New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
Harding Peace
Ideal ExtOlled
By Birkenlnead
British Chancellor Calls 1t
Among Greatest Contri-
buttons to Mankind i'm
All History of World
Lets House of Lords Wait
Delays Debate on Irish Pact
to Attend Meeting of
American Luncheon Club
From The Tsoune's Europoon Bureos

From The TrIbuaes Europedu Bnreu~
Copyright. 1921. New York Tribune Inc
LONDON, Dec. 16.--Lord Birkenhead,
Lord High Chancellor. addressing the
American Luncheon Club to-day, paid
tribute to President Harding's initia-
tive in calling the Washington Con-
ference on the Limitation Of Arms-
ment.
"No nobler contribution has ever
been made by any civilized power to
any period of the worlds history" he
said. The Lord Chancellor pointed to
the new world circumstances that had
developed. giving the Washington con-
ference free reign at the greatest mo-
ment in the worlds history. The Mon
roe Doctrine that has so long been re-
spected by all nations was drawn under
conditions, he said, that never fore
shadowed any such international rela-
tionships as have now been established.
An Unforgctable Day
Referring to the debate on the Irish
question in the House of Commons and
the House OF Lords, the speaker said;
"This day can never be forgotten in
the history of the two great English
speaking peoples" There was no cause
for quarrel actual or potential, be-
tween them, he said, although there
once was discernible the old Irish spec
ter which for generations had clouded
their relationships. To-day, he added,
more had been done to Danish. the
cause of misunderstanding between
Great Britain and the United States
than in 200 years.
the concluding stages of war, the
bloody road of which has been marked
with graves for Milestones," he said,
land in treading that road | believe we
have found the secret of immortal and
indestructihle harmony"
Lets House of Lords Wait
LONDON, Dec. l6 (By The Associated d
Press Lord Birkenhead kept the
House Of Lords waiting half hour to
enable him to deliver his address to the
American Luncheon Club. He explained
that he was certain the members of the
upper chamber would be indulge and
permit him to fulfill q g-standing
engagement with his American friends,
made when "no one could have fore
seen the tremendous issue of to-day was
pending"
The Lord Chancellor was resound-
ingly applauded when he rose to speak
after he had been presented by Am
Dassador Harvey, who employed many
superlatives in extolling Lord Birken-
heads e-reer, his abilities and his
persona 'ity. The ambassador said the
Lord Chancel or's participate in the
irish peacemaking was an illustration
Of the indubitable fact that great oc-
casions find great men" He remarked
that Lord Birkenhead's presence "st
this critical moment on this crucial
day" constituted most fattering COM
pliment.
Greatest Day of Career
I'VE know what confronts him." said
Ambassador Harvey, alluding to Lord
Birkenhead's appearance in the Irish
debase in the House OF Lords this at
ternoon. 1t was perhaps the most mo-
mentous day in the Lord Chancellor's
career, declared the ambassador. who
probation of Lord Birkenhead was an
exception to the saying that "some-
times we live so close to greatness that
we fail to perceive it,
Birkenhead. in his address, said the
American peoples special quality was
in the happy combination of practica-
bility and idealisn. "The Washington
proposals." he said, (which the world
should ratify, could have proceeded
from no other people in the world"
He declared the Monroe Doctrine was
never contemplated for such conditions
as those of to-da..', and added: "The
world is one. 1t is interdependent.