Evening star., 1922-10-12

people at the exercises today.
not accept it in a perfunctory way,
but with a feeling of deep apprecia-
tion and gratitude.
1T is therefore my great honor and
personal pleasure to accept on behalf
Of the peopole of America the statue
of Edmund Burke and to express to
the members of the Sulgrave Insti-
tute the sincere thanks of my fellow
countrymen.
Parker Gives EuIOgy.
A stirring eulogy of Burke, both OF
his life as a statesman and as a man.
his philosophy, his great heart and
friendliness. and the beauty of his
spirit in his everyday dealings, was
made by Alton Z. Parker. chancellor
of the SuIgrave Institution of the
United States.
I'VE admire and love him not only
for his advocacy OF the colonies as
against the mother country Mt.
Parker said, mot alone because no
men across the water have under
our institutions as well as did he at
the beginning. and Niscount Bryce in
later years. but We honor and rever-
ence him still more because he had
absorbed from the history of the
English people such profound re-
government and such deep under
standing of the principles upon which
such government must be founded
that his pronouncements must be for
ever the text book of democracy.
Chart for Ship of State.
HE left for our study and guidance
a complete, authoritative and COM
prehensive chart by which We may
lay the course of our ship of state.
''It seems to me that the great prin-
ciple which governed Burke's life. his
literary productions and his public
service might be briefly stated as
untold effort for governmental al
reformation. but eternal opposition to
revolution
Ceremonies at Capitol.
The bust Of Lord Bryce was un-
veiled in the presence of distin-
guished gathering in the Senate wing
OF the Capitol at II O'Clock. The pres
eRtation of the bust. was made by Sir
Charles Cheers Wakefield, donor of
the bust. on behalf of the Sulgrave
Institution Of Great Britain and was
accepted on behalf of the American
"A.
Stewart. chairman Of the board of
governors Of the Sulgrave Institution
in the United States. presided at the
ceremony. introducing. the speakers.
Secretary Hughes of the State De-
partment. Sir Auckland Geddes British
ambassador. and DR.. Rowe, head of
the Pan-American Union. and Gen.
George H. Richards, president of the
Sons of the American Revolution.
were among those attending the pres
Dwell on His Work.
The invocation was delivered by
Rev. James Shera Montgomery. chap
lain of the House. DR.. H. 8. Beland,
representing the Canadian govern
ment, minister of soldiers re-estab-
lishment in the Dominion, was the
irst speaker, and. like all the Others.
dwelt particularly upon the work of
Lord Bryce in cementing the friend
ship of the two great. English speak
the admiration OF the Canadian peo-
pie for the work of the Sulgrave In
stitution.
Sir Charles Wakefield read letter
from Lady Bryce expressing her graf
ification FOR the gift of the bust of
Lord Bryce to Washington. He said
that James Bryce had been a fervent
liberal all his life in the best sense
Of the term, and had lived for those
principles. He praised the work OF
gether the democracfes of the United
States and Great Britain.
Justice Taft Accepts Gift.
Chief Justice Taft. accepting: the
gift. said that the American people
were indebted to Sir Charles Wake
field for this generous. significant
and abiding proof of the bond that
tween Britain and America Con-
tinuing, the Chief Justice said:
James Bryce was as dear to US
as he was to you. We know him as
the great historian and political
philosopher. We knew him better as
the frank but kindly student of our
commonwealth. Its virtues and its
shortcomings. We knew him best as
the lover of freedom and popular gov
ernment and the constant friend of
the closest union of our two peoples.
and the preservation in the world Of
the rule of the people.
Worked Out High Purpoxe.
Lord Bryce worked out the high
purpose of life devoted to aiding
a great cause. That purpose was to
point the paths and set forth the dan
gers tnat DeSef tn--the struggle 10
maintain the political rule of the
people so that. 1t may justify itself
as the greatest aid to-: real progress
toward human happiness. His other
high purpose and a corollary of the
first was the promotion of peace be.
tween nations. Few men are spared
as he was to write such a. book as
the American Commonwealth and,
forty years later, In magnum opus
like his Modern Democracies,' to view
his judgments in the light Of four
decades of rapid development.
"It is most appropriate that we
should have this fine bust as the: great
friend Of America here in the National
Capitol, whose grandeur and beauty
he knew and loved. and among the
great sons of our own country. for
in such company he is at home"
Praises Work Of Institution.
The chief justice praised the work
Of the Sulgrave Institution and said
sir Charles Wakefield is one Of the
most devoted members of Sulgrave
manor (the home of the ancestors OF
George Washington). A former lord
mayor Of London, he has most gen.
erously used his wide influence and
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