New-York tribune., 1918-07-15
America is happy to do honor to that
flag"
"WOODROW WILSON,"
Allies Arc REPRESENTED


Allies Are Represented
The American navy was represented
| by Rear Admiral Gleaves and Rear Ad-
miral Usher. Admiral Grout represent
ed the French seamen.
Mr.. Hughes in his address reviewed d
the historical background of the fall
of the Bastlie and touched upon its
significance TO dcmocracies every
where. lie also spoke of the calm, en-
! during courage of France.
We are doing more tonight he
added, than paying tribute We are
here to make our pledge. We make
our pledge to the people of France
We make our pledge. and it is the
pledge of a people able to redeem it..
We make our pledge that France
shall be restored, her beautiful terri
tory regarnished, that once more she
sholl be renewed in all her strength
Restored Alsace Pledged
eve make our pledge that Alsace-
Lorraine shall he restored. reread
the historic words Of our President in
his address with respect 10 the aims
'i our people m this str0 yglc In that
ndml rablc statement tlio President
voiced the sentimcnt Of liberty loving
America, tho sontImont that in the
horne the most shall receive the lust
recompensc OF her sacrifice in return
not to enrich her ~ the wrong of an
/ other, but ~ return, Just and right.
! 90 settle nm enduring peacc"
AZ each clause Of the pledge the
audience chcercd go loud aud lorfg
that Il seemed that u must burst the
wnlls and drowned out Mr.. Hughes
! agnin and again. Over the great roar
.,f 4
cry ~ "Nivo In France"
tven greater vNs the iiimult which
}'ord Reading tho hritsh amhassndor.
a% oAe whom he hniled the French. the
ancient enemies Of his country. as
"hrothers"
hat nn'ion. ! would nsk IN this
war has better reht TO speak for
\ the people of Frnncc7" he said
We have fourht side by side with
th"m Tor cloRc uron four ycnrs We
haVo stood together ~ comrades
might not SHY az brotkers through
'he long wears In the tronchcs, Mt tho
runs. on The lund, m tho air on the
sea. Wherever there has been lighting
TO be donn for the cnuse. there France
nnd England have steod from the Grst
20 fhp rnd
And Franc, Indeed. hns made the
greatest sacrlhccH Who shall ho able
p" 'ell of the scuurARcA and suTerinps
~ severity and an intensity which
frnnce has suA red which halic all
der rfip'iou, whieh NO human words can
ever portray to their fun oxtcntG And
Nri. VINO hall also tell us Of the oppor-
iunifics TINT France has had Of show
my To- u9. demonstrating TO the world
character which her friends have nj
ways aerrihed To- her, which her one.
mies havc learned 70 know. to be cx-
pccted Of her. which those ignorant
of her never had tho rcmotcst knowl-
edge shat France possessed? Military
T'nnS yes, to the highest extent. but
That nobility or character which France
haa shown throughout all these wears
oil this war is, | verify believe, a rcv-
clatlou go the whole world and will
ever stand as a record or what coun-
Try WIN great generous heart and with
ilne soul can manifest in time Of ad-
vorsity
att is not. indeed. strange that
France and England should be nsso-
cl"ted together now An, Mr.. Chair
man IN ,he past France and we have
ma our SORROWS. Indeed. might re
mind YOU, MIR. Chairman. that even
your country and ours have had theiy
pAarrels And yet. in spite Of il aIl
the result rs hat We have learned to
know each other better, and that
thr"NEh all the long years with France
sometimes We have been friends Moro
often ln the past am afraid we were
Ioes. But | DO not believe that ut heart
We were ever enemies.
We respected each other too much
We knew each Others value. and the
only r"Hson Why we we're uuarrcllinp
was that wc had not yet arrived at the
Iuli tiNr ot democracy. which is the
..f -
notion Nut France and England now
stand together more closely bound than
ever and those ties which have been
80 interviewer that IL viii be difficult
"" separate W ever Aftcrward have
peen drawn even closer by the advent
OF lais great country on whose soil we
are now standing When she entered
fhr war with France there was a great
rcrenc iiat'on 81 tho English spoakinp
poppo
The British Ambassador then traced
the rising tide Of liberty Of thought
and action, from the Magma Char,a ia
mo Pilgrims, from the Pilgrims to the
Revolution with Lafayette aud Rocham-
ocau, lenrning here what liberty meant;
rom them to the Fronch Revolution
and the overthrow OF tyranny In tha,
laHd
All Are nited Now
fo- day he pointed out. finds the de
sceudauts Of those who stood at Run
nymedc who landed ut Plymouth. who
tore down the Bastlle, lighting shou
der 70 shoulder in the greatest war for
the liberties Of mankind. And when
this war is over, he predicted, those
who stand ia alliance now will hold to
thAt bond and make the world better
and finer for It's ordeal
We shall realize then" he prophe
siod, "that we are banded together in
II brotherhood for the benefit OF human
~. We shall remember all those who
stood together That they would die #
need be. but that they would stand TO
. the end for the sacred cause. That