New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
Last Day Here of Arch
bishop of York Proves
Busy One
Gets Columbia Degree
Final Message to America Is
Concentrate on the
Word 'Now!'

The las day o. his s;x-weeks' stay
in America was a busy one FOX His
Grace me Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon
Lang. Archbishop of York. From the
time he received newspaper men at the
private libraly OF j. ?. Morgan. on East
Thirtv-ninth Street in the morning un-
III he made his final public appearance
last night az Carnegie Hall in the in
.erest Of the Liberty Loan he was as
busy as the mythically typical money
mad American.
Among the Developments in the in
term was the comforting upon him of
an additional Doctor of Laws degree bv
Columbia University.
He was escorted to the university at
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon by The
Right Rev David H. Greer on behalf
Of the trustees of Columbia University
and Professor Henry Bcdinger Mitchell
IN behalf Of the faculties. The trustees
were presented to the Archbishop and
at once met liz special adjourned SEES
SON. The rules and order Of business
were suspended so that the degree Of
doctor OF laws. nonori5 causa, might be
conferred en- camera
After the Archbishop had been pre-
sented for The degree by Bishop Greer.
It was conferred in a brief academic
formula BY Dr.. Nicholas Murray But
Ter. president Of the university. The
Archbishop then signed the uni
versity soll
His Eighty-fifth Address
At the conclusion Of the ceremony
the Archbishop addressed an audience
composed of members Of the Institute
Of Arts and Sciences and students in
St. Paul's Chapel, on the campus.
This was the eighty-ifth address he
has made since he came to the United
States. on March /. About one hundred
thousand persons have heard him speak
in New York, Boston. New Haven.
Providence. Cleveland. Chicago. St.
Louis, Cincinnati, Philadelphia. Wash
ington Baltimore and Pittsburgh. He
also paid visit Of courtesy to Canada
where ne spoke IN Ottawa, Montreal
and Toronto.
in the making at Camp Upton and at
the Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
ton. near Chicago
Il have been immensely impressed
said the Archbishop, "by the disin-
terestedness of Americas entry into
the war. One realizes over here how
natural it might have been for the
United States to stay out of it and to
adhere to her traditions of detach-
ment from European affairs.
The entry of the United States
therefore, is really a great vindica
ton Of the cause of the Allies.
II have been most impressed by the
unity with which America has entered
the war. considering the different race
Of which the republic is made up and
the vast space, making united mind
difficult TO obtain
In the Middle West, he said, he
found the war enthusiasm as great, il
not greater, than in the cities along
me Atlantic Coast, and continued:
Some of the most eager and en-
thusastic audiences l have met in your
country were in communities where
.here is no large British or native
born population"
Referring to the situation on the
Western front, he said: "Whatevel
happens, Haig will not lose his head.
As parting message, he added:
DO not let the people of America
worry about the word late so lone
as they concentrate on the wore
TOW in their military preparations"