The sun., 1918-12-28
REGAL SPLENDOR
AT WILSON BANQUET
Continued from First Paoe.

elk shade, were used. other light was
obtained from fancy wall fixtures
The general body OF the guests pre-
coded the royal family and the Presi-
Dental and ambassadorial guests into
the banquet hall They rose and re-
, manned standing while the chief guests
and the hosts entered. Heading the pro-
cesslon was the Lord Chamberlain and
the Lord Steward and other officials in
state regalia. Yeomen OF the Guard in
red Elizabethan costumes and with
halberds were in attendance.
King Georges speech.
In his speech at the banquet King
George said:
This Is a historic moment and your
| visit marks a historic epoch Nearly
l50 years have passed since your Repub-
! lie began its independent life, and now,
for the first time, a President Of the
United States Is our guest in England.
We welcome you to the country
| whence came your ancestors and where
stand the homes Of those from whom
sprang Washington and Lincoln. We
| welcome you for yourself. as one whose
| insight, calmness and dignity in the dis
| charge Of his high duties we have
watched with admiration. We see in
| you the happy union OF the gifts of a
scholar with those Of a statesman. You
came from a studious. academic quiet
| into the full stream OF an arduous public
! lie. and your deliverances have combined
/ breadth OF view and grasp Of world
problems with the mastery of a lofty
dlction recalling that OF your great ora
tors OF the past and OF our own.
You come as the official head and
spokesman OF a mighty commonwealth
bound to us by the closest ties. Its peo-
| pie speak the tongue Of Shakespeare and
Milton. Our literature Is yours as yours
| is also ours. and men OF letters in both
| countries have joined in maintaining its
| Incompatible glories.
ITO you not less than to us belong
the memories OF our national heroes from
King Alfred down to the days OF Philip
| Sidney and Drake. of Raleigh and Blake
and Hampden, and the days when the
| political life OF the English stock In
| America was Just beginning. You
| share with US the traditions OF free
self-government as old as the Magma
| Charta.
We recognize the bond OF still deeper
| significance in the common ideals which
our people cherish. First among those
ideals you value and We value freedom
| and peace. Privileged as we have been
/
/ In national life of the principles OF pop
ular self government based upon equal
| laws. IL now falls to both OF US alike
to see how these principles can be ap-
piled beyond our own borders for the
good OF the world.
Wants TO Prevent War.
1T was love OF liberty. respect for
! law. good faith and the sacred rights
| OF humanity that brought you to the Old
| World to help in saving 1t from the
dangers that were threatening around
and that nrraigned those soldier citizens
OF yours, whose galiantry we have ad-
mired, side by side with ours IN the
war
You have now come to help in build
| ing UP new states amid the ruins OF
those that the war has shattered and In
laying the solid foundations OF a settle
n1ent that may stand firm because It will
| rest upon the consent of the emancipated
Rationalities, You have eloquently eX-
pressed the hope OF the American
people. as Il is our hope. that some
plan may be devised TO attain the end
| you have done so much TO promote by
| which the risk OF future wars may. II
possible. be averted. relieving the nations
OF the intolerable burden which fear
! of war has laid upon them.
The British nation wishes all sue
cess TO the deliberations on which you
and we and the great free nationals al
| lied with Va are now TO enter, moved by
disinterested good will and a sense OF
our duty commensurate with the power
which we hold as a solemn trust.
THE American and British peoples
have been brothers IN arms and their
! arms have been crowned with victory
We thank with all our hearts your
valiant soldiers and sailors for their
splendid part in that victory as we
thank the American people for their
noble response to the call Of civilization
and humanity. May the same brotherly
spirit inspire and guide our united ef-
forts 70 secure for the world the bless
ings of an ordered freedom and an en-
during peace.
In asking you TO Join with me In
drinking the health of the President
wish TO say with what pleasure We
welcome Mrs. Wilson 20 this country.
II drink to the health OF the President
OF the United States and Mrs. Wilson
and to the happiness and prosperity Of
the great American nation"
Queen Mary wore A cream colored
gown OF silk with n long train and
tiara Of diamonds and many other
Jewels Mrs Wilson's dress was black,
| with spangles. and was made at the
White House. She wore few Jewels.
h The military and naval officers were
in service uniforms and wore Their
swords. The Ambassadors were In full
| ambassadoral Uniform. President VII
son and Ambassador Davis wore the
usual formal American evening clothes
The British civilian guests wore court
dress and the insignia Of many orders,