Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-29
U, s. HON0RED
At LONDON AND
PARIS SERVICES
British Join in Thanksgiving
Celebrations; American
Naval Crews Guests on
British Warships.


Thanksgiving day was celebrated
today in England as never before.
The British people co-operated in
observance of the anniversary and
entertained Americans in many
places.
At all the naval bases the admir-
atty directed that the American ma
val units be entertained, while the
crews of the FIVE American battle
ships in the Firth of Forth were
guests on board British warships
there. In London the program in
4 Guided foot ball game at Chelsea
between teams of sailors and mid
day dinner at Albert Hall, where 400
British sailors were the hosts of 400
American tars.
Balsour Attends Service.
In the morning at the church for
the army and navy, Bishop James
De Wolf Perry of Rhode Island
preached and read the Bible lesson.
Foreign Secretary Balfour, the earl
of Reading, British ambassador to
the United States; Earl Curzon and
American, French. Italian, Japanese
and Chinese diplomats were present
High mass for officers and men was
celebrated at Westminster cathed-
rail- Three hundred marines attend
ed with their band which played
during the service.
Mai. Gen. John Biddle, command
ing the American forces in the
United Kingdom, spoke at the aft
ernoop service of the Eagle hut.
The Pilgrims held luncheon,
presided over by the duke of Con-
naught. Tonight there were two big
dinners, one of the American soci-
ETY. and the other of the American
Officers club, where the Americans
entertained British guests, including
Sir Roger Geddes, first lord OF the
admiralty; Lord Miner, the war
secretary, and the lord mayor of
London.
The Red Cross supplied all the
Americans in English hospitals with
turkey dinner, gave dinners to
500 officers in different camps and
distributed the presidents procla-
nation. The crews of $50 Amerl-
can ships. all the way from Gibral-
tar to the Shetland islands, were en-
tertained by British seamen.
Victory Celebration in Paris 4
Paris. Nov 2S-Undoubtedly the
most striking Thanksgiving celebra-'
ton in Paris was that organized by
the Knights of Columbus at the
Church Of Madeline in honor OF VIC
tory. =.
The cortege partaking in the festi->
val included the archbishop OF Gam
brai, the bishops of Amiens, Beat
vais, Chalons and scissors; Colonel
Workman, head of the Catholic mis-
sion to the Canadian forces; Cardi-
nal Annette. archbishop Of Paris.
Cardinal Lucon. archbishop OF
Rheims. and Cardinal Bourne, arch
bishop of Westminster. Knights of
Columbus occupied the choir.
Cardinal Bourne expressed Great
Britain's gratitude to the United
States. saying,
american intervention was
wholly spiritual. 1t was nothing sor-
did. No appetite for conquest de-
termined it. America has ,contri-
ibuted to save the world. Let us
thank her, let us thank God for hav-
ing chosen America as the instru-
ment of His divine power"
Cardinal Annette added an express
sion of Frances gratitude to the
United States.
After the Te Deun the clergy pro-
ceeded to the stone steps surround
ing the church where Cardinal
Annette blessed the crowds. 1t is
estimated that 10000 persons, kneel-
ing in the mud despite the rain and
cold, received the blessing.
Admiral William S. Benson, repre-
sented the United States. Edward
H. Hurley, chairman of the shipping
board, also was present.
An appeal for continued close re-
lation among the nations allied in
the war was made by Andre Tardieu.
French high commissioner to the
United States, in an address at the
annual Thanksgiving luncheon OF, the
American club in Paris. -.
Ambassador Sharp paid high tri-
butte to France and recalled the his
torical friendship between France
and the United States.