New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-08
All Hoping u. S. Will Send
Brigade or Division as
Soon as Possible
Moral Effect Great
News Is Broken to Germans
by Signs Hoisted Over
Parapets

With the British armies M France
April via London, April O.-lh'
news of the action Of the United States
Senate in voting for war with Germany
reached the Western battle line to-day
and was hailed with cheers. Nowhere
was the qualification greater than along
the section Of the front held by the
Canadians. with whom thousands OF
Americans are serving.
Many Canadian and British com
pfnies were busy to-day preparing
signs to hold up over the trencheS'
telling the Germans the tidincs from
Washington. This is the favorite plan
of the Tommics to convey all sorts OF
bad news to their enemies across No
Mans Land.
Prisoners Didn't know
German prisoners taken to-day had
no. heard of President Wilson's ad-
dress and knew only in vague way OF
the breaking Of diplomatic relations In
February. Some Of the trench signs
which were prepared included brief
translation into German OF the Presl-
dcnt's statement that America was en-
tcrirg the lists against the German
government and not against the Ger
nan people. Others included the lat
es. slogan. "No peace with the iohen-
zCllerns." while still others read: Get
rid Of your Kaiser
In the little French cstaminets, cafes
and villages behind the lines there was
great excitement among the old civil
iars and the poIlus on leave.
The weight of America, thrown into
the war scales just a. this juncture. M
what is regarded a. the critical year OF
the struggle. has sent renewed tnrill
OF confidence all along the front one
could sense 10 everywhere to-day. us
it.rC Canadian headquarters and the
Canadian trenches, the correspondent
was greeted everywhere with Outbursts
Of congratulations. one young cap
tain. whose mother is American, said:
II feel like huCglng everybody m
sight. We Canadians now feel that
orr American family has been reunited
This VIII mean wonders for the future
relationship OF Canada and the United
States We feel more like brothers
than ever before
Want Americans al Front
There was an almost universal wish
that the United States should be rep
resented on the fighting line at the
earliest possible moment. If only by a
brigade or division. Mingled with the
universal desire that the war should
sCoL be ended was the generally cX-
pressed hope that it would last long
enough TO give the Americans a chance
a the Germans.
Some Of the British officers reiterated
the view expressed 10 the CORE
srCndent when diplomatic relations
were severed. that American particlpa
tion might first consist of the sending
of special detachments, such as avia-
tors. machine gun sections and bat
tcrics Of artillery.
While the Canadians arc loath 10 lose
the services of any OF the thousands OF
Americans in their ranks, 10 was stated
a. Headquarters to-day that il was
realized that, with an American force
i'm the field. many Of these splendid
soldiers would desire 10 serve under
their own flag. Their long training
and experience under most desperate
battle conditions would prove an in
valuable aid, H. was conceded, 10 al
American expcditionary corps. Many
Of these men might also be available
for return 10 America 10 help i'm train
inc men.
II S also expected that America vii
ask that a large number Of its officers
be attached to the British army FOL
observation and experience under thu
actual conditions Of European warfare.
Toasts were drunk to America a
many a front line dugout tonight.