The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-05
FOURTH OF JULY IN
 OTHER COUNTRIES

There are very few spots on the habitable globe Where the Stars and Stripes will not be seen on this 14Oth anniversary of the Declaration of In dependence. The citizen at home has so many distractions and amusements on this patriotic holiday that he has little time to think of the significance of the day. The expatriates who, in small numbers or ''by their lonesome '' celebrate the glorious Fourth" are less ebullient but much more likely to be deeply moved by profound emotions of patriotic devotion as they gaze upon the StarASpangled Banner, of the great republic. a
 The Fourth" did not pass unno- ticed in the European trenches, for the citizens of Uncle Sam's country in the Foreign Legion and the Canadian con- tingent. while not numerically great. are in sufficient numbers to be able to impress upon their comrades in arms the fact that the Fourth of July isn't a day just like other days, but a date to be dignif1ed with capital let ters and printed in red figures. The Belgians. who are profoundly grateful for Uncle Sam's benevolence, will not need such a reminder, for the Fourth of July has already been added to the long list of fete days in the Belgian caelndar.
 In London, Paris and other Euro pean capitals there will be the custom ary observances of the Fourth of July by the American colonies. Such eel ebrations are necessarily of the "safe and sane" variety, since they center abopt the diplomatic set, and it would not be diplomatic to make the day an occasion for spread-eagle, we-can- oratory.- In fact, that style of verbal pyrotechnics is now de- cidedly passe at home as well as abroad, for the gigantic spectacle of the European war has brought to Am orleans the painful conviction that more than Fourth of July oratory is necessary to make the United States able to defend itself against a power full enemy. -.~
 Uncle Sam's neighboring republics are gradually comins> to sbelieve that Fourth of July means something to them, but the old spirit of distrust of the motives of "the United States |of North America" dies hard. 1t is safe to say that the only observance con. fined ot American citizens and soldiers. although in former times the City of Mexico was literally emblazoned with the Stars and Stripes on Uncle Sam's natal day.
 In Buenos Ayres. Rio de Janeiro ana otner South American. capitals there mas been of late years an increas- Ing tendency on the part of the ofi2 caais ana many of the people to join m the independence Day festivities of tne North American colonies. In sev- eral of the South American capitals the stars and Stripes are displayed rom government buildings on the Fourtn or July. In Buenos Ayres the George Washington monument is dec orated with floral tributes, many of which come from natives of Argentina. on the whole. however, there is no sucn general observance of the Fourth stnere IS Of the Fourteenth of July. the patriotic festival of the French republic. The Fourteenth has been made national holiday in Uruguay In recognition O. the debt which that republic owes to .rance
 Most of the Soutl. American news papers publish Fourth of July edito- rials and last year the Journal de Commercio0f Rio de Janeiro, the great newspaper of Brazil. devoted nearly a column to tribute to "the powerful North American republic which is our model and our guide." and added that "Brazilians conside-, and with reason. the Fourth Of July their date also. . Another important newspaper, o Paiz, referred to the United States as the brilliant light which illuminates and guides the American continent"