Show fourth of july sentiment in edeland En eland new york july 4 A special to the tribune from london bays british and american sags hung from the pulpit at stepney meetinghouse sunday and independence day was celebrated with more than yankee energy twenty four hours ahead of time in the etrone hold of english conformity nonconformity non congregational church near stepney green was filled with an ease end audience consisting mainly of men II 11 A kennedy as chairman ol 01 the stepney siena sunday school made an introductory address referring in hearty generous terms to america the revolution 0 1774 and declaring that english men would have done the bamo thing under the game circumstances since it was not in blood to lie down and be trampled upon he also that america in fight inz spam was not nep leatine pabloc duty ai england and europe renounced their moral obligation when the were slaughtering armenian tho people of the united states were acting like an elder brother toward a younger one who beaded thorough chastisement he expressed a firm ballet that the result of the present hostilities would be beneficial both in the west indies and in the philippines after madame zipporah monteith had eurg the star y wangled banner from the t ool james L taylor president 0 the american Ame society oci ety delivered a short and address on the relations of the united states and england at the time of the revolution dmd on bigna of increasing road feeling now existing between them he referred during the eddress to special ambassador raid whose name was received by the andie oca with enthusiastic applause he quoted with excellent effect the closing sentences of mr reida of july speech delivered in lon don a year ago and the stepney audience brain applauded with great heartiness col taylor was followed by ur john kennedy almost the oldest ex chair man of the congregational union who was in charge of stepney meeting house for 36 years and took a prominent part in the sixties in arousing british sympathy for the union this veteran made ar earnest speech fall of good feeling for america stepney haa the honor of being the first english community to celebrate the birthday of american liberty with fraternal heartiness and cordiality |