New-York tribune., 1919-11-20

WIG uOpc aHO 1utuIe OF MANKIND.
DR.. Manning Offers Prayer
DR. Manning then read the following
prayer:
90, God. our Father, we ask Thy
blessing upon all Christian rulers, and
United States, upon the King of Great
Britain and upon this, Thy servant,
Edward Albert, Prince of Wales, whom
we welcome here among US.
MAY the Church of our fathers,
planted in Britain and coming down to
US with life unbroken through the
! centuries. stand firm and fearless for
the faith of Christ.
An; And grant we pray Thee, s;, that h,
peoples of English speech may live
own selfish advantage, but for the
maintenance Of justice. liberty and
! peace in all the earth, through Jesus
Christ our Lord Amen"
The prince knelt during the prayer
The. organ then played verse of the
British national hymn, and DR.. Man
nlng pronounced benediction. He
then handed the prince the visitors
book. which the latter signed and then
by DR.. Manning and the vestry, while
the organ played God Bless the
Prince of Wales"
Visits Stock Exchange
From Trinity the royal car nosed it's
way through a crowd that grew con.
tlnuaily denser and noiser, to the
Stock Exchange. The streets all about
the building were choked with people.
and the cars that followed that of the
prince were more than once completely
stalled.
". H. Remick. president of the ex-
exchange, received the visitor and in
trodueed him to the other directors.
tie was then escorted to the gallery,
where the prince nodded and smiled
down upon the brokers on the floor,
who cheered him Enthusiastically.
Guarded by at least fifty police. the
prince then walked across to the Sub
Treasury. followed by mighty shout
ing. Martin Vogel, Assistant Treas
urer of the United States, conducted
him through the building Others who
escorted the prince included Benjamin
Strong, Pierre Jay, Gates w. McGar-
rah. William Woodward, Walter E.
Frew, Allen Forbes. George F. Baker.
James Stilman, Seward Prosser, James
5: Alexander, Charles H. Sabin, Jacob
II. Schif: Thomas W. Lamont and
Henry P. Dawson
Loses Shyness in Chamber
The prince appeared to have lost
some of his shyness when he was ush
cred into the little marble lobby of the
Chambe of Commexce quarters on
Liberty Street shortly before noon.
In the third floor reception room it
had been intended to present all the
members OF the organizations COM
mittee of welcome to the city's guest.
But the party was slightly behind
schedule, the prince and members of
his escort were shivering with the
penetrating cold and luncheon was
waiting. SO Alfred f. Marling. presi-
dent of the Chamber, squeezed the hand
of the smiling youth and, followed by
members of the Mayors committee Of
welcome, led the way to the audito-
Hlum of the building on the second
floor.
Standing on the platform before as
many bankers, business and profes-
arge room, the prince studied the por-
traits of New York's early business
men, some of whose lives dated back
to the days when the Chamber was an
organization authorized by King
George III, while the United States
still was simply "the Colonies" The
stern visage of some long dead ship
per had caught his attention when Mr..
Marllng began his address of welcome.
"On behalf of the members Of the
Chamber of Commerce of the state Of
New York, 1T is my great privilege to
welcome you at this special meeting,
called for the purpose Of receiving as
our honored guest the second member
of the royal family of Great Britain
whom we have ever been privileged to
greet" he said.
Common Ties, Common Ideals"
"To US. who hold the obligations of
trust and responsibility as sacred as
do the great merchants of your own
country, the hope and promise of the
future is sure and certain.
"The peace of the whole world can
never again be broken and interna-
tlonal wrong on vast scale can never
again occur while England and America
stand together as the bulwark of free
dom and true democracy.
1T is because of the common ties,
the common ideals and the reciprocal
friendship that we look with conf
dence to the centuries that are to come.
therefore, we greet you for all that
you represent to US and for all the
emotions which as representative of
your country you awaken in our hearts,
but beyond this and because we per-
celVe IN your own character ana per-
sonailty that which gives US hope for
. the immediate future we do especially
welcome you to this Chamber"
The prince was an attentive listener
throughout the speech of Mr. Marlng
At it's close he promptly forgot the
notes he had been holding in his hand
and replied in the same spirit.
"Mr. President and Gentlemen 1t
is not only pleasure, but great
privilege for me to visit the Chambe
of Commerce of New York to-day" he
said.
"The president says that l am five
years older than my grandfather was
when he came here in 1853. May l
say that l am very young, both in
knowledge and experience as COM
pared to you? And l ask you to be
lenient if | respond inadequately to
the compliment which you have paid
me in welcoming me here.
In Accord With Sound Dealing
"You gentlemen represent an organi-
zation which from very early times has
played v"ry influential part in the
development of this great continent.
But you are also men who are deeply
versed, not only in the affairs of the
United States, but also in international
business. So l value the compliment
very highly. l am very much in ac-
cord, Mr. President, with what you
have said about the basis of all sound
dealing not only between business