The Alaska daily empire., 1920-01-26
France To America, 'en 6,
 l !s'4 Tribute of War Torn Ldnd To Gaitan Tanks '

{Soidiers, sailors and marines whc
 served overseas during the great conflict have just received from the War Department a booklet contain
 ing Frances appreciation of their
 individual efforts and that of the country under whose colors they so
 gaIlantly fought. The brochure is entitled ITO the Homeward- Bound Americans" and by the side of a photographic engraving of Marshal Foch is the allied eeneralissimo's $ parting message to Yankee troops: Comrades in arms of the American army, the vaIor and the discipline which you have displayed on the oattlefieids, were of powerful help to the allied cause" The booklet will be published in eight articles, of which this is the frst.-The Editor.)
 You are about to embark for the United States as the homeward- bound soldiers of the first American Expeditionary Forces which ever crossed the seas to fight on foreign soil At the moment of your leave taking, it is the purpose of this lit tie book to state in a few words what your presence has meant to the French people, to express to you their gratitude, and to recount brief ly the part you played in winning the war
 hn r,itinal of fEn struggle which had lasted for three years against German imperialism you came as strong youths into a country where the young had per ished. To the weeping you brought smile, to those who had been de- spoiled your generosity restored hope, to the fatherless children you offered joy. The summing up of these recollections must remain an inspiration to you and to those who follow you, in all future efforts
 Often, marching toward dusk, along some valley road in France you have watched the lights as they began to shine out from the windows of the little farm houses, while the mists gradually enyeloped all but the shadowy forms of objects almost in distinguishable let it be so in your minds when you think of France: re- member the innumerable small homes which almost two million men have died to save, and those hearths where a fire still burns, though the poilu who left it will never return. If any harsh thoughts remain, let the. mists enfold all that is not TO- monce in this war-the drawing to gether in fraternal love of those who have suffered. This is the prayer of France. Together with the gratitude of her living, there is the stirring memory of her dead. It carries it's message to you, as a blessing from those who, because of your gallant sacrifice, shall not have given their lives in vain.
 The Americans Arrive in Paris
 It was early in February. 1915, that the Kaiser made his first tyrannical assertion with regard to where he, would allow. the ships of his enemies and of neutrals to pass without be- ing attacked by German submarines. In less than a week President Will son had protested. His first note declared that he would hold the Kaiser to account if one American ship was sunk. or one American life taken The details of thediscussion which ensued are present to the minds of all,
 The point maintained by the Am erican Government was that citizens of the United States had the right to travel by sea. where and whenever they pleased, on American, neutral or belligerent ships To this proclama- ton the Kaiser continued to make evasive answers. In the spring of 1916. after the attack on the Sussex, he promised to modify his illicit at titude. But on January S1, 1917. with his customary bad faith, he de- clared that all ships attempting to approach the English or Irish coast. or any port in the Mediterranean, would be sunk without warning.
 Within forty-eight hours diplomatic relations had been broken off with Germany. On April 6, 1917, war was declared by the United States. This was the greatest event since the Battle of the Marne. It meant that German imperialism was to be van quished. America had taken her place definitely on the side of democ- racy and liberty. which she valued more than prosperity and peace. She was going to fight because she did not intend to become German.
 Already before this, the ideaiism