This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...He was right. The "Y" men had come with the American Army to win the war. CHAPTER VI THE WORLD IN FRANCE The world is in France. To France in our day, as to Jerusalem in days gone by, the tribes of the world go up. We thought the world was in America. We have been accustomed to speak of America as the melting pot of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...He was right. The "Y" men had come with the American Army to win the war. CHAPTER VI THE WORLD IN FRANCE The world is in France. To France in our day, as to Jerusalem in days gone by, the tribes of the world go up. We thought the world was in America. We have been accustomed to speak of America as the melting pot of the world. From every nation under heaven, people have come to America to be molded into democracy's ideal citizenship. Today, however, France is the melting pot of the world. In France we discover the new internationalism. While men discuss "The League to Enforce Peace," some such league has gathered on the shores of France. Every nation that loves liberty and raises the standard of freedom is represented today in France. The ship upon which we traveled to France spoke of this new internationalism. The passenger list included people from all ranks and from all nations. We had on board a group of American marines prepared for naval aviation in France. There were fifty Y M C A Secretaries equipped for service in the American, French, and Italian armies. There were twelve Y W C A women going for service in French munition plants and with American telephone girls. We had with us twenty-five men of the Red Cross who were to see service on the battle front and to report their findings to the American people. There were twelve women doctors, ready for surgical service in the hospitals of France. Dr. Alexis Carrel, the eminent French surgeon who has done so much to alleviate the suffering of war's wounded and shattered humanity, was returning to his ministry of mercy on the battle front. Men high in the ranks of world diplomacy were there--the "French High Commission" returning from its visit to America; the American minis...
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Good. 20 cm, 140, wraps, illus., tear to front flyleaf and frontis in margin, pencil erasure residue on front flyuleaf, some corners bent. Foreword by Ralph W. Harrison. An account of the contribution of the Y.M.C.A. to American soldiers stationed in Europe during World War I.