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Show MANY LANDS JOIN IN UNCLE SAM'S REJOICING iMreS ' . . . mm ' OBSERVES British People Co-operate in Thanksgiving Da- and Entertain Many from the U. S. Yankee Troops Celebrate Cele-brate Occasion in Boxcars Box-cars in Frozen Wilderness Wilder-ness of Archangel. LONDON", N'ov. 2?. Tlic American Thanksgiving day was celebrated in England En-gland as never before. The British peo-ple peo-ple cooperated in tlio observance of the anniversary and entertained Americana in many places. At all the naval bases the admiralty directed that the American naval units be entertained while the officers of-ficers and crews of the five American battleships bat-tleships in the Firlh of Forth ivere guests on board British warahips there. In 'Vsl-ondou the program included a football f same at Chelsea between teams of sailors and a midday dinner at Albert hall, where 100 British sailors were the hosts of 100 American tars. The British jaeliies came from Torts-mouth Torts-mouth by train and marched to tho hall with a baud. In the morning ,ftt the church for the army and navy, Bishop James Dewolf Perry of IShoJe Island preached and read the Bible lesson, l'or-ricn l'or-ricn Secretary A. J. Balfour, the Karl of Rending, British"ambassador to the United States; Karl Cur.on and American, French, Italian, Japanese and Chinese diplomats dip-lomats were present. Mich mass for officers of-ficers and men was celebrated at Westminster West-minster cathedral. Three hundred marines ma-rines attended with their band, which played during tho service. AMERICANS, ENTERTAIN NOTED BRITISH GUESTS. Major General John Biddlc, commanding file American forces in tho United Kingdom, King-dom, spoke at the afternoon services at tho Eaplo hut. The pilgrims held a luncheon presided over by tho Ur.ke of C'onnaught. Tonight there w ore two big dinners, ono of I he American society and the. other of the American Officers' club, where tho Americans Amer-icans entertained British guests, including includ-ing Sir Uric Oddus, first lord of the admiralty, bxird Mi'.ner, the war secretary, and the lord mayor of lxjndon. v' The American Red Cross supplied ail llio Americans in English hospitals with a turkey dinner, gave dinners to aOO officers of-ficers In different camps and distributed the l-esidenl's proclamation. Tito crows of i:,0 American ships, all the way from Gibraltar to the .Shetland islands, wore . entertained by British seamen. TYOUNDED YANKEES ATTEND CATHEDRAL. Scores of American wounded were conspicuous con-spicuous at tU-' assembly in Wcstmin-sUt Wcstmin-sUt cathedral. Special nrrang. ments had been made by the Knights of Columbus to convey the wounded in the various London hospitals in order that they mUht participate. The. ambassadors and ministers min-isters of the allied countries were present, pres-ent, the l" tilted Slates embassy licfiifi represented by J. Ihillcr Wright, the em-buss em-buss v counsel lor. H igh officers of the American and iHritish armies, navies and air forces attended, as did companies 01 the Scotch grenadier guards and repre-tentatives repre-tentatives of other famous regiments. The Right Itev. .Monsmiior Howled, administrator ad-ministrator of estminsla r cathedral, lead an address which was identical with one d livcrcd by Cardinal Kourne at Paris. American pri.'.-ts witii the a rmy and uavv in Krgland officiated. These were the licv .1. .1. Puff of Philadelphia, the Hev. ,1. Kdmanton of HrooUlyn, N. Y.. ami tho Kev. Kdn-und C. Stingy of Somh l'.oston, Mass. They v ere assisted by the clergy of the cathedral. At the conclusion of the s rvt.vs the cathedral oigan pealed forih "The Star Spangled Ha.nner" and " hd Save the Kli:p.- while onlside an Ain-'Mcan rc;;i-tiijiiial rc;;i-tiijiiial band plny-d martial airs. AMERICAN TROOPS IN ARCHANGEL DINE OFF WILD TURKEY Af AKfllAXOKU Nov. ss.ily lh Aw- w cialcl rr.'-s.l -So far as was possible In this frozen wi Iderm'ss. 1i.e Ameri.'an liooiis ia nortlu'i-n Kassia li-icd to oh-s.-rv an nMCishi.mrtj Aiacrt.-an IlianUs- f Continued on P.vrc Two.) mm observes" 1EHIH FESTIVAL (Continued from Page One.) giving- today in box cars, blockhouses, vil-I vil-I lam; hihLts and birch bough shelters and around eampfiros near the Holshevik lints, as imu it Uisu'e as was permitted by the exigencies of the military situation situa-tion was granted the troop.-. .Some of th-m at faraway points along almost im-p:i im-p:i sable roads had only their "iron" rations, ra-tions, but for the most part special treats were ser.t along tho way in sleighs. Some- of the men bad wild turkey, like the pilgrim fathers, brought down by rifle bullets in the wilderness, for their Thanksgiving Thanks-giving ncal. I'niike the troops In France, the fighting fight-ing Is not ended. All the lorces In tills area had Ptcsident W iison's Thanksgiving proclamation Bent to them, togetuer with a Maiement by Dewitt C. Poole, Jr., counsellor coun-sellor of the embassy at Archangel, ex-p.aming ex-p.aming the probable necessity of Americans Ameri-cans remaining in Russia until the job was finished and calling attention to the importance of the task. The Russian government here proclaimed pro-claimed Thanksgiving a Russian, holiday also, and it was generally observed in Archangel by prayers of thanksgiving tor the end of the war In France. The American soldiers and the diplomatic colony in Archangel began the day with church services. For tonight a dance at American army headquarters was planned. |
