From the Jackson County Journal, Sylva, N.C., July 4, 1919
King George has sent the following message to President Wilson:
King George has sent the following message to President Wilson:
“In this glorious hour when the long struggle of nations for right,
justice and freedom is at last crowned by a triumphant peace, I greet you, Mr.
President and the great American people in the name of the British nation.
“At the time when fortune seemed to frown; and the issues of the
war trembled in the balance, the American people stretched out the hand of
fellowship to those who on this side of the ocean were battling for a righteous
cause. Light and hope at once shown brighter in our hearts, and a new day
dawned.
“Together we have fought to a happy end; together we lay down our
arms in proud conscienceness of valiant deeds nobly done.
“Mr. President, it is on this day one of the happiest thoughts
that the American and British people, brothers in arms, will continue forever
to be brothers in peace. United before by language, traditions, kinship and
ideals, there has now been set upon our fellowship the sacred seal of common
sacrifice.”
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