Evening star., 1924-12-07
PEACE OF WORLD,
ENJOYS subject
Sir Esme Howard Expresses
Hope of Friendship to
TennesSeeanS.

Hope for the perpetuation of world
peace through the continued friend
ship of the United States and Great
Britain was expressed by Sir Esme
Howard. the British ambassador;
Supreme Court Justice James C. Nc
Reynolds, Senator Kenneth McKellar
and other speakers, at the annual
banquet of the Tennessee State So
ciety last night in Wardman Park
Hotel.
Ambassador Howard declared the
British people believe that this
country will use its power and wealth
for peace and against war. and that
for that reason power is safe in its
hands"
I'VE desire nothing more than to
live on terms of such friendship with
you, that no difference of opinion
that can or may arise between US
shall be able to destroy or threaten
that friendship" the ambassador said
in an after dinner speech.
Friendship by Candor.
ITO maintain such a friendship be-
tween men and between nations abso-
Lutte candor and straightforwardnes
is the only way No one likes the
candid friend who is always engaged
in repeating the disagreeable criti-
cisms Of others or his own; but he is
quite different to a friend who is
candid and can express a divergent
view without giving unnecessary
heat. Formerly, ] fear. that on either
side We did not much mind whether
we gave offenSe or not-there were
indeed some who rather enjoyed it.
But all this is changing and except
in certain circles there is no longer
any desire to aggravate, but rather
to attenuate differences of opinion
between US. i rejoice to find on both
sides of the Atlantic nowadays a real
desire to be better informed about
each others problems and difficulties.
1t is only when we begin to under
stand these that real friendship and
intimacy can spring up, for then mere
captiouS criticism ends and the irri-
tating phrases die except on the lips
of the fool"
Ambassador Howard, Secretary of
the Navy Wilbur and Clifford X
Bergman, cartoOnist of The Star,
were the guests of honor. The Navy
Secretary spoke briefly of the Navy
as a safeguard for national peace. A
strong Navy, manned by efficient Off
GERS and men, provides the best path
way to lasting peace, he declared
Senator Mcclellan, who acted as
toastmaster, referred to the Iimita-
tion OF arms as a great stride for
ward in insuring peace He ex-
pressed his confidence that Great
Britain would adhere literally to the
SOB ratio established by that con-
ference, and asserted the United
states should live up to it also, by
maintaining Navy exactly equal in
strength to that of England.
Justice McReynoldS. a member of
the society. sounded a warning of
the disaster that would. confront a
nation whose citizens<1ook up "di-
versified doctrines" and wandered
away from the fundamental estab-
lished by the countrys founders. If
the United States and Great Britain
go along hand in hand and maintain
their high ideals and integrity the
world VIII be the better off, he stated
TcnnesSee's Traditions.
Justice Edward T. Sanford of the
Supreme Court, honorary president of
the Tennessee Society, spoke briefly
or Tennessee's traditions and people.
Representatives B. Carroll Reece and
Gordon Browning Of Tennessee also
spoke.
Mr.. Bergman gave a crayon talk
on ms "reminiscences of men in pub
TIC life, past and present. illustrating
MS subjects in rapid sketches
Dr. Everett NJ. Ellison, president of
the society, presided. Dancing con-
cluded the program of the evening.
Others present were: Miss Eula B.
Adams, secretary; Ernest L. Low
ing, treasurer; Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur,
Miss Belle Anderson, Mr. and Mrs,
Gull Barber, l. K. Barnes, Miss Addie
L. Biddell, Miss Veronica Blaurock.
Col. Fay w Brabson, Francis Brassor.
Miss Bess Bryan. Mrs. NJ. E Buford.
Miss Mamie Burkhart, Miss Mollie
Burkhart, Richard X. Callahan, Miss
Lucille Cawood, Mrs. Rosa Mead Ca
wood, Col. and Mrs. Wade H. Cooper.
Miss Christine Copelan, John Chumlev.
X. r. Davis, Robert DeTlin, William
{. Deming, Mrs. Lydia Dollison. Miss
Lottie Donaldson, Mr.. and Mrs Ben
Jamln l.. Dulaney, Mr.. and Mrs. Al
fred L. Duncan, Mrs. Everett NJ Ell
lison, Lieut.. Bonner Fellers, Miss
Claudlne Ferguson, Mr.. and Mrs Ed
ward Frech, +. A. Fuller, Miss Vera
Flanders, Robert f. Goldsby. Ernest
r. Graham, Miss Dorothy GravelIe.
Miss Ethel Greenway, Miss Gather.
Mrs. Julia Hay, Harris Hastings, Mrs
Jimmie r. Henderson, Mr.. Henrick-
sen, Miss Lillian Hicks, James Hol-
sonbake, Miss Catherine Hooper, Miss
Emma j. Hudson, Miss Fannie Mae
HUN, Miss Mary Jones, Joe Kennedy,
L. s. keefauver, Mrs. John B. King
Edward B. Lawson, Miss Mar
garet Lawson, Miss Mary Lille.
Mrs. Ernest L. Loving, Robert
Lindsay, Wallace Mcclure. Miss
Elizabeth McNew, Oscar McPeak.
Mrs. Floyd Moore. Miss Mabel
Moon, Robert Null, George Nc
Michael, Mrs. Horace G. MacFarland
Miss Mary ]. Napier, Preston Nash,
Miss May Nuchols. Miss Christine
ONeil, Miss Agnes O'Neil Mrs. Ruth
owens, Donald E. Payne, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rufus w. Pearson. Mrs. B.
Carroll Reece, Lloyd Robbins. Mr..
and Mrs. V. l.. Robinson. Mrs. c. w.
Robertson, Miss Edwina Ruffner.
Mrs. Edward T. Sanford, Miss Nell
Seymour, Miss Annie NJ. Sheddan.
Miss Ethel f. Smith, Mrs. Fred S.
Smith, Miss Mary Louise Smith, Mrs.
S. S. Smith, H. B. Sorrells, Capt. F.
o. Stone, Miss Ida Strickler, Miss
Marie Taggart, H. Tillotson, Samuel
H. Thompson, Miss Winifred Wales,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Wrinkle, Miss
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