Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-10
Thousand Guest at Inaugural
of New Lord Mayor Cheer
Government Ministers and
Diplomats.
BALF0UR'S SPEECH IS
KEYNOTE FOR ENGLAND
Japan Is Toasted for Recent
Victory and Servia and Bel
GUM Praised for Stand in
War.

London. Nov. . (mldnight) THAT
England Is prepared TO carry on the
war indefinitely with every conf
dence in the result was the tenor of
the speeches at the annual banquet
inaugurating the new lord mayor
of London at Guild hall tonight, de-
llvered by the men who are respons-
ible for the conduct OF the war.
Notable speeches were made by
Prime Minister Asquith, Field Mar
shal Earl Kitchener. secretary for
war. and Winston Spencer Churchill.
first lord OF the admiralty. Lord
Kitchener. whose massive figure. clad
in service khaki. lowered above the
audience OF thousand men and
woman in the historic building. while
expressing satisfaction at the re-
sponse to his call for men and the
progress of their military training,
impressed on the nation that the
war would be long one and he
would require more men and still
more until the enemy is crushed"
Refers TO Eneland's Army.
He also made quiet reference TO
EnGland's army. which. he said. 'has
proved itself. To. ~ not so .contempt-
ible an engine Of war as some were
disposed to consider it," and remind
ed his hearers that the enemy would
besides the army in the field, have
to reckon with the forces of the
great dominions, the vanguard OF
which had arrived in England. In
addition TO the million and a quarter
men now training In this country.
Winston Spencer Churchill. first
lord of the admiralty. told OF the
work of the navy and continued:
"It is difficult to measure the full
influence of the naval pressure In the
early stages of the war. but II will
spell the doom of Germany as surely
as winter strikes the leaves from the
trees"
As to the losses suffered, no said .
Clear and Definite Punishment.
The punishment we receive Is
clear and definite: the punishment
we infiict is very often not seen and
when seen very often cannot be
measured. But time will tell"
The first lord also pointed out that
despite the losses the navy was
stronger in every way than at the
beginning of the war.
Premier Asquith, who devoted much
of his speech to the war with Tur-
key, said II meant the death knell
to Ottoman domination. not only in
Europe, but In ASIA"
He too predicted that the war
would he long one. but said that
nothing would daunt their hopes nor
impair their resolve and that Eng
land would not sheathe the sword
until Belgium had recovered all thai
she had sacrificed. until France had
been secured from the menace of
oppression and until the military
domination of Prussia had been de-
stroyed.
Thousand Guests.
Guild hall has been the scene of
many civic and national functions in
the past 500 years. but seldom has
there been any which 80 strongly APP
pealed to the popular Imagination.
The guests, who numbered a thous-
and, and included the leading states
men, diplomats and financiers. en-
tered the civic headquarters Of Lon
don between two lines of khaki-clad
riflemen. AS each dignitary entered
the hall he was greeted with rounds
of cheers, but the real outbursts were
reserved for Premier Asquith. Earl
Kitchener. the Japanese, Russian and
French ambassadors. the Belgian
minister and the commander of the
Canadian contingent.
Great Enthusiasm.
AS these entered the hall, which
was decorated with the flags and coats
of arms of the allied nations. the en-
thusiasm rose to high pitch. the en-
tire assembly rising TO welcome them.
The military men, including Lord
Kitchener, wore service uniforms OF
khaki; the ambassadors and other
diplomats were in the brilliant uni
forms of their ranks.
The formal toast to the king and