The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-04
INDEPENDENCE DAY WILL BE CELEBRATED AS NEVER BEFORE; ALLIED WORLD JOINS In France. Great Britain, Italy and Other Lands Peo-
 pie Will Observe Holiday PRESIDENT WILSON TO DELIVER ADDRESS TO 30 NAT!ONALITIES Foreign-Born Citizens Will Make Pilgrimage to Mt.
 VernOn-Will Renew
 Allegiance

Washington, July 3.-Amer- ican Independence Day will be observed tomorrow as never before. While the people of the United States are gathering telll celebrate the signing 142 years ago of the declaration of free dom, exercises will be held in Great Britain, in France, in Italy and other lands to com memorate the birth of Amcri can liberty, to the defense of which the nation already has sent l,00o,000 men overseas. x
 In this country the day will be the occasion of a renewal of allegiance by the foreign-born and President Will son will be the honor guest of com mittee representing 30 nationalities on Ia pilgrimage to the home and tomb of George Washington The Presi- dent will deliver an address which will be read simultaneously at demon strations throughout the country and which has been cabled for reading and publication in foreign lands.
 Patriotic celebrations have been ar ranged in nearly every city and town in the country in which native-born and foreign-born will joint, while the day will be made a gala one at all army and navy training camps and stations. No small part of the days celebration will be the launching on the Atlantic, gulf and Pacific coasts of 100 merchant ships and IA torpedo-boat destroyers to chal- lenge the German sea wolves
 CELEBRATION IN FRANCE
 The celebration of the day already has begun in France with great display of flags. This will be followed by exer- cises tomorrow throughout that country. Along the front where Americans face the Huns and back of the trenches at supply depots and army camps renewed significance will be given to the Fourth of July demonstration by American sol- diers.
 IN ITALY
 
 closed and all employees of the govern ment will be given holiday. In Rome a celebration, attended by government and municipal officers, will be held at the monument of Victor Emmanuel after which a procession wilt form and move to the home of the American ambassador, where a speaker will offer the greetings of the city to the American ambassador. Demonstrations also will be held in Turain, in Florence. in Genoa, in Ma pies. in Peruvia and other cities.
 IN LATIN AMERICA
 In several South American republics the day also will be observed. The state department was advised today by Amer.- can charges that tomorrow will be na- tonal holiday in San Salvador Peru and Nicaragua
 Messages to the American people wero sent tonight by General Pershng, Sec retary Daniels, Secretary Lansing, Sec retary Wilson and Lord Reading, the British ambassador.
 General Pershig said;
 PERSHING'S MESSAGE
 "On the anniversary of our independ- enee the officers and men of the Ameri- can expeditionary forces the battle fields of France renew their pledge of :, fealty and devotion to our cause and| country.
 'The resolve of our forefathers that all men and peoples shall be free is their resolve. It is quckened by sympa- thy for an invaded people of kindred ideals and war challenge of an arrogant enemy. It Is fortified by the united sup port of the American people,"
 SECRETARY OF NAVY
 Secretary Daniels said:
 The American people have had fresh baptism of the spirit of sacrifice for liberty which enabled the men of t16 to make the Declaration of Independ- ence the decree of a powerful nation. They have entered this war to aid in insuring to peaceful peoples freedom from conquest, and they will not lay down the sword until the menace of militarisrn is lifted from mankind. Out of the tragedy of war the steady light of peace, guaranteed by league of all free na. tions will illumine the world"
 SECRETARY OF STATE
 This was Secretary Lansine's messag~:
 This year the Fourth of July Is mora than national holiday. It Is an ia ternational holiday While we rejoica over liberty achieved for our country. we should consecrate ourselves to the defense of that liberty which is ifn- periled by Prussian militarism. On this day of glorious memories America, with
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