New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-11
America Day" in Londou
Two Great English-Speaking PeoDl..
in Firm Accord
To the Editor Of The Tribune.


Sir: The enthusiastic welcome v;.
the American people 70 Mr. Balfour. y.,,..,
Joffre and ex-Premier ViviaDi expr.,,,.
relief felt by the overwhelming maio,,,.
our citizens that "the drugged and donk..'
years" through which our country Ia,
drifting since the Prussisn brigands s,,,
lated the neutrality Of Belgium ar. -
ended, and that America has az las, -
her proper place alongside Of the Re-,
Empire and France, among "the gIos..-
company Of the apostles" Of liberty and en-,
ization that are willing to fight in ora.
make the world safe for democracy
So far as France is concerned. Their. 9.
practically unanimous feeling Of el,s,..'
that we are now to give the lie "a ~
proverb that republics are ungratefsls =,
that we are at last to repay the debt OF o..
tude We owe for Lafayette and Roeh,r,..'
and De Grasse and for the help which Pr,,.s
soldiers and the French feet brought !, ..
nick OF time to the American Colosi.,
their war for independence. The tho..s.
that the American Republic. which thos. :,
liant Frenchmen Of the eighteenth e.,...-
helped to bring into being, is now 70 be -.
the privilege Of, perhaps, saving the F,...s
Republic Of the twentieth century from ~
crushed by the militaristic despo,i,r !.
Prussianized Germany fills all true Am.r,,.
hearts with a holy pride.
But such Americans as are descended -.
the old Colonial stocks must feel an ,SS
tional satisfaction in the thought tia, y.
two great Englsh-speaking peoples ar, :.
last to fight, shoulder to shoulder, for a.
political ideals and methods which We holS /,
common.
In this connection permit me to share vi.
your readers the moving verses By Csnos
D. Rawnsley, Of Carlisle Cathedral, tia. h,n
Just been sent 10 me by an English fri.,i
The poem was inspired by that vonderi.l
service held in London on America Day. !,
the famous cathedral which is such an e..
quent monument of Sir Christopher Nnr-
when King George and the English rul
family Joined in singing "The Stsr-spuss
Banner" and Julia Ward Howe's Bed
Hymn Of the Republic and when 4,
preacher was our own great Amsrsn
churchman. Bishop Brent OF the Philppi,s.
The poem is as follows;
AT ST. PACL'S. APRIL 20
Not since Wrens Dome has whispered with
mans prayer
Have angels leaned TO wonder out Of H.sy,,
At such uprush Of intercession given:
Here. where to-day one soul two nstior
share,
And with accord send up thro' trembling q,
Their vows to strive, as Honour ne'sr has
striven,
Till back to hell the Lords Of he. a.,
driven.
And Life and Peace again shall flourish Air.
This is the day Of conscience high enthrrs,
The day when East is West and West Is
East.
To strike for human Love and Freedoni
word
Against foul wrong that cannot be atoned:
To-day is hope OF brotherhood's bond in.
creased,
And Christ, not Odin, is acclaimed A'
Lord.
In regard TO the new and, it is 20 be hor.
abiding entente between the great motes
land and her mighty daughter Of the Wesl
cannot refrain from quoting from what
known as "The Anglo-Amorican Anther
which was suggested by the happy accldss
that led DR.. Samuel Smith TO set the WORT
Of his American anthem. MY Country. 'Isd
Thee" TO the same tune that is used By OF
English cousins for God Save the King
The first verse of that international snths1
is the opening verse Of God Save the King
The second verse is the opening verse Of ny
Country. IT'S of Thee" The third and bins
ing stanza is as follows:
Two empires by the sea-
Two peoples, great and free,
One anthem raise;
One race, Of ancient fame,
One tongue, one faith we claim,
One God, Whose glorious Name
We love and praise.
Judged merely as poetry, that third sta'n
Is far above the average OF church hymn
and | believe that those Americans who tar
long views Of the future history OF the worA
will agree with the statement that II eorisis
international politics of the highest 81
wisest type.
Permit me, in closing, 70 quote esns'
friendly lines that were addressed TO AsshH
bv Alfred Austin at the beginning OF oTfi'
with Spain for the liberation Of Cuba
that time Austin was the Poet Laureals
England Bus, as it is now Americas oHof
tunity TO speak TO Britain, | venture 10 u"
a slight liberty with Austin's lines oy t'f1,
ing them around, so that this time, u
America that thus addresses "The Mistress"
the Seas:
And wherever we go, we twain.
The throne OF the tyrant shall rock '''
quake,
And his menace be void and vain;
For we are the lords of strong young 'l'
And We are the lords of the main.
RICHARD D. HARLAN
Washington, D. c., May 10, 1917.
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