The Penn's Grove record., 1919-07-04
NEW JULY FOURTH

AN4ClAaNtA
should be a free and Independent Ma
ton. They set forth thirty reasons
why they should so act. After the
BATTLE OF Yorktown the British En-
pire acknowledged the reasons were
good in the treaty negotiated at YER
s%ailles, signed in Paris by Benjamin
FRANKLIN, John Adams and John Jay
and ratified by the Colonial Congress
July IA, 1884.
The study of American history las
let a lurking prejudice against the
Bruish Empire ever since, which has
been nourished the past forty years
by the political parties and the Irish
American agitators who have not got
I'D of their foreign hyphen.
But the union Of the two great
English speaking nations has been
brought about by their united efforts
in the World War.
Englishmen Endorse A~mericanism
English poets and statesmen have
been growing into the ideas and prin-
I ciples Of freedom and democracy for
a hundred years, so that in some way
England is more democratic than the
United States. To cure the prejudices
some may have against the British
Empire We publish the following:
Grateful For The Licking"
At a meeting in Paris, July 4, 1918,
celebrating Americas independence
Day, the Earl of Derby, the British
ambassador to France, and William Il.
| Sharp, the American ambassador to
France, clasped hands. That was the
first time in the history of repub-
lie that a British ambassador has at
tended a Fourth Of July celebration.
On this occasion Lord Derby rose to
the occasion and said: Il wish to
thank America for the best licking we
ever got. 1t has done US both a lot
of good. We are grateful to you be-
cause that licking taught US how to
treat children; it is the reason we
now have Australia and Canada, and
even South Africa fighting beside u.s."
He might have added that the colo
MES would probably not have had the
difficulties which led to the early
struggle except for the blunders of a
German king on the English throne,
and that American success owed much
TO the sympathy of English Liberals
in the mother country.
But since the German king was
beaten and the defeat led England to
a better colonial policy we should all
be "happy ever after" If England
can so gracefully acknowledge the
licking we a as gracefully forget
it.
Columbia Gusts Germania
London, March 27-The allegorical
e ,,,, ~ IoI-al
America, is to supplant that of Ger
mania and clasp the hand of Britannia
in the decorations of the British For
eign Office in Downing Street.
Before the war, an English painter
had been engaged to decorate the
cherries corridors of the foreign office
with frescoes of Britain's glories in
wal and peace. He had arranged to
paint a figure of Germania clasping
she hand OF Britannia as d part of the
decorations, but events since then
have changed his plans.
COLUMBIA, it is announced, will hold
the coveted position, while the goddess
Of Germany will be shown as "fallen
and %disgraced' as the artist says she
now is.
~ @A.AlIA q 0Ndu
Right Rev. r. e. Eyle, dean of West
minister, made an address in Westmin-
ster Abbey, London, on April 4th. He
said:
LET US unite in thanking God for
those, brothers OF the great Amer
lean republic, who have laid down their
lives IN a sacred righteous cause.
Their deaths are sealed by an unwrit-
ten, but inviolable covenant, our com
mon brotherhood. Their deaths have
laid enduring foundations of the hopes
ii the world TOT a future peace.
For their sakes we raise this day
our proud thanksgiving in this great
abbey which enshrines the illustrious
dust OF English-speaking peoples. Let
as render humble and joyous praise to
Almighty God that in response to the
CLARION call OF freedom and justice the
two commonwealth have not divided,
nor have the brothers of America laid
down their lives in vain.
May America and Great Britain go
forward, charged with the privilege of
the common stewardship OF the liber-
ties of mankind.
The Battle Hymn Of the Republic
and the American and British national
anthems were sung.
Common Law Union
Earl of Reading on his return to the
Lord Chief Justice S Court in London
on May 26th, after a visit to America,
said:
Il have found throughout America,
and in association with the American
bench and bar, a deep respect for Eng
lish law and a sincere reverence for
English justice that perhaps are not
realized in this country.
Il noticed in particular that the
common law of England, a common
heritage both of the English and
the American people, was a bond be-
tween our two nations, but the signi-
fcance of that had never quite pene-
grated my mind until | had had the
advantage of greater intercourse with
American lawyers"
When we went to America, exam
bassador Reading continued, the prob
lens Tor solution were indeed numer-
Gus and varied, but this was neither