New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-23
CANADIANS GREET TAFT.
Cheer President at Coronation
Dinner at Manhattan Beach.
AFFAIR REAL LOVE FEAST
Reciprocity Favored by Most Ca
madam People, Says Senator
Dandurand, of Montreal.

| President Taft received a royal welcome
last night at the coronation dinner or me
Canadian Club Of this city at the Manhat-
| tan Beach Hotel The two hundred and
! fifty members and guests 81 the club arose
st the tables and cheered and waved small
national and British flags when the Presi-
dent arrived AZ Il O'Clock. from the New
/ York State Bankers dinner at the Oriental
Hotel
Sharon Graham. president % the Cana
/ dian Club. who acted as toastmaster, pro-
posed a toast TO the President and King
/ George, which was drunk standing.
A cougratulstory cable message on their
majesties' coronation was sent 70 King
| George and Queen Mary
Arthur BOYER member Of the Canadian
Senate. spoke before President Tafts ar
/ rival The speaker said that Canadians
considered it q great honor to be asked by
/ President Taft TO enter into treaty for
reciprocity with this country
We are quite ready 70 extend a hand 81
closer friendship to our neighbors in the
. United States through the treaty for reci-
I procity." he said.
Bishop Courtney spoke pleasantly OF
"reminiscences OF England I'm her diplomat
IL relations with this country. The sub
jet Of his toast was "The Country of our
| Birth" He said there We're many lessons
which the old country had learned from
the new Referring to President Taft and
| his efforts to obtain an arbitration treaty
with England, the speaker said the Pres
.dent was the embodiment Of the new idea
for all the nations of the world.
The mother country will say he said,
This is the thing I must do for the BEN
eft Of all mankind
President Taft spoke briefly, apologizlns
first for his delayed arrival. He said:
l am very sorry not 10 meet Earl Grey
+ here tonight. I have had a long and pleas
| ant acquaintance with him. | am told tnat
| this is the Canadian Club. but as look
around T see many distinguished Americans
I here who have in some way or other sneakeo
/ into the club. and who are not emitted ~
membership so much a. | am. began 60
! ing TO Canada in 1903 and continued 10 20
there until / was called TO a hotter place
/ Now. by some foolish tradition not included
In the Constitution | cannot spend my
. 4 landlord up there. and ! am looking Tor
ward happily 10 the time soon when
can renew nv former associations there.
The diners interrupted the President with
cries Of Not soon" and You're our next
President" and there was much enthusi-
asn.
Mr. Taft went on 10 say:
People talk about annexing Canada 70
/ the United States or the United states 70
/ Canada II IS entirely unnecessary. All tnat
yUe ought 10 do Is 70 complete 40 fully
az possible good neighborly relations and
know that the closer We come together So
clally and commercially me DETER ~ !, ~
for both countries / believe In RECIPROCITY
because T believe IL is FOR the good OK botn
. our peoples.
Among those at the guest table with the
President were John Inglis. Colonel Alex
ander r. Graham. :. IT. voorhees,. Henry
CIews Leon Garneau. James Speyer, Hen
~ ". Taft. General Hugh Bancroft, Sena-
tor " Murray Crane. OF Massachusetts
Or Neil McPhatter. Senator Boyer, OF
Canada: Bishop Courtney Attorney Gen
eral wicllersham, Senator Raoul Dandu'
rand. Of Canada: Sharon Graham. Major
General Frederick y. Grant. Sir Thomas
O'Shaughnessy, T. T. H. Bacon. Major
Archibald w Butt. Frank D. Brandegee
CAPTAIN c. W. Fenton. Robert Adamson
Charles D. Hules. J. Seaver Page Charlie.
y. Norton and Robert y. Graves.
General Grant was also called upon "a
speak TO nh in the time while waiting tor
/ President Taft
Referring 10 the recent mobilization OF
the troops on the Mexican border he said
was appointed on the embassy 70 at
, tand the coronation Of King George when
a little war cloud arose in Mexico and
/ things got so interesting that I thought
would have 70 go down there. l am sorry
now that couldn't 20 TO England. bu,
happv. on the other hand that the MeXi-
. cans kicked up a row which kept me AZ