New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05
From Fred Penberthy with the Third British
Army in France. The Letter Is Dated April 8, 1917


Yesterday we got the news President Wilson's to
Congress and the proar aroused 1t will be
cye Europe Excluding IIunand with calm satisfaction
looking at the with tired eyes we nave oeen ooA
c that direction only day and night since August 1914 And
our eyes every horror from which in ordinary times we
turn away The accuOm US to these hor
rr but to make grow white passion Of grim and earnest
that these horrors shall never happen again IN all
the world because operate and Also on the cancer
which is the hateful and accursed centre of it all
IN the first rush enthusiasm that extra special hand for
which YOU Americans famous, you will not as we DO
That phase gone 1t will also for you But while
you eyes this do not misundersand US whose
eyes are tired but grim and determined and clear
glad you with because we feel you ought TO be
with US If the situation would have to
much understand that also We consolidated
homogeneous people Even remote sons IN Australia and
elsewhere are unity and understanding among
all our parts makes decision and action quicker process
than it can be in America
Of European hoeands reconcile you have And although
como nrca observers have expressed impotence at President
V1s seeming hardness real thinkers really great men,
have nothing admiration for him and his craftsmanship 10 me
is great JOY recognize the present attitude your cou
Try the triumph Of what "AngoSaxon" has always stood for
pUreblooded Celt VINO has learned 10 temper anu o
romantic irresponsible temperament Or which, by the way
thank Cod with steadier and solid qualities which, although
thew often repe me in an individual necessary if all the
pore the world live together in peace and prosperity
= those very solid perhaps boneheaded qualities which have
rd from YOUR seehng caudron of nations America will be
reborn through France, England and Russia are re-
born This is not much as a revolution
One Of my the letters OF my stan ana STU
dents In Of them the mind Of the new BRUSH Sodr was re-
yea in one simple flashes which, ike ghtnng suuuey
give clear glimpse dark place. He IS man OF thirty ana
before the war was cashier London bank Not rch out marreu
and bap He was writing his wife who had apparently Deh
anxious in her letter him about his comfort he SAID MY GEAR
if m entering great hardshps discomfort than
could have imagined will conceal that from you But please
90 not wish that again until 1t is nnheu
am supported and filled with the courage to go on because
So ~ forco o terms of peace this will be all to do again
in ten or fifteen years. Think, that then your daring boy VINO
such comfort to you now while am absent viii one Gay so
oh iuStSu
IS Won arc yeering now No. This must not happen AGAIN
But in order 20 be sure and all of us are here ready Wn our
bodies 10 90 on 10 the end. dear wle lhN oi our
bow and the comfort he will your TO me that IS '"s
worth dying for - - - T. e
That is typical the thought underlying all our men his
not often expressed that because most men prefer 10 niue ~
feelings. But the feeling is there
The building Of thousands of wooden SHIPS Will TAKE We
lot Of timber tghens paper stringency Yet no" anu "e"
subscriber saws he doesn't get his pennys worth