POETIC PRAISE
GIVENENGLAND
BY ALASKAN
Frederic R. Bard, president of the
Alaska Copper Company, operating
near Strelna, contributes the follow
ing poem to the New York Evening
Post:
TO ENGLAND
England, thy deeds acclaim in thee in
this war!
Since that grave day when from its
peaceful sheath
Thy sword leaped forth at Belgium’s
cry, ’till now,
Thou hast been wonderful. Nor do we
thus
Forget nor dim the glory that is theirs
Of comrade nations, nor our own great
part.
For what could mar the marvel of the
tale
That shall be told by firesides through
long years?
How tiny Belgium stood forth alone
And kept the road against the Teuton
horde
’Till help could gather; knowing well
the price
She yet would pay for her fidelity.
And France! Proud, debonair, heroic
France.
What anguish has been her’s, so nobly
borne,
What near-defeat, what consummate
success.
“They shall not pass!” she said—and
kept her word.
And all the world is lover to her now,
Ardent, adoring, eager to be kind.
And Italy! The land of sunny skies
And careless, laughter, and the easy
life.
WTio would have dreamed the spirit
of Old Rome
So grim possessed her legions they
could rise
From dire defeat to such a victory
As Caesar knew not even at his
prime?
We of the western world were slow
indeed
To grasp the meaning of the sudden
strife
That seemed so needless and so far
away,
Yet was in fact so vital and so near.
But when we did, throughout our
wrathful land
Its countless freemen rose in stern
resolve
That Rule by Force must cease upon
the earth.
What we accomplished in one tireless
year
We do not boast of, History will tell;
But we rejoice that when the last
retreat
Turned to offensive that was never
stayed,
Our flag was there, in time, and in the
van.
But England, thou, of all, didst face a
task
So huge proportioned, of such varied
need,
It might well have appalled thine own
stout heart.
Treason at home, in parley with the
foe;
Intrigue abroad, imperiling thy rule
In distant climes; and from the sever
seas
To thee as mistress, the insistent
voice
Of Commerce calling for a saf<
highway.
And just across the Channel, day b;
£ay,
Some fortress crumbling, some vaii
hope outlived,
Some dastard deed by the advancin;
Hun,
And pale lips asking, “When wil
England come?”
And from the north, each day, a whit
pered tale
Of stealthy cruisers, stealing throug!
the mist,
Out-bound upon their long-planne
pirate raid.
And the world waiting; “What wi
England do?”
There is not space to tell what Enj
land did.
How through a thousand patient day
and nights
Amid the tempests, and the bafflin
fogs
Of that bleak northern sea, her splei
did fleet
Maintained its vigU and its ehallem
grim,
So that the valunted navy of the ft
Adventuring once, slunk back at
came no more—
gave in surrender! That tale ful
told
Would be an epic in itself.
And then
How the first gallant army England
sent,
Gathered in haste, outnumbered ten
to one,
Fought, held its stubborn ground, and
died at last
As did the Greeks at old Thermopylae.
And then again: How nobly to her
call
Each child of England answered with
its sons,
Its treasure, and its women’s toll. So |
swift,
So prodigal in measure, they sur
passed
All rules of filial duty and proclaimed
What sort of mother England really is.
And thus was marshalled to her use,
a force
The greatest any nation ever raised
Without conscription.
There were other things
That England did, each stern exacting
day,
Of equal value. And she did them all
With the disdain for show, the
steadiness
Of phrpose, the indomitable will,
That are a part of all her history.
Were friendly lands, perchance, in
straits for food?
She brought it quickly. Armies to be
moved?
She sent her convoys. Rose an urgent
need
Of guns and shells on some uncertain
field?
Promptly she made her share and
carried them.
When any Ally showed an empty
purse,
She filled it—’till at last we brought
our gold—
And every battlefront beheld her flag,
And every hostile part of her warrior
ships
Blockading close. While o’er the open
seas
Her dauntless merchantmen voyaged
ceaselessly,
Keeping the contacts of the marts of
trade.
So in the darkest days when anxious
groups
Spake thus among themselves: “Rus
sia is gone,
And Italy is down, France sorely
pressed,
Ourselves unready. Is the end at
hand?”
Each,time some confident, clear voice
would cry,
“England will never yield!” And all
that heard,
Knowing the words were true, took
heart again.
And thus she shepherded the Allied
Cause,
Magnificent through four prodigious
years.
STILL GOOD HORSEMAN
ALTHOUGH WITHOUT LEGS
PARIS, April 19 (Correspondence
of the Associated Press).—A horse
man without legs was the extra
ordinary sight witnessed the other
day in the Bois de Boulogne.
The rider, an old cavalryman, used
a side saddle, to which he was
buckled for safety by a strap attached
to the back of his belt. He was ac
companied by a mounted attendant
The spectators showed their admira
tion for the plucky war victim, whose
love for the saddle had overcome
what to most people would seem ar
i insurmountable obstacle.
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ENGLAND CONTINUES TO
PRODUCE MARGARINE
LONDON, May 1 (by Associated
Fress). — Margarine manufacturers
using vegetable oil and operating
under the government war formula,
are still making about 5,000 tons- of- ,
margarine every week.
At one of the most Important fac
tories the buildings cover 66 acres.
At present prices margarine is re
tailed at eighteen cents a pound; but
ter at 60 cents, both prices being set
by the government, f
ENTRY OF FRENCH TROOPS
TO BE WORTH WITNESSING
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PARIS, May 1 (by Associated
Press).-—There is already brisk bid
ding for windows to view the tri
umphal entry of the French troops
Into the city through the famous Arc
de Triomphe. Single window seats
in some o? the palatial edifices m the
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mand 5 LOO each and windows lor
ft 000 are going fast. One or two big *
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syndicates for $10,000.
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factory representative for high grade
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