Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-28
UNVEILS LINCOLN
STATUE IN LONDON
Root Makes Presentation.
Lloyd George Pleads for
United States Aid.

! LONDON. July 20 (by the Associated
Press).-Elihu Root, former American
Secretary of State, who recently took
part in the work of the commission of
jurists at The Hague for the estab-
lishment of Il permanent international
court of justice. today formally pre-
scented to the British people the Saint
! Gauden'S statue of Lincoln in Canning
square as a gift from America. and
| later the statue was unveiled. Premier
| Lloyd George abandoned pressing Of
| fetal business to deliver the speech of
acceptance.
The presentation was made in the
! presence of a distinguished audience
| in the central hall of Westminster,
with ViScount Bryce, former British
ambassador to the United States, pre-
| siding The event was widely her.
| aided in the British press as further
cementing Anglo-American friendship.
Contrasts Lincoln With Others.
| In the course of his addess Mr.. Root
declared:
| 1T would be. difficult to conceive of
sharper contra st in all the Incidental
and immaterial things of life than ex-
listed between Lincoln and the states
men whose statues stand in Parlia-
| ment square"
Later in his address, however, Mr..
Root said:
1T is the Identical fundamental
conceptions in both countries which
make it Impossible that in any great
world emergency Great Britain and
America can be on opposing sides.
These conceptions of justice and lib
erty are the breath of life for both
While they prevail, both nations will
endure; if they perish. both nations
will die. These were Lincoln's inner
itance.
We may disregard all life's pref
udices and quarrels that result from
casual friction and pinpricks and from
outside Misrepresentation and dis
traction, and rest upon Lincolns I'M
erring judgment of his countrymen
and his race. We may be assured
from him that whenever trials come,
whenever there is need for assurance
of the inherent power. truth and tri-
umph of justice, humanity and free
between Great Britain and America
will prove to be, as Lincoln desired to
make them, perpetual
RecOunts LincOIn's Struggles.
Mr.. Root recounted in great detail
Lincoln's life struggles and his ideals
which he maintained Englishmen un-
derstood at the time he commanded
public attention. He emphasized this
by reading a copy of a sympathetic
letter 5000 Manchester cotton opera
tives. unemployed because of the
shortage of cotton during the war be-
tween the northern and southern
states, sent to Lincoln after promul-
cation of the emancipation proclama-
ton.
In an endeavor to impress upon his
audience the human side of Lincoln,
Mr.. Root read familiar parts of his
second inaugural address and his let
ter to Mrs. BiXbey of Boston when
he learned she had lost five sons in
battle.
Lloyd George Replies.
In his reply. Mr.. Lloyd George said
that on behalf of the people of the
British empire he accepted with
gratitude this statue of a great man
| The premier spoke of the pride and
affection with which Lincoln was re
garded here. and continued:
"He was one of those giant figures
of whom there are so Few in history.
who lose their nationality in death !;
one of those few who belong to man
kind. Such men are needed now more
| than ever in the settlement of the
world"
May I be permitted to say" added
| the premier. that this torn and bleed
| ing earth is calling today for the
| help of the America of Abraham Lin
| coins days"