The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-08-08
BRITISH CELEBRATE
FOURTH OF JULY
London Paper Gives Account Of Do
ings Of Day in England-King
and Queen See Baseball

Below is reproduced an article from
a London paper printed July 5, Civ
ing an account Of the celebration of
American independence Day in the
British capital:
In London and the big industrial
centers, independence Day was cell
ebrated yesterday with enthusiasm.
The Stars and Stripes floated from
every tower side by side with the
Union Jack, and the bells Of st.
PauRs and many Of the churches
were rung,
The king and queen attended the
baseball match at Chelsea. and
great Anglo-Saxon fellowship meet
ing was held in the Central Hall,
Westminster,
This time it wasn't Independence
Day. It was Interdependence Day.
And the two nations celebrated that
fact by-a game,
There were other forms Of celebra-
ton. such as religious services and
speechmaking, but the popular act
Of this historic celebration (which
took place, may ] venture to remind
you in the last lap of Armageddon)
was a game.
England and America have discov-
cred that they are not independent.
A1sop knew what he was about when
he took a faggot into his fables. No
nation is independent of other ma
tions. Germany knows this. But her
idea is to substitute log for the
faggot-a German Yule log, inscribed
on one side, "Deutsche uber Allies"
and on the other side, in old Gothic
letters, "Peace on Earth to Men OF
Our Will"
The faggot idea is better We start
ed it in the British Empire; the En-
tente nations are now faggoting very
successfully in their struggle with
the Kaiser log; and after the war we
are going to enlarge the faggot and
call it a League of Nations.
However, England and America
celebrated the first Interdependence
Dav in their two-forked history by
a game. / speak of London. London
can do it when she chooses, and yes
terday she chose to do it with will.
Every bright flag in her grey streets
was like a nosegay in the buttonhole
of an old gentleman who has bought
a white hat for the Derby and
to Ego it" for once in his
life.
Tse sun not merely shone, but
the sky struggled after an
Oxford blue and just succeeded in get
ting a Cambridge shade which had
been once or twice in the wash; a
gentle zephyr breathed through the
streets.
Old Glory and our Union jack blew
like anything from historic towers,
getting hopelessly entangled in what
looked from below like serious
love affair; people in summer clothes
wore their two flags in their coats
and blouses; military bands crashed
out the two national anthems at the
least excuse; brakes and char-a-
bancs ratified through the streets load
ed up with American sailors and sol
diers: and His Majesty, the King,
looking as if he had just received
the freedom Of the United States OF
Citizen George Windsor, drove down
to Chelsea behind a pair Of high
stepping Cleveland bays with our
sovereign lady at his side in a pink
hat, which an American journalist
from Pittsburg. despairing of its ex-
act shade, told me a million of his
lady readers would want to know all
about.
Now, the Chelsea football ground
does not lend itself to pageantry. 1t
IS not Colosseum. The Romans had
other ideas than ours in this respect.
The Chelsea ground, to be quite hon
est, is on the painful side. AS a
ooard-school playground, if you took
Down the advertisements, or as a
grazing ground for couple Of goats,
t might serve; but as great inter-
national scene it is dull.
But here came thousands Of people
including the royal head
If the British commonwealth, and
here history was made-or if not
made, given most hearty
send-off. Queen Alexandra came, SO
young looking that the gentleman
rom Pittsburg very nearly called
ne a liar; and Princess Mary, and
Mr.. Asquith--loudly cheering and
ooking the picture Of health exu
ool1ing the picture of exuberant
Winston Churchill. in a Il
yery good-looking top hat and smok-
ng a six-foot cigar; Mrs. Winston /
Churchill, 50 beautiful and happy that /
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