Evening star., 1915-05-31


In nth the @ great heart of coming generations
Gods perfect gift of universal peace
Stand by the President.
The President of the United State.
is making a successful effort to keer
US out of the broils of Europe Now is
the time to keep cool. think carefully
and stand by the President" declared
Gov. Frank 3. Willis of Ohio in his
address.
The speaker declared that the Presi.
dent and his cabinet know vastly more
OF our delicate relations with European
oelngerents than the rest of US can
possibly know; let US hold up his hand.
In the patriotic effort he is making in
this crisis.
Our heg must mean the same to all
.ne world that 1t means to us-it must
votion and lofty purpose in ali Gu,
dealings with foreign nations. Right.
eousness is the strength of our cause
america Is for the preservation of the
flgnts fnt,a. OF Americans. for equity and
He said this nation must remember
that there is heroism of peace as well
as heroism of war TN its bieees,
and best sense. heroism is coura geous
SOA VIC VI titc people cause, he con-
tinueo He who calmly, patiently, con-
scientiously and increasingly does his bes,
TO perform his duty to his family. to
society and the state. though he NAV be
to fortune and to fame unknown, is. new.
ertheiess rendering high public service
BY solving his own problems well he
by so much aids in the solution OF the
larger problems OF society and govern
ment
1t is proper function of government
to encourage its citizens in the solution
OF their own problems by giving every
man without regard to race or color q
falr chance and by encouraging our peo-
pie 10 sobrety. industry and economy
Our own people must be kept busy. our
workingmen must be employed at good
wages, our industries must prosper
legitimate enterprise should be encour-
aged And this prosperity must depend
upon forces within our country and NOT
those without"
Thoughts of Lincoln Foremost
In the Introduction of his speech Gov
Willis said:
Just over yonder, across the placid
Potomac, stands that world-fameC
shaft to the memory of our nations
first chief executive, George Washing
ton, beloved son of Virginia, the Ole
dominion state, birthplace of our pres
ent president, and ere long, not fal
from this monument will rise the gIori
Gus, mute tributs in stone to him who
Is foremost in our minds and hearts to-
day, Abraham Lincoln, rugged son OF
kentucky. who yesterday, today anG
SO long as the universe exists, will, in
deed. belong to the ages
This is beautiful spot. Wonder
fuily endowed by nature, its loveliness
has been increased by the ministrations
OF man. Primeval oak. rugged hill and
fragrant flower combine to make here
close to the nations heart, a fitting
resting place for our mighty dead
In these sepulchers of silence sleeu
race OF heroes. Here are those whose
names are known round the world
great captains of the grand armies
whose titanic conflict shook a planet
The fame of these great chieftains is
sured. The undying story of their
achievements is writ large In the hearts
OF their countrymen ana will be cher
ished while patriotic devotion remains
a virtue"
That bitterness and sectional strife
are no more was the declaration of the
speaker. He said the north and south
vie with each other in manifesta Att ons
OF patriotism and that tho mystic
chords of memory stretching from
every battle field and patriot grave to
every living heart and hearthstone all
over this broad land will yet swell the
chorus of the Union when again touched,
as surely they will be, by the better
angles of our nature"
With the Marine Band playing Amer
lea. the assembly sang. after which the
benedictlon was pronounced by Rev.
Charles r. Steck, pastor of the Epiph-
any Lutheran Church. Maj F. 8. Hodg-
son of the Sons of Veterans u s. W,
". was special aid to the acting COM
ma nder.
AT the close of the services at the
amphitheater exercises were held at the
Maine Memorial