The theatres and the music halls, which had found in "notes" and "nootrality" an endless theme of entertainment for their patrons, now sounded Americanism as their most popular refrain.
Churches and cathedrals gave special services in honour of American intervention, and the King and the President began to figure side by the side in the prayer book.

The estimation in which President Wilson was held changed overnight.

All the phrases that had so grieved Englishmen were instantaneously forgotten.

The President's address before Congress was praised as one of the most eloquent and statesmanlike utterances in history.

Special editions of this heartening document had a rapid sale; it was read in school houses, churches, and at public gatherings, and it became a most influential force in uplifting the hopes of the Allies and inspiring them to renewed activities.