Show In flatter or flartird LONDON Jan 0 The Article club an escalation which la I made up ol leading commercial firms of the country coun-try renrea utln an aggregated capital ot 1500000000 the agentigeneral In iijudon of the colonies tlm heals of ILu government departments Bud many others Interested In the com to e tea of the empire favu a banquet tonUht at the Hotel Cecil the United dtalea embataador Mr Bayard being the guest ol the evening Cardinal Vaughan aroh bishop of Westminster proposed Ilio toast of The 11joillo of the United Stales amid prolonged cheers When Mr liiyau arose to reply ti this total he received a tremendous ovation Unsaid 41 have sincerely tried to be faithful to my trust We look upon you as our ngllih cousins and upon COD I dlauaaa our American lialibrotbcr There la I nothing In the growth ol Canada but what will awnkim little IDa ID-a citizen ot the United Stiles mere I Is t not and there ought not lo bo tiny just obstruction between the United Stales and Urcatlirltaln There ahouU bo 00 divergence with harp phrases and Insults East sting longer than lu Jiirlca Referring In his usual strain to the relations between England and the Unite I Status Mr llayard closed by eajlurt 111 have evoked displeasure ct some because I have sought to preserve pre-serve amity I cannot say I am very my 0 i the contrary I am rather grateful for tee dlitlnctlon It Is In no spirit of defiance but lu a well considered consid-ered spirit of gratitude that I reflect thai I have been able to bring the hands and horl at Iwo countries 10 gtlber It that Is I lay rood I shall carry It away and keep II WherVer I got is |