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Show British Ambassador Honored at Princeton PRINCETON. N. J., June 15. Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes, British ambassador to thp United States, who was given the honorary degree of doctor doc-tor of laws at the commencement exorcises ex-orcises of Princeton university todav. told the students and faculty In an address ad-dress that America had provided a great inspiration for the development of. liberal institutions In England. "1 came here' said Sir Auckland, "to tell you. how much we are indebted indebt-ed for what you did In the war; to tell you how, through the years past, while you have been developing your country, how great an inspiration you have provided for the development of our liberal institutions, it would little "'- " luiu you igaay : tnat the debt between tho countries I speak only of Ideas and thoughts 13 not from this country to the old country; coun-try; It Is from the old country t,o yours, for you In this land havo started a now movement for freedom for democratic Ir.stitutlona.whlch we at thAt tima hnri not vlslonsfenough to create, "In the circumstances created by tho present unrest I look forward to tho future friendship between the nations na-tions as one of Borne uncertainty unless, un-less, a8 1 believe, the universities this side of tho Atlantic and the universities universi-ties on the other side of the Atlantic work so tosother that they provide a vehlclo for carrying that understanding understand-ing of; the one people's Ideals to tho other. I see here from this platform , e 1 chair of learning draped on the right hand with the Stars and Stripes, and on the left by the Union Jack, and I believe that the only possible symbol of future friendship and union between be-tween our countries is that friendship and understanding shall be centered upon tho seata of learning." |