New-York tribune., 1918-03-06

so beloved by us that I verify believe
he laid the cord of the strong tie that
now exists between us.
"On that occasion he said to me
that though the United States had de
clared ITS neutrality, and he as q loyal
citizen must not violate that neu
trality by word or deed. yet, My
thoughts are not neutral; | am with
you heart and soul and so are 80 per
cent of the American people And
time has proved him right.
when | came here then VIC were
ASKING you to lend us moncy-a half
billion dollars, really bagatellc in a
transaction between nations.
"I should deem myself guilty of the
basest ingratitudc if did not remind
you how checrfully 1t was advanced
to US.
"In Washington, if there are any
doubts on my part as to the course l
shall pursue, there is always the rep
rescntativc OF devoted ally, a man
who knows and loves the United States.
7 am thinking of the Ambassador Of
France, N. Jusserand.
France, the Glorious
"W hen l think Of his glorious coun
try, never more so than at the present
moment. with her brave and heroic cltl-
zens taking their places-aye, and los
otkcrs-I know that, whatever may
happen, the English-speaking people
viii never forget the example France
has given of true and sterling patriot
ism. France is the bond that brings
America and Great Britain together"
Referring to England's determination
t. enter the war with the violation of
Belgium, Earl Reading said:
"Looking pack upon it now, am GER
tain that if that momentous declslon
were to be made again, if we knew then
what rivers of blood were to flow, what
pain and sorrow were to follow, we
would have made the same decisions;
VIC should still have decided for honor
Germany had counted on the British
I Empire being disrupted. Instead we
/ had the spectacle of Canada, India
Australia responding splendldly to the
call of the mother country. Soutl
/ Africa, that country of the empire with
which we had been at war few short
years ago, responded just as quickly
as the others.
Boer in War Council
even now in London in the War
Council sits General Smuts, one ol
| LHOSc WIN lOuSHC 10 .HSAi' 1AAi. ~ "
he has conducted one campaign IN the
field for Britain and is sitting in the
Cabinet side by side with his former
opponents, working for the future wei
fare of the British Empire. Why?
because he has realized that the
British Empire is an aggregation OF ma
tions that have the power to rule them
selves.
81 will content myself with saying
that in Britain now there is strong
determination, grim tenaclty, to pos
sess victory
Nicholas Murray Butler, president OF
Columbia University, and senior vice
president of the Pilgrims, presided IN
the absence of Chauncey NJ. Depew
Besides the French and British amDas-
sadors and the Archbishop of York
those at the head table included Rear
/ Admiral Albert Gleaves, U. S. NJ; the
Marques of Aberdeen, Major General
William A. Mann, U. S. A.; Colonel
Samuel Tillman. superintendent oi
United States Military Academy; Major
General f. d. Swinton, of the British
Embassy; Jacob Gould Schurman, ano
Bishop Greer.
The Archbishop of York said in part
Il "We may not always as a people be
right But though we may not be
right. one thing stands out apparent
which is that we are a just people ant
the word of an Englishman is his bond
There has been a strain on nerve:
that tells more than we wish to say
and this strain was relieved far more
than you can we'll believe by the knowl
edge that the United States had en-
tered the war"