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Show EXPEN8IVE POPULARITY Receipt of the London morning papers pa-pers should be as balm in Gllead to the bruised perceptions of Mr. Wilson. No matter how disappointed disappoint-ed the American people may bo In his surrender to British domination of tho Panama Canal, there Is at least ono great city, and ono important im-portant country, whore ho will hi-ways hi-ways bo welcome. London and Great Britain love him as a brother. His pictures will bo sold In tho streets along with those of tho King and Queen. It has not always been easy for an American President fo obtain tho approval ap-proval of tho British press. There are many reasons for this. The British Brit-ish memory Is long and tenacious; Bunker Hill and Yorktown and Sara-foga Sara-foga and Loxlngton and Lundy's Lane and Now Orleans and a tnousand other Blmllar causes of Irritation havo projudlcpd tho English people against their cousins ovor seas. Most American executives havo suffered In sllonco under tho contemptuous disapproval ot tho London nowspnp-I nowspnp-I , ,, i v. . . - -"-.' -- N era. Mr. Wilson labors' under no such handicap, since the British aro for him and have no hesitancy In remarking remark-ing it. It is .true the American peo; pie have paid a heavy irice for their Anglomania, but It Is worth while,) for British affection cannot bo too dearly purchased. Herald-RepubU can. - |