Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-28
IN FAREWELL TO BRYCE
Dinner Given in His Honor by Pill
grims' Society is Notable
Event.

as British ambassador to this coun-
try. Bryce will sail for home from
San Francisco May via the Orient.
Many noted men sat at the guest
table with the ambassador, who in
speech emphasized the relations of
friendship between his country and
the United States.
Joseph NJ. Choate, president of the
Pilgrims Society, presided. Choate
began his speech with an apology on
behalf of the dinner committee. "They
have not furnished you with that
improved diplomatic beverage that
has just been put forward" he said.
Choate went on to explain he only
learned this morning Nom the pa
pers that the department had pre-
scribed new beverage.
81 can promise MIR. Bryce that he
will have that when he comes to the
United States again, and surely he
is coming again."
In a serious vein Choate spoke of
Bryce's work as ambassador, declar-
ing he brought new feeling be-
tween the two countries.
Concluding, Choate said, address,
ing Bryce; Great Britain will send
many ambassadors to this country,
but there is only one Bryce in the
whole world"
Mr.. Bryce did not touch directly
upon any issues now pending be-
tween the American and British gov
ernments. This statement, however,
was regarded as significant:
with good will and with a con-
viction that one of every nations
highest assets is that sense of ma
tional honor which will make it live
up to its international obligations,
all questions between nations can be
adjusted, and / am sure that any
questions between your country and
mine will be adjusted in that way"
Mentioning that more than doz-
en- important treaties between his
government and the United States
had been concluded in the last six
years, Mr.. Bryce said he haC come to
admire not only the brilliant gifts
of former Secretary Roof, but his
fairness of mind and his genuine
love of peace"
He added that he felt sure that
Mr.. Bryan would show no less earn
est wish to work for accord and good
will, and Mr.. Bryan, indeed, has Civ
en- evidence of this
my mission" he said, "has been
not merely to represent my sovereign
and government for diplomatic pur-
poses, but also to bear message OF
friendship from the British to the
American people,
In that friendship there is not
and there ought not to be anything
exclusive. l have never suggested
, that you and we should make any
sort of alliance against the rest OF
the world. We may usefullyI CO
operate for many purposes, because
our aims and our spirits are substan-
TALLY the same. But what we desire
is that the ties of friendship which
? bind the United States and Great
Britain to one another should be ex
tended to embrace other countries
also.
"These have been six eventfu
years for the United States, as wei
as for Europe" Mr.. Bryce con
tinued. Here, too, you nave YOU
difficulties. l see that they make
some among you anxious FOR the flu
: ture. In watching with keenest in
: terest, l find for you two. stront
grounds of hope. One is the fac
T that you have standing between an(
, detached from the large capitalist
and employers on the one hand anC
7 organized labor on the other, a thirt
Y body of sensible and fair-nlinded citi
t zens, especially among your rura
q population, persons who own Ian,
q they till and the houses they live in
Such an element in a nation give
n it strength and stability ard it is al
T element larger here than anywher
: else in the world The other fact
{ that the standard of civic dut
!. among all your citizens steadily is ris
ing.
g 1--WE are all of us apt when we ar
t forming higher ideals to be NOR
q dissatisfied than we are before wit
the contrast between ideals and prat
r. tice.
,s But there is no reason for d.
@ spondency. No country has show
IS greater powers of overcoming diff
e culties and escaping from dangel
O. than America"
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