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Show Yankee Aimy Eulogized by General Pershing in London Luncheon Talk Commander to Head Great Victory Parade in British Metropolis Next Saturday; Allies to Be Represented. - V LONDON, Tuesday, July 15, via Montreal. A composite regiment of the United States soldiers, 3400 strong, headed by General Pershing, Per-shing, will lead the great Victory Vic-tory march through London on Saturday, July 19, according to the completed program pro-gram announced tonight. The decision to have the allied troops march in alphabetical alpha-betical order as to nations resulted in the place of honor going to the Americans. After the Belgian contingent, the French, a thousand strong, will follow, and then a small body of Italians, a detachment de-tachment of Japanese and other allied representatives, .The forces of the British empire will march behind the allied contingents. con-tingents. General Pershing was the guest of the American Luncheon club at the Hotel Savoy. He was loudly cheered when he entered the dining room. He thanked the club for its hospitality to him and tho American soldiers and paid high tribute to the British for their part In the war. Pershing Praises Personnel of Army. "It must have been with a- sense of great satisfaction," said General Pershing, Per-shing, "that you Americans living in England learned of America's entry Into the war, and with what Interest you watched the coming of our expeditions, the first, the naval contingent, under Vice Admiral Sims, who quickly recognized recog-nized that the difficulties, demanded an increase of craft for destroying submarines subma-rines and unity of command. I give him and the navy thanks for their attitude toward the army and feel safe in saying say-ing that never before was there such a complete unity of action between these branches of the service. "I won't undertake to tell you what the army did. But I want you to know that Its personnel was imbued with patriotism pa-triotism and devotion to the cause of liberty lib-erty and filled with an aggressive determination de-termination to carry out the will of our people at home. s Gave New Hope to War-worn Allies. "When that first division entered the battleline and fought a brilliant battle at Cantlgny, its success set an example for the future of the campaign and had an electrical effect on our allied armies, which had been fighting for three years, and gave them new hope. "Then came our efforts in the great counter-offensive at Chateau Thierry and Soissons, where, with the allies, we took the initiative from the enemy and maintained it to the end of the war. I need not recall what the American army did at St. Mihlel, nor how it fought an historically decisive battle In the Ar-gonne Ar-gonne which cut the enemy's line and made further resistance impossible. Enemy Must Keep Its Pledge Inviolate. j "But peace has victories no less than : war. Now that the end has come, it is for us to look forward to a solution of great questions at home and abroad. While carrying on this work and preparing pre-paring for peaceful years to come, we must insist that our late enemy fulfill every obligation peace has imposed upon him. It must not be understood because ve are not leaving a large army of occupation oc-cupation that we will not insist on ful- , fillment to the letter of all the condi-tlcns." condi-tlcns." i General Pershing said that the Ameri- 1 can army was rapidly being sent home, ; only about 200,000 being left. "It would do you good if you could see those magnificent troops," he added. "Their fine morale and splendid discipline , have been a great pride to me and other officers In the high command." British Journals Are Lavish in Praise. By ARTHUR E. MANN. (Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright.) LONDON, July 16. London Is making the visit of General Pershing and the American regiment an, occasion for tribute, trib-ute, not only to the officers and men concerned, but through them to the whole American army and the navy as well. Several papers this morning use General Pershing's presence, here as -an opportunity oppor-tunity for expressing again their appreciation appre-ciation of the part the United States played in the war. The Daily Mail, which is probably Lord Northcliffe's most representative paper and which has been one of the foremost fore-most in England in working for Ahglo-Amerlcan Ahglo-Amerlcan good feeling, .halls General Pershing's Per-shing's arrival as "the prologue to the great victory ceremonial of Saturday next." "The American commander In chief," says the Mail, "comes to express American Ameri-can thanks for the cooperation of our army and his soldiers are with us to bid (Continued on Page 11, Column 3.) PPJNCE HENHY of Prussia, brother of the former German emperor, who has added Ms plea to the host of others for the abandonment abandon-ment by the allies cf their project to bring the former kaiser to trtM. ' I jx AS I ' r f 4 I K t-x'J V 'v " v h 3 '''&jc&&x&mz& YANKEE M LAUDED BY CEIERII PERSHING (Continued from Page One,) farewell. It is probably the last time that any person now livmg- in this country coun-try will see American troops marching through the streets of our capital. It may be tlie last time for generations, if the hopes which are placed in peace are fulfilled. ful-filled. Pays Tribute to American Valor. "And while on this great and historic occasion Americans are paying their tribute trib-ute to the valor and energy of our soldiers, sol-diers, we on our part shall not forget what we owe to the United States, to General Pershing and to his men. Nor can we forget that the United States has now become our permanent associate in an agreement to defend France ayainst future- German aggression. This is the mark of confidence which we can the more appreciate when we remember with what determination in the past the United States has resisted all European entanglements." The Daily Mirror has some Interesting words to say concerning the value of American participation In the war. "Much ungenerous nonsense has been written or spoken about the American contribution to victory," the Mirror says. "It is enough to say that they came over and helped us at the vital moment; that In one prolonged and terrible battle alone they lost, alas, more' than 100, 0d0 of their splendid men: that their president eet the highest of all ideas before the peace conference, and that the moral influence in-fluence of America will be immense in the settlement of postwar problems. "And, If we need more than that, let us remember that the future of the world it is not too much to say the future of humanity depens on our " relations with America." |