Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-13
FITTING CEREMONY
MARKS OBSERVANCE
OF BRITAIN DAY HERE

over again they fought with their
Jacks TO the wall as Gen. Haig had
commanded and they kept that wall
unbroken-'
Mr.. Mcfarland gave unstinted
praise TO the British navy, That won
derful navy that kept the-sea open to
all civilized men. steel fence. that
won the war.
France helped. Italy helped. the
United States helped, but without the
British navy. we should not tie here
tonight and the kaiser by this time
would have teen ruler OF the world.
Britain fought on fifteen fronts and on
seven seas, and kept those watches day
and night We want the British navy
to share in holding the freedom of the
seas. absolute IN time of peace for she
/ held the seas for civilized nations in
time of war
Without that blockade Germany
would never have surrendered That
navy safely conveyed $4,000, 900 men,
100000 out of every 100000 went
across. The British navy kept The
sea lanes open, made it possible to
send over food and supplies. When
this war comes to be written, that
chapter which tells what the British
navy did will shine with such lustre
/ that it never can be dimmed"
Mr.. Mcfarland told of the wonder
full woman power in Great Britain.
1 five million women doing the work of
I the men called into service. THE
men were wonderful" he said, "but
the women were more wonderful Let
us never forget % be grateful to the
women of Great Britain"
He spoke of Britain that no. only
included the British Isles, but Canada,
and South Africa. THAT is the Britain
which we seek to lend our best, be-
cause of the spirit. Britain did not
have to go to war. She was not at
tackled, she might have been neutral,
but just for scrap of paper she went
to war. 1t was honr that moved her.
She found the pa.h of duty was the
way to glory. She was moved to self
sacrifice, to loyalty, what she did made
I
and faith that she went TO war"
In closing, Mr.. Mcfarland said we
have been friends of Great Britain in
this war, loaning money, borrowing
ships and we can never be separated
again. We have never had an alliance
with Britain and shall not require one.
II is hoped at the peace conference we
shall agree, for we are one in lam
guage, in law and in sympathy, with
the same ideals, with the same ideal
ism we march side by side with Great
Britain.
Stirring Speech by Mr.. MunrOe
The Hon. James M. Munroe, of this
city, made stirring speech in which
he eulogized the mother country and
told of the wonderful inspiration o be
gained from the study of English his
tory. England had good cause, he
said to resent the revolution. Who
was George Washington but son OF
England? Who was Thomas Jeffer-
son, but son of England?
He told of America being the mel :
ing pot of nations. He said this was
not the only war Great Britain had
won, and told of the battles of Trafal-
gar and Waterloo. THE more we
think we are Englishmen," he said,
the prouder we should be. This realm is
the realm of England and England has
stretched out her arms to civilized
nation for the blessings of the world
Prof. Sydney Handy, of st. Johns
college, the last speaker, took for his
subject, Democracy And The Eng
fish Poet" He said the ideals of a
nation are expressed in the poetry
He defined democracy from Chaucer
the great democrat, through Shakes
peare, Milton, Goldsmith, Gray, Tenny-
son, and having at the beginning ask
ed the question. who was the mos
Democratic of Poets?' he answered il
by Bobby" Burns, whose "Cotter's
Saturday Night" and "A Mans a Man
For A That proved conclusively that
Robert Burns has done more for de.
mocracy along the line of poetry
than all his predecessors.
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