Interesting Speech by Admiral Leveson at Coniplimentary Tifin in Peking: Friendliness Between the Navies and Civilian Hospitality Peking, May 23.
Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson, x.ce, Commander-in-Chief of the British China Station, was the guest of honour at the Anglo-American Association's tiffin at the Grand Hotel des Wagon-Lits to-day. Sir Francis Aglen presided over a big attendance, amongst those present being His Ex. the British Minister (Sir Ronald Macleay) and Mr. W. R. Peck, Chinese Secretary of the American Legation.
After he had been briefly introduced by the Chairman, Admiral Leveson said he should like to say first of all that he felt amongst friends and that was-a point he wished to bring out very much. Dwelling with emphasis upon the traditional friendship between the British and the Americans, he said he would like to mention' that he was a "Pilgrim." He was not a poet, he hastened to assure the jering amidst laughter, but 3 a "Pilgrim" and the "Pilgrims' were an Anglo-American organiza tion which had a similar object to this Association in Peking—the fostering of friendship between the two countries. During the war, the Admiral continued, he was very fed" with American aval squadrons and wherever they went British naval officers and American naval officeres fraternized end worked together. They not only work together, but they played together and that was one of the reasons for the ce-operation which always existed wherever the ud British were found The veneral work which went on here in China was largely due to the close ce-operation of the two Navier nother form of friendship to which Admiral Leveson wanted 10 allude wat the- friendship und hospitality that the Navies of both nations received from the civilians with whom they came into contact, Wherever they had gone they had met with the utmost friendliness and ce-operation on all sides and that was one of the things which had struck him most since he had been out here. He should like moreover to congratulate the civilians fon what he had seen out here ju way of the advancement of zation and the significant work that all the various civil elements were carrying out in dificult circumstances all over the Far East.
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