HANDS ACROSS THE SEA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19031, 30 May 1925, Page 9

HANDS ACROSS THE SEA.

BRITAIN AND AMERICA. THE TIES OF KINSHIP. ] A. and N.Z. LONDON, .May 28. A distinguished company, presided over by Earl Birkenhead, was present at ,tha English-speaking Union's luncheon to * welcome the new American Ambassador, Mr. A. B. Houghton. In proposing Mr. Houghton's health, Earl Birkenhead said he came at a moment when relations between America ancl Britain, diplomatic, social and political were never more harmonious. The process of "twisting the lion's tail," once a common form of election tactics in the United States, appeared to belong to remote history. He rejoiced that memories of the war still prevailed to remind Americans and a worn world that in the last resort their ideals of civilisation and humanity were identical. Mr. Houghton, in reply, paid a tribute to the work of the English-speaking Union in strengthening the understanding between their peoples, on which tha happiness, security and peace of tha world largely depended.