Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-05
NOTABLE GATHERING AT INDEPENDENCE DAY DINNER

London, Jldy (By the PD.-Dfp- lomatic representatives of more than thirty foreign governments were guests tonight at the annual Independence day dinner of the American Society of Lon don. Ambassador Harvey was the guest of honor.
 Lord Lee of Fareham first lord of the admiralty, toasting the guest, referred to MT. Harvey as "a foreign envoy to whom the muzzle of diplomacy had not been obtrusve"
 Referring, in his reply. to the revolt ot the American colonies. the ambassador declared
 Whether the territory comprising the United States could have been retained is wholly speculative
 | Ambassador Harvey declared that the mutual helpfulness which all desired could not be realized until two grave mis- | apprehensions had been removed one of which pervaded Europe respecting the | united States and, the other permeated the United States as to Europe 1 T find in Europe he said the com mon impression that the United States alone among the nations of the world, is | today a land of milk and honey whose people not only ar4 universally prosper ous, though recalcitrantly discontented. 1 but are rich beyond the traditional dreams of avarice. r-ou have only to supplement the fancy with a suspicion which find not wholly lacking that all this opulence and this happiness are di- rect results of the great war to account for the wholly natural sense of resent ment..
 What are the facts? Did the United States really profit from the war to suct a degree as to make the lives she sacri. feed seem to the cynical and sordic mind relatively insignifcant?"
 Ambassador Harvey. proceeded to cite the tremendously increased national debt the congressional appropriations for 1s2: and the heavy income taxation. H, added:
 Tn dollars. the cost to America of he, participation in the war. when fnall, computed, will fall not so very far shor Of the entire indemnity upon Germany make no comparisons There has bee, too much of that already Surely n, good can come now. when we all ar striving to get together in common pur pose for the common veal, from disput ing over the relative sizes of the contri I buttons to the great cause. ? The two men swirling down the Mag : ara river did not profit by dropping thei 1 paddles to quarrel over the distance | ! the falls-they succeeded only in makin their fate certain. Let us in a pcsitio hardly less perilous not emulate thei idiotic example.
 ) Nothing could be further from m thought or more repeliant to the instinc | of any American than to measure none against men, he went on My sole pul s pose is to win fair consideration frol : any who may have over looked the fat t that the United States, along with El rope has her full share of material bu1 dens to bear for scores of years, in aC dition to her grief at the incalculabl greater loss of those who pr,rished in tf service of their country.
 ;'The second misapprehensivn to whic l referred is that of my own countryme who have been led to doubt that tt peoples of Europe have been doing u utmost for themselves before seekir help I have to confess that before le home I held somewhat to that surmii myself. I do so no longer During u past two months I have been privilege to talk freely and frankly with repr sentatives, official and unofficial. of ever stricken state in Europe, and I have n heard one complaining word nor receiv, a single request for benefaction. It
 not charity, but opportunity, they cray and all that they seek
 Gladly I pay the highest tribute
 the courage and pride of these sore snlitten peoples as voiced by their pic ed men, who speak for them in this mo important capital and who have honor, us tonight Already the better unde standing between Great Britain and t United States has achieved one ia reaching result of inestimable value
 the entire world. For tlle first time
 history the turbulent Atlantic has |
 come as a nillpond and has practical
 been eliminated from considerations
 danger so far as naval warfare is co
 cerned. There is ground for good hoI moreover that whatever apprehensio
 exist of perilous possibilities on the P
 cific may be dispelled sooner than
 commonly anticipated
 When, if at all, that splendid co
 summation shah have been attained
 response to the apparently universal (
 sire, disarmament viii follow natura
 and inevitably. and peace on earth w
 be assured for years at least, and,
 may be- forever"