Arizona republican., 1921-07-05
AMBASSADOR HARVEY IS TOASTED BY DIPLOMATS AT AMERICAN SOCIETY 0F LONDON ANNUAL DINNER
Harvey Replies To Introduction With Eloquent Tribute
 To George and Protests Friendship Of United
 States For Old World; Lauds American Relief Work During and Following War As Finest Achievement Of History
IRepubIIean A. P. Leased wIrel

LONDON, July 4.-Diplomatic rep- resentatives of more than 80 foreign governments were guests tonight at the annual Independence day dinner of the American Society of London Ambassador Harvey was the guest of , honor
 Lord Lee of Fareham, first lord Of the admiralty, toasting the guest re- ferred to Mir. Harvey as A foreign envoy to whom the. muzzle of dip lomacy had not been obtrusiye." He said Britain and America could ex- pect from him "open and frank com ment upon Anglo rela- tions."
 Referring in his reply to the revolt of the American colonies, Mir 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 approximating in eloquent sincerity and appealing force that uttered the other day by George V. in his faith full endeavor to reconcile nation, there would have been no ringing of bells in Philadelphia 145 years ago this night. nor for many years there after"
 Ambassador Harvey declared the mutual helpfulness which all desired could not be realized until two graxo misapprehensions had been removed. one of which pervaded Europe re- specting the United States and the other which permeated the United States as to Europe.
 The two combined appear to con-, stitute the chief barrier to full and effective play of cooperation based upon confidence and understandings <, .
 he said. T find in Europe the com mon expression that the United
 states alone among the nations of the world Is today land of milk ana
 honey, whose people not only are
 universally prosperous, though re-
 calcitrantly discontenfed. but are
 rich beyond the traditional dreams of
 avarice- You have only to suppiant
 the fancy with a suspicion which I
 find not wholly lacking that ali this
 opuience and this happiness are direct results of the great war. to account
 for the wholly natural sense Of re-
 sentiment
 What are the facts, Dfd the
 United States really profit from the
 war to such a degree as to make the
 lives she sacrificed seem to the cyn-
 ical and sordid mind relatively in
 significant ?"
 Ambassador Harvey proceeded
 to cite the tremendously in-
 creased national debt, the con-
 gressional appropriations for 1920
 and the heavy income taxation 1. He added ik dollars. the cost tc America for her participation in the . war. when finally computed. win fall not so very far short of the entire 1, indemnity upon Germany I make no comparisons There has been toe
 much of that already Surely no good can come now. when we all are striv- ing to get together in common pur- pose for the common veal from dis putting over the relative sizes of tho contributions to the great cause. "The two men swirling down thl Niagara river did not profit by drop- ping their paddles to quarrel over the
 distance to the falls-they succeeded n only in making their fate certain Let us in a position hardly less peril
 ous not emulate their idiotic ex- n ample"
 The ambassador said the stagger- ing present. cost and the great prfc< ,, must be paid by the next generatfor
 from those countries which had beer
 so pitilessIy denuded of the flower oi
 their youth, who were relied upon t< . carry on.
 .sNothing could be further from my t thought or more repellant to the in. y stinct of any American than to meas- : ure none yagainst men" he went. on 2 My sole purpose is to win fair con 1 1 sideration from any who may hay, Q overlooked the fact that the Unite< { States, along with Europe. has he s-l full share of material burdens to beal : for scores of years. in addition to hel l grief at the incidentally greater los,