What I saw in England and France . d been looking, since the Espagnewas the largest merchant ship of theAllies due in New York at that time. We had been warned by wirelessJust as we were entering the zone ofoperations, and without a sign turnedand fled south. It was with a greater Joy than usualthat I greeted the Statue of Liberty,which always typifies homecoming tome, and as we slowly pushed our wayalong the dock into our berth, and thafaces of the waiting crowd became thefaces of individuals, I was over-whelmed with a tremendous thank-fulness that we are not living in theactual shadow of war
What I saw in England and France . d been looking, since the Espagnewas the largest merchant ship of theAllies due in New York at that time. We had been warned by wirelessJust as we were entering the zone ofoperations, and without a sign turnedand fled south. It was with a greater Joy than usualthat I greeted the Statue of Liberty,which always typifies homecoming tome, and as we slowly pushed our wayalong the dock into our berth, and thafaces of the waiting crowd became thefaces of individuals, I was over-whelmed with a tremendous thank-fulness that we are not living in theactual shadow of war times; that thesad sights on the other side have nocounterparts over here, and I devout-ly hoped that we Americans mightlearn our lesson from Europe at warand not be called upon to sacrifice allwe love and hold most dear in orderto preserve our existence and thepurity of our naUoiml ideals. The Eagle LIbrary-WHAT I SAW IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE 15 o 3 =r (D DO 3 O 3 >3 re 3CTQ O3<-»? 3* n 3- re o 33mOrq §?re 3 W 3C/) q1re. 16 The Eagle L^rary—WHAT I SAW IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE ^SJs/asffiEifflHJSiaiHaiajajMiaMSJSJSMSMaisMsiaEisiaMaBisisMaM^ Eiaiajajsiai3jaMsiaiaJSiaiaEi3ii5s^| 1917 EAGLE ALMANAC OUT IN JANUARY WORLD WAR REVIEW AND OFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS SPECIAL FEATURES- PRICE $ Subscription to Eagle Library, IncludingAlmanac, $ ^|!f I y^f2J2J2ISMSfMSJSISMS/3EJ2JSr2J3J2I2fSf3JMS^^ statement of the ownership, oianagement. cir-culation, etc., required by the Act of Con;;resaof August 24. lOlli. of The Eagle Library, pub-Uphcd every moiitb at Brooklyn, N. forCfctober 1st. IDIG. State of New York. County of Kings, ss.: *Before nie. a notary public in and for the Statefltid founty aforesaid, personally appeared HerbertF. Gunnison, who. li;iving been duly sworn ac-cording to law. deposes and says that he Is thebusiness of The Brooklyn Eagle Library,and that the following is. to the best of hUknowledge and belief, a true statement of theownership, managem
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