Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-11
THE stiLDiisI.L BOOSTER
MEETING.


council hall OF the city OF Londoi
since early IN The fifteenth century,.
sas that of yesterday morning, JUS
alcr mIdnight. when nH az the no
tables of the British government ans
The ambassadors OF lis allies wef,
present. together with Thousand
guests. While II marked the inaug.
mallon Of the now lord mayor, 1t wal
utilized as an occasion 10 stir the
patriotism Of the English people.
Former Premier Arthur J. Balfour
leader Of the conservative opposition
"a the liberal government. WIS Tho
frM speaker, dnilhllcas 20 placed that
the world might know there are no
political differences ~ The empire az
this time. lie paid hRh compliments
70 the japanese. the Russians, the
Belgians and the seryIans. and the
spirit Of the thrDng was expressed
when he declared that belgium would
be restored 10 al q her ancient pros.
pefIsy. and more, by the allies who
were bound together by the pursuit
q one great object
One or the renlly notable speeches
was that of Paul cambon. tho French
ambassador who. In an eloquent
speech. used tho following language.
We did not attack We acted In
aelf-denHe We do not seek "a Stake
the lnsta Of dominlon we simply wish
to save European civilization. We
knuW TINT this war has hten long
prepared; that the most powerful In.
Hlfumrnts ~ destruction have been
created that there haF been lnenlcat-
ed IN a whole people the cult Of force
ind diHdaIn " right and there has
hrcn Defssten endeavor to hanlah
all feeling Of humanity from It's
hart that a ence orderly nation has
hecn turned into q house Of bar
harlans.
These professors of brutality
thought They had f0respcn everything
They had not fofeseon TINT they
would come into conflict with tho
conscience ~ a civilized world IN this
mufdefons war-lhe most terrible the
world has ever seen.
Tho next speaker WIS Winston
spencer Churchill. first lord Of the
admiralty. who made the following
significant and reassuring statement.
THE navy ~ stronger al every
point Of service than Il was on the
day war broke cut II Is stronger
most particularly IN those branches
Of naval service which modern expe-
Renee has shown to exercise the most
powerful Influence"
There had been a growing fear that
the British fleet would be destroyed
IN detail by the daring raids Of the
German submarines and the superior
guns Of the kalser's navy, as shown
10 the fiRht of the coast Of South
America, but The British people viii
DO treasured by the declaration that
the navy liz stronger at every point
o. service than II was on the day the
war broke out" But the audience
must have been bit startled by the
nearncas Of the conflict when Church
IN remarked That desperate fighting
was then IN progress less than eighty
miles from the ancient hall whore the
banquet was in progress.
Premier Asanith's speech was de-
voted 70 denunciatlon Of Turkey. long
supported by Great Britain. He de-
clared thar nation had dug It's own
grave and committed suicide. The
natural conclusion was that the allies
would bury the Ottoman empire. The
premier also pointed out the strong
financial position Of Great Britain.
ne showed that the Bank Of England
had more gold IN It's vaults than ever
before.
Tho speech Of the premier could
not bat recall the words OF Bismarck.
who said three things were neces-
ary IN making war. the first OF
which was gold, the second was gold
and the third was gold. which he
adapted doubtless from the famous
sayins Of pcmos,henes. who then ask
ed which Was The first part Of oratory
answered. action, and which the
second. replied action" and which
VAS the third. he stn answered. ~no-
tinn.
As was fitting. Lord Kitchener
closed the program with speech in
which ne told the audience that. in
addition 10 the tertltorials now being
drilled in England million and a
men are in English training
camps for use when needed on the
lie expects The war to he
! long one. and called for the enlist
mont OF more men. He reminded thel
audience that
THE British empire Is nov fighting
ar fte existence. J want every elti-
,en 10 understand this cardinal fact.
or only from a clear conception Of
he vast importance OF the issue Al