PRESIDENT WILSON
DRAMATIC WAR INCIDENT. REPLY TO APPEAL FOR HELP. London, November 1. A Star correspondent reveals one of the most dramatic incidents of the war, throwing more human ligh* on the austere figure of President Wilson and showing him to be capable of warm-hearted feeling and impulsiveness. When in the dark days of 1918 Germany was making a desperate bid for victory and the British line was temporarily broken. France was suffering a loss in morale, and the extent of American help was uncertain. Mr Lloyd George sent an urgent message to Lord Reading, Ambassador at Washington, asking him to explain the situation to President Wilson in point blank language, stressing the need for every help America could give. The President listened awhile silently, and then interrupted with, “Mr Ambassador, we will do cur damnedest.” Had Britain known of this laconic but cheerful message with which Lord Reading was able to hearten Britain and her Allies she would have even more warmly received President Wilson when he came to stay with his Majesty in London.—United Sendee.
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Southland Times, Issue 20633, 3 November 1928, Page 7
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177PRESIDENT WILSON Southland Times, Issue 20633, 3 November 1928, Page 7
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