The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-10
BANQUET OF LORD MAYOROF LONDON IS NOTABLE EVENT Menu Somewhat Curtailed for Sake of War
 Economy |ASQUITH CHEERED
 ON ENTRANCE English Statesmen Exchange Felicita- tions With Allied Diplomats. Many Officers Dressed
 in Uniform

London. November 1.-The annual ban puet of the lord mayor of London was celebrated in the Guildhall tonight, Sir Charles Cheers Wakefield having been Inaugurated during the course of the day. All the city officials, many members of the government and the diplomatic rep resentatives attended.
 The only difference between the func- ton tonight and those of other years was to be observed in curtailment of the customary sumptuous menu, one more Appropriate to war economy taking it's place, and the presence of many of the guests in military uniform.
 Premier Asquith, his wife and daughter. were cheered when they entered the hall, ind cheers were also given for the Ser ian minister and for the representatives pf the allies. notably the French and italian ambassadors and the Russian Grand Duke Michael The high commits Eioner of New Zealand, the Hon. William Thomas Mackenzie, brought his son, who was blinded while serving in the Dar- ianelles, and the young soldier was given ln ovation.
 The Earl of Derby, director of recruit Ing. was warmly received, as was also he Belgian minister.
 Patriotic Expression
 When the toast, 'The King" was given he assembly rose and sang the national Enthem, which was never done before. Sir John A. Simon secretary for home ire raGn n Allies said hat the alliance would become stronger pfth 4lr sa nf1ItiTn aE%tlic Nar.s.as s- Paul Cambon, the French ambassador, |aid: Although the number of our ene- nies may have increased since last year, he number of our friends has been aug nented. ! am happy to see today our italian colleagues
 Describing the war, he said: "On the Pne side are tranquil courage, faith in En ideal of justice and liberty and the Eill to employ only legitimate means of efense On the other, thoughts of ucre, forgetfulness of all the principles If humanity, the destruction of an open own. the taking of innNcent lives, a ort of perverse joy in tfe accomplish nent of evil, and plan, lpursued with hildish disregard of scruYNe, to domi- ate the world by terror.''
 He made reference to the execution of Hiss Edith Cavell, saying:
 Reference to CavelI Incident
 "Quite recently. we saw a German mili- ary tribunal sentence a noble woman to eath for the crime of generosity and a herman officer indulge in the pleasure, hough not compelled to do so, of ex- cutting the sentence himself by mur- ering this defenseless victim."
 The ambassador concluded: When the our strikes for the enemy to realize hat all his schemes for world domina- ion have broken down, we shall see him prey to a moral depression which will make him fall suddenly from the height f his dreams"
 Alfred J. Balfour, first lord of the ad- hiralty, replying for the army and navy. aid that the French ambassador, in a beech of burning, scathing eloquence lad told them what were the moral ob- ects for which the allies were fighting He preferred to deal with the means and Feapons by which the great ends were b be attained. The whole strategy of he allies, said the first lord, was based pon the allied fleets. Never was there war in which dramatic incidents con- ected with allied fleets were fewer, ever was there a war in which the perations of the allied fleets were more ssential to the land forces. Their for unes would have t.een very different rom what they were. and what they Fere going to be- had it not been for the hct that the allies from the first mo- hent took command of the seas.
 Balfour Praises Army
 Dealing with the land forces, he said to raise the armies which Lord Kitcheners s enius has raised from the country was uperfluous. What they had done was ut a small earnest of whats they would O. He declined to appear in the char cter of a prophet, but wished to point ut one or two facts on which prophecies night be based.
 No historian future might say that here was a moment when the calcuia- ions of the central powers were near ealization. Their campaign in the first bring, which might have been fatal, was billed, it was many months since any uccess could be claimed by the Ger hans on the western front, and 1t was wo months since there had been any dvance in Russia.
 The pause in the war meant that the de of the enemy successes had reached $ limit. and what they had to look prward to was the ebb slow or fast, but bb all the sarne
 Diplomatic Success of TeutOns
 One great success the central powers night claim. said MT, Balfour, but it as not a military success. It was a iplomatic success. Undoubtedly be- rayal by Bulgaria of all her traditions. nder the leadership of the King, was a .iumph for German diplomacy, and had nportant military consequences-conse- uences which he would be the last to minimize The rulers of Bulgaria. he eclAred. were animated by two simple .otives-greed and fear-and when they ere dealing with rulers of ce.tain type reed and fear were great and powerful hotiyes.
 He believed that no diplomacy on the art of the allies have been sufficient to utweigh the simple fact that. the rulers { Bulgaria thought that Austria and erinany were the winning powers. The Influences which guided the Bulgarians. asserted would prove to be profound liscalculations but the allies must re- ,enber that it was deliberate miscalcu- tions
 Many things had weighed with them,
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