New-York tribune., 1918-07-15

perialistic tyranny and ambition. For
this sacred cause the valiant American
soldiers are fighting on French soli,
and of late on Alsatian soil.
~ send to their parents, their moth =
ers. their wives, their children, to nil
those whom the war has momentarily
separated from those brave men, the
assurance that they are and Will be
treated by France with the same al
fecton as her own children, and that
we will consider them not only as our
brothers in arms, but as brothers by
adoption, for whom shall be reserved
forever a place at the family hearth
"Those who have fought together for
liberty will remain united to each
other by indissolublc links. express
to the whole American people my ad-
miration and my wishes for victory"
81 sec the Allied armies marching
through the great triumphal arch where
once the German Emperor and Bis
marck and all his generals passed in
their arrogance" Myron T. Herrick
wrote. az follow them down the Champs
Elysees to the Place de la Concorde, to
the statues of Strassburg and Metz.
see that supreme moment in the his
tory Of the war when finally and rev
erently the emblcms Of mourning will
be removed from the statues Of the en-
shaved provinces. That must be the
supreme moment Of the war for France
and for all who have fought for France
If am alive | shall be there, and if |
am dead J feel that my spirit will re-
turn for Just that one moment"
Elihu Root wrote of the great debt
that America owes to France for her
aid during the Revolution
eve cherish with the pride of friend
ship" his message read in part, "the
charm and the romance and the beauti
full love Of country that are inseparable
from the memories Of France; but
something more than this urges US to
celebrate the taking of the Bastille as
symbol Of the century-long struggle
Of France for the right Of self govern
ment and equal laws and freedom from
autocratic rule.
General Wood said in his message:
We honor France for what she has
done and for what she is doing, and we
look with confidence to her influence
for better world in the days to come.
In time of peace she has been the
leader in arts and letters and in the
ways of civilization. In war she has
shown us how to do great things, how
to suffer much and to say little. how to
sacrifice everything that just and right
may prevail, that government of the
people, by the people, for the people
shall not perish from the earth"
Secretary Daniels in his speech
touched briefly on the work that IS he
ing accomplished by the United States
navy
we are constructing ships as RAPIDLY
as as facilities can be provided" he said
ana before long the submarine menace
viii be ended forever"
n, we of the navy" he continued
nave ties to the French So strong thai
July "a TO US is another July 4. 1t is
70 hochambeau and De Grasses and the
other naval heroes that we owe a deb+
may IN noo we We Will never pay if we send
invasion"
Mr.: Daniels referred to the fact that
me french navy was the first to salute
the American flag on the high seas
and that the French people had re-
celved John Paul Jones. the first great
ulchre no 7Vp-
Referring to the gift of the statnc
OF Liberty by France, he said:
=. 1T was not until recently that this
Statue Of Liberty, hailed bv ever man
mat came to America and the last OBJ
Ject his eye rests upon as he leaves
me shore. was Illuminated by night
put when Frances soul came TO be
known to the world it illum mated the
World as the light now illuminates the
traveller IN and out OF New York"