Evening star., 1918-07-04
Observance Of Independence
Day General in France
Ml. and England.
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GROWN, as by the children of those
who sadly admitted the loss Of one
of that crowns choicest Jewels.
what has been a day Of anger on
one side and grief on the other has
become for both a day Of affection
and rejoicing.
IF some political connection had
been preserved. said viscount Bryce.
the war Of us12, an unmixed evil for
both nations, would have been avoid
ed, and though the colonies would
have become practically self-govern-
ing, like Canada. the mediation OF
the mother country probably would
have averted the war of secession and
assured the peaceable extinction of
slavery.
Too Powerful a Single State.
"On the other hand" he continued.
'it may have been well for us and
the world that no state so powerful
as Great Britain and America united
would have been should have grown
up. A state so immensely strong
might have led into aggression and
injustice by thirst for world dominion
"a passion whose fatal consequences
we see in the moral degradation of
Prussianized Germany"
viscount Bryce said that the bitter
ness of 1776 never could have arisen
had the will of the British people
ruled then as it rules today.
THE severance came" he declared.
because we had then a perverse
court and a non-representative par
lament"
Englishmen scarcely yet realized the
new departure America took when
she entered the present war.
But" he continued. when Amer
lea saw every principle of right over
ridden. every sentiment of humanity
cast to the winds, America strobe
forth in her strength. Duty called
on her to save the world. and she
answered the call of duty.
While in American cities the older
men have been watching with breath
less anxiety for every report along
the cables from the imperiled front
in France. we see the young soldiers
of America come swarming over the
ocean in an ever-growing host which
They come with the passion of cru.
saders, eager to bear the shock OF
battle in a sacred cause.
New World to Mend the Old.
'The new world has come to re-
dress the balance of the old. Its
fresh and fiery spirit has the promise
of victory
.''This spirit, this zeal to serve the
cause of right, this sense of common
duty and common purpose, these
perils which the American and Brit
ish soldiers-citizen armies drawn
from the people-are facing side by
side-all this has brought Great Brit
ain. and America closer than ever
they were under one government be-
fore that far-off day of independence
which we are celebrating here.
Now these things will be the
surest pledge Of affection and Co
operation in the future. stretching
before US as far as human thought
can reach. Britain and America to
quote and adapt the famous words Of
Pitt have altogether led the world
of freedom by their example. To.
for freedom by their exertions."
y Admiral Sims Speaks.
Remarking that the press had en-
phasized the fact that American troops
had been brigaded with the British
and French, Admiral Sims said he
wanted to call attention to the fact
that for nearly a year all the Ameri-
had been. brfgaded with British and
other allied forces. A majority Of the
cestroyers from the United States had
been serving under the military direc-
than year. Others were serving
with the British in the Mediterranean.
Many destroyers and other vessels
were under French command. and
attic American dreadnaughts had
been serving under the commander
in-chief of the grand feet.
TT is unnecessary" said Admiral
this has no connection with the
competence of the admirals to direct
their own forces From the very be-
ginning 1t was established as an in
flexible policy that unity Of command
and direction was a prime requisite
for success"
America to Do More.
rhe American forces, he declared.
were small compared to the united
naval forces, but they had performed
their duties to the. satisfaction of
their supreme commanders. Ameri-
cas- naval effort was not at an end.
although she has in the European
waters $50 ships, 5000 officers and
10000 men serving in all the Euro
pean areas from the Adriatio to the
White sea-
times the present number Of destroyers
will be fighting with the allies and more
than $50 submarine chasers will be In
the war zone. More than half OF them
are here now.
"The submarine campaign has been
met" the admiral asserted. "At the
present time the allies are sinking sub
marines faster than they are being built
and building ships faster than they are
being sunk"
Merchant tonnage will increase rapidly.
continued the admiral, as the building
program in America reaches its full de-
veiopment In the near future. Admiral
Sims concluded:
1T is idle to prophesy how long the
war will last. The only definite state
ment that can be made Is that 1t will
last until Germany is thoroughly