Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
us. ENTRY INTO WAR
WILL AFFECT POLICY
Such Is View Expressed by
Founder of New National
Party in Britain.
STROKE BRIDGES ATLANTIC
Two Great Peoples Welded To-
gether in a Common Cause
and Partnership.
ny GENERAL HENRY PAGE CROFT,
Founder OF DrItnin's New National


Iurty.
LONDON, July 27--As one who has
Travelled in the United States before
the war. ] can appreciate the vast sig
nificancc of the revolution in world
thought created by the advent OF the
United States In tho European volcano
The ultimate consequences OF tn"
great republic of the west Joining the
allies will have permanent effect
upon world policy, for II cannot be
denied that over span OF many years
there has been a lack Of understand
Ing between the two great branches Of
the AnGlo-Saxon race. The Atlantic.
indeed. set up a wall between us which
II was hard to break through. and
some OF us desraired OF these two
great communities ever getting sum
ciently close together SO TO under
stand tho fine qualities and the noble
aspirations which each possess.
No~. with one stroke the Atlantic
s. bridged and civilization Is enriched
by the fact that two great peoples
arc welded together in "A common cause
and partnership which neither will
break until victory is complete. and
which. | hope then. may he renewed in
union of far greater understanding
and common interest In the future.
We who have seen SO large pro-
portion Of the flower Of our race
stricken on the field OF battle feel an
almost exultant encouragement in the
picture which we daily see presented
10 US Of the magnificent material of
the armies Of the United States COM
Ing up behind US. unbled. fresh. Dc"
tc-mined and inspired By an extraor
binary enthusiasm to see that right
shall triumph over wrong.
MEN SIT UNDER HAIL
OF SHELLS rom YEARS
To men who have been sitting under
hail o; shells for four years this
miracle has proved Sladdencr 0,
hearts. and as the nowproved men
OF the United States are coming up
into the line and standing shoulder u
shoulder with the British. Il is a spec
tacle which must enormously increas,
the already high morale of all our
fighters.
Sow these are the facts as sea
them. The white population of the
British empire and OF France at the
commencement OF The war was 49,
100000 From this we have TO de-
due; tho fact that the British empire
Is lighting single handed the great
military power OF Turkey. and has had
10 devote a great portion Of It's man
power to keeping open the cora
munications OF the allies. But max
ing allowance for this. the man power
OF France and the British empire may
be said 10 be equal 10 that OF Ger
many. namely, 100000 people. and
these two great combinations are en-
gagged in a death grappie.
AMERICA FURNISHES
DoUGIITIEST FIGHTERS
Suddenly to the cause OF civilization
and right appears trained force from
a populs don OF l00.o0o.00o OF the
h,test. toughest and doughtiest light
ers on the ace of the globe. Thus It
would seem that the allied armies have
held the greatest military machine the
world has ever known. in spite of
trcachery. inventions OF the devil and
a bestial betrayal OF all chivalry.
When we know the character OF
our own people. when we realize those
qualities OF determination which the
American people proved so conclu-
sively in previous great conflicts. no
man. II he believes in God. can doubt
that victory will be with our arms. ]
hope that the government of the United
States Will join with the government
OF the British empire in a policy forth
with which will lay down that for
every month Germany continues the
war her ships and goods will be ex-
cluded from our common ports and
territories for complete year after
the war.
This Is weapon that the Germans
can understand This is war. Let US
use IT as the finest auxiliary TO our
fghting men and the crushing trump
card in bringing Germany to the only
place we can leave her. namely, on
her knees.