The Dolores star., 1914-11-06
GIVE THANKS TO PEACE
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Washinstoa. -Presidsut Wilson To-
DAY Issued proclamatloa dssignating
THURSDAY. Nov. 20. - Thaaksgivias
day.
TAs Pfssidsnt's proclamation. which
refers 70 the fact that the United
States 10 q peace while the rest Of ths
world d q var. follows:
By the President Of the Uaitsd
States Of America.
A proclamation:
II hes long been the honored css.
tom Of our people to turn In the fruit.
fsl autumn Of the year In praise and
thanksgiving TO Almighty God for His
many blessings and merciss To ~ -
. nation. The year that ID now draw.
ing to . close since We last observed
our day Of national Thanksgiving has
been, while . year OF discipline be-
cause Of the mighty forces Of war and
Of change which have disturbed the
world. also . year Of special blessings
for ~.
Il has been vouchsafed 10 10 to 70
main at peace. with honor, and In
some part to succor the suffering and
supply the needs Of those who are In
want. We have been privileged BY our
own peace and self-control In some de-
gree to steady the counsels and
shape the hopes and purposes OF .
day Of fear and distress. Our people
have looked upon their own life - .
nation with deeper comprehension. .
fuller realization Of their responsible.
ties - well - Of their blessings, and
. keener sense Of the moral and prac-
tical Significance Of what their part
among the nations Of the world may
come to be. ... ..~
The hurtfal effects Of foreign war
in their own Industrial and commercial
affairs have made them feel the more
fully and see the more clearly their
mutual Undergraduates upon one A.
other and has stirred them to . help
full cooperation such - they have sel-
dom peacticed before. They have been
quickened By . great moral stimular
ton. Their unmistakabls ardor for
peace. their earnest pity and disin-
tsrested sympathy for those whe are
suffering. their readiness to help and
to think Of the needs Of others has 70
vsaled them 10 themselves - we'll -
70 The world.
Our crops viii feed all who need
food; the self.possession Of our pso-
pie amidst the most serious anxieties
and difficulties and the stsadiness
and resourcefulness & our business
men will serve other nations - well
- our own.
The business % the country has
been supplied with instrumsntalities
and the commercs Of the world with
nsW channels Of trade and inter.
course. The Panama canal has been
eDensd to the commerce Of the M
tons. The two continsnts Of America
have besa bound n closer ties Of
frisndship. New RESPONSIBILITIES OF
international trade have been created
which will b also new instrumen-
talities Of acquaintance. Intercourse
and mutual service. Never before
have the people Of the United States
been % situated for their own sdvan.
tass or the advantage Of their neigh.
bors or % equipped - serve them
selves and mankind.
Now, therefore. I. Woodrow VII.
son. President o. the United States Of
America. do hereby DESIGNATE Thurs
DAY. the twenty-sixth Of November
next. - . day Of Thanksgiving and
prayer and invite the people through
out the land TO cease from their
wonted occupations and In their sew.
sral homes and places Of worship rem.
der thanks to Almighty God.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
Get my hand and caused the seal Of
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city Of washlnston this
twenty-eighRh day Of October. In the
year Of Our Lord. one thousand. nine
hundred and fourteen and Of the
indspendsncs Of the United States a
America the &c hundred and thirty.
ninth.
tsisasd, WOODROW WILSON. ,
ny the President
ROBERT LANSING.
Actiag Secretary Of State.
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