Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-01
ALLIES PRAISED
ATBANQUET IN
THE GU|LDHALL
BaIfour, Kitchener, Churchill,
ASquith and Cambon Deliver
Addresses at Meeting
[ BY LaIes; Maill


LONDON. England-Snme striking
speeches were delivered at the recent
annual Guildhall banquet. an event Of
unusual historic Importance. Mr.. As
quith. Mr. Churchill. Lord Kitchener.
were all warmly Cheered at the cere-
monial reception preceding the ban
Quet, but the warmest welcome was
given to the diplomatic representatives
of BritaiilS allies, Russia. France. Ser
via and above all Belgium. the whole
company rising to greet Comte de
Lalaing who entered the library al
most Immediately after the Russian
and French ambassadors.
In giving the toast of Our Allies,
A. ]. Balfour said they were living in
times of war for which there was no
precedent or parallel in recorded his
tory Referring to the Japanese sue
cess at Tsingtau he said they had
shown all the courage. enterprise and
organization which had always dis
tinguished them. Their allies in the
East we're the first to reach conclu'
, sively and finally the objective Tor
which they had striven, and it was an
encouragement to those who were
still fighting in Europe.
Tribute Psids Russians. =
Paying a tribute to the Russians,
Mr.. Balfour said that the Russian sol
der. had throughout all ages shown
himself a splendid and logged fighter,
q man of boundlesS courage not to be
broken by any attack or broken by
any reverse, but to some it had come
as surprise that in addition to these.
great and fundamental military quail
ties, their ally had shown powers of
organization, powers of bringing to-
gether his vast hosts into one care
fully organized and coherent body of
| attack, and that these vast forces
should have been controlled by one
who. speaking as layman. appeared
TO HIM TO stand out among the great
generals of history as one who would
have immortal fame not only as an
organizer, but as great strategist
The Allies, Mr. Balfour said, had
behind them the finest moral inilu'
ences. of the civilized world; they had
on their side the forces OF human conr-
age and endurance. And above all,
they had the consciousness, Mr.. Bal
four continued, that the success of
their arms was iRextricably bound up
with the sacredhess ,&ef International
law and the Fights ef international
freedom. Fr5$ -
In reply NJ. Cambpp spoke in French
End said the AZ we're fighting for
European civil Ation! In this war"
NJ Cambon concluded, 'twe Temain
true to ours ideal of humanity and
liberty, and in this ideal we have a
source OF moral Energy which will en-,
able us to master the material forces
inassed against u.s." o.. -"
Lord Kitchener and Mr.. Churchill
replied for the army and navy respect
lively to the toast of the service. i
Speaking of the. curious and novel
conditions of modern naval warfare, |
Mr.. Churchill said the British fleet
had task to discharge overwhelming.
ly greater and more difficult than that
which the Germans were called upon
to undertake The British people, he |
said, had taken 'as their motto "busi-
ness as usual during alterations to |
the map of Europe, and they expected
the navy, ON which, they had lavished !
so much care anil expense. to make |
that good -
Effect Hard to Measure. .''
1T was difficult TO measure the full |
effects of naval pressure in the early !
days Of the war. The punishment they
received was clear and definite; thel
punishment they gave was very often |
not seen, and even when seen could /
not be measured The economic strin-
eency resulting from a naval block
ade required time # 1t was to reach
its full effectiveness. They were only :,
looking at 1t in the third month At
the end Of nearly 100 days of war the
navy was actually and relatively
stronger than il was on the day war
was declared, Mr. Churchill said. and
1t was stronger more particularly in
those branches Pof the service which.
as all the circumstances of modern
war proved, exercised most powerful
influence upon the struggle. :
In the course of his speech Lord
kitchenaEsspok OF Gen. Joffre as not /
only a great military leader but
great man under whose direction they
might confidently rely on the ultimate
success of the allied forces in the
western tfIeater of war. The introduc-
ton of elaborate destructive machfn- I
cry with which their opponents had
SO carefully and amply supplied them i
selves had been the subject of much 4
eulogy on the part OF military critics; y
but IL must be remembered that. in \
the matteE OF breparation, those who !
Xix beforehand The date of war have 4
a considerable advantage over their
so far as they were con-
eerned, Lord Kitchener said, the Allies
were opeu.to no similar suspicion.
Armament Development
This Development of ornaments had
modified the application of the old ele- 4
ments of strategy and tactics and re- /
duced the present warfare to some
thing approaching to siege operations. !
Their losses in. the trenches had been
severe; but such casualties, far from
lettering the British nation from see.