Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-25
Englands
w elcome
Nv Frederic j. Hashin

brave lads feel that they have crossed
the wide seas to the land oi ther
brethren .
And when he (the American
soldier docs 90 home what then
As We SOW, we shall reap and u We
sow we'll today, we know that when
he goes home. he too will SOW the
seeds Of everlasting concord. '--- odi-
torias IN London newspaper.
An Anglo American baseball league
weekly american nights at the worm
famous National Sporting Club IN Coven1
Garden, tens of thousands of BritlSh
horncs and estates thrown open to ADeri-
can soldiers and roaring ovatlons Tor
France bound American troops, arc some
of the practical manifestations of the
spirit expressed IN the above quotations
These two excerpts express also tho
dual motive which has induced the British
people and the British Government to
extend hearty and elaborate welcome ~
American troops In the fIrpt place, all
England s genuinely grateful Tor the
dcciave a,d winch has come from tins
country. Mud IN the second place, far-
sighted Engllahmen rralize Tint this war
presents an unrlva'led opportunity W
mako a friend of America. 70 combat MI
the nnti-T'ritish,sns that have So long
been current IN this country. such as the
Anrlophohia OF our school histories, the
traditions of British snobhcry. British
contempt for America. and British dull
ness
The Brltlsh are determined that after
this war, several hundred thousand
Americans will come home with pro
found convict ION that whatever misundcr.
standing the two countries may hnve had
in the past arc all over now TINT English
men have full and grateful appreciation
Of Americans. and that they are really
much the Same sort Of people wc arc
AMERICA Co-oPERATIHq.
Americans arc 60 operating in this
, movement a. the extent that the Commls
eiop on Training Camp Activities IS
thinking nf establishing leave arcns
IN England. siinilar to those N tho SAVOY
In caec this were done, most American
recruits would sec aomothIng nf England
| The chief difficulty IS the matter 81
| transnortatlon across the channel Mr.
| FosdicL ~ the commission. made q study
| of tbe subject on his recent visit nhroad
and tho work of tho British on behalf of
| American welfare was described IN tho
writer hy Harry y Strlnger, ono Of his
Assistants
| only fraction of the recruits for orr
/ Fxpcdiftonary Forces have the good tor
/ tune to pass through England Most ot
them % direct "a French ports ih"
| French welcome to shp-c = as sincere as 8
welconc could he hut France has neither
thc tlruc nor the facilities to entertain,
and bceldos these troops % straight from
seaport ~ camp.
H,t hose landed N ENGLAND. often
| amounting tn several thousand week re-
man on tho ISLAND from two or three DAYS
to ii many weeks while waiting ior trans
rsprtatlon arrnes the channel asiial
| eamt,s have been established for the
accommodation of the men dnuug thus
| hrtcf stay which the British puhllc and
the Erit,sh Cover nmcnt have scized upon
~ an opportunity for cementinR the
Anglo American friendship
NFusrArrn STARTED IT.
\ British newspaper, the Weekly ihs-
/ patch secms Ia deserve rh'ef credit Ior
arouaing he country to this opportunity.
| Other newspapers took NJ the subject
i with apIditv and The response was prompt
AMI generuilg several rich men immediate
i H. sent IN substantial funds with "htcn ~
conduct the work. but these were returned
s f5N fGF AffhAN lttNlhtAttIs ff'htt f''
nlanation that fricndlinces not money
VA. The thing needed. II stood out ioE
the throwing Gpen of British homes u
American soldiers which now srems 10 h'
IN ACCOMPLISHED fact ~ considerable eN-
tent. and Also for the adopflGn u NIner
can towns by British town lhis IN
yenlo,ls ldca = now beng worked ont i
!. intended. for example hat all \eV
York recruits shall be entertained b'
London. he sister netTopo.is, Man
chester - to adopt Chicago and LAYER
poo Philadelphia. while Worcester Eng
Iand and Worcester, Massachusetts Ar
Ia ,upplemcnt their ties OF history an'
sentiment with modern and praetlca
ones.
After few weeks Of hamm"rlng. tn
AUTHORITY. slow moving and tmck
skinned as II Is. had been reached by Tia
plea for Irieudlincss 10 Americans Al
American troop welfare department wa
established under the Ministry OF Ia
formation.
No private. general. horse. nulo .
motar Will lack for attention now. b
Dispatch rcleccd, Because American
welfare has been made part oi he Brit
ish war program
When the Amcuean recruit emerge
from the transport upon British quay
the first thing hat Is put into his hand.
a facsimile letter from the klng OF Eng
land. bidding him welcome 20 he coul
try. and thanking him for the timely aS
sistancc he renders This letter from th
king Is regarded by the English new spa
pers as 4 peculiarly happy touch.
Millions of copies Of the letter n IN
King Of England's writing Will be frame
and hung i'm the homes of the Sammles.
one Of them asserts That letter IS q ne
mage IN Anglo american history aud Il
a symbol from the King Of what h
people. one and all will DO for Sammy
1t Is this latter symbolism, and q
present fulfiilmcnt which partctllari
interest the Sammy, and especially whe
he learns that u thing rs dlgnltied as
letter from 3 king may symhollze thing
as enjoyable rs feeds, baseball games
and boxing matches.
tuoD AND BASEBALL FRIENDSHIP cENEN
There are two remedies which max
for n contented mind IN the Amcrra
! soldier Is the conclusion that one brt
ish writer reached ''One IS food, th
other j. baseball
England proceeded t. supply both
Feeds public and private, await a.
Sammy. IN Anglo-American ba cbal
league OF eight teams was oaganlzed, ans
il even allowed to play son SUNDAY
Thirty American business men IN londoi
helped IN the organization OF tins league
ii Nfr naldorf AstOr contribute,