G.l.s In St. Paul's

Si monumentum requiris, circumspice-is the apt epitaph of England's great Christopher Wren in St. Paul's Cathedral, his architectural monument. The monument is not Wren's alone: within the high-domed, Italianate majesty of St. Paul's on London's Ludgate Hill lie British immortals Nelson, Wellington and Jellicoe. Transepts and chapels bulge with toga-ed statues to admirals of the fleet, generals of the line, with monuments to famous victories.

Since 1941 G.l.s have rubbernecked through St. Paul's. They know it well. Last week Britons, from crossing-sweepers and barmaids to K.C.s, dug down for pence, shillings and sometimes pounds to commemorate many of these same G.l.s. St. Paul's is to have a new memorial, a chapel. Dedicated to Americans who in World War II fell fighting from England in the cause that was also England's, it will stand close to Nelson's tomb under the great dome.

Pontificated the London Times: "It [the memorial] will speak to after-ages of the ideals of justice and liberty . . . and of the brotherhood of man, which bound the two nations together by closer ties than those of a common enmity. . . ."

-If you seek his monument, look around you.

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