Colonel Harvey, the new American Ambassador, landed at Southampton on
Tuesday. His first speech on English soil was of excellent omen and showed that directness and fearlessness which we have described in another column as his special characteristics :—
" You of England, as all the world knows, are striving manfully to do your part. We of America want to help. You have more than our sympathy. There never was a time when America felt so keenly not the mere advisability, but the moral obligation, as she feels to-day to the Mother Country. What we can do remains to be seen, but I am directed by my Government to extend to you of England the full co-operation of America in all good works. Acting0ogether, the Great Empire and the Great Republic, shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm, cannot and must not fail to save themselves, and with themselves to save the world. More than that I can hardly say. More than that you can hardly expect me to say at this time."
We not only do not, expect more, but do not want more. The Ambassador has said the right thing at the right time.
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