The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-27
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS


 beware against the German propa-
 that the English were not appreciative of what they were doing in the war. l I think the campaign waged to keep us from lining up with the allies, and trying to make us believe that Eng land was just as much our foe as Ger many, was one of the most insidous and yet persuasive bits of underground German4sm which has come to light. I believe that the Kaiser only adopted the submarine warfare after he saw that it was impossible to estrange us from the mother country.
 Now that the submarine warfare Is at our very doors it is well for us to give due credit for what might have been our predicament if it had not been for England's navy, for with it, it has | been hard to combat the ruthless undersea campaign of the Won Tirpitz school, and without it, in spite of our growing and powerful sea craft our trade vessels and ports would have fared still worse than at present. The alliance between the British enl- pire and the United States put the Prussian militarists on no uncertain notice that. in fighting for the suprem- acy of the world, if she conquered Russia, France and Italy and the rest of the allies, she would still have to conquer all the English speaking races, for the Anglo-Saxon will never quit until the Teuton is beaten, and
 this Germany knows.
 Now, in saying this I do not mean even to faintly suggest that France, or Italy, or Belgium will ever make separate peace, for all three of them have stood the acid test in battle after battle, and are still fighting gamely and effectively. I but used the alli- ance between the English-speaki races to drive home the fact that the l Kaiser has woefully misjudged the American public by thinking that he could scare it by sinking a few ships on the Atlantic seaboard.
 Before America entered the war was greatly impressed with a sermon preached by Dr. Ashby Jones, then of Augusta, but now of Atlanta, one cf the most forceful speakers in the south, calling attention to the fact that England was fighting America's battle and that this country ought not to sit idly by while our English kin across the ocean were pouring out their
 blood to keep us free.
 | Blood is thicker than water. A while i back William Roscoe Thayer, one of
 the most virile thinkers and clearest
 writers in this country, had an H. luminating article in Worlds Work on
 Anglo o-Saxonism.' rightly pointing out
 that the permanent friendships of na- | tions are rooted not in caprice but in Lcharacter. The stern call of the pres
 ent war has brought out the true char acter of both Americans and British,
 and this is why they are going to stand together until the Hohenzollern dy- nasty is buried beyond the hope of a
 resurrection.
 This is why the London Times, the
 'Thunderer," hailed the advent of oar
 American boys as they marched through the streets of London as a
 glowing news account of their pas-
 sage, but backing 1t up with glowing | editorial bearing witness to its great l significance not only to the British, l but to the Germans, for the Kaiser had I cemented the bond of the English speaking people in a way surpassing
 the hopes of those who had dreamed | of such union.
 Recently an Associated Press dis | patch from London said: Few com
 muniques issued by the French conl-
 mand have contained statement more vital to the ultimate issue of the battle than those references to the soldiers
 of America in action." writes the mili- tary correspondent of the Daily Ex- press.
 Commenting editorially the same newspaper said: "The Germans may
 read their certain doom in the spirit and skill of the Americans in the fight at Veuilly. During the past week the transport of American troops across the Atlantic has been quicker than we dared to hope for. Better still, the
 quality of the officers and men has as- founded the most competent military judges. Germany will find herself in
 the last great fight faced by troops
 equal to the best Europe has ever rro- duced."
 As Joseph Chamberlain said at Bir-
 mingham on the 11th of May, 1893,
 when speaking of arbitration and the
 United States
 There is a powerful and generous nation. They speak our language
 They are bred of our race. Their
 laws. their literature. their standpoint
 upon every question, are the same as
 ours the more cordial. the fuller and the more definite these ar
 engagements are, with the consent ot both peoples the better it will be foi
 both and for the world: and even go
 so far as to say that, terrible as war
 may be. even war itself would bt . cheaply purchased if, in great and noble cause, the Stars and Stripes ana
 the Union Jack should wave together , over an Anglo-Saxon alliance"
 Now that these prophetic words have co,,,a tr,Ia let us remember that wh CT