Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-19
TO THE PILGRIM FATHERS
ENGLAND'S MEMORIAL
An 0belisk on the Esplanade Where
Those Who Sailed in the
Mayflower Assembled Be-
fore Embarking.
AMBASSADOR PAGES SPEECH.
"The United States are Still English
Led and English Ruled

DR.. Page, United States Ambas
sador to Great Britain, delivered 1
most touchingly pathetic speech al
the unveiling of the memorial to tn;
Pilgrim Fathers at Southampton
England. on August Is.
With genuinely appreciated servil.
ity he whined out to the contemptuous
ears of the British pressmen present
that the United States was today
English led and English ruled. Less
hypocritical than he, the English
newspapers showed their undyine
love of an American by gently Civ
ing him boost back into his kennel
(when the days toll was o'er) by
outdoing themselves in the funny
little editorial which is printed on
another payge in The Capital.
The editorial is sure to be appre-
ciated by those readers whose fami-
lies were "commen over nit der
Mayflower.
The following account of the un-
yelling of the memorial to the Pill
| grim Fathers was printed in the
Daily Express, l. )ndon, Saturday,
August 16:
"The American Ambassador, DR..
Page, at Southampton, yesterday, un-
| veiled a memorial to the Pilgrim
Fathers, consisting o! an obelisk on
the espIanade. The site is supposed
to be that on which they assembled
before embarking in the Mayf1ower
"Tbe bond between u.s., said his
| Excellency at 3 luncheon which pre-
ceded the ceremony" is the bond of
blood" 81 say" he added, with
due regard to other bloods and other
nations, that it is with us who sreak
the language OF Shakespeare that the
responsibility of ruling the world
must rest. J."
After the unveiling ceremony DR..
Page said they were met to celebrate
one Of the most fruitful voyages that
men ever made. When the Mayflower
set forth new chapter in history
was begun.
'The Pilgrim Fathers were not
lSonly God-led men," he added, "but
they were God-led Englishmen. He
contrasted their simple life with that
of men of the present day, showing
that they started out on their great
adventure without any external ad-
vantage.
" This linking with destiny on
their part, - he said, "has never been
lost in the new world home, nor has
it failed their descendants in any
period of their national history. In
| the beginning it was the right TO
| worship according to ones conscience
for which they struggled.
"To worship according to ones con-
science implies living and working
without rules laid down by others, and
| this inevitably led to the republican
form of government and democratic
| structure Of society. There was no
escape from it.
"Then this same linking of destiny
took other forms besides freedom of
worship-the FIRE edom to work and
freedom of opinion on all subjects.
Scratch your American Of today.
and you will find him as devoted a
believer in destiny as the most ear
ne ST pilgrim was a believer in the
guidance of the Deity. Ask him to
expl in it, and he will tell you that it
is 80 because it must be so, and
against that spirit all school-made
| philosophie all doubt, all hesita-
tion beat in vain.
"In spite of the great fusion of
races and of the great contributions
which other nations have made to the
one hundred millions of people across
the sea, and to her incalculsble
wealth, the United States is yet
English led and English ruled
Miss Lillian Scott troy has sent
the following circular letter to the
United States Senators at Washing
tol:
Trafalgar Buildinsg, Trafalgar
Square, London, w. C.
September 8, 1913.
Dear Sir: -
| Enclosed you will find newspaper
clippings of United States Ambassa-
dor Pages speech in Southampton,
and delicate appreciation Of same
as embodied in an editorial contained
herein.
If we are still English led and
English rule, " why not abolish Con.
gress and all such plebeian institu.
tions Immediately, and let Carnegie
and Elihu Root bring about the oper
annexation of the United States tc
Great Britain, which they have aban,
doned all other honest toll for. al
| quickly as possible.
What OF it, if Germany is angereC
al the continual covert threats oi
the Carnegie Ambassadors abroad
that the United States will bach
up England, the Nc therlsnd, if Ger
many attacks her." What do W.
care about increasing German antag
onism to the United States, as Ions
as we do British duty, as mapped ouf
for US by Carnegie and Root
Great Britain couldn't influence
Germany to join with her. and Will
Japan in smashing the Monroe Doc
trine, so she now instructs our dearl,
, beloved United States Ambassador
how. to say things which will be 8,
resented in Germany that the Unite,