Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-17
BRITISH DAY AT
U. S. EXPOSITION
Constant DoWnpour of Rain Fails
to Keep People Away From
Show at Chicago.
MANY GUESTS OF HONOR
Charge d'Affairess colsilIe Barclay,
Acting for Lord Heading, the Am
bassador, Who Was In England,
Addresses the Great Crowd.

Chicago, Sept. 8. = Wednesday,
September 4, was designated as Brit
ish day at the United States War
exposition. Notwithstanding an al
most constant downpour of rain.
crowds focked to the grounds at Grant
Park.
The guests of the hour included Col
vile Barclay, c. B. E., M. V. O., Brit
ish charge daffaires, acting for Lord
Reading, the British ambassador, at
present in England Capt. A. l..
Snagge r. N. naval attache British
embassI Maj, Gen. J. G. McLach-
Ian. ID. SO, British military attache;
ST. Babington Smith. X. G. M. g., head
of British war mission; Godfrey But
Ter, G. B. E., head of the British bu-
reau of information in the United
states. and Lieut. Col G. G. Bryan,
head of the ministry of information
in England.
Mr.. Stanford White was chairman
of the British Day committee, and in
troduced the speakers of the day.
Mr.. Barclay addressed the gathering
briefly. He said:
| wish to thank you heartily for the
generous welcome which has been accord
| ed to me as representative of the British
government
1t is indeed great privilege for me
and my colleagues to be present here on
the day which you have devoted in honor
of my fellow countrymen who are now SO
closely associated with you and our other
allies in the great struggle for liberty.
1t is only due to the absence of the
ambassador that 1 am fortunate enough
to- be present here in this wonderful city
ON this unique occasion But although
Lord Reading is not able to be with you
in person, he has asked me to convey to
you message which | will now read
Following is Lord Readings mes
sage:
l regret that my temporary absence
from your country has deprived me of
the pleasure of being present on this, the
British day.
l feel certain that your exhibition ade-
luately represents the immense efforts of
che allies and America. 1t will serve to
Illustrate to every one the marvellous sue
cess with which inventors, manufactur-
ers and workers turned from the arts of
peace and adapted themselves to altered
conditions when the call came.
For years Germany has been secretly
making and storing vast Accommodations of
every engine of war and article of equip
ment, confident that by their means she
could at her chosen time obtain world
mastery
The industrial achievement of millions
of patriotic men and women, together
with the valor of our combined armed
forces, has banished that Prussian dream
and If, in the strenuous months before
us, we all drive ahead and work hard
and fight hard the time will be brought
nearer when Germany will be definitely
and decisively beaten. Then the world
will be remodeled on cardinal principles
of Justice security and freedom; and
force, violence and autocracy will be
swept away.
Capt. A. L. Snagge, r. N, British
naval attache, in the course of his
address eulogized the splendid Coop
Grafton of the United States navy
with the British navy since the en-
trance of America into the war. He
caused a profound impression when
he read the following cable from Sir
Eric Geddes, first lord of the British
admiralty, which he had received in
Washington prior to leaving for Chi
cago, lauding the American navy:
The lords commissioners of the British
admiralty on behalf of the royal navy
desire to express to the people of the
United States their profound admiration
of their comrades in the United States
navy, who in increasing numbers and in
complete unity are cooperating with
them in European and American waters.
The spirit which is animating the two
great services and the success with which
they are conducting operations vital to
the military and industrial efforts is daily
carrying the allied cause nearer to that
complete victory for which we are united
and which will insure the freedom of the
world.
Mr.. Godfrey Butler, in the course
of his address recalling the last
Fourth of July when the American
flag flew over Buckingham palace
and over the houses of parliament.
said: "On that stored spot and on
that historic day there took place a
public reconciliation, the formal seal
ing of an unwritten covenant between
the hearts of the two great peo-
pies"