On Wednesday the House of Commons with one dissentient voice,
that of Mr. Ginnell, the Nationalist member, and the House of Lords unanimously, passed identically worded resolutions giving utterance to the nation's " profound appreciation " of America's action. In joining the Allied Powers the United States, declares the resolution, is " defending the high cause of freedom and the rights of hiimanity against the gravest menace by which they have ever been imperilled." Nothing could be better than the sentiment of the resolution, nor have we a word of quarrel with it in regard to its heartiness or goodwill. We are bound to say, however, that we should have liked to see something rather more stately, more distinguished, more monumental in its wording, something worthier of one of the greatest events in all human history.
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