New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

Kendrick Bangs, who has just re-
turned from France Several French
sailors will participate in the cere-
monies by courtesy of the French
High Commission.
Hughes to Preside
At Madison Square Garden at 8
o'clock in the evening the largest
demonstration in the country will be
staged. Charles +. Hughes will pre-
side, and there will be addresses by the
French and Italian Ambassadors, by
Lord Reading, British Ambassador; by
Samuel Gompers and Paderewsk. The
greetings of American trade union
ism to the people of France will be
voiced at the meeting when hundreds
of kilograms from every basic industry
in the country will be read before they
are relayed to France by cable. After
all messages have been read and those
from France received, the meeting will
compose one to be sent back to France
in the name Of all the United States.
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation Of Labor, will
send this message:
"America's organized workers are
proud to greet the people of France
in a spirit Of brotherhood and frater-
mtg on this anniversary OF Frances
historic blow for freedom. AS we
signalize this day in common so we
fight to-day for ideals that are COM
mon, the enlarged ideals Of those
who gave significance so long ago to
July IA, as they did to July 4.
Devoted to Common Cause
With this message of felicitation
and fraternity to-day we send you
our renewed assurance of Americas
complete devotion to the common
cause. Our simplest liberties and
our greatest opportunities alike de-
pend upon victory over the autocrat.
More than a million of our sons are
now upon French soil SEALING our
vows with their blood. Our working
people are producing untirlngly the
things needed for victory. Our ship
yards are straining nightly. But
above those things in augury FOR the
future is the fact that our hearts
atty of ideal which guarantees that
the world shall be a better place for
men and women when we have broken
the power Of autocracy and e5tab-
isbed forever the right of free peo-
ple TO remain free and TO work out
their own destinies in that freedom.
"Citizens of France, we salute you.
We glory beyond words in your mag
nificent heroism. We are inspired by
Il FOR Inv
hone on this notable day Is that the
unity of our peoples in the great
cause Of democracy shall be ever
lasting"
Labor to Send Greetings
The message sent by the American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy will
conclude:
Brave, generous France! We, the
working people of America, salute
you as brothers in common cause,
and we look forward to an everlast-
ing fellowship with you in the de-
veloprnent of freedoms boundless op-
port1nities for human welfare"
Other messages OF a similar tone of
fraternal appreciation will be sent by
A. b. Garretson, Order Of Railway Con-
ductors; Frank J. Hayes, United Mine
OFKcfS, JOnN 1CiCeN, IniLcu AeALile
Workers; w D. Mahon, Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric Rail
way Employees; II. B. Perham, Railroad
TeIegraphers; Timothy Shea, Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En-
ginemen; Ernest Mills, International
Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Work
ers; Martin F. Ryan. Brotherhood Of
Railway Carmen; W. G. Lee, of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen;
Thomas A Rickert, of the United Gar
ment Workers, and others.
The following greetings from the
Friends of German Democracy will also
be read:
"The Friends of German Democ-
racy, an organization of American
citizens largely Of German origin, on
this most significant anniversary of
the establishment of human rights,
greet France. our brave companion in
arms and the undauntcd champion Of
democracy and liberty.
"May the wrongs she has suffered
in the past be righted as just re-
ward for her heroic struggle for free
dom and justice when victory shall
have been Won for world democracy
and NAV tho great French penpie that