Evening star., 1918-07-03
US. T0D|SPLAY
UNITY TOMORROW
Foreign-Born of World Ma
tionS to Parade in
Many Cities.
TO MELT FOE TRINKETs
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.


(CopyriSht 1918. by the New York Evening
Post Company
Independence days nave come and
gone in the United States and in for
eign lands, but none has ever had the
Significance that attaches to Amer
ica's celebration Of tomorrow. For
without really intending it as such,
the United States will give the world
practical demonstration of interna-
tionalism, a conspicuous exhibition OF
the way peoples from all nationalities
under the sun have been blended in q
free land. For the foreignborn Of
countries belligerent as well as neu-
trail will join in parades and pageants.
meetings and ceremonials, testifying
their loyalty to the cause of human
liberty and democracy, which the
armies of the entente are today strug-
Cling to preserve.
To the United States, the Fourth OF
July has had local significance
heretofore. but it will have a world
wide meaning tomorrow. Not merely
the anniversary Of an American Dec
laration of Independence will be cell
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country will be enlisted in greater
declaration of independence that is
written in the cause OF the entente
in this war, an independence from all
militarism and Imperialism and autoc-
racy and tyranny that has through
the German system attempted to DOM
mate the world.
Thirty Groups to Celebrate.
From Armenians to Ukrainians
about thirty foreign groups with or
ganizations and societies throughout
the United States are to take part In
tomorrow's testimonial to democracy.
Danes and Swiss and Spaniards and
Dutch and even Chinese will march,
as will those Americans of German
descent who have formed the Loyal
Society of Friends of German Democ-
racy.
II the propagandists of the central
powers who think America is dis
| united care to examine the evidence
they can find on the Fourth OF July
of 1918 enough to dislllusion even the
most skeptical.
The movement arose with the for
eign-born, who petitioned President
Wilson to set the day aside for loyalty
parades. The President did SO by
proclamation, and the governors of
the majority of the states of the
Union followed suit. More than 49,
600, 900 foreign-born will take part in
the demonstrations, and the mayors
Of nearly 300 cities have formed spe-
cial committees to supervise the pro-
grams of the day. In Chicago. New
York and Philadelphia hundreds of
thousands Of persons will parade.
Will Garry Service Flags.
Many of the Americans Of German
descent and other foreign-born will
carry service flags to show how prac-
tical is their devotion to the cause
of the United States. Others will carry
banners telling what they think Of the
kaiser. Some will display the red,
blue and yellow flag which the Ger
, man revolutionists carried in 1S4S as
symbol of what they would like to
see happen in Germany today. SO that
, the whole world may be democratiZed.
In Philadelphia Germans who fought
in the civil war will be given a promi-
nent part in the parade. In New
York there will be big melting pot
wherein will be cast all the Austrian
and German decorations and iron
crosses or honorary badges that the
one time subjects of the central pow
will be melted and from the proceeds
war saving stamps will be bought.
Some of the nationalities. particu-
larly the Poles and the Czecho-Slovaks
ana JugO-SlaVS, with whose oppressed
brethren abroad the United States has
officially expressed it's sympathy time
and again are planning enthusiastic
ensembles of huge proportions.
Presidents Participation.
AS climax to the celebrations
throughout the country the President
Of the United States himself will make
pilgrimage to Mount Vernon. and
there. with representatives of every
group of foreign born who have been
admitted to citizenship. wreaths will
be placed on the tomb Of George
Washington. Mr.. Wilson has written
a speech eloquently in keeping with
the spirit of the day.
OF the thirty persons who will rep
resent the various nationalities that
have been given citizenship in this
country, all but two were born abroad
and naturalized. The Franco-Amer-
lean representative was born in AL
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