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involved in the contest as well as ourselves, and she was bound to do her best. Navertheless, there different have been might counsels. It might have been thought that the American Army should wait until it could achieve a purely American triumph.
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Lord Reading. in a speech at a luncheon of the Aldwych Club at the Connaught Rooms recently, made an impassioned appeal na But that legitimate desire was the allusion. But perhaps you behalf of Anglo-American units, given up, and the United States might safely tell him that the on which, he declared, depended sent her men to take part in the musical future of the country the future of the world and the Fattle with France and ourselves. depends a little on what is done in destiny of humanity. He assured He asked himself sometimes the College Chapel and the Lower the American people that the whether chance phrases or senti-Chapel, and especially in the fine British Government desired toments which might be uttered in nex music school in the lane allow Ireland to govern herself be United States were to weigh whose name commemorates the according to her own ideas, but in the balance against such an days of something far less pleas on the two conditions, frum which act as that. He held a position ent-the notorious flogging head, there could be no departare, that of the highest, independence in Keste.
Public school and secondary Ireland could not sever herself the.country, and he was able to from Great Britain, and that we view the situation from a detached school music, masters from all could not allow the minority of standpoint; and his belief was over the country, members of the Ulster to be coerced.
fixed and unalterable that be- Union of Directors of Music in Watson's tween America and ourselves Secondary Schools, met at Eton lay the future of the world and recently to see sod hear what destiny of humanity. they could of Eton's music. There
Kahn, who did more than any
of
the
(Cheers)
CONDITIONS OF IRISH SETTLEMENT.
country.
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Sir A. Pearson, in welcoming Lort Reading, said that no can was better qualified to speak on
were representatives of Win- our relations with the United
chester, Harrow, and the other States, and expressed profound
great Anglican schools, the admiration of the manner in
Jesuist Stones burst, the Ba- which Lord Reading had carried
There might be, and no doubt nedictine Ampleforth, the We oat his duties as our acting Am-
would be, misunderstandingsleyan Kingswood, and a host of bassador at Washington at That happened in all relations of other schools of every kind that roost critical period. The Ame-
life. It took place even in can be classed under the title rican Ambassador bad expressed
secondary." Professor Percy C. his regret at being unable to be families; and the greater the present. They had with them love the core cacdid was the Busk, of Harrow, opened & dis- two distinguished citizens of the criticism. (Laughter.) But eassion on four or five subjects United States in Mr. Martin had to remember that we could which, as laid out by him, became
not know each other's political very debatable-whether pisao | Vogel, Assistant Treasurer of the United States, and Mr. OtoSystems so well as those who pupils in public schools restly lived in the country. He some-pro: by technical ex stcises (how other individual in the United times wished he could reproduce some boys would gasp if they States bring America into the conversations he had had injkaew the abolition of scales was open when the great majority of America os sublects the even onder consideration!), wha
interes: touso do about introducing them to his countrymen were hesitating. espest
There was no British asic in the moderni liom, and so ami we were extremely grateful to him for his courageous attitude Ambassador wh went to, the forth. The members attended two in those days of doubt. (Cheers.) United States who bat not in his chapal services, and two choral hears an anxious, desire that it
practices, and very wanderful was AMERICA'S PART IN THE WAR would fall to his lot to announce the singing of the boys in one Lord Reading said he was a to Americs that the Irish ques of the latter they took part as partisan and at enthusiastiction had been solved. (Cheers.) temporary tenors and bisses in advocate
Anglo-American: had happened to him to find the preparation for a concert for units. He had an intimate the cup almost as the lips; to be the forth-coming Fourth of June arquaintance with America cudsprepared, even, with a speech to
celebrations; many were rather with A nericms. No Englishmanine American people," way we expecting to be pressed to stay who had been in Americs during had removed one of the great over for a few days and help in the war could be otherwise than uatters crinciam in their the event itself, but a remark of enthusiastic for the continuance country. But with that mis- of the friendship and cooperation fortune which always scomed to
and of America
the British dog the footsteps of everything Empire. Cheers.) Frank and regarding Ireland, the cup was open discussion on all subjects tached from his lips. would result in complete under In recent years British Govern- standing and a desire that the
ments, of whatever complexion and to friendship. We muststrive the twe cooperation between
hey might be, bad desired to allow countries should coatings and Ireland to govern herself accord 10 understand each other and not become more and more effective.
her own ideas. If only Irish-allow suspicion to grow. He bad The King bad addressed tr
men could agree on what they with fear of the great shipping heard people in this country speak; United wanted, the British Government the President of the
interest which America had built States, in a message transmitted could be only too ready to agree,
and some people said by Sir Auckland Geddes, words and would make only two cundi-P
it bad been boilt up to which had deep significance, and hoosone from which there
He said represented the opinion of the could be no departure, that Ireland compete with British people. The King said could not sever herself from emphatically, with knowledge of he took the liveliest interest in Great Britain (loud cheers), and the situation, that America built everything that promoted-the the other, on which all parties up her great shipbuilding in- coulddustry. not to compete with us, welfare and prosperity of the
were agreed, that
but in order to do what we asked United States. The Kinz was
all the minority of speaking the mind of the people. Cister to be coerced. (Cheers) to provide ships so that if the for the Crown was the very peak with these two conditions therebmarine warfare destroyed our of democracy. We did not give was nothing, he thoroughly be ships hers would be there to help way even to the great American Reved. that the British people the transport of troops and
food supplies. Repablic in our wohin of de- would not be ready to concede to
King was mocracy, and the
Ireland if only they could agree Sovereign over the people on some plan which they could behalf of the people.
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He turned with equal satisfac-Present to us. tion to the words of the President
WE
Lower School boy overheard! next morning shattered their
I say, did you hear those music! massers night: they did make a Lny noise!"
At a period when we most wanted it we had extraordinary assistance from the United States in finance. He did not believe
that this country desired anything
repay in due course to America
all that we owed her. He was quite sure we had never asked America for anything else; and he did not believe that the British Government or the British people had put forward any other demand than that. The two countries had reached lofty planes of thought and action in time of crisis, let them prove themselves pot facapable of it in time of peace. (Cheers.)
He made these observations be [of the United States, who referred cause it would be folly to concessin respect of the loans from the l that in America there was to his desire to farther the cordial ways pro agands against Great United States than that we should} relations and close ties of friend Britain. The British Ambassador ship-which-bound together the had to recognise, -from-the- twoEnglish-speaking nations. We
moment of his arrival in the in this country were animated by United States, the strong Irish intense admiration of at that
the American sympathies of happened to America during the people, because self-determine great war. When the war began tion appealed to them. It appealed we were about to celebrate the "o them no more than it appeale He believed that the vast 100th anniversary of the Treaty. of Ghent. It was true that America majority of the American people did not join us at once, but those realized the difficulties with who, like himself, bad the which we had to contend. But opportunity of visiting America when the Irish difficulty bad realized that although at that been removed one cause of dis- period the Administration was
and agreement
of agitation perforce neutral, the hearts and gainst us in the United States minds of the people were not, would disappear. (Cheers.) (Cheers.)
TRADE RIVALRY. Politically there could be no came forward in answer to an difficulties between the two.
In March, 1918, when our Pruergency was great, America
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Mr. Martin Vogel said that in the dark days of 1918, when Sir Douglas Haig called out, "Our backs
are against the wall," Americe was electrified. Up tol that time they had not realized that their friends were in trouble. Then every man, woman, sad child rose to help Great Britain and the civilized world. They cams 10,000,000 strong to help the Allies to stop the enemy of the border line of France. (Cheers)
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