Bisbee daily review., 1921-07-05
KINGS EFFORT
To END STRIFE
IN IRELAND IS
HIGHLY PRAISED
Similar Proclamation Might
Have Prevented Revolt Of
y. S., Says Diplomat
PLEDGES FRANKNESS
Ambassador Declares Britain
And y. S. May Expect Open
Discussions From Him

LONDON. July 4-(Ry the Asso-
ciated Pressl sl-Diplomatic reDresen-
tatives OF more than 30 foreign gov
ernments were guests tonight at the
annual independence Day dinner OF
the American Society OF London. Am
bassador Harvey was the guest OF
honor
Lord Lee, of Fareham. first lord OF
the admiralty, toasting the guest. re-
ferred to Harvey as IA foreign envoy
TO whom the muzzle OF diplomacy
had not bee obtrusive." He said Brit
ain and America could expect from
MIN open and franl. comment upon
Anglo-American relations"
Referring, in his reply. to the re-
volt of the American colonies. AmbaS-
sador Harvey declared:
Whether the territory COMPRISING
the United States could have been
retained, is wholly speculative. But
one fact is certain-if George the
Third had issued a proclamation even
approXimaiing in eloquent sincerity
ami appealing force that uttered tte
other day by George V. in his faithful
endeaNor To reconcile a nation. there
would have been no ringing of bells
III Philadelphia li5 Years ago this
night, nor for many a year thereaf-
ter
Ambassador Harvey declared =
mutual helpfulness which all GeeireF
could not be realized until two -r
misapprehensions had been rem sed.
one of which pervaded EurouN Re.
specting the Uni&d States md the
other which permeated the United
States as to Europe.
False impression OF U. S.
The two combined appear to con
stitute the chief barrier to full and
effective play of cooperation based
upon confidence and understandings.
he said. Il find in Europe the con-
mon impression that the United
States alone among the nations OF tite
world. is today a land of milk and
honey whose people net only are uni
verSally prosperous. though rccalci-
trantly discontented. but are rich be
yond the traditional dreams of ayar-
| ice. You have only to supplant the
fancy with a suspicion which | find
not wholly lacking That all this Opu-
lence and this happiness are direct
results of the great war. To account
, for the wholly natural sense of resent
| ment
| w nat are the taCtSE Dld the MT
ed States really profit from the war
! to such degree as To make the lives
/ she sacrificed seem To the cynical and
| sordid mind relatively insignificant d"
| Ambassador Harvey proceeded to
cite the tremendously increased rs
/ tional debt the congressional appro-
! priation for 1920 and the heavy in
come taxation. He added:
In dollars. the cost To America
for her participation in the war. when
finally computed. will fall not so vary
| far short of the entire indemnity up-
| on Germany I make no comparisons
, There has been too much OF that al
ready. Surely no good can come now
| when we all are striving to get TO
gether in common purpose for the
| common veal from disputins over
| the relative sizes OF the contributions
to the great cause.
THE two men swirling down the
Niagara river did not profit hv dr0u
ming their n..ldles tn quarrel over ths
distance to the falls-they succeeded
only in making their fate certain. Let
us in a position hardly less perilous
not emulate their idiotiC example
The ambassador said the stagger
ing present cost and the great price