Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1919 — Yank and Briton Have Fought and Bled Together; Now Must Live Together [ARTICLE]

Yank and Briton Have Fought and Bled Together; Now Must Live Together

By P. W. WILSON.

London Daily Newt

Americans will understand that British friendship is today unreserved and without qualification. ■ In the compliments which one nation pays to another there is always -aa-.-element of camouflage; but in the present case the sincerity of the tribute stands out clear as the day. It is not only a matter of words and pictures and anthems. Momentous issues are being decided. As long as we were all laboring under the strain of war we had the strongest possible reasons for working harmoniously. We knew what Germany would do to us both if fle fell asunder. The worst stress has been eased by peace, and we need to be all the more careful to maintain the former comradeship. Trade rivalry: and innumerable delicate questions affecting the distribution of food and raw materials might cause friction if approached by either party in an ungenerous spirits .Officials are working at high pressure and are not always diplomatists in any country— ———— -———— We need to make it plain that our two nations will not tolerate any drifting apart. It is not a question which solely concerns departments in Ixmdon and Washington. Every one of us is involved in it, and it is for the departments to do our bidding.. If there should be any narrowminded mandarin in Whitehall who wants to make himself conspicuous at the expense of the United States let him be fired. The only competition should be in reasonableness. From the Pacific ocean to the Rhine there is disturbance and bloodshed. Democracies cannot afford to be divided in days like these when anything mav happen among populations numbering 300,000,000. Americans and British have worked together, fought together, bled together, died together. They have been foes and they are now’ friends. As friends they must learn to live together.