Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-24
PRINCE OF WALES
and COL, HARVEY
SPEAK IN LONDON

London, April o3.-(By A. p. )-Thc
Prince of Wales was sufficiently re-
covered from his recent throat af-
Fiction to preside at the banquet of
Royal Society of ST. George at the
Guildhall tonight and to make a
sport speech to a brilliant company,
including the American Ambassador
and Mrs. Harvey. the Duke Of Devon
shire, the French Ambassador, the
Earl OF SelbOurne land the Lord
Mayor.
Proposing the toast England" the
Prince rmodeStly expressed the DIFF
ficulty he experienced as an English
man to find words to convey all that
lay in his heart. Even if he could
overcome the Englishman's natural
reluctance to talk about England,
and could find words, he explained
My larynX would refuse to utter
them"
Speaking of ASSOCIATIONS bound up
with the essentially English word
home the Prince remarked that
nobody could call him a stay-at-
home; neither could lie deny that his
many friends outside of England al
ways made him feel very much lat
home" None the less. he added,
"Whcncvcr | hear that word, l think
of England"
Then alluding to the fact that the
American ambassador was to follow
him in speaking to the same toast.
the Prince said: II hope it is not
i case of counsel for the prosecution
following counsel for the defense. l
DO not think We need to be apprc-
hcnsivc. From the look in his eye
and from what | have heard him say
on many occasions | suspect that
Colonel Harvey. hailing as he does
from New England, has a soft cor
ner in his heart for Old England, too.
, ! SIT down confident that ! can leave
Englands reputation in very safe
and friendly hands"
The American ambassador said in
part:
"Churlish indeed would be the
spirit Of New England man. which
at such times should withhold honor
and reverence from the Old England,
10 which she owes her very being
Nor could she is she would, for both
are true Englands. true to English
principles, as against socialist the
cries, true to English Christian faith,
as opposed to Bolshevik pagan prac-
tees, true to the highest aspirations,
which they share, and share alike
to raise higher and igher and bear
further and further into the wilder
ness the torch of civilization.
1T is my high privilege to speak
for the New England. and however
hating and inadequate may be my
words. truly in my early invron-
mcnt may he found n certain mea-
sure of justification. My proud little
>nativc state of Vermont looks forth
from her tree clad mountains and
sparkling lakes upon her more popu-
lous sister commonwealth. serene
in her consciousness of virtually I'M
diluted ancestral stock. Not less
than ninety per cent of her entire
population are direct and exclusive
~ descended from adventures; sons
and daughters of this kingdom.
Can any of your counties boast
less alloy: if so, | point to YOU my
native township Peachman>. which
contains no man, woman or child of
other than English hlood-not one"
The ambassador said the next time
he visited rcachman he would ask
the people to form society of St.
George. TO cooperate with the parent
association. and he added humor-
iously: Humility forbids me to say
who should be president"
Smilingly he exclaimed: ~ have
Marquis Curzon s-George N.-au-
thority that all Georges are saints"
''Thc Peachamites would then
seek permission to name the Prince
of Wales. as the chief patron of their
society.
80, back we come to Old Eng
land Despite my depression in favor
of the new. it is still old in thought"
he concluded.
ITO me, Sir, I am proud to say
no less than YOU all alike. from the
storied Zion to Hebrew Sinai of old
the very dust of England is sacred"
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