Evening star., 1920-03-16
GEDDES COUNSELS
GOOD WILL TOU.S.
New British Envoy Condemns
Stirring Up of "AngIo-
American Irritation"

LONDON. March Is tby the Asso-
eiated Press) Sir Auckland Geddes.
the newly appointed ambassador to
the United States, made a sharp at
tack on papers which stir up Anglo
Anne rican irritation at a dinner given
in his honor tonight by the Pilgrims
Lord DeSborough presided, and
among those who attended were
Andrew Bonar Law, Earl Curzon and
Sir Alfred Mond, represe enting the
cabinet: Earl Reading. Viscount De
Vonport. numerous members of the
house of commons. Admiral Beatty.
Rear Admiral Harry S. Knapp. com
mander of the American feet in Eu-
ropean waters. and Robert p Skin
ner. the American consul general
| In the course of his speech Sir
Auckland said: "T am no ma agiciau.
| nor do l know where a master ma
gician is to be found. But of one
thing l am sure. it is an essential
condition of the working of the magic
or peace, so necessary to save civili-
Zatlon. that the two great English
speaking communities should sail
! forward in mutual respect and under
standing-in naval slang-as chummy
SHIPS to the unchartcd seas of the
! future.
! To labor to secure, if If be granted
10 heip 10 secure. that mutual respect
an. uhuei sta hulhS Is a man : work.
ana am not inSenSible of the high
privilege. which it is to have been
given achance of so serving this day
and generation"
Would Hasten Development
expressing the wish that some
word might here be spoken which
would hasten the development of an
una naerstanding Of the problems and
difficulties of Great Britain and
iems OF America by Great Britain"
the ambassador continued:
II does not help either respect or
understanding to cry Peace, peacev
Wnere there is no peace. or love and
trust If love be cold and trust worn
thin.
nope and believe that this Is not
tne case with any considerable sec
tlon OF either of the great English
/, speaking communities. But it would
pe 1ollE, nay. criminal madness not
70 recognize that there are pamphlets
printed and daily and weekly papers
published and circulated and read.
ana doubtless believed by some on
potn SIDES of the Atlantic. which dis
sehpie love and conceal trust so thor
oughly that one is forced to believe
mat there Is neither love to dissem-
PIE nor trust to conceal in the minds
OF the writer's, or at least in those
men who pay the piper and by i'm
memorial right to call the tune.
Deplores Printed Accusations,
ihere is nothing 1 regret more
than to read in some American paper
an artlcie accusing this country of
quite impossible villainy, unless. in
oeeo' 1t be to read in some British
paper the article reversed. 1t is SO
fatally easy to criticise, particularly
at a time like this, when human
tnought Is boiling and breaking down
rapids.
The ambassador found a parallel in
the many races comprising America
ana those of the British empire. rs
IL not true that each of these nations
really hates war" said the speaker
but that each is driven by it's genius
20 struggle to put down injustice? Is
II not true that each yearns almost
1anatlcally to protect women and
children, stamp out disease, bring or
oer out of chaos and make the world
oetter place for men to live In?
Things to Renember.
Let us remember that it is quite
impossible for two peoples to see
every question from the same angle
or with the same clearness. Let us
STICK fast to. let us keep a firm hold
, upon. the big things that history has
10 teach US. that somehow, perhaps at
tlmes unconsciously. both peoples
nave driven the furrow straight and
true. and most aston1shingly parallel
in, their efforts to cultivate ciyiIiza-
ton.
Ihere is no evidence that I know
or to suggest that either is now con-
templatlng a departure from its fra
ditional husbandry."