FRANCE'S DAY.
OBSERVANCE IN AMERICA. j (By Cubic.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received July 18th, 0.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 16. Bastille Day was observed throughout the country. The tri-colour wa9 flown on all public buildings. President Wilson sent the following message to President Poincare:— "The Fourteenth of July, like the Fourth of July, has taken on a new. significanco throughout the . whole world. We celobrate the Fourteenth •s celebrated the Fourth. The war is being fought to save ourselves from intolerable things, also to save mankind." Mr Baker, Secretary for War, sent the following statement to France:— "Wo wfere comrades at the beginning of our democratic careers. France and the United States aro again brothers in arms in the defence of democracy."
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16268, 19 July 1918, Page 7
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