The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-11-05
GIVE THANKS TO PEACE
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washinston.-Preside Wilson to
day issued . proclamation Designating
Thursday. Nov. &c. a. Thanksgiving
day.
The Presideat's proclamation, which
refers to the fact that the United
States ID at peace while the rest of the
world Is at var. follows:
BY the President Of the United
States Of America.
A proclamation:
1t has long been the honored Gus.
tom Of our people to turn In the fruit
full autumn Of the year In praise and
Thanksgiving to Almighty God for His
many blessings and mercies to u a.
. nation. The year that is now draw
ing to . close since We last observed
our day Of national Thanksgiving has
been. while q 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 US.
1t has been vouchsafed to Us to re-
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 a
day Of fear and distress. Our people
have looked upon their own life a. .
nation with deeper comprehension, q
fuller realization Of their responsible
ties - well - Of their blessings. and
keener sense Of the moral and prac-
tica Significance Of what their part
among the nations Of the world may
come to b.
The hurtfal effects Of foreign war
in their own Industrial and commercial
affairs have made them feel the more
fully and SO the more clearly their
mutual intsrdependence upon one an
other and has stirred them to . help
full cooperation such - they have sell
dom practicsd before. They have been
quickened BY . great moral stimula-
ton. Their unmistakable ardor for
peace. their earnest pity and disin-
tsrested sympathy for those who are
suffering. their readiness to help and
to think Of he needs Of others has re-
vsaled then 70 themselves ~ we'll ~
to 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 steadiness
and resourcefulness oe our business
men will serve other nations ~ well
- our own.
The business q the country has
been supplied with instrumentalides
and the commerce Of the world with
new channels Of trade and inter.
course. Tho Panama canal has been
opened to the commerce Of the nar
tons. The two continents Of America
have been bound In closer ties of
friendship. New instrumentalities of
International trade have been created
which will be also new instrumen-
talities Of acquaintance. intercourse
and mutual service. Never before
have the people Of the United States
been 10 situated for their own advan-
tage or the advantage Of their neigh
bors or 10 equipped 10 servo them
selves and mankind.
Now, therefore, l, Woodrow vii.
son. President Of the United States OF
America, do hereby designate Thurs
day. the twenty-sixth Of November
next, as a day Of thanksgiving and
prayer apd invite the people through
out the land to cease from their
wonted occupations and In their sew
eral homes and places of worship rem
der thanks to Almighty God.
In witness whereof have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington this
twenty eighth day Of October, In, the
year Of Our Lord. one thousand, nine
and fourteen and of the
Of the United States Of
America the one hundred and thirty
ninth.
(signed) WOODROW WILSON.
By the President.
ROBERT LANSING,
Acting Secretary Of State.