It is my lot to attend many public dinners in
con- nexion with my work, and I have a lively sympathy with those who cordially dislike functions of this kind. If all public gatherings were as pleasant as the large ban- quet given in honour of the American Ambassador, Mr. Kellogg, by the English-Speaking Union last week at the Savoy Hotel, I should have to revise my sentiments ; rarely have I attended a more pleasant gathering. Mr. Winston Churchill, who took the chair, and Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, were both at the top of their form, and the large gathering roared as each of these statesmen indulged in a little mutual " leg-pulling." One remark of Mr. Churchill's was cordially endorsed, and it was a remark which it would have been difficult to imagine a couple of years ago at a London banquet. He said there was only one hope for the revival of Europe, and that was in the close and cordial co-operation between Britain, France and Germany. * * * *
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