The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-06
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have been felt throughout the British
Isles. Formal observance OF the union
in arms OF Great Britain and the
United States there was in plenty. and
carefully sttuned 10 the true spirk OF
Independence Day. The two flags
that flew side BY side above Bueking.
ham Palace, from the Victoria Tower
Of the Palace Of Westminster. over the
western entrance OF 81. Pauls, from
the great public building OF whitehall
and the City, ard from countless pr.
va:e places OF business and OF res.
idence, proclaimed II 10 the eye. The
crowds in the streets, with their twin
button-hOle flags OF America and OF
Britain, paid homage to il. At West
minister II found worthy expression
in speeches by Lord Bryce and Mr.
Churchill, as well by chosen rep
resentativss OF the American people
now In this country. The ball game
al Chelsea. played with all its native
ritual 10 a vast crowd. and watched
| by the King, was in the authentic
/ tradition Of its lighter vein. But more
/ than all was the sense-thCough the
I thyOngel streets OF the old capital that
. The common ancestors OF both people
built-of a great event IN human his
. tory II was percepuble. yet hard 10
define, as are all such moyings Of the
emotions OF people. There was i'm
/ acinaticn in IL. for who could be so
/ dull as no; 10 be stirred BY the visible
[ symbol OF the two flags flying side by
side? There was also the familiar
/ stir OF a day OF psgeantry, deepenal
/ perhaps and accentuated yesterday by
/ the flow Of the common days work
that went on 50 busily side by side
| with the special parade OF the occa.
/ son. But there was more. London
I yesterday strengthened belief in the
rooted depth ard sweep OF the wisdom
or free people Freedom, in this Gel.
ebration Of the Brotherhood in arms
OF the American and British races,
/ was justified OF her children.
I Yesterday, too, President Wilson.amid
the quiet peace that holds the site
Of Washington's grave a. Mount
| Eernon.soke for the American peo-
I ple. He looked back here, 10 the work
that the men did whose leader lies
buried there, and found that"a great
/ promise that was meant for all man
I kind was here given plan and real
/ ity." From that green hillside, he
told his people" I'VE ought to be able
TO see with compromising eyes the
world that lies about US, and should
conceive anew the purposes that must
set men free" To such words We IN
this country can listen now without
a twinge OF hurt self-esteem. What
was a day OF anger on one side and Of
grief on the other has now been turn.
ed as Lord Bryce said yesterday,
into a day Of rejoicing and affection
for both" The lesson that washington
and his people taught 40 years ago
Great Britain was not too proud to
learn. Its results are to be seen in
the British Commonwealth OF Nat.
ions, in the proud loyalty Of India,
in the true affection with which Brit.
ish communitiesestablished in the
outer seas-look to the country that Is
the home Of their race. But this,
great as It is, is not the whole OF the
legacy beQueathed TO the world by
Washington and the men who thought
and fought with him. Both President
/ Wilson at Mount Vernon and Mr..
, Churchill at Westminster saw that
yesterday and expressed Il in words
singularly similar. I'VE here in Amer.
| ioa a.. "A tn Drn-tIa,k tsholofvn a,,r
participation in this present war TO
be only the frultsge Of what Wash.
ington and his associates planned
There must now be settled once for
all what was settled for America in
the great age upon whose inspiration
We draw today. What we seek Is the
reign Of law based upon the consent
OF the governed and sustained by
the organized opinion OF mankind"
Or, in the words OF Mr.. Churchill. the
line is clearly drawn"between nations
where peoples own Governments and
nations where the Governments own
peoples. Our struggle Is between sys'
tens which faithfully endeavour TO
quell and quench the british, treach-
erous, predatory promptings Of human
nature and the system which has de-
liberately tostered, organized, armed
and exploited these promptings 10
its base aggrandizement."
In such a struggle there can be no
compromise. This President Wilson
speaking for the American people, and
Mr.. Churchill. in the name OF the
British Government and peoples. both
| declare. But no compromise.the de-
feat OF Germany. expressed" as Mr.
Churchill put IT," in terms and facts
which will for all time deter others
from emulating her crimes and will
make It impossible for her to re.
new them-demands that We should
look beyond the mere article Of vic.
tory. The victory for which the En-
glish speaking peoples and their Al
lies fight is no victory OF destruct'
ion. 1t seeks to build the future upon
the shell-torn ruins OF what the pres
ent has received as an III heritage
from the past. When the free peoples
have destroyed the governments
which President Wilson denounces as
fearing their people and yet making
every choice for them and dlsposing
Of their lives and fortunes as they will
as clothed with the strange trappinss
and the primitive authority OF an age
that is Altogether alien and hostile to
our own"-that Will only be the begin
ing OF the great task Of reconstruct
ion. To this moment the vision OF the
American President had pierced be-
fore he determined that war with
Germany was necessary. Yesterday
he described once again what the four