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Show PRAlsSilCA Reviews Visit to United States and the Quick Action of the People. LONDON, Aug. 21. Lord Reading, the British ambassador to tho United States was the guest of honor today of the American Luncheon club. Lord Reading, after referring to the success of his mission in America as due to the generous good will of the United Stales, expressed his thanks for that country's tribute of high admiration ad-miration for tho efforts Great Britain had made in the war and tho valor and heroism of her soldiers and sailors, which could only be described as "one of affection and love." When he first visited America in' 1915, he found the country neutral but sympathetic. On his second visit he found America at war and added: "Whenever the history of the war comes to be written as to the part America played, very high will rang the achievements of tho administration administra-tion and legislature which passed the selective draft." On his third visit ho found that preparations pre-parations wore proceeding with redoubled re-doubled energy. He declared that. the events in the beginning of March had awakened America, and added: "I shall novcr be able to give expression ex-pression to the sympathy shown." When the demand for men was made that which seemed an impossible thing became a living thing almost as soon as put forward. At tho same time the British found ships, cost what it may, and, whatever else might happen. America would always be entitled to the gratitude of Great Britain and France. America Enthuses Troops. Lord Reading reminded his aud-ionco aud-ionco of tho change that had taken place in the situation at tho front since America entered. No American would want him to say America did it all, he said, but an American would want him to pay equal credit to the French and tho British and Italians. "Too many in tho past havo been inclined to think Americans materialists, mater-ialists, whereas Americans aro ready to sacrifico everything for an ideal, provided tho cause Is noble and just," he declared. "He said he did not believe that there was any room for criticism of America because she had not entered the war sooner, for the head of the nation na-tion did not feel that the time was ripe, or was not ready to take the responsibility re-sponsibility until the nation had made up its mind. Now that America was in the war one or the other of the world Ideas must survive. All-Abiding Faith in Democracy. "One thing that impressed any visitor visit-or to America, continued the timbas-sador, timbas-sador, was the all-abiding faith in democracy, tho unalterable opposition to autocracy, tho existence of which) Americans hold means war." "No democracy over sots out to plot . for war," he said. ! "True to tho American spirit," con J tinued the speaker, "once they havej entered upon a path there will never be any turning back America Is with you to the end, tho only end possible, that is, until victory has been attained." attain-ed." When the ambassador denied tho reports that he had returned to England Eng-land to draft the terms of an offensive offen-sive and defensive alliance between Great Britain and the United States the audience chorused: "Too bad; Too bad!" Lesson Taught by Germany. Lord Reading continued: "I want to say a word about the good service Germany has done us. Germany has taught us to know the good in our own people. We know it but did not realize It." Ho then paid a tribute to the part the women had played In the war, saying say-ing that they had done any and every service they had been called upon to do. He also said that Britain had found great strength in the patriotism of labor, and as a result labor had been given a better place In the world. He referred to the British victory of this morning and eulogized Marshal Foch. He asked what are the Germans now saying to each other; aro they realizing realiz-ing that they have arrived at a place where they have now begun to descend. de-scend. He udded: "Truth prevails, even in spite of the censor, more particularly the German censor. They must know that vIth America's assistance we can put far more men than they into the field. It is no exaggeration to say that we are almost al-most double in productive capacity. "The Germans may answer: 'Yes, but you cannot transport il.' "Well, look what wo have done." American Work Baffles Description. He then told of the gigantic Ameii-can Ameii-can shipbuilding, which ho said, "baffles "baf-fles all description." He was convinced that at the end of tho war Araorica and Britain would be able to work In closer co-operation and with better amity than ever before. be-fore. j "Provided we don't fall into -complacent optimism," he declared, "victory "vic-tory is absolutely marked out as certain." |