ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION
« SERVING THE CAUSE OF DEMOCRACY BRITISH AND AMERICAN GOODWILL By Telegraph—Press Association. —Copyright. (Rec. January 27, 5.5 p.m.) New York, January 25. The English-Speaking Union gave a dinner in farewell to Sir Auckland Geddes, the retiring British Ambassador, at which Mr. D. Mackinnon (Australian Commissioner) was also a guest of honour. Sir Auckland Geddes, in a speech, expressed regret at the necessity to, leave his post. He pointed out the satisfactory increasing good-will between Britain and the United States. Mr. Mackinnon compared Sir Auckland Geddes’s services with those of Viscount Bryce, when the latter was Ambassador to the United States. Mr. Mackinnon stressed the growth of the English-Speaking Union in Australia, indicating that Scotsmen, Irishmen, and Welshmen were taking a prominent part .in the organisation’s activities, showing the solidarity of the peoples who speak English, irrespective of their origin. He concluded with an expression of satisfaction at the growth of democracy throughout the world, and pxomssed the opinion that the EnglishSpeaking Union was especially designed to serve the democracy’s cause.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 104, 28 January 1924, Page 7
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