The fact that these fundamentals had had the opportunity of even freer development in America he regarded as most fortunate both for the United States and for the world.

He had never concealed his belief that the destinies of mankind depended more upon the friendly cooeperation of the United States and Great Britain than upon any other single influence.

He had preached this in public addresses, and in his writings for twenty-five years preceding his mission to Great Britain.

But the mere fact that he should hold such convictions and presume to express them as American Ambassador apparently outraged those same elements in this country who railed against Great Britain in this Panama Tolls debate.
On August 16, 1913, the City of Southampton, England, dedicated a monument in honour of the _Mayflower_ Pilgrims--Southampton having been their original point of departure for Massachusetts.

Quite appropriately the city invited the American Ambassador to deliver an address on this occasion; and quite appropriately the Ambassador acknowledged the debt that Americans of to-day owed to the England that had sent these adventurers to lay the foundations of new communities on foreign soil.
Yet certain historic truths embodied in this very beautiful and eloquent address aroused considerable anger in certain parts of the United States.