New-York tribune., 1910-02-19
DINNER FOR UCHIDA
GREETED BY MAYOR.
Gaynor Chafs G1scom and
Business Mems League.

pretty closely to the theme of the even
ing. which was Hands Across the "a
cific.' paying his share Of tribute TO ia
pan and welcoming Baron Yasuya Uchioa'
Japanese Ambassador. and Baroness
Uchida- who were the guests of honor b''
the feature OF his speech was the way ne
paid his respects to the local politica! ga
mural and In which he INDUCED IN sorie
repartee in good humored way at the eA-
pense of Lloyd G. GriscoTn. former Minister
to Japan. who presided.
Mr.. Griscom. introducing Mayor Gay
nor, referred 10 his own connection with
the Business Mems League which was or
ganized in the last campaign to further the
candidacy of Otto T. Barnard. He meh-
toned that while the organization praised
Mr.. Barnard in its advertisements they
never criticised the enemy. After all MS
efforts, Mr.. Griscom. now president Of the
Republican County Committee, said thae
when he met the Mayor recently he learned
the latter had never even heard Of him
The two hundred diners gave Mayor
Gaynor a generous reception as he arose
to speak. After apologizing for arriving
late because the automobile that someoooy
promised to send for him didn't arrive III
time and he had TO start out without IL
the Mayor harked back to the strenuous
few weeks preceding the mayoraity e4ec-
ton He said he was glad to learn that
there was more than one political orsanlza-
tion that treated him with ordinary DE-
cency in the campaign, but that ne saw
no evidence of it. He intinlated that the
organizati ton of Mr.. Griscom could not have
been strong and probably was small for
its influence was hardly felt
The Mayors little Joke created much
laughter. Continuing, he said
For more than thirty years have been
doing, or trying to do, in this community
over in Brooklyn what I am trying to do
now in the Office of Mayor. I have tried
continuously. in and out Of season, talked
and worked to lift the government up and
make It decent in this community.
When he was nominated for Mayor said
Mr.. Gaynor. he was surprised 10 learn that
only a few of his neghbors knew anything
about him Returning 70 Mr.. Griscom 3
Business Mems League. Mayor Gaynor
said that the toastmaster had '1ugged in
his little political organization by the ears"
but that he forgave him. In fact, he for
gave everybody. he said.
I have no unpleasant recollections of the
recent campaign said the Mayor.
This was. he said. on account OF his ab-
solute confidence that in his past life he
had done the very best for the government.
But during the campaign went on the
Mayor. 1T seemed as if nobody but my
immediate neighbors could believe that I
was not tangled up with somebody. ! never
was tangled up with anybody in my life"
Mayor Gaynor added: Nothing can be
done in any community, much less in
great city like this unless the intelligent
sentiment Of the community is behind il "
Mayor Gaynor then turned from local
affairs to the relationship between the
United States and Japan, telling of the
early civilization OF the Asiatic race.
Japan is a great country" he said, 'and
this is a great country. These two great
countries living side by side in peace, can
do much for humanity. Japan may let q
great flood of light upon us. and We may
throw little ray of light to them. There
has been a notion in Europe that Japan
and the other Eastern nations are not civ
ilized. Why, the people of Japan were civ
ilized when our ancestors were running
naked In the woods and literally burrowiug
in holes for habitation. japan is civilized.
Her gunpowder is just as good and her
cannon are just as powerful ours; there
fore. she is fully civilized"
When the Mayor had finished his speech
Mr.. Griscom explained that he had merely
referred 70 his political organization to 81
lustrate Z story, and although they were
q first disappointed he congratulated
Mayor Gaynor on the great wave of en-
thusiasm that carried him into office and
wished him a successful administration.
Baron Uchida said that August Belmont
told him if he were TO make q successful
after-dinrer speech in the United States
he would have to start out with few
jokes. He went on to say that he was
sanguine that nothing could come to mar
the traditional friendship between the
United States and Japan.
Our relations" said the ambassador,
(which have been SO friendly, have been
becoming more and more complicated
within the last few years, Formerly it
was simply praise and admiration on both
sides Il is not always so now. That
is but natural 1t is too much to expect
they would always remain in that un-
changed pleasant vein, but. however they
may be or whatever slight change may oc-
cur, J am convinced that there Is no rea-
son why this pleasant relation should not
continue. I believe no question can arise
but which by calm. judicious and friendly
means can be brought TO a satisfactory
solution. The same sense Of justice and
the same sense of sincerity Of purpose
which are at the bottom Of our friendship,
and which make it traditional. will remain
long as the cardinal principles in the IN
tercourse between the two countries.
Jacob H Schif said:
Although II was the banker who init
ated and organized the substantial AmerI-
can aid to the Japanese people in the time
of their stress, amounting TO something Ike
two hundred millions in less than eighteen
months. il is the banker who is now being
charged by the Japanese press with having
instigated the recent propositions OF our
government, being in effect that nothing be
done on the Asiatic continent which might
reduce the open door from a fact 70 a
tbeorv. and thus bring about international
difficulties which it is the earnest wish OF
the American people to see eliminated
Nothing is further from the true state
NJ anairs than this charge against the
banker made in the Japanese press The
voice Of our government is influenced by no
one and is solely the expression Of the eH-
,,ocration Of the American people that JUS
tice he done not only to their own inter
czts bur also to the great Chinese Empire
which is struggling to re-estabiish ltse4f
along, lines of modern civilization
otber speakers were Baron DaIroku
Kikuchi. president Of the University OF
LcIo;o and Robert p Porter. OF The Lon
don Times.
FIREMEN IN THEATRES.