Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-12-18 | Page 14 | Haid Thanks Press for Services during War

HAIG THANKS PRESS FOR SERVICES DURING WAR I Amrrifsn Corrpspondgnta ' Cement Good Relations. I Marshal Declares. j y Associated Frees. j ruUK.NK, Iec. IS Field Marshal; llaig came to Cologne yesterday to make his Initial tot ef Inspection of the territory occupied by the British along the Ithlne. Immediately on his arrival the ftrltish commsnder In chief proceeded to the famous Jlohensollern bridge for a meeting with more than a score of war correspondents repi e- I sent Ing all the great newspapers of I the allied and neutral countries. , . The occasion was In the nature of a farewell to the writers who have leen accredited to British general headquarters and who finished their labors when the British completed their occupation of the territory assigned as-signed to them under the arnustlre. In a brief address, the field mar-shall mar-shall expressed his deepest thanks for the work done by the press in pre senting the truth of the war to the world and the hop that the correspondents corre-spondents henceforth would devote their energies In advocating everlasting everlast-ing peace. SWELLED HEADS BAD. To not let us get R elled he.uls nvr our victory, the same a? other persons did after U70," said the field marahal during his speech. "I wish to thank you." said General j llaig, "for the great services which you j have rendered during this war, which! indeed has been the greatest war in I hlntory. It was Impossible to do more j than ou gentlemen have done. j "You of the British press, from the J beginning of the struggle, have car- 1 ried out your work with complete uc-crs. uc-crs. Your dispatches have helped to Hive hope and courage to our families fami-lies at home and to enlighten the pub. lie an to the magnitude of Giei Britain's Brit-ain's effort In the great cause for freedom. PRES3 PERFORMS SERVICE. "The allied press reprecntati es have cemented the bonds of union between be-tween our allies end ou rue Ives by spreading the truth in their respective respec-tive countries by presenting our effort ef-fort in thwr true perspective. "The corresiHuidents of the I'nlted Hta tea have by their accounts tended to bring Mf out a better attiltide in America toward the British. They have shsred largely In producing the i I mutual esteem which now exists be- j j tween the two countries. Mhv this J feeling develop and long continue. j j "I hsve ulo to thank those re pre- aentativee of the neutral press who ' , have left the securtty nf their homes 1 and who have borne testimony to what 1 they have Been on the British front. ! In no previous war have the rela- i tions between the army and the press been so entirely satisfactory. I'erhaps i that Is one reason why we are at this ; moment on one bridge over the Rhine." !