LATEST WAR NEWS
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'(Received July 6, 0.25 p.m.)
LONDON, July 5. There was a great display of Stars ■^md Stripes everywhere in honor of Independence Day. At the American banquet at the »' Savoy Hotel speeches by General and Mr Balfour enipha- • sised the unifying effects unpori the Allied interests of America's entry into the war.
The American Ambassador, replying, said that America had entered into the holy crusade for the extension of liberty. He hoped that the result would be a perfect and permanent understanding between all friends of steadfast and free Government.
Independence Day was made * .great fete -in Paris. American (troops marching along the streets received an ovation. General Pe■sa,m, in a message to the armies, s^pl^— --e fc us saJut© our new fvrpthers in arms, who came with no thought of lucre or conquest, merely ■desiring to defend the cause of right and liberty. Let one shout go up ,-along the whole front:—'Honor to •our sister Republic! Long Jive the -United States!' "
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 158, 6 July 1917, Page 8
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179LATEST WAR NEWS Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 158, 6 July 1917, Page 8
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