FRANCE'S DAY.
A WELL-DESERVED TRIBUTE. [By Cable.—Press Association.—Co (Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association,) (Received July 17th, 7.40 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 15. Lord Reading, British Ambassador to the United States, in a speech at the celebration of July 14th, paid a tribute to the spirit of tho French people during their four years of struggle in whioh "their unbreakable spirit had risen above tho enemy blow." Referring to tho Alliance between England, Franco, and the United States, Lord Reading 6aid:—"lt is difficult to over-estimate the effect it will have upon tho progress of humanity and the peace of the world. The war is a struggle between two conceptions of the rights of man—between democracy and despotism."
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16267, 18 July 1918, Page 6
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116FRANCE'S DAY. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16267, 18 July 1918, Page 6
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