Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-27
ANGLO-AMERICAN
ENTENTE.


ENTENTE.
NNE MUST be struck with the
- frequency with which the an
nouncements come acorss the water
from the lips Of some British
statesman, or the utterances of
some leading British periodical,
that the British-Japanese treaty
must be made satisfactory to the
United States, that conflict between
the two English-speaking countries
is unthinkable, and that John Bull
loves his Brother Jonathan with a
fervor that passes understanding.
Now we get report to the effect
that Lord Northcliff is preparing a
journalistic campaign to educate
the British citizen in favor of some
kind of an entente agreement with
the United States. 1t is said that
this movement is the result Of Col.
George Harvey's recent speeches
and we'll known views. 1t is a sur
prising statement and it will in
spire new study and analysis OF
what our new representative at the
court of St. James really said on
these subjects. Here is an extract
from his famous speech at the Pill
grim's banquet:
"When l add that by universal
assent President Harding's out
standing attributes are breadth OF
vision. greatness Of heart and IL
deity to his race no less than to
his clan and no more to his family
than to his ancestry drawn from all
parts of the United Kingdom, not
excluding Wales, have indicated
sufficiently the reasons why he not
merely thinks but feels in the very
fiber of his being that at this cru
cial period, more distinctly than at
any other in history, friendliness
and good will should exist always
between peoples of the two great
English-speaking nations and why
through his representative he now
pledges that unfaltering co-opera-
ton for which in the apt words OF
our secretary Of state he has
"nositive genius" in achieving that
noble end and, as at any rate be-
lieve, absolutely essential aspira-
ton. I may say that at the outset
with the full assurance that while
charged naturally with the agree
able task Of striving to MAINTAIN
the existing cordial relations OF our
two countries, I shall fail miserably
in my mission, to the grievous dis
appointment of my chief, It ! do
not so greatly strengthen those
bonds Of friendship and mutual
.helpfulness that hereafter our re-
spective governments will not only
prefer durable agreements to ten
tative compromises as between
themselves, but will instinctively
approach all world problems from
the same angle as Of common aid
and inseperable concern. Surely
the realization of this plain purpose
would constitute a long step in the
direction Of the perfect understand
ing which would be bound to fol-
low. No less surely, moreover,
does that realization appear attain
able when, as / rejoice to testify
of my own knowledge, the king and
president see eye to eye and sense
the yearnings Of the peoples to
whose services their lives are
proudly dedicated"
Pretty hot stuff, that, now isn't
it7 President Harding's Fidelity
to his race" is no less than his fl
deity to 'his clan," and his fidel-
ity to his family is no more than
to his ancestors drawn from all
parts of the United Kingdom, not
excluding Wales. And he feels
down ''in the very fibres OF his be-
ing" that at this crucial period,
more distinctively than at any 9TH
er (period) in history friendliness
and good will should exist always
between peoples Of the two great
English-speaking nations" The
colonel then goes on to pledge "un-
faltering cooperation" on the part
of President Harding with John
Bull, and he hints at durable
agreements being better than ten
tative compromises" and assures
his British friends that President
Harding and King George Of Eng
land, "see eye to eye, and sense
the yearnings of the peoples to
whose services their lives are
produly dedicated" There is lit
tie vagueness here in the wording
of the coloners assurances. He
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