Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-11-07
UNITED STATES At
PEACE WITH WORLD
.see,neNr Will SON ISSUES PROF.
LAMATIoN DESlGNAI INo
MEMBER 26 THANKSGiV'No'
I'VE REMAIN AT PEACE
President Calls Attention to the Many
Things We Should Be ThanNu'
For and Refers to Peace Here
and War In Europe

WASHINGTON. - President Wiison
Wednesday issued a proclamation ueS-
iqnating Thursday, Nov. 20 do
Thanksgiving Day. .b;ob
The presidents proclamation' w.
refers to the fact that the oni'o
States is at peace While 'ne
the world is at war, follows:
"By the President of the onl'eu
States of America: A Proclamation
II long has been the honored custom
of our people to turn in the truitiu,
autumn of the year IN praise
Thanksgiving to Almighty God LOT MS
many blessings and mercies to us as
a nation. The year now drawing ~
close, since we last observed our uay
of national thanksgiving, has peen,
while a year of discipline, because Vi
the mighty forces OF war anu VI
changes which have disturbed Tue
world. also a year of special blessing
to US.
We Remain at Peace.
Tt has been vouchsafed 10 US "
remain at peace, with honor ana III
some part to succor the suffering anu
supply the needs of those VINO are III
want. We have been privileged ny oui
own peace and self-control IN some ue'
gree TO steady the counsels and shape
the hopes and purposes OF DAY oi
fear and distress.
"Our people have looked upon their
own life as a nation with deeper
comprehension, a fuller realization OF
their responsibilities, as well as OF
their blessings, and keener sense OF
the moral and practical significance
of what their part among the natlons
of the world may come to be.
"The hurtful effects of foreign war
in their own industrial and CONNER
cial affairs have made them feel the
more fully and see the more clearly
their interdependence upon one an
other, and has stirred them to a help
full cooperation, such as they seldom
have practiced before.
They have been quickened by a
great moral stimulation. Their I'M
mistakable ardor for peace, their earn
est Pity and disinterested sympathy
for those who are suffering, their
readiness to help and to think OF the
needs of others, has revealed them to
themselves, as well as to the world.
Crops Can Feed All.
"Our crops will feed all who need
food; the self-possession of our peo-
pie, amidst the most serious anxieties
and difficulties, and the steadiness
and resourcefulness of our business
men will serve other nations as well
as our own.
1.-The business of the country has
been supplied with instrumentalities
and the commerce of the world with
new channels of trade and inter
course. The Panama canal has been
opened to the commerce of the ma
tons. The two continents of America
have been bound in closer ties of
friendship. New instrumentalities of
international trade have been created
which also will be new instrumental
ties of acquaintance, intercourse and
mutual service. Never before have
the people of the United States been
so situated for their own advantage
or the advantage of their neighbors,
or so equipped to serve themselves
and mankind.
Nov, therefore, l, Woodrow Will
son, president Of the United States Of
America, do hereby designate Thurs
day, the 26th day of November next,
as day of thanksgiving and prayer.
and invite the people throughout the
land to cease from their wonted &C.
equations and in their several homes
and places of worship render thanks
to Almighty God.
"In witness whereof l have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
Of the United States to be affixed.
Woodrow Wilson"