New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
British Unveil
C.. w aslnilngton's $
Bust i'm St. | Paul's
Harvey Officiates at Cere-
nony in London; Says
Patriotism Is Cround d
Of Universal Peace
President Sends Greeting
All England Joins in Trib-
ute; Graves of Amer
ican I'D cad Decorated
From The Tribune's European Bureau
C,......;sphA Z, 1901 Nav, X0rl, Trihune Inc.

LONDON, May 30.-All England
joined in honoring the American dead
to-day. In st. Paul's Cathedral, Am
bassador Harvey unveiled bust OF
George Washington, gift from
America, that was accepted by Viscount
Bryce in behalf of the British nation,
The bust of Washington, which was
presented to the Sulgrave Institution
and the Anglo-American Society by
committee of Americans of which
President Harding was chairman, is
situated prominently next the altar
in the crypt, in which also ard me-
MORALS to Wellington and Nelson and
other British heroes.
Only Political Reference
Ambassador Harvey's only political
reference was the remark:
"All history has been the record of
battles. We must place universal peace
on the grounds of patriotism and its
practical application rather than on an
attempt to change human nature"
One of the Ambassadors statements,
I
soldier and great American patriot
which are much the same thing"
elected ripple of applause in the
otherwise solemn audience. Rear Ad-
miral Sims and many British notables
attended the ceremony.
LONDON, May 80 (By The Associ-
ated Press).-A message from Presi-
| dent Harding was read at the unveil-
! in, pn,1tc h.
that the gift of the Washington bust
might "inspire continued reciprocal
| tion of the established friendship of
! the American people for the British
nation"
The message continues:
"Their gracious acceptance for lodg-
ment in the British shrines of our
common patriotism cannot but make
this occasion a reminder of the sacr-
! fees that in recent times have drawn
| these two peoples so close together.
In the greatest and most unselfish eff
fort that men ever put forth to pro-
tect human honor and treasured in
stitutions, they stood shoulder to
shoulder. They learned how great
responsibility they shared in the
world, how greatly they might dis
charge it when serving in complete ac-
cord and in alliance with other peo-
pies likewise devoted to human rights,
! liberties and welfare.
! "lf these memorials shall somewhat
contribute to the perpetuation of such
accord in such causes, they will have
| done for humanity the precise service
whose hope is the motive of the gift"
The bust's unveiling followed memo
rial services for the merican soldiers,
sailors and marines lying buried in
English soil, at which Dean Inge paid
tribute to their services and those of
their living comrades to the British
and American nations and to the world.
! These services were under the auspices
OF the London Post of the American
Legion and the American societies in
/ London.
Earlier in the day members of the
American Legion placed wreaths on the
American graves throughout the Brit
ish Isles, while Major Oscar N. Solbert,
military attache of the American En-
| bassy, and Commander Wright of the
Navy, laid a wreath of blue and white
flowers on the cenotaph in Whitehall
and a similar wreath On the grave of
the British unknown warrior" in
Westminster Abbey. AS a further
| tribute to their British comrades in
arms wreaths also were placed in
some twenty English cemeteries. "To
Our Allied Dead" was the inscription
on the Wreaths placed on an American
grave in the cemetery at Aldershot,
where a detachment paraded and
sounded the Last Post"
Premier Lloyd George, in message
read at the cathedral ceremony, sent
word that "in common with all of King
Georges subjects to-day, 1 am glad to
know that Washington's name and
features are now enshrined forever
among our great dead in the crypt of
st PauPs."
A message from General Pershing
said it was fitting that "the ties Of
friendship already existing between
the two English-speaking nations
should, in measure, be confirmed by
gifts appropriate to the dignity of the
| two countries"
Ex-Ambassador Davis, in message,
pointed out how fit it was that "Wash-
ington should stand in monumental
form on the fruitful soil from which
his lineage sprang."
Sir Charles Wakefield, announced as
an exLord Mayor of London, proposed
the donation of busts of Chatham and
Burke to America on behalf of the
Anglo-American Society, to be placed
where the Sulgrave authorities should
| determine.