The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-09
Fleet Saved Allies From De-
feat in First Year, Says the
Rev. DR.. Manning.
DECLARES ANIMUS DEAD
Stars and Stripes Carried in
Professionals With the
Union Jack.

came yesterday expressions OF Boou
will for Great Britain as a part OF the
general celebration OF Britain's day.
The Rev. William r. Manning, d
D., rector Of Trinity Church. preached
to a congregation that filled every inch
OF space and many were turned away
The Star and Stripes and the Union
Jack were carried side by side In the
professional, and The Star Spangled
Banner and God Save the King
were features Of a special musical pro-
gramme that included 1.-TWO Empires
by the Sea-" written for the occasion
by Charles Huntington.
without the heroism. the valor and
the spirit Of Britain" said DR.. Man
ming, freedom and civilization could
not have been saved. In her marvel
lous achievements we feel the special
pride with which one thinks Of the
deeds of a member Of his own family.
Britain Is still, and will always be TO
us the mother land whose traditions
we inherit, whose blood we share and
whose tongue we speak.
Debt to the VigiIant Fleet.
How can we ever measure what we
and the whole world owe to that great
silent fleet keeping its amazing vigil
for four years In the North Sea? Had
1t not been for the British navy Ger
many would have won the war In the
first year and we would not be cele-
brating victory to-day. What sum-
Client honor can we pay to that I'M
mortal band OF heroes whom the world
now holds in loving remembrance.
whose sacrifices against Overwhelming
odds made possible the winning OF the
first battle Of the Marine? And what
shall we say OF the spirit OF people
who sent into the fight for liberty
100000 men?
'"rhe soul Of Great Britain shines
to-day with a new splendor. ! We
honor Britain because in the great
crisis she staked everything Tor the
right when she might have done other
wise.
I'VE will never again tolerate that
old, unworthy ant-British feeling
which had a place among us, what
ever excuse or reason that feeling had
in the past, and II Is our duty to brand
the Journals which try to foster 1t ana
see that the propaganda misstate-
ments in the text books of history in
our schools are rooted out and cor
rected."
(. DIR. Manning said the American peo-
ple did not want to outbuild England
on the sea and he wanted TO see Great
Britain's navy maintained.
Empire q League of Nations.
i Prof. Arthur Lovejoy Of Johns Hop
y kins University. spoke at Christ
Church. at broadway and Seventy
first street. He said the British EN-
pire was the best example of a league
Of nations, and thought the outcome Of
the war would be "a tragic failure un-
less a league Of nations OF some kind
is formed"
DR.. Milo Hudson Gates was the
speaker at the Chapel OF the Inter-
cession. Broadway and 155th street.
> I'VE OF the United States" he said.
"and all of the civilized and free world
owe to Great Britain a debt of graft
tude We can never pay. for It was her
invincible navy and her contemplate
little army that preserved the world
of liberty and freedom from the de-
vastating brutalism OF the hordes Of
Germany"
THE American and British flags
were carried together in the process
sional at the Cathedral OF st. John the
Divine. The Very Rev. Howard c..
Robbins. d. D.. and the Rev. Samuel
s. Drury, L. H. D.. Of New Hampshire
occupied the pulpit.
TT Is because Great Britain used
her power to achieve righteous pur-
pose" said DR.. Robbins, that we are
,honoring her to-day. The war was
actually won by Brttain's sea power.
The best guarantee OF world liberty
Is this union between these peoples OF
one speech"
Spirit of AloOfness Gone.
I'VE hear that America won the
war" said DR.. Drury at is true that
without the aid of America the war
would not be won, but we must not
forget the work that Britain and
France had done before we entered.
A spirit OF aloofness has existed from
1878 TO 1917, when we entered the
war. We do not want to see that
spirit return"
The Rev. Joseph Silverman, D. D.,
at Temple Emanuel, Fifth avenue
and Forty-third street, said he wished
10 emphasize the Great" of Great
Britain, for II ever England deserved
the title it was now.
For more than 100 years" he said,
peace has existed between the two
English speaking nations. For that
time and more the border line between
our land and Canada has been open.
No forts are there, no war ships are
on the Great Lakes--not even a mill
tary patrol guards r. line 1000 miles
long. No other such evidence of the
ability OF nations to live beside each
other and maintain peace and mutual
respect has ever been known. This
will show those at the peace table how,
the world can live at peace for all
time and wars vanish from the face
OF the earth"
The entire congregation of st.
Marks Church, Second avenue and
Tenth street, sang Rule, Britannia"
yesterday after discourses by the Rev.
William n. Guthrie and Jonas Lipp-
mann. editor OF the Voice OF AIsace-
Lorraine.
Turkish bath Patrons Robbed.