South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-22
ANGLO-AMERICAN
ENTENTE IS REAL
FACTOR IN EAST
British and American Army
and Relief Forces Enter
Strong ComradeShip.

CONSTANTINOPLE, June 20
The Anslo-American entente is no
Idle dream. out here in the Near
East II has taken practical form.
Wherever an American needs help.
wherever A representative or groups
OF American relief workers need a
lift there hobs up a courteous Brit
.sh officer or soldier intent on ce-
menting the entente.
DO American Red Cross personnel
need 20 transport supplies Or person
mel from Athens 10 Rome. to Con
stantinople, TO Asia Minor, to Sa-
loniki, n Rumanian coast? There
IS room aboard a British DESTROYER.
subchaser' or motor lorry. For
meals and transportation no charge
is made.
The Balkan traveller strikes a
lonely town in mId-Serbia. British
officers take him or her INTO their
mess. They speed Mr.. or Miss Amer
lea on his or her way with a liberal
supply of canned goods for the trip
n place a motor truck or car at
his or her disposal.
Your people have been good 70
Us elsewhere" they explain. and
We are only reciprocating. No
charge Chalk il up 10 the entente -
Naval Officers Comrades.
BetW cen American and British
naval officers there is brotherly
camaraderie. And even the "gobs''
Fave come to the conclusion that
the limey" after all is a pretty
good old skate"
AT Saloniki British officers find
U Red Cross girls most bewitch-
ing. At Belsrade American and
British officers mess and knock
about ensemble. In Bucharest they
SIT at the same tables in the cafe or
watch the %one-round boxing matches
at the Alhamhra from the same box.
m Constantinople American Off
Gers head at once upon arrival for
the British officers rest house, where
meals are superhne and the Sunday
night concerts as wondrOus almost
as the army version OF The Choco-
late Soldier" in the park near the
Pera Palace hotel.
In Athens officers and men OF
both EnSlish-speaking countries toll
up 10 the AcropOlis together, and
IN Rome the Young Mems Christian
association cinema shows and sight
seeing tours for the city include both
Tommies and Yanks in equal meas
ure.
British Saved Relief Men.
In Macedonia the American Red
Cross men jocularly called them
selves British Red C~rossers" last
winter.
II il had not been for the British
army we would have had to stop
work up here during the rush-back
of the deportees from Bulgaria In
November. December and January.
said one Red Cross nan.
I was bowling anti-Enslish be-
fore this war, added the Red Cross
man. formerly a sergeant in the
army. but I'm strong for the Brit
ishers now. They fed US. they gave
us food for the refugees, they turned
over their army bakery at Oxilar 10
Us. they gave US transportation by
rail and put their lorries at our dis
pOsal. Anything you a about what
they have done for Americans out
here In the Near East is not too
strong"
Aid Rcd Cross I'm Balkans.
Gen. Milne. Of the British army
in the Balkans. stood behind the
American Red Cross during the four
months ending Feb. IS when the
first foodstuffs shipped by Amer
leans for the relief IF Greece reached
Macedonia.
says Mai. Horace S. Oakley. OF
Chicago: our whole Macedonian
expedition would have collapsed had
IL not been for the British. The
British forces had occupied eastern
Macedonia and knew It's desperate
need"
Everywhere one goes in the Bal
HANS one hears the same stories
Everywhere British officers and meu
have gone far out OF their way 70
help Americans on their missions
American army couriers, United
states Food Mission officers. Near
last Relief Mission personnel in
Asia Minor and Armenia and mem
bers OF the Balkan commission OF
the Red Cross all tell the same
stories of kindness. courtesy ana
the helping hand.