Somo very nice things aro being said to Ciiptnin Seddon by his new American friend.*). 'J'ho Now Zeaiunder and Major Lankester, another member of tlie British Mission, were entertained at (Sinner by the United States Chamber of '.'oiuiiierce in Now York. "We were all of the ojiiiiiun Lliat wo had none of us i-ver Keen a more charming personality timn Captain Seddon," wrote a prominent iiifiubor of tho cbitmbfr afterwards. , "lie Bjiuaks fluently and lo Iho point,- and is Lxnclly Ihe man fur such a gathering oi n-d-biuo'.li'd men,as we had at our dinner. Ilia tact, his sense of tlio fitness of Hi ings, and his t-onservativo -ircseiilalion. oi fjii'ts with just what one iiii'.'ht expect of a British ullicer aud a lTiulcinan. Although 1 havo spout :i good ileal of limn in Washington with Iho teprescnliilives of the Allies, and i'l Kcw York as well, 1 havo never atteivlod a moro intei'!Wl:iig dinner, nor enjoy-jd the omnpniiy of any of our visitors <|Uito so well."
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 290, 27 August 1918, Page 7
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166Untitled Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 290, 27 August 1918, Page 7
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