. after the loyal toests, called on
him 10 make response when the health
o. President Taft was proposed He
was IN fine voice, and was most heartily
received by both the British and the
American engineers. After few words
IN recognition OF the good Will shown by
hiJ English audience in its reception Of
the toast the ambassador continued:
I an never quite sure about the pro
rriety Of the response which you have
called for When you drank YOUR toast
70 the King just now. no one presumed
t. speak for him in reply All felt that
the becoming and only adequate re-
EPClse was your own general and in
s-inctive exclamation. The King. God
bless him. I sometimes think We might
wisely adopt the same custom for our
toast 70 the President One thing is
Ciear-tossts TO these two great heads
q states in the English speaking world
come more and more 10 be drunk in the
same spirit on both sides Of the Atlantic.
with the same loyal and patriotic hope
for the sovereignty Of the law and the
reservation OF ordered liberty which is
the real meaning Of each Of them
You intend without doubt, gentle
men, 10 express your high regard for the
personal character Of the fairrninded.
able end upright public servant who
now occupies the Presidential chair, but
3 venture 70 think that your toast means
mora than that It reaches further than
merely personal regard 1t surely en-
bodies the profound respect OF al people
II OUT whole country. of every good citi-
zen without distinction OF party or sec
ton. for the Official clothed with the duty
Of enforcing the peoples laws. for the
exalted Office OF the CHIEF Executive il
one grand division, and that not the
smallest, Of this great English-speaking
family OF ours, which girdles the globe,
occupies far more than oue-fourth Of its
hshitable space, and governs nearly one
third Of its inhabitants
The material conQuests that have
ereaued this colossal and worldwide en-
pire are due to no class more largely
than TO that of the mechanical engi-
reers Of our two countries who are hold
ing tonight this joint celebration Can
you imagine what this twentieth cen
zurz. this consummate flower Of the
utilization OF al ages, would be If you
took out Of its development the contT1bu-
tions OF James Watt and Robert Fulton?
can you even conceive Of the English
speaking world Of to-day without the
.esser but still gigantic contributions to
It's rich and varied life from other me-
ehalicaI engineers Of the same common
race, Stephenson, Fairbairn, Eli Whit
ney, Morse and Mccormick, and in your
ogvn time and from your own comrades,
Edison Bell and Westinghouse
But I have not risen to recite the
1riumphs Of British and American me
Ghanical engineers, or TO picture re-
turn 10 the dark ages which the loss Of
their discoveries would involve. I an
here merely to recognize the peculiar
fitness Of the toast 10 the President Of
rhe United States from the great pro-
fession which has wrought these mar
veiIous advances, and is still carrying on
The high traditions Of earlier years Let
me only add. before I sit down, that you
70 hare achieved such results and de-
veloped such e civilization are bound
above others 70 seek constantly for its
reservation. There are influences
abroad, Is you well know, that, If not
resisted, must tend TO impair or destroy
II There Is 10 safety. gentlemen, for
our work for the benehcent and be
7vil5ering civilization which you have
built I'D and must preserve. save in that
respect for authority which your toast
erforces. II obediance 70 law, in pro-
lection 10 life, and IN those twin safe
guards, equal protection 10 individual
ff5e--v and 10 individual property"