Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-29
John BULL LAUGHS
AT YORKTOWN ROW
British Leaders See Every
Reason to Commemorate
CORVALLIS Surrender.
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have always been united by the same
instincts OF liberty and justice. The
English respect everybody who fights
for a good cause. They respected the
American colonists even during their
War OF the Rebellion. Some OF the
strongest defenders OF the Americans
in their fight for liberty were on the
floor of the British Parliament"
yet less than a hundred years after
ward, sir, Britain backed the Southern
States against the North in our Civil
War. You told the South that If they
won the battle on Northern soil YOU
would recognize the Confederacy -
that's why the battle Of Gettysburg took
place"
Have Always Been Friends.
what Of it? At that very time the
North had no greater friends than the
people OF the British midlands, who at
the time were most affected by the
cotton blockade. The people Of Great
Britain always have been friends Of the
people Of America We have staeue
OF Lincoln now outside our House OF
Commons"
1T is only statesmen who made
trouble, then?
yes what! Not at all. not at all,
not at all! The point is tAre
you sure you're handling this light
"Delicately. sir. Delicately."
well, here it is IL years after the
World War with no stronger feeling
tthan our feeling for America among
the British people today than desire
to help Germany. What the world
wants today is peace and forgetfulness
let bygones be bygones. What hap
pened $50 years ago in America doesn't
concern us. We don't care a rap. At
the present moment the British people
would like to forget the last war III
others would only let u.s..
To-day we regard the great United
strongest ally in the cause Of world
peace. Every true Englishman will be
delighted II the CORVALLIS surrender
scene is the biggest and most magnif-
icent spectacle of the celebration at
Yorktown or the bicentennial at WASH
ington."
How 1t Happened.
The actual episode Of the CORVALLIS
surrender rs portrayed in the Story of
England" history now in use at the
junior form English schools, shows: /.
The British fignting the French at that
same time, with the French Meet OF
superior numbers. 2. The British night
ing the Spanish, with Gibraltar and
Minorca under seige. 3. The British
lighting the Dutch. with the latter OBJ
jecting to the search by the BRUSH OF
neutral merchantmen on the high seas.
T. The combined Spanish French meet
operating In the English channel. supe-
rior in number to the British Meet and
an actual landing on the shores OF Eng
land being averted only by violent
outbreak of smallpox among the enemy.
5. Give trying to hold down India, with
the French making more trouble Tor
him. 6. A Wing duke in the House OF
Lords actually demanding that, under
such perilous circumstances. 1t would be
better for the British perhaps to with
draw their troops from Anerlca-ano
Lord Chatham arising from his SICK
bed, entering the House OF Peers, plac-
ing his hand over his heart. numbering
against such "cowardly course, falling
unconscious and dying o month later.
With regard to the actual surrender
Of CORVALLIS, the book states: Lord
CORVALLIS, who commanded the army
in the South, marched into Virginia
and took a post at Yorktown, ON
Chesapeake Bay, where he was watched
by the French force. He felt safe, as
Rodney had promised to keep the sea
open. Just at that time a new French
admiral Count De GraSse, rec ched the
West Indies with relnforcements emo
Washington wrote him to come 10 the
American coast. So he sailed there with
his whole feet and blocked Chesapeake
Bay. Admiral Rodney, in III health,
and on the point Of returning home
not knowing that the whole French neat
had gone to the Chesapeake, sent only
part Of his feet So when the British
attacked the French they were outnufn-
bered, 20 ships to 20, and were beaten
on. A few days later. In the middle o.
September, washington arrived before
Yorktown with part OF his army, Aftel
. march Of 300 miles. CORVALLIS nov
had only 5000 men against 10000, ano
his attempts to free himself were de-
feated. Gen. Clinton wrote from New
York that the feet would make anotnei
attempt to relieve him, but the very DAY
IL sailed CORVALLIS was forced by want
Of food and ammunition to surrender
with $500 men, 1000 Of whom were II
the hospital"
1.-THE spectacle In q pageant OF Corn
wallis surrendering to washington does
not come within q thousand miles o.
OFFENDING the susceptibilities," said j.
GarUn, perhaps England's most distin'