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Show LONDON AMERICANS REMEMBER THE DA! Brilliant Assemblage Celebrates Thanksgiving at Hotel Cecil Banquet. LONDON. Nov. 3. Thimksph Ins; dny wan celebrated In London In the tim-honoroii tim-honoroii manner by loading Americana by a banquet In the Rrancl hull of th Hotel C'i-cll. Amonp thoso present w rf- Bm-bassador Bm-bassador Reld. Capt. C H. Stockton, naval attache of the American embassy; Mrs. Stockton; Maj John H Beftcom, th'- mllitarr- attm-he; Delancey Jay, private pri-vate accretary to Embaaaador iteiii, mid Richard Westacott. Deput) American onsul-Gc-neral at Iondon. whf represented repre-sented the consulates. Othnr Amc-rlcans .is-'il lnilinl-.l John I,, itriniths, Consul Con-sul at Liverpool. William I. Buchanan, Dousrlaa Playden 'oi Millard Hunaicker and Mra Huhalcker and .1 i Ru hards. also Lord Fairfax In all over 400 Americans Ameri-cans were In attendance Guests of Honor. The guests of honor Included "Walter Vaughan Morgan Lord Mayor of London, Lon-don, and Mih Hornby Steer, the Lady Mayoress Knmlolph K. Lemlneu.x Solicitor-General for Canada; Sir Joseph i 'oclcfii Id DlmesdaJc and Lad Dimeadala Hon. Alban Glbba and Bit Henry Ed-rnond Ed-rnond Knight F. C. '.lnDllser. chairman nf the American BOClety In England, presided. The great hall was unadorned except for .-in American eagle, backd up by mmi-M mmi-M i- Aiii-rli an ami Rrlfish llj' l"-hlnl th'- seat of the chairman. The scene was particularly brilliant beceuec of the preaenco of so many women Th band played American airs and concluded ltN programme with "God Save the King" and "The Star-Spangled Star-Spangled Banner." Mr. YanDuser proposed a toast to King Edward. Mr. Lemlncux In an eloquent sp.-ech proposed "The President of the I'nlted States." He said: Lemineux Lauds Roosevelt. "Eyery true American must feel it an honor to be governed D) a man whose name and fame not only la-long to his own country, but to humanity Itself, and to whom the pence of Portsmouth is a monument which Coming generations Will respect and revere as the crowning triumph of the uncrowned King of a powerful republic who ha-s earned the right to the title of diplomai among Kings und King among diplomats." Lord Dlmesdale proposed toat to the American Embassador to w1,U h Mr. Reld n-plied. |