THE ADVERTISED AMERICANS.
The American Fleet is having a.roj'ai reception in'1 Victoria'as I write. I'm glad of that, bscauso the Americans aro good fellows whom I love. Also, the Britisher looks on the visiting ships with meek satisfaction. The meek shall inherit the earth,' as heretofore. We love, our American brother,' and do not wish to fight "with-him. Tf we did, any sixteen British battleships could- cheerfully blow these sixteen Americans out of the watery- This1 is iitot boasting; it is a mere statement of fact. The Americans who choose to be the candid friends of their ow-n nation admit it. As battleships, in this year of grace these sixteen visitors are a mighty defective lot." We love our American brother, and don't want. to fight him. •Eut, by Jingo, if we.do ——! '
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 4 September 1908, Page 2
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132THE ADVERTISED AMERICANS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 4 September 1908, Page 2
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