Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-24

and take. Men exercise that spirit in
cples that govern individual conduct
;Ional relations WE cannot expect to
find any nation made to order, There
are manners. habits. customs, idiosyn-
crasics peculiar to the English. Some
customer to. but we have - ,bc ge' ,j nr-
Every nation has. Doubtless We seem
as peculiar to the British as they often
If there is British conccit, surely,
America is not guiitless OF cgoisni.
Againa; British reserve there may be-
Sc, American crudsness. And have not
English '.happics' their full compile
m ,rt IL Alncrica IN certain cmascu-
has nns' ,e and's su fnS afnas snl II hraM
which can hardly be "u d snIiSI'hs; :
h ,n,,,,in,, record in that respect UNI
Within two and u half centuries aficr
the FIRST colonlsts landed at James
Town, the, original Americans had all
relentless spirit which Frederick Oppcr
hictorrHy represented In the fronts.
p the e unite ii Nyss Comic History .:
trontiers'nan is pushing the las, Indian
INTO The sea at the poin, of his gun
hrn,h SAVING n, 10 MN. Move on, maroon
Every nation has sins that hang IIks
hi nna sbout theif nncks. II iii.
WIN It's crimes. In the fires OF a warn
war mighty atonement for nationaI
shni n mas Ds Irag going on Let US hope
leased. 80 ~
II the prejudiced American harks
back 10 the Revolutionary War ana thn
causes atl!at led to Il, we Invite him 10
rcah history Alright and TO remc;nhe~
t r,.i me leading statesmen OF ureat
~ h'i'nin IN the seventeen seventies were
In sympathy with the colonies In their
struggle for independence. Further.
more let him remember that tho colo
mes hid NOT make war on the English
people Inc American colonies mabo
war on stupid German King ON tho
English throne. King who understood
the spirit OF his subjects no better than
ne spohe their language. Even could
=" c1chr case be proved against EuglauJ
Il century and q half makes a vas,
difference between nations. md Ancr
leans should he too big. too broad TOO
EenerouS To carry century-old grudgc
ny every token Britain ana America
should be united. They a.c Of tho
same blood. They speak the same ban
EnaRe; Ihey have the same literature.
arc OF the same faith. Their na,innal
roots strike into the same soil Eng
!ish names are plentiful in every
Scotch. irish fh9p an9 WeISb Enslsh;
furnished the backbone Of American
G.,lzenshir. They enter into the very
hchrt blood or the republic For
more IMAM year tho ''foinmies" mn,
the fanhs" have been through haIj
together. But for Great Brit tin's ar
hcient navy II would have hcnn i'm
possible for the United states 10 have
performed the stupendous feat Of got
ing our soldiers TO France In rerord
TIME ana IN such amazing numbers
- distinguished Scotch divine sneak
ing recently in this camp. earnestly
aeploreh the possibility OF any Athena
tlon hetwcn the two great branches
OF INC Enrlish-speaking family III
sain frankly that England would take
more from America than from NM
othcr nation. He went SO far no "a
say that England would never m,th
war upon America. Not that She was
AFRAID, he said. but because such a war
would he a calamity for the world.
As president Wilson SO nobly st,.od
In ms recent Guildhall speed in Lon
don. there must he hereafter moi :,
balance OF power. nor one powerfni
group OF nations set off against mn
other. but single. overwhelming novr
crlni group of nations who Shall be
Inc trustees of the peace OF the world =
IN ms ba lance OF peace Great Bri,ai,
ana the United States Of America nrust
stand heart TO heart. hand In hand
shoulder 10 shoulder. mutually giving
ana taxing. bearing one anothcrs' bur
dcns. and SO fulfilling the high de-
mnnds OF Anglo Saxon heritage and
the law of international and world ne
ccSS!ty.