| Show PRINCE rRAI PRAISES I LU I Si I PART rAHI 1 x IN INV AR VI A AH H Heir Heir r to British Throne Is IsI IsI Isi I i Guest of National J I 1 Press Club J St Ii By Associated Press 1 WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Nov 12 The Prince Pr-nce o a started the second da ot his stay in Washington with aa a a. a visto to the national hea headquarters quarters of ff the American Red Cross where the le national national and district leaders of the or- or were pr presented to him Afterward he inspected the memorial and visited the Walter Reed hospital The prince last night gave out a a. message me message sa e of greeting to the tha American AmerIc n I people in which h he paid a warm warm tribute to the part played in the world I ware war warby by the army and navy of ot the United States The prince delivered his in person at the National Press club and it marked the termination tion of probably as strenuous a day as heir to the British throne has hag spent since he landed on the i Am American continent I r am very glad he said to to take of t the invitation of ot the National National National Na Na- Press club to send a few words of or greeting to the American people on my first arrival al in their beautiful cap- cap It would have been a great regret regret re- re gret grer to me had the presidents president's illness unhappily prevented me from fulfilling my keen desire to visit the United Stares States this year and for this personal reason as we wel 1 l as for much wIder ones I rejoice In his steady improvement PR PRAISES FORCES What I want to say to you is easily said It is to tell the American people people people peo peo- through you with what pleasure I recall my visit to their gallant g forces in Europe last winter and how glad I am now to be bo making acquaintance with the groat great people from whom those forces came 1 I was able to visit several several several sev sev- eral of your divisions in France and andI Germany and also the very smart I Sixth battle squadron which you sent to Join the Grand fleet in the tha North I sea The spirit of your soldiers and sailors officers and men appealed to tome tome tome me very strongly and made me wish to know their country and their own kin km Tho The rapidity of your organization moreover enabled me to realize with what devotion and what strength this mighty nation can espouse a noble cause Now that I am really here in he the United States I fe feel l that my anticipation tion Uon will be completely fulfilled Your institutions your our ways of life Ufe your alms aims are as democratic as s ours and the atmosphere In which I find myself Is the same Invigorating and familiar at atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere at- at which I have always noticed in my American merican friends Responding to a toast by bv Vice Vic PresIdent Pres PrE President ident Marshall l at the dinner at th the e Belmont home Prince Edward said in part As you know I have recently been traveling in Canada and I am the tho richer rich rIch- er since that three months' months Journey by bya a a. wonderful experience I came here therefore not only as an Englishman and nd as a representative of ot the British I empire but also as a Canadian who isas Isas is isas as intimately and personally concerned as you yourselves In the life of this North American continent The BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish empire is held together by the common alms aims and the united sentiment of five sister nations all of which are devoted to the same cause of democratic democratic democratic demo demo- cratic self government But Canada shares with the United States the splendid territories of this rich continent con con- She is divided from you byno by byno byno no physical barrier no military line no frontier other than a a. boundary guaranteed by hy international law and I good will North of that Lt frontier we cherish cherish- our British institutions our II British form of freedom our British allegiance to the king South of it you cherish equally the institutions Into which the American citizen Is born The forms are different but the human hu- hu human human hu hu- man aim of ot both systems of government government government govern govern- ment is the same MILITARISM TED I It seems to me that this example example of nations living side by side in a a. spirit I of political tolerance and human liberty lib lib- liberty lib lIb- erty is entirely with the I militarism which threatened Europe inthe Inthe in inthe the great war and is thus a living exI example example ex ex- ample e of ot the great principles for tor which I we gave our best in that terrible or orI ordeal or- or deal As the representative here of ot the British empire and also also I I hope I Imay Imay Imay I may say say say-as as a friend and great admirer ad- ad admirer ad ad- miI-er miI of the American people I re reI reflect re- re I Elect with pride that our common vIctory victory victory vic vIc- II tory was a a. victory for the ideal to we with our institutions and andI I you with yours have given practical shape upon this continent for a a. hundred hundred hundred hun hun- I dred years |
