Evening star., 1922-02-21
Text Of Harvey$ Speech
At London PILGRIMS Dinner
By the Associated Pres.

By the Associated Press
| LONDON, February 20.-Following
Is the text Of Ambassador Harveys
speech at the Pilgrims. dinner here
this evening, welcoming Mr.. Balfour:
"The first thought that occurs to
ones mind in contemplation Of this
felicitous occasion is of its appro-
priateness. Sixteen weeks ago to an
hour the Pilgrims assembled here to
bid godspeed to Mr.. Balfour on the
| eve of his departure to the land
which, though still far distant, has
become in that brief period far less
| foreign.
1T was not to him great adven-
ture; he was not following an un-
| trodden path into an unknown ior-
est. He was merely passing from the
/ homo of his birth to the homes OF ms
| kindred; from the empire OF ms de-
| votion to the republic of his friend
ship. His primary purpose as ever In
over half a century of continuous &C
| tivity. was to serve his country. His
high aspiration, closely allied with
and inseparable from his foremost
intent, was to provide sustaining hope
| for starving mankind.
| Hopes Far Exceeded.
! "He succeeded in both endeavors to
a degree far exceeding any anticipa-
tion that then could have been war
! alize moro clearly than myself the
| futility of any effort of my own to
| enhance by SO much as gleam the
| luster of the noble tribute already
paid Mr.. Balfour by the President of
the United States in message to
l mi nj / hone l.
| may add without seeming presump-
| tion a simple expression of the firm
| conviction that never before did
| chief magistrate of the republic voice
| more accurately the true feeling or
| his countrymen.
I'm their hearts, I know I can say
| without exaggeration, without sug-
gestion of flattery or hardly OF senu-
| ment, but with absolute certainty, Mr.
| Balfour is enshrined. That Is the
highest honor within the power OF
| the American people to confer on any
man.
Praises Conference Leaders.
"Such is the unaffected message OF
homage I fetch tonight to this pill
grim of pilgrims. It's inadequacy IS
apparent, but its sincerity you Will
not question. Clearly. moreover. since
! necessarily I speak for my govern
ment, it is not complete. 1 should be
lax, indeed, If failed to comprise In
grateful appreciation the distin-
guished associates Of the chief OF TINS
remarkable mission-six in NUMBER
hailing from all parts Of the globe.
dia's coral strands, their mere ap-
pearance in faithful unison, flushed
ina gination with vision of the ma
jority Of the empire, in striking an
tithesis with the compactness when
in turn endows with strength the
vigorous republic.
"Obviously it would be unbecoming
in one identified with the government
of the United States to do homage to
the members of the American deiesa-
ton on this occasion, and, whatever
my inclination. shall refrain from
transgressing the proprieties Never.
theless, have confidence that it will
not be taken amiss il / remark to the
many Americans here that they need
not bow their heads in humiliation.
Full satisfaction they should not pro
fess. since simulated perfection
serves only as a bar to progress. but
modest qualification assuredly may be
theirs.
Heaps Laudation ON Americans.
1.-THE statesmen who finally inscrib-
ed their names on the various parch-
ments as citizens of the United
States included Elihu Root. whose
place in public esteem there closely
here, as unique in experience and ac-
complishments; Henry Cabot Lodge,
the nestor of the Senate, erudite in
cloisteral aloofness. but dashing as a
| knight of old in political fray; Oscar
w. Underwood, a happy blend Of the
| fine spirit of the old south and the
high spirit Of the new, and, finally,
| Charles. Evans Hughes. directive by
embodiment of justice. the latest
among fearless leaders to fire a shot
heard round the world.
Thus would depict without un-
| due encomium the four Americans, all
descended as directly and exclusively
| gates themselves. Do not mistake me-
| 1 would not hail them as supermen
much less as prophets; they were
| simply the best the President had to
| give. and they simply did the best
they could. That is all that can or need
| be said.
| New Phase Of F'riendship.
! "I might without inviting cavil
| speak a word or two to my country
about the President himself and the
part he played in the great event, but
| the necessity does not exist. The king
throne. Our relations with the United
States he declared, enter upon a
| new and even closer phase Of friend
| ship; for the great results attained
| and for the success OF the conference,
he added, the world will owe a deep
debt of gratitude to the initiative of
| the President of the United States
| "The words thus spoken. with that
! peculiar power conveyable only by
! fitting restraint OF diction and ringing
| sincerity Of expression, were of all
have heard the most noteworthy and,
| in the perfect stiffness of that GRO wd-
ed historic hall, the most impressive.
From a wholly true king to a very
real President went forth from one
great liberty loving people to anoth-
er a message Of faith and fidelity
such as I doubt ever before was is
sued from that place Of the highest
honor.
| Pictures Modern Mayhower.
! IT could not but recall the incep-
| ton of the undertaking thus acclaim
ed. Some 800 years ago the original
Mayf1ower bore the original Pilgrims
to the new Plymouth across the tur-
| bulent Atlantic: its arrival marked
! the beginning Of a new era in the
| development of great continent
| On a certain Saturday hardly seven
months ago a modern Mayflower bore
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