Show I I HOMAGE r I RENDERED FATHER MR OF AMERICA THREE NATIONS BIND TIE O OF 01 FRIENDSHIP AT THE TOMB OF GEORGE WASHINGTON Representatives of England and France Franc Join with with High Government Officials Officials' In Pilgrimage to 4 Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Va The TIie The flags O ot oj f Great Britain France and anil the tue United Unite d States non floated tell prou proudly ly together on 01 1 Sunday over oyer the tomb of George Wash Wah ington Beneath them spokesmen o otile of oi f the tile three great democracies cles paid homage homage hornage hom horn age to Americas America's soldier and statesman statesman states man and pledged themselves each t to o the other In the tIle name name of of the dead deall t to o oo oe prosecute the tile present mighty struggle e against autocracy on he himself himself him self had followed followell In In bringing America Amerl Ameri ea ca a Into Inlo being In groups of twos and three an eminent eminent emi emi- nent neat gathering Including the members of the French and British war commissions com cote mi missions the presidents president's cabinet nn and members of congress had strolled up through the sloping grounds from the tile river hank bank until perhaps half a hundred hun dred tired people stood with bared heads in inU ina a U semicircle before the tile tomb I Ia Without formality Secretary Daniels motioned to M. M Vivian minister of justice and former premier lemler o of France who Wilo advanced slowly Into the tile center Before the tile tomb of Washington ashl whose efforts towards liberty his own ancestors ancestors ances ances- tors toi-s had 1111 gloriously hided bided M. M Vivian Viviani delivered an nn address in which the tue whole force of his itis emotional power deepened by the tile significance and amI somberness som som- somberness berness of the tite occasion fought for expression Then came forward Arthun James Balfour foreign secretary of Great Britain who stood for a moment luculent in silence a tall tail erect kindly figure Overcome O with all that the situation meant in the tile lives of the two great Saxon Anglo countries Mr Balfour abandoned his llis decision not to speak d gave expression to a few poignant sentences evidently straight from the tile heart England has h honored norell Wash Wash- ington as she had never before he lIe said Marshal Joffre victor of the Marne and idol of the French people spoke two brief sentences In the trench French army all venerate the tue name and memory of of Washington I respectfully salute here ilert the great soldier soldier soldier sol sol- sol sol- dier and la lay upon his tomb the tIle palm we offer our soldiers who wilo have died for their countr country |