Evening Journal

MR. BAYARD SPEAKS.

He Says That Since he Went to England he has Never Changed his Mind.

London, March 25.—Sir Walter Henry Wilkin, the Lord Mayor of London, presided at the banquet of the City of London Pension Society last night. Lord Denbigh, Sir William Young, Judge Meadows White and Sir J. B. Monckton were among the guests.

The United States Ambassador, Mr. Bayard, in responding to the toast "Kin and Kin Beyond the Seas" made a significant speech, in which he said:

"Your kindred beyond the seas are as like as two peas to those of Great Britain. The two peas are patriotism and pluck."

Then, after a reference to the charitable disposition of the race throughout the world, Mr. Bayard said. "Your kindred beyond the seas are not always unanimous. Nevertheless there is one voice that appeals to them all. Since I came to England I have never found occasion to change my tone. There is nothing I would say at home that I would not say here, and there is nothing I would say here that I would not say at home.

"I do not expect unanimity. I would almost say, God forbid. But do not expect us to speak in a tone to suit everybody, for in the system of government originated here and carried beyond the Atlantic there is something that enables a man to speak according to his own conscience. There, indeed, is the strength of their country and the strength of my own. When the time shall come that a man shall not dare to speak the thoughts that swell within him for the public good, God help the country.

"Tennyson said, 'Whether bound by friends or foes man may speak the thing he will,' and I believe the echo of these words is as strong in the country of my birth and where my best hopes lie as in yours. Here lies that which shall keep both countries moving onward and upwards in the cause of civilization. We will never suppress the truth for fear of evil consequences, but will utter it whether we live or whether we have to die."