New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
London. February 70.

=" % one Of the best, il only be
:, has all England behind it. II
dissenting minority 1t is for
=. Orcsent, silent. 1t could not nave
o,,horitv in the presence OF a
,ori,v so overwhelming not in num-
- merely. but in weight and distinc-
To the meeting in aid OF the
celebration came Church and
Lords and Commons, the great
municipalities, Ambassadors past and
resent to and from Great Britain and
1.,i,od States. Literature, Jour
ZEN, which Mr.. Birrell now halls as
,,, ~ Literature: Science in the
,,nal person Of Sir Thomas Barlow
,,dent Of the Royal College OF
PHYSICIANS; the Stage in the person OF
latest reformer. Mr.. Granville
o,rksr and OF its most finished actor
.. charles Wyndham; Industry and
-. contains: and. Of course. Commerce
and Chambers Of Commerce and FL
,cs since the meeting was held in
tho Mansion House. with the LORD
Mayor presiding
MITE the coming Of his Eminence
cardinal Bourne, Archbishop Of West
,,s,er. and Of the Chief Rabbi; the
,ro chief dignitaries Of the Roman
ca,boljc Church and of the Jewish
community: and of DR.. Clifford, the
shining light OF the Nonconformists.
Vote the Japanese Ambassador; one
Island Empire joining the other in its
Greetings 10 what now is, or is be-
coming. the Empire Republic. The
King could not be present; etiquette
forbids: but his kinsman the Duke Of
Teck is President of the British Com
mittee for the celebration of the Peace
Centenary. Lord Grey, who has been
the leader in this business, is on the
high seas on his way TO New Zealand
in search of health. For the Cnionist
Marty speak Mr.. Balfour and Mr.. Bonar
law: both sending assurances of cor
dial sympathy; as always The Press Is
of one mind.
As the movement IS International
IFS whole value lies there-it is pleas
ant TO hear that the President of the
United States was at the Mansion
House in spirit. his Secretary Of state
cabling that "the President and his
oficial associates fully share in the de-
sire of the Centenary Committee to
ftv celebrate the centenary Of peace
between the two countries. Mr..
Bryans split infnitive need not be
taken as significant of any other split.
Wen might the Lord Mayor say that
he welcomed to t.e gathering the lead
ers Of public opinion in this country.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is not
only Head Of the Church but rea!
force in other than ecclesiastical mat
iers. He is what the Head Of a great
Church ought 10 be. a statesman. He
Las proved 1t often, and sometimes
when il needed courage as well as po-
htical genius. To-day it needs no
He pleads a popular cause
but he pleads it in the true spirit. He
has no regrets 20 waste on the separa-
ton of the two peoples. He holds that
he two separately have done and will
vet do more for the worlds progress
than would have been possible but for
the division.
In separation they had found
strength for setting about the lettering
Of the world; for the fight on behalf OF
whatsoever in the worlds large life is
generous. pure. and OF good report"
With a declaration like that may
vanish, or ought 10 vanish, the last
element OF American suspicion or dis
trust as 10 English rancor or resent
ment at American Independence and
The war which brought ii about. Is
there any reason for questioning the
sincerity Of these public declarations
But ] have heard them often in pri-
vate long before the Peace Celebration
proposed.
The Prime Minister spoke as Prime
Minister, but flung aside his official
robe Neither the English nor the
American Government has any official
association with this celebration. But,
said Mr. Asquith, with that felicity OF
phrase in which nobody now in Parlia-
ment excels him:
For that very reason it becomes
more significant and more likely 10 be
fruitful, because il is the spontaneous
expression on the part Of the two great
peoples OF a feeling which is equally
hrmly and equally deeply rooted on
10Th sides Of the Atlantic"
ne chaffed the diplomatists present
on the failure OF diplomacy 10 make :,
treaty Of Client till the two countries
.ook the business out OF the diploma
usts' hands and said. Peace must be
made and made it was. AS an in
'rument Of diplomacy II was. tech
neatly, one OF the worst samples OF
'Nelr craft, but Judged by results it was
'ne OF the most successful in the his
'ofy OF the world. To this disparage-
"ent OF diplomacy Sir Frank Lascelles
.'ng British Ambassador in Berlin; the
Japanese Ambassador. the CHILEAN Min
atsr' and the American Ambassa dor