The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-31

half Of his people in the celebration
Of this day which records TIE eNtinc-
ton Of all the bitterness that arose
in The days "t George ltt.-a n't'":-
ness that coMld never have arisen had
the will OF the British people ruled IN
1915. as it rules today. for ~" sever
anc. came uHrnU*c "" had tEcu n per
vcr~.. court and non-rrprc4'rataur"
parliament. l; iG not merely blood To-
lation$hip tia, has brought this happy
contamination. UUarr"l; between r~la-
tiYcs arc often III" most h!t:cr. II ~
n sense Of the other and stronger tics
that bind US together. You remember
the Tines in Millions "LyclIa&"--
For We wcrc nur&d uTon tn" ScNSa'aH
hill.
Fed the Same flock by fountain. shade
and rill.
Our greatest poets--'laUcnr. Shake
spcare. Millionaire the common glory
Of our race. Common tn both peoples
in .ho love Of freedom and tho faith
IN freedom which. suwn long ago IN
F;ncliSh hearts. came 70 full flower IN
the days Of Milton and HamH4cn. and
established civil and religious liberty
on Foundations never thereafter to pc
shaken. With the love Of freedom. and
rs it's proper accompaniment. Britain
rrd America have both rcvrr"d Tho
moral law. have held to good faith h"-
tween nations. have recognized thor
duties to tho world. Their thoughts,
thnir beliefs. their ideals sometime
differ in expression. hut are substantial
Is thu same. Tho national heroes 'f
both have been mon VIII" wcr" by th"'7
cowrsct and Ivy their sans OF r';ht anu
duty. from King Alfred down I" Wash
!nlton and Lincoln. whom Britain. as
we'll rs America. counts among Inc
heroes Of Thn world.
II is these things that have 1na6N
each nation respect the Other cv"n nj
moments Of tension. Deep down in III"
heart Of each. almost too deep for en-
preston. there has boon the sense that
the other possessed those essential viz
tues b. which nations live: and each
had 4 secret pride ir seeing thai inc
other retained what both felt to hc inc
finest characteristics Of tic an"l'T!t
stock. We saw another quality IF that
stock shine forth in the energy win
which the people Of the United St;lics
have oycr-spr,:ad the vast continent.
have planted everywhere the s"!f-:;"v-
erning institutions, are assimilat'ng
and turning into useful citizcus the in-
migrants who came In q huge and tEr-
bid flood. and have built up fabric
Of industrial prosperity such as has
never been seen elsewhere.
For half L century the sense - unity
had been growing closer when m
cvcnt EanncuCd which revealed both na-
ions to themselves and to one another.
The German government suddenly m
vadcd neutral and peaceful I'cIGl"'n'
Britain Spy1nS into tn" hrcach. ana
within three years raised m arm! OF
moro than fv" milliun$--tcn times as
i,rcc as that she had when the w;,r h.
ran. Germany followed UP her first
crime by pcrpc;rItinS Mron n@n-rornha-
tonts and ncutralS 4 succession OF out
r,rcs unhrard Of before. II was th"n
tn, turn Of America.
"a New star Blazed Forth
We in England have scarcely Nct
realized tho magnitude" OF III" nc" H"-
n,rturo which America took when Shc
entered the war. Tn" oldest and '"'St
established OF her tritdit!"nS, datihF
from the days OF Washington. hAd h"',ii
TO stand nloof. s"cur" in her S'i"HI'c
;r,1,tion from all European "nlan&ic-
,nc,,ts Tho. Germans from tho h"i:;ht*
If their intellectual ARROGANCE. h%n az
.,is,d Americans rs given up I" TN"
,,-,.S ynatrrialiSnl of mCn"%-InhElnE.
INST as thcy d"spis"d the English aS !,
Ie.nlcnt people sunk In luxury ana
sIu.h. Eul when America saw every
.-inci7-n rf ri@iIt nv"rril6"h. every
t,.,,+ ,ro.ot OF .l.;r.rlnity cast I" he
winds. America str"!o form IN h''
strength. Duty c;lhL 6n h"r !" h'I!
10 save tho world. and she "nS"''"'i
III. call or duty. y new star ''','
forth in the sky Tx" thni when sun 'l''
n,,r MS, rrr,omcrs tire" weeks ago: hni
Ill L. M