New-York tribune., 1918-07-05
.2Nations March
Up Fifth Avenue
Under One FLAG
Continued from page 1
spoke and acted not for single peo-
p1e Onlv hut for all mankind

spoke and acted. not for single peo-
pie only but for all mankind.
"Our case differs from theirs only
in this, that it is our inestimable priv
iiege to concert with men out of every
nation what shall make not only the
liberties of America but the liberties
of every other people as we'll"
1t was the longest parade New York
ever saw. Beginning at half-past in
the morning, when Fifth Avenue was
still drab colored in the shadows Of
the skyscrapers falling from the east,
it kept marching, hour after hour,
while the sun climbed high and flashed
brilliant on the flags that filled the
avenue, and then dropped to the west
and sent the shadows Of the skyscrap
ers back into the avenue from the
other side of the street. The wallis Of
Fifth Avenue were tapestried with red.
white and blue, varied here and there
with yellow and green and pale blue.
as the flags of the Allies mingled with
the stars and stripes.
Airplanc Flight Spectacular
The sky made bright blue back
ground for the clear white of the air
planes. which foated overhead, flash
ing like shooting stars for a mo-
ment when the sun caught bit Of
metal in their machinery. Twenty two
airplanes from Mineola sailed in per-
feet formation by SKIES above the ave-
nue. at o'clock, the largest display Of
aviation power the city has ever seen,
that made the paraders walk "Guide
up" and brought every man and
woman on the grandstand to their feet
hoi~ be
All day long the crowds sat-or
even stood-patiently proudly, unwill-
ing to sacrifice moment of the great
pageant. Some had brought their
lunches, and sat unabashed on the
curbstone while the history of civili-
zation tramped past. The grandstand
at Twenty-third Street was filled at
1880 o'clock in the morning. when the
police came on duty, and the same
women, with the same babies, were
still there at at night, when the
rear of the parade. 1t was quiet
crowd. conserving it's energy for a long
strain, evidently, and reused only to
excitement in the presence OF the
French and the German born who are
fighting with America.
The French were led by detachment
of sailors from the battleship La Glolre
and by New York's old favorites, the
"Blue Devils" If the "Blue Devils"
thought they had been forgotten IN
the weeks they have been touring the
Middle West or that New Yorkers nad
all seen and thrilled at them so that
they would pass unnoticed, tnelr leals
were shouted away yesterday. Ap-
plause grew into shouts. shouts INTO
Whistles and whistles into singing OF
the "Marseillaise" all the way up the
avenue, as America paid its tribute 10
France once more
The French in New York were rep
resented th1Ngh many civic organiza-
tons, SONG the women and ,,i giris IN u,
the pcturdYfue costume of brittany
The coming of the French to America
was represented by Jesuit priest
in war paint and deer skin, and there
we're floats of other periods of French
history. from the Revolution to YER
dun. Fifteen hundred and eighty-one
stars in the French service nag told
the story of France in America to-day.
The Americans of German origin re-
ceived an ovation of a different char
acter, which was dead silence at flrst,
as the crowd hesitated, and then be-
story repeated over and over again IN
tho banners that the Americans OF
German birth were loyal to the war
against the Kaiser.
"rhe United States is our fatherland.
We have no other"
"Born in Germany-Made in
America
eve believe III American ideals. We
have no use for autocracy."
Send the enemy sympathizcr back
to the fatherland."
Civil War veterans of German birth
riding in coaches were obliged TO rise
in tneir seats and acknowledge the
cheers Of the people. glad to give honor
where honor was due.
mThc spirit Of Sigel Schurz and