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ON ANGLO-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP. 



BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA. 



Earl Grey more than any Bntish statesman— since the death of Cecil Khodes— is the living embodiment of the 

 political aims and ideals of The Eeview of Eeviews." Like Mr. Rhodes, he has occasioiuillv diverged from the 

 ortiit ot sane and sober and Liberal Imiwrialism, but no one has ever grasped so firmly and expressed so eloquently 

 the great ideas to promote which throughout the world was one of the fundamental objects of this magazine. 

 When, there'ore. Mr. btea.l reeeiv._-d from Earl Grey the fnU text of tlie splendid di.-^eonrse which he 

 addressed to the Pilgrims of the United States at a banquet given in his honour at the Waldorf-Astoria in New 

 lorK. lie leit it a dut.y and a privilege to place so noteworthy an expression of the true faith before " Eeview 

 01 Keviews readers. It is most opportune, seeing that its publication follows the article in the Jidv '■ Eeview " 

 expounding the principles ot the active peace policy of tlie British Government, because tlie state of feeling 

 pii\i'-_ ur®-^' ., ''^ so eloquently defined as already happily existing between the United States and tlie British 



Sl^P'r® ™^1™'''^ ,'' '.^, sentiment which it is the aim and objecti ot his kinsman. Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign 

 Secretary, to establish between the British Empire and all its neighbours in the European Continent. 



EARL GRKV ON THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING 

 RACE. 

 ^ On March 31st 



the Pilgrims of the 

 United States — a 

 famous historical 

 American associa- 

 tion, whose repre- 

 sentatives were to 

 visit London on 

 May 29th — gave a 

 dinner at the Wal- 

 dorf-Astoria, New 

 York, in honour of 

 Earl Grey, Gover- 

 nor-General of the 

 Dominion of 

 Canada. There were 

 about four hundred 

 seated at tables de- 

 corated with vases 

 of American beauty, 

 roses and standards 

 of American, British 

 and Canadian flags. 

 Individual standards 

 Were at each plate. 

 Behind the guests' 

 table were huge American and English flags, 

 gracefully draped to hide almost the entire end of the 

 room. The ices were in the form of Uncle Sam, 

 John Bull, and other figures emblematic of the two 

 countries. The waiters in procession carried them 

 round the room while the diner.s cheered. 



One of the most interesting features of the dinner 

 was the announcement that a portrait of Benjamin 

 Franklin, removed by the British when they evacu- 

 ated Philadelphia in 1777, was being returned to the 

 United States. For one hundred and thirty years it 

 had hung on the walls of Earl Grey's home, where it 

 was placed by his great-grandfather, who was in 

 command of the British forces in Philadelphia. 



Mr. Jesup, the vice-president, said the Pilgrims 

 had never had such a distinguished gathering. Mr. 

 R. C. Ogden led three cheers for the President and 

 the King. 



Earl Grey. 



PlioloKiaplicU /or " llu- liivicif 0/ Rr.'iai'S " 

 by E H. ISilh- 



ME. OHOATE'S TOAST. 



Mr. Choate propo.sed a toast to Lord Grey, in 

 the course of which he said : — 



We welcome you on public grounds, because you are a 

 fitting representative of our august sovereign, the King of 

 England, who since his youth lias been a steadfast friend 

 of this country. Then, you come before us as the represen- 

 tative of a great nation, our nearest neighbour. I believe 

 all the questions between us and Canada should be settled 

 as soon as possible. She is our rival, and her prosperity 

 is advancing as fast as our own. We've got a neighbour 

 here to reckon with such as we never thouglit. She is 

 likely to become a successful comiietitor. If she goes on 

 as she has in tlie last five years, she will be able to feed 

 the mother couiitr.v without any help from us. For the 

 sake of securing peace and harmony for the future, all 

 our questions should be settled, for we can never tell how 

 soon a question of seeming trifling importance will become 

 a grave problem. I do not> know as we can ever settle the 

 question of fisheries so long as fish swim, but we can 

 surely settle the other questions. 



EARL GREY'S SPEECH. 

 Lord Grey began his speech as follows : — 



I am aware that this magnificent banquet is the eloquent 

 expression of your desire to emphasise, aad, it possible, pro- 

 mote the good relations ;Uready existing between the 

 United Kingdom, tiie eelt'-goveruing nations ot" the British 

 Empire and the United States. That same desire also 

 possesses and completely fills my neart. 



I thank Mr. Choate and you for the generous welcome 

 with which you have received me. but I recognise that the 

 distinguished compliment you have paid me is not a com- 

 pliment to me personally, but a compliment which, out of 

 the fulness of the heart, you are glad to pay Canada, 

 your nearest neighbour, and the most nowerful of the self- 

 governing nations which bring strength to the British 

 Crown— and I also recognise tliat the banquet is also in 

 some degree an expression of the feelings you entertain 

 toward liis Majesty, King Edward, whose representative I 

 have the lionour to be for a term in Canada, and who is 

 loved and revered and honoured here on this side of the 

 Atlantic, because he is known as Queen Victoria was known 

 before him as the true and constant friend of America, 

 deeply interested in your well-being and prosperity. It 

 was impossible to witness the entliusiasm which honoured 

 the toasts to your President and my King without being 

 affected. 



It has been my great sood fortune to make the personal 

 acquaintance of the President, and I can assure you that 

 the magnificent traits of character he is constantly dis- 

 playing are as erreatly admired and appreciated through- 

 out the British Empire as they are by yon at home. 



After indulging in some reminiscences concerning 

 American diplomatists whom he had known, and 

 recalling the memory of Sam Ward, who first gave 

 him " a ticket for the American pantomime/' he re- 

 ferred as follows to the Franklin portrait, and ex- 

 plained why he restored it : — 



THE FRANKLIN PORTRAnv 



Mr. Choate has referred, in a manner that I much ap- 

 preciate, to mv restoration to you of the picture which 

 for 130 years has been the most honoured and most in- 



