The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-07-30
ENGLAND EVIDENCES
FRIENDSHIP FOR U. S.
BY Charles Sughroc
q w.s,.ro Nruxpan<r I Jnion
BY Clyde A. Beals.

London, England, July 3O.---Ev-
erything on this side Of the water
points to- the rapid increase of good
feeling toward the United States.
The unthinkalbility of quarreling
with America is only rivaled as a
popular newspaper topic by the i'm
possibility of war.
Friendly corporation with the
United States is for u.s." said Mr.,
Lloyd George in his opening address
to the Dominion Premiers now meet
ing in London, "a cardinal principle.
We are ready to discuss with
American statesmen any proposal for
the limitation of ornaments which
they may wish to set out, and we can
undertake that no such overtures will
find lack of Willingness on our part
td meet Them
That, however, only came as eli
max to what has gone before, and
served as keynote for what has
gone on since. The last few months
have seen a sudden growth of Wash
ington bUsts and statues in England.
The Sulgrave institution presented
three busts, one to Liverpool, one to
Sulgrave Manor, the home Of Wash
|ington's ancestors, and the third
went to one of the most sacred spots
in the British Empire, the crypt Of
St. Paul's cathedral. The "Heart of
England" Trafalgar Square, now
treasures a replica of the Houdon
statute of Washington, presented by
the state of Virginia.
The Marques Curzon, receiving
the statute on behalf Of the govern
ment said: 1.-THE two great branches
of the Englsh-speakng race are now
and henceforth indissolubly one. We
can never fight again. We can new
er even quarrel again.
This unwilling OccasiOned many
expressions in London papers to the
effect that England would never be
satisfied until Of her own initiative
she had erected al statute of Wash
ington in Westminster Abbey. For
England there is no more hallOwed
spot.
Statutes of Lincoln have also be-
come popular, One was placed in a
cemetery on Cation Hill in Edin-
burgh shortly after the United States
entered the war. About a year ago
statute of him was placed just
|
buildings, though it has been temper
aMly removed to have firm base
Built. Newspaper photographers
took snapshots at that unveiling OF
the Prime Minister singing 1.-THE Star
Span led Banner"
All these signs of nglO-America
| friendship are being encouraged by
British and American societies. The
most remarkable is the English-speak
ing union. 1t was founded by IL
Americans and EngEshmen in Lon
don on July 4, 1918. On the third
anniversary of it's birth, it had over
5000 members. The American pre-
sident is ex-president Taft, and the
English president is Arthur J. Bal
four. The luncheons and banquets
that the Union holds have become
the vehicles of semi-official an
nouncements. Ambassador Harvey's
formal bow was made at one, the
formal bow that caused so much
comment all over the world. Am
| bassador Davis made his farewell at
one. The Prime Minister has spoken
on occasions, as well as Winston
| Churchill and other prominent Eng
| lish statesmen.
There are several other such Or
CARNATIONS of friendship on small
err scale. The AnglO-American soci-
ETY. recently endowed chair of AM
| erican history, Lord Bryce delivering
THE first lecture The Sulgrave In
stitute has already been mentioned.
The Pilgrim society is another.
Working in harmony with all
| Il = ho, hoon Tho victty
of the Rotarians and the American
! members of the international Cham
Der Of Commerce. They both made
fine impression.
AS one expression of English
friendship, Sir Charles Wakefield is
presenting to Pittsburgh a bust of
Pitt, and to Washington, ID. c., a
bust of Burke, both of which states
men were decidedly friendly toward
America. "
On the Fourt hof July, when many
business houses in London were dis
playing American and English flags,
/ the London Times, one Of the worlds
greatest papers, published twenty
| page American section.
! Americans in England, who are de-
4 lighted at rthet signs of maturing
1 friendship, send only one comment
4 home to the people coming over to
plant more signs Of good will.
'fSome one ought to tell them y
one said, chat the English are very
reserve in their sentiment. They
never like to have it thrown on with
shovel. The Gettysburg address
contained 267 words"
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