New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-19

seeINR INC HoOIe service dCnc IT BEL
nv ard France and Italy by the Or
CARNATIONS represented here o-night.
am particularly glad
OF this opportunity Of meeting you and
Arcclatlon OF your
work Some of the societies represented
i Ii e 10 MS are more familiar to me
than others, because their orga .ization
is Internal onal and very broad in
scope, but | have been able TO read a
short account of what all the societies
here have done during the war. and /
and al from the bottom of my heart.
Il understand that all the societies
h'rc 10 mig t are engaged in permanent
work and | know that much Of it is be
ing Organized on International lines
Let me end. the refore, by wishing you
a.. PISS be success in the efforts which
you are making to relieve suffering
and spread happiness in this and other
lands
Ladies' and gentlemen, thank you
again very much"
Toasts to President and King
Before the speaking started Mr.
Dawson proposed toasts to President
Wilson and King George. These were
I drunk standing, while the orchestra, in
the balcony. played the national an
.hems.
Mr.. Dawson said the prince would
be welcome either as a royal person
age. as man or as democrat, com
ing from long line of royal demo
Gratis. He declared that the prince
came to this country with g real mes
sage. having participated in the war,
travelled, observed and reflected.
Mr.. DAWSON said the prince had con-
trasted militarism with the demo
cratic principles Of his country. and
was to be kept down the dem ocratic
principles must be safeguarded. The
speaker said that one of the most i'm
portant byproducts of the war was
tic bringing together of the two coun-
tries.
After paying tribute to the part
played by women In the war, Mr. Davi.
son welcomed the prince in the name
of the Rcd Cross and It's auxiliary So
cietics
pcrshing Greeted With Cheers
When he introduced General Per.
shing, who appel. ed in full uniform,
the hall echoed with cheers. General
Pershing said:
Ut gives me very great pleasure to
be present on this occasion and to have
an opportunity 10 extend to his royal
hlghness the greetings of the Ameri-
can army, Who~c fortunes were so re-
Gently allied with those OF the British
army. | recall with distinct pleasure
The hearty reception accorded to me
, end my staff while we were in London
on our way to France. The spirit o.
cordlality and the eager desire to be
OF assistance to us was most manifest
CHI i
was then Lord Derby, extended to me
and the members of my staff every
facility for studying at first hand the
developm ents of the war in organiza-
ton and tactics. and gave US full bene-
tit of their experience. Facts concern
ing actual conditions existing in Frarco
were made available to u.s. as were all
poss bic information and data which
-" '"'fu ~ makin~ our plans.
While in London We wern nos.
niaclo usly received by His Majesty
the King, who invited me to {. private
@ud ence. during which he expressed
rarTlcularly the nope that comm On
service in the Great War would bring
ser union "rnCN~ the ENGLISH.
sleaking peoples. My visit to the head
quarters Of File d Marshal Sir DOUGLAS
Hang was most beneficial He and his
officers afforded us every oppol tunty
70 STUDY tne details of field organiza-
ton Of staff and combat units. Groups
Of selected British officers aided in the
instruction of our earlier units, and
'speclaly assisted in the establishment
OF the various schools throughout our
forces.
MANY of our TROOPS went through
England, and the thing that touched US
most deeply was the way in which the
British people opened to us their hearts
and their homes. Through their kind
ness our sick and wounded were made
TO feel he comforts of our own fire
sides. The tenderness, the solicitude
and the care which our men received
can never DO forgotten. Whatever else
may happen, these things must 70 far
toward complete understand nq
among Eng 'ish- speaking people. Is is
with emotion that we thus betray to