The New York herald., 1920-01-29
MR.. DEPgW TELLS
AIMS OF PILGRIMS
Says World Peace Depends
Upon Harsneny of English
Speaking Peoples.
REVEALS BIT or HISTORY
Declares Monroe Doctrine Was sug'
gested by British Prime Min.
lstet Ia 1870.

ChaureeS M. DepeW, president OK the
Pilgrims, declared yesterday In an address
Mt the annual meeting OF that society that
the last year had been a happy one In ad-
vanelns the oojeots'to. which the members
are pledged. The basic principle Of the
Pilgrim constitution ,s union of the Eng
lish-speaking peoples, The guest Of honor
at the luncheon yesterday was the Honor
=, able Ronald Charles Lindsay, C.v.o.
- British Charge d'Affaires to the United
States
4 We believe that to the degree and the
=: extent that the English speaking peoples Of
@rhe world can work together harmoni.
ousiy there will be peace and liberty ev.
= -erywhere," Mr.. Depew said
- He referred to the two notable dinners
: given by the Pilgrims during the last
=. year. one the reception and dinner to tbe
BRUSH Ambassador, Lord Reading, on his
departure. and the other the dinner to the
Prince of Wales the night before he was
to return to England He declared that
both of these occasions were memora BILE
- and that they meant much to the preser-
vation of amity between England and the
United States
.o.. Society Founded I'm 1890.
:. Although the Pilgrims saw their societv
is eighteen years old, Mr.. Depew said its
real founders were Georg, CANNING Prime
Minister OF England in 1920; and Thomas
: Jefferson. who In 1920 had been twice
PRESIDENT OF the United States and was
then the adviser of President Monroe.
In 1920 said Mr.. Depew, George Can
=. ning sent a proposition, which we now
call The Monroe Doctrine to President
monroe for an alliance between the United
states ana Great Britain. or at least an
agreement and understanding that the two
governments would act together with their
armies ana nayies to resist the agrees
sion OF the Holy Alliance. or of .any Er
:. ropean Power, upon the North or South
american Continents"
MT Oepew then spread out a sheet of
paper and read Jefferson's reply as fol
lows aS ioi-
me question presented by the letter
= you nave sent me is the most moanentous
Whicn mas been offered to my contempla
ton since that of independence. That
= made us a nation; this sets o,,r corr,ae,
ana points the course which we are N
steer through the ocean of time onsniry
. on Us, and never could we embark on II
uhoer circumstances more auspicious. Our
9 first and fundamental maxim should he
never TO ,entangle. ourselves in the broiIs Of
Europe: in our second. never IN s,rfor
Europe to interneddIe with cross Atlantic
affairs. America, North and South. has a
> get OF interests distinct from those of
Iurope and peculiarly her own. She
shouo. therefore. have system of her
ewn separate and apart from that Of
Europe. %
War Has Aided Good Will.
Mir. Depew then declared that the better
the FmEliSh- GDpa xinc
otner the more cordial their relations
would be aud that nothing had done 81,
much for matuai good will as fighting the
war together rejoicing in. the common
"The League Of Nations may be crushed
so far as the United States is concerned.
between the upper and lower millstones of
tne>President and the Senate but the peace
OF the world and its liberties will always
remain in the keeping and under the pro-
lection OF the English Speaking peoples"
Mr.. Dcpew said
Nr. Lindsay spoke briefly, declaring that
the events of the last few years had All
shaped themselves toward advancing the
amity between the United. States and
Great BritLin
The skies are not all blue now" he said,
put there is nothing lacking in the feel
Nrgs between the two countries Our com
mon ideals, our devotion to 1ustlce and
our same democracies presage a continu-
Nncc OF the Tine sentiment which has al
ready existed for so long.
Would Aid Central Europe.
Mr.. Lindsay expressed the hope that the
philanthropic work of the United States
would be applied soon in Central Europe
aud declared that England was ready TO
pelp 70 the fun measure of her ability.
Frank A. Munsey and George w Bur
leigh were elected to places on the Execu-
tive Committee OF the Pilgrims, filling
vocarcics created by the deaths OF Bishop
Greer and r. w. Watson. Other new
members of the Executive Committee, ns
reported yesterday by the Nominating
Committee, are IIertert l.. Sattcrlee, r.. L.
Darrell. Herbert Noble and Lawrence L.
Gillespie. The list OF official guests in
. oluded:-Captain Godfrey Blake. Com
modore y. .. Charlton, General James NJ
Blair, Captain Clcster Armstrong, Fred
erck Watson the Hon. Mark Sheldon e.
NIanfold Raeburr. Moreton Frewer How
ard G. Lewis David Boyle, John Moffatt
Commander Arthur Temple Blackwood,
Maurice Cazenave CASTOR Liebert, Mau-
rice Knecht, George Rcussos, Rear Ad-
miral James III. Glennon. Lieutenant Com
nlanaef T. ID. Langworthy, Rear Admiral
y. L. Usher, Captain Powers Svmington
Captain Frank w. Toppan, Captain John
g. Fremont. Lieutenant General Robert l.
Bullatd. Major General David c. Shanks
Major General Daniel Appleton, Major
Montgomery Schuyler, the Right Rev
Charles Sumner Burch, the Rev. Joseph
Silvciman, Martin Vogel. Byron II. New
ton. William IL EdWa rdg Richard f. En-