"HANDS ACROSS THE SEA."

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 3

"HANDS ACROSS THE SEA."

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'* LONDON, April 13 , Ihe American Ambassador m London; i . W ; fi 1 ? ; Pa ß«* replying to the toast of his health atHbe Pilgrim Society banquet last riight, said: — "The differences •th^tt*;]bave arisen m the immediate past -between our two Governments and peopl<s jhave been enormously exaggerated ? aa, tlie result of German malevolence the world-wide propaganda :tha)t has been conducted fbr years. Every conceivable device has been used to moke* a breach between us and magnify every . party ' disagreement (intp a quartfe-l. Nle\lert»helei*-Anglo-American relations remain fundamentally friendly arid 'Sttund. "One of 'the most important results of the war, next to the. removal of the German menace to free government, would be closer sympathy between Great Britain and the "United States. This will be. important" 'not merely to the Uiuted States ai><r'/ i Great Britain, but to all free nations. "We. shall get out of this war,", .continued Mr. Page. 'm indissoluble • companionship, and with indissoluble mutual duties to mankind. I <fc>ubt if.,thpre. .C4>uld be another international' event comparable m don«squenc6 and >ahtfj>. to r this close** association. I regard -Itia^y the supreme political event .of all.'history. There is good hope -that it will, assure the cooperation', of the- anajority of the organised human race "to .prevent intermittent devastations -.: throughout the world. Suoh* a union of purpose would be much less sure of success i* either of the great br ? n< * e « ,«f the f'Tnglish-speaking world were lacking;"* --- •