AMERICAN LEGION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19731, 2 September 1927, Page 11

AMERICAN LEGION.

COMING VISIT TO PARIS. LAN HAMILTON'S REMARKS. LONDON. Attg. 23. "The only reason why the 'Old, Con- ; temptibles ' are shy of visiting France is i that they cannot afford it," says General Sir lan Hamilton, -in a letter 'to the Daily Mail. " The members of the American Legion," Sir lan adds, "are able to enjoy themselves on overtime pay. but the British ex-servicemen are largely on halfpay, or no pay. Their coats are not good enough to be seen on the Champs Elysee. "Whether or not the Americans won the war, they certainly won by the war, while we lost by the war. A visit on a large scale is unlikely, but we will do what we can. "The British Legion will entertain Major-General Pershing and 270 American Legionaries in London on October 6, but this may be eclipsed by, the glitter of the Parisian pageant. '4 ' - "Nevertheless, "We will watch the Americans' march to the Arc de Triomphe with the warmest sympathy, because the proceedings at Luxembourg in July, when the Allied ex-service delegates met the Austrians and Germans and passed a resolution sternly condemning the emploment of force for aggression, will save those joyous demonstrations from misconception. The Luxembourg resolution is going to be the turning point in the evolution of the human race."