New-York tribune., 1921-03-22
Gibbs L areWeII
MARRIED by inal
SIaar From Foes
Pamphlets Scattered Before
Hotel Assailing Him and
Calling Hosts ''Disloyal";
Police Do Not Interfere
1000 Dine i'm His Honor
Briton Voices Fear of Ger
man Russian Alliance and
Mahometan Fanaticism

Sir Philip Gibbs WIS guest of honor
at a farewell dinner given last night
at the Biltmore Hotel by the Allied
Loyalty League, the dinner having
been arranged by committee Of 100,
which included Rear Admiral William
S. Sims, Princess Cantacuzene Spe-
ransky and Major General Robert Lee
Bullard. Sir Percy Robinson, who was
with Sir Philip Gibbs on the Western
front, was alsc a guest.
Nearly 1000 distinguished men and
women attended the function, among
them Lord Queensborough, Countess
Salm, Mrs. Belmont Tiffany. MIR. and
Mrs. Samuel Sloan, Mrs. Egerton
Winthrop, Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre Mali,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Oliphant and the
Consuls of Allied nations DIR. Maurice
Francis Egan was toastmaster.
Although police precautions were
said to have been taken against any
untoward incident that might mar the
occasion, FIVE persons outside the hotel
were busy distributing circulars at
tacking Sir Philip when the guests
began to arrive.
Europe's Greatest Crisis
In responding to toast in his honor
Sir Philip said in part:
"It gives me the profoundest pleas
ure to be here tonight. I am re-
minded as l see you good friends be-
fore ne of the time on the Western
front when things looked very black
for the Allied nations--when they had
their backs to the wall and when the
people of Paris did not know what an
hour might bring forth.
II remember the great burst of
human feeling that greeted the Ameri-
can flag and its massed followers on
the fighting line. These things are
good to remember, bat there are some
things not so good to remember.
refer to the spirit of rancor and greed
that is now permeating some countries
Europe is facing q crisis in her
history-the greatest crisis she has
ever faced. The next FIVE years might
decide whether Europe is to live and
regain her former place in the world
or whether She must go down into de-
cay. The wrong thing said at this
time might precipitate worldwide ruin
We must avoid evil and cling to the
beautiful things.
Says England Is Needed
"It is possible that Russia and Ger
many might get together and this
would not be good for the world. It
is possible that Germany might be in
fluenced by Mahometan fanatlcism,
and that also would not be good for the
world. There are people to-day who
would like to see the British Empire
fall. We are pot popular in some parts
of the world. That we may be in a
measure to blame is perhaps true. We
are not altogether without fault There
may be found strains of greed and
cruelty in our makeup, and yet the
majority of the British people are
holding up their character. We may
be too much bound by tradition, but |
firmly believe that the British Empire
is necessary to justice and order in
the whole world to-day.
"America holds in her hand the des-
tiny of the world. Its destiny rests on
the shoulders of President Harding. 1t
is terrific responsibility and he can
not escape it. The life of white civili-
zation in Europe depends on his lead
ership. Europe is passing through the
crisis Of its fate. J. do hope that