Ths Hon. Mr. A. J. Balfour proposed the toast of "Our Allies," He said that Japan had given a good omen to the Allies by taking Tsingtao from those who had flouted her, He expressed boundless admiration for the triumphal progress and remorseless speed with which Russia was advancing, and said that never would those days be forgotten when Great Britain and France were fighting side by against the common enemy of civilization. (Great cheering). Mr. Balfour praised the wonderful courage displayed by Servia and Belgium.
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