The United States Ambassador received on Thursday, May 28th, another
very cordial " welcome," this time organized by the English-Speaking Union, in whose behalf two Cabinet Ministers spoke, and Mr. Houghton made an admirable answer. He emphasized a point upon which we have often laid stress, namely, that though British and Americans are of the same family they are different nations. The similarity of tongue, the allegiance to the same Common Law, the same instinctive social and ethical views, the impossibility of calling one another " foreigners," all create an irresistible tendency to blur the fact that the nations and governments are distinct. This false view of our relations is not really helpful to the truest friendship and co-operation. The more intimately we know each other the better, for then what we have in common and what must be distingued between us will stand out more clearly. For the sake of this common knowledge we heartily welcome the large posse of American medical men to whose visit we rc•f'er in a leading article.
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