The Washington herald., 1914-01-16
Dinner in HONOR
OF LORD KINTORE
Earl Tells Hosts England May
Take Part in Panama
Pacific Fair.
ADVANTAGES OF PEACE
Oscar S. Straus Says in Times of
Quiet Commerce Thnves-Visitor
Has, a Busy Day.


Has, a Busy Day.
The Earl of Kintore, who is visiting
the United States In the interests OF the
Anglo-American exposition TO be heid IL
London next spring. was the guest OF
honor last night at banquet In tne
New Willard. at which he expressed tne
belief that the British government would
reconsider its decision not to participate
in the Panama-Pacific Exposition. which.
he hoped. would be the closing event oil
the peace centenary celebration which Is
to begin with the London project
The banquet was given by the Southern
Commercial Congress, the Committee of
One Hundred on the Celebration OF the
Centenary Of Anglo-American Peace, the
Board OF Trade and the Chamber of Com
merce. Henry B. +. Macfarland was
POSTMASTER and speeches were made by
Oscar s. Straus, former Secretary of Com
merce and Labor, as well as former Am
bassador to Turkey, Commissioner Oliver
p. Newman, John Barrett, and John A.
Stewart, of New York. The meal was
served at an oval table, forty-four feet
long and eleven feet wide, in the small
ballroom, which had been decorated for
the occasion with American and British
flags. International peace was the domi-
udnt theme OF IHe duuTerStS-
Welcome by Mr.. Newman.
Commissioner Newman welcomed Lord
Kintore TO the city and was followed by
John Barrett, director general OF the Pan
American Union, who said that nothing
brings nations closer together than inter-
national expositions, and he assured Lord
Kintore that his mission had the SYM
pathy not only of the United States, but
of the entire Western Hemisphere. En-
lsrging on the subject of peace Mr.. Bar
rett said that, notwithstanding the fire.
quent internal dissensions of the twenty
one Latin-American republics, there has
been less war among them in the last
100 years than among the nations OF any
other section OF the globe.
Mr.. Straus made n characteristically
comprehensive and stirring address, in
which he said. speaking OF England and
the United States:
That we can give to the nations of
the world the example OF 100 years peace
Is the most forceful sermon that could
be preached in the court of nations.
There have been periods of conquest and
colonization: now ours Is the period Of
commerce. and you men OF commerce
know that commerce rests upon peace.
Expcsitions have a deeper meaning than
the external one; it is to bring nations
together for their own welfare.
in time of peace. when commerce may
thrive, nations grow rich, which is a
mutual material advantage, and a rich
nation is a good customer-a good i'm
porter, and a good exporter. I am sure
that the success of the Anglo-American
Exposition will be contributory to the
success Of the Panama-Pacific Exposition
at San Francisco"
Shared a Worse Strurrle
: Speaking Of the Balkan war. Mr.. straus
said that it is due to the spirit of inter-
national peace that the world has been
spared a much more terrible struggle.
and he added that he regarded the Bal
kan war, horrible as ii has been, as the
greatest tribute to the onward march of
peace.
Had the Balkan war. the seeds of
which were sown 100 years ago, when the
great Eastern question arose, broken out
a generation ago 1t would have drawn
into its bloody vortex" Mr.. Straus said,
''the great powers of the world. 1t Is
due to the spirit Of international peace.
vitalized in the first Hague conference iE
1899, that the struggle was confined t0
the Balkans"
John A. Stewart. who is chairman OF
the executive committee OF the American
committee for the celebration Of 100
years Of peace, touched. as did the other
speakers, upon the unfortified boundary
line between this country and Canada,
the like of which exists nowhere else
in the world. and refuted the belief which,
he said, is held in some European chan
cellories that the ''hands-across-the-
sea" policy of America and Great Brit
ain is a menace to other powers, fight
ing agreement rather than peace pact.
Wishes Him Success.
Having at the start of the speech
making. proposed, first the health Of the
President of the United States and
then the health of the King of England,
Mr.. Mcfarland. when he introduced
Lord Kintore offered a toast to the sue
cess Of the earl's mission.
Taller than any of the men around him.
wide Of shoulders, with the characteristic
complexion of the Englishman. and his
dress coat studded with decorations,
Lord Kintore was an impressive figure
as he arose and begae his address, most
OF which he read from a sheaf of paper
In front of him. He said, in part:
First, let me take the opportunity of
delivering to you the hearty greeting of
nearly 1000 Britons, pre-eminent in their
professions, who constitute our general
committee and who are doing everything
in their power to make the British cele-
bration of the Peace Centenary and the
Anglo-American Exposition, which will
be the prelude, and forms part of the
general program, a success worthy of this
great occasion.
"Our great object in creating the Anglo
American Exposition is to bring the peo-
pie of the two countries more into per-
sonal touch with each other. so that they
may know each other still better, by
forming new and permanent ties of
friendship and by seeing how they can
help each other in the great progress of
international commerce, which, in the
cause of peace, is so great a factor. No
personal financial gain or profit of any
kind or nature can be derived by any
member Of our association. Any profit
whencesoever derived will be devoted to
objects of National Importance, charita-
BILE or otherwise.
IT am glad to know that Mr. Owens,
as director of the Southern Commercial
Congress, charged with the assembling
of the municipal executives of this coun-
try, who will be attending the Inter-
Convention of Mayors at Lon
don. will accompany them to the expo
sition there.
Inventions TO BE Seen.
Most of the discoveries which make
modern life possible are the product OF
British and American genius, either act
ing independently or each perfecting the
Inventions of the other. These wonders
of the world will be seen in their highest
perfection, and nothing, I think, could
be more appropriate than that they
should be displayed in conjunction with
tbe Centenary of Peace, which provided