Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-19

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idle iream. Out here in the. Near
East II has taken practical form.
Wherever an American needs help,
wherevec q Representative or groups
Of American relief workers need a
lit there hpbs up q courteous British
off1cer or soldier intent on cementing
the entente.
Do American Red Cross personnel
need to transport supplies or per-
sonnsl from Athens to Rome to cen-
lqniki, the Rumanian coast? There
is room aboard q British destroyer,
Sub chaser" or motor lorry. For
means and transportation no charge
is made.
The Balkan traveller strikes a
lonely town In mid-Siberia. British
officers take him or her into their
mess. They speed Mr. or Miss Amer;
lea on his orHher way with q liberal
supply OF canned goods for the trip
and place a motor truck or car at his
Your people have been good to u.
elsewhere" they explain, T"and we
are only reciprocating. No charge.
Chalk it up to the Entente"
Between American and British
naval ofacers there is brotherly cam
ASA SVSAA Ao eSOo A&V
"limey" after ali is a "pretty good
old skate"
At salontki British omcers find u
Red Cross girls most bewitching. At
Belgrade American and British Of
f1cers< mess and knock about en-
sen1ble. In Bucharest they sit at the
~one-round boxing matches at the
Alharnbra from the same box.
In Constantinople American officers
head at once upon arrival for the
British officers rest house, where the
meals are superf1ne and the Sunday
night concerts as wondrous almost as
the army version Of 1.-The Chocolate
Soldier" in the park near 1.-THE Pera
In Athens officers and men Of both
English speaking countries toll up to
the Acropolis together and in Rome
the Young Mems Christian associ-
alton cinema shows and sightseeing
tours for the city include both Tom
mics and Yanks in equal measure.
In Macedonia the American Red
Cross men jocularly called themselves
! British Red Crossers" last winter.
III 1t 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 Mo-
vemher, December and January
said M Red Cross man.
II was bowling anti-English before
this war" added the Red Cross man.
formerly q sergeant in tie army, "but
I'm strong for the Britishers now.
They fed u.s.. they gave us food for
the refugees, they turned over their
army bakery. at Oxilar to. us. they
gave US transportation by rail and
put their lorries at U disposal. Any
thing you say about what they have
done for Americans out here in the
Near East is not too strong"
General Milne Of the British army
in the Balkans stood behind the
American Red Cross during the four
months ending February % when the
first foodstuffs shipped by Americans
for the relief of Greece reached
Macedonia.
Says Major Horace S. Oakley OF
Chicago: "Our whole Macedonian
expedition would nave collapsed had
it not been for the British. The Brit.
ish forces had occupied eastern Mace
donna and knew its desperate need"
Everywhere m zoe in the Bal
kans one hears the same stories
Everywhere. British officers and men
have Zone far out Of their way to heir
Americans on their missions. Amert.
can army couniem. United; States food
i misSiGn oficerN Near East relief mis-.
sion personnel in Asia Minor and Ar,
menia and members of the Balkan
commission Of the American Red
Cross all tell the same stories Of
kindness, courtesy and the. helping
hand.