Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-14
LADY ASTOR SEES U.S..
AGAIN AIDING ENGLAND
America Does Not Desire to Live
for Herself Alone, She Tells
Dinner Hosts.

London, June l4.--Niscountess Astor
was hailed ms "a Jolly.good fellow" by
gathering of 400 Mt dinner given on
Monday bv the InRlish-Spchking Union,
| 10 accord Che first woman TO take her scat
rs n Member of the House ol Commons
| welcome home after her American tour.
Mrs. Wintrngham, who shares the
| honors of feminine representation IN
| Parliament with the NirginiNn, united
with Lord Lee of Farehnm in saying
nice things about the guest OF honor
work in Parliament and the unofficial
mission she performed recently IN
| America.
The Notwithstanding Union is the
only Anglo American fellowship society
which admits women 10 membership
md they were present in force TO hear
the two women Commoners on the first
occasion they have spoken from the
same table
Viscountess Astor was attircd in a
lemon colored gown with green gIrdlc,
With two ropes Of pearls around her
neck. In characteristic fashion she scr
monized, admonished and jokep for an
hour.
In her pcroration Niscountcss Aston al
luded to the Wa shington conference,
saying:
"Amcrica had y chance TO build the
greatest navy in the world, she gave It
M with IA much grace a. the greatest
navy in. the world gave up It's long reign
II the seas.
When she sat down, the audience, 10 4
rnan-and woman stood and sang, spr-
itpdlv. For she's Jolly good fellow.
V,scouEtess Aston twittcd Mrs. WIZ
tringham good-naturcdly for not being
Coalition member but dlscl0lmed any
feeling Of jealousy over the latter's eiec-
ton. deriving her OF the honor OF be
ing the only woman in the mother .
pariamcnte. Both laughed when }. ii
Thomas, Labor Privy Councillor, IN
clever address exclaimed Thank God
| belong to neither party,
Lady Astor gave I'm account OF he
American travels, prefaced Icy reclta
of the unfying of Anglo-SaXon idealism
She raped on the table as she affirmed
Il am not here TO speak of England
: did that for one month in America.
! am here to speak Of America, and | ca
/ do 50 with as much pride md conhdcnc
| "A to her greatness as | spoke OF Eng
/ land greatness in America.
- IF / have done any good IN publ
life il is due to the men and women
G. England ) most famous port Plymouth
If It had not been for the defeat OF tn
So Spanish Armada of Plymouth Englan
q would not have been free 20 wOrshl
e. God in her own way Then from ri,
al mouth those who found their more AZ
IN vanced ideas about religious treedo
on hampered sailed away to America.
n think il would have shocked them h'
an thcv realized that some they'll later We
~ coined to their shores would preach ha
20 in the name of God toward the count
a. from whence they came. They ha'
II not understood that true freedom cam
-s come TO a man or nation that hate
\ nation that hated most handsome
we was defeated in 1918.
=, She described herself rs an ''unrege
~ crate Anglo-Saxon, adding, not b
-. cause | am a Nirginia-born NJ. P, n
because | care so desperately Tor q
80 British Empire or the United State
, but because ! care for something CIV
-4 greater than these two great countries
% | care for civilization based on Chr
49, tianltY.
Ar. Everywhere | went in America
al preached the establishment Of Leg
on of Peace--not IA League OF Nations,
ina that has been too much OF = shock
ls- Them. The trouble in tn United stat
is that the League OF Nations got Is
a gred up with politics, and that is ia
. to any issue.
II. In an illusion TO the British losses
an men in the war, she said: The Leae
csc of Women Voters. representing mllllC
her of women, is Overwhelmingly in fay
of some league of peace.
ion Again. she said: America IN
no somehow face this European SITUATE
led. America sIbound TO have foreign :
by, ICY, if she has merchant marine.
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