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Show BRITISH THANKFUL FOR AID RENDERED WIKlIINGTi N. Aug. SC. -'rl'0 British Brit-ish embas-sador. .Sir IVi'il Spring-Uico. todnv eouvaved to Secretary llryan the thinks of tha Hritish j;o arnliialit to tlio American atnh.is:-udur at Berlin, Mr. Gerard, for a.aiating Pir Edward Gos-chen Gos-chen and Ilia Hritish, embassv staff at Herlin at the time of tlie rupture bo-tween bo-tween Germanv and llnland. Tha nies-aa refers to the K"'at as S'stauca of a personal natur.i rendered "to the ltntish nuibnssv bv the I'nlted r-ates emba.-sador and his slalf. It savs Mr.Alarard repeatadlv visited the embassv of his own accord, uudeterred by tho verv hostile attitudo of the crowd, and often at considerable personal per-sonal risk to himself, extnente.l many llnlish suVect.i from difficult situa lions. It added: . "It is a pleasure to me to inform von that 1 have received Sir Kdward Grev's instructions to rcpiest that the warm thanks of his majesty's government govern-ment niav be convoyed to Mr. lierard ui. ....... ....rsnnsl devotion and en- largv under these tryniL' circumstances, ami I beg von to be so t'ood as to cajse this appreciation of his kindly action to be conveved to Mr. Gerard, to whom, as wall as to his staff, his majesty s government feel thev ore under a deep obligation. ' ' |