The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-11
NEW AMBASSADOR |SENTERTA|NEDBY
 BRITISH PILGRIMS
Distinguished Assemblage ~ of Public Men Present at Luncheon in Honor of
 John w. Davis
By Associated Press

London, January 10-The British branch of the Pilgrims. which, according to tradition. is the first public organiza- tion in England to entertain new Ameri- can ambassadors, today had John w. Davis. the new American ambassador. as their guest at luncheon. A distin- guished assemblage of British and Amer ican public men were present
 MT. Davis, in replying to a toast to his health, after thanking the Pilgrims for their welcome. said he could not ''let slip this opportunity to voice for the peo- pie of the United States their deep ap- preciation of the splendid reception Great
 Britain had just given to their chief magistrate and the gracious hospitality of their majesties, the King and Queen. !"
 ''The marked friendliness of your citi- zens and the manifold courtesieS ex- tended to President Wilson and Mrs
 Wilson everywhere, he added. has gone home to the heart of America and forged another and lasting link in the chain which has unitel us.''
 After paying tribute to the late Walter H. Page, his predecessor, and to Great
 Brtain's part in the war, Mir. Davis continued:
 Tt is a happy augury that already we are agreed on the terms and the broad outlines that settlement must take and have proclaimed this agreement be- fore the whole world. Surely, the wish is not merely father to the thought when express the conviction that in the mat ter of detail we will be in equal har- mony.'
 The Duke of Connaught presided at the luncheon. Sir Harry Britain, the secre- tary read letters of greeting from Chaun- cey Depew and George Wilson and letter of regret from the Earl of Read ing.
 EARL CURZON SPEAKS Earl Curzon, who has charge of the British foreign office during the absence of Secretary Balfour, in proposing the health of MT. Davis, said:
 Peace is the greatest constructive task ever placed upon the shoulders of any constructive statesman. That task can | only be successfully confronted if the American and British nations stand side | by side to shoulder the burden It is 1 our strongest aspiration that from the discussion at Paris will emerge league | of nations But even supposing that the dream fails of fulfilment, there is an- | other league which must emerge-a league | of English speaking nations It is to that league that the WOIlu VIII nave tO HUN | in the future as the guardian and trus- l tee of the peoples and frontiers of the new natonalities now struggling into | existence
 | Lord Curzon paid warm tribute to the memory of Colonel Roosevelt. i Among tFose present were Sir Robert 1 Borden, premier of Canada; Sir George | Perley, Canadian high commissioner in 1 London; Andrew Fischer, Lord Chancel- | Tor Finlay, Austen Chamberlain, Sir AL l bert Stanley, Dr. Christopher Addison
 George N. Barnes, John Hodge, Walter Hume Long, yiscount Jellicoe, Gen. Sir 1 William Robertson, Admiral Sims, Maj. | General Riddle, Consul General Skinned,
 the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Burnham. i the Marquis of Crewe, Lord Desborough. | Lord Fairfax. Baron Wimborne and | George w. Wickersham.