The Detroit times., 1916-01-31

devil q tali or tUr IN AHNinE 8 ton hah4
/ press until an oy-rstraiucd heart cut
him down al thr very noon 90 hts
ltc.s little luF.
lu facIu1 fHr Problems that grrw
4 ,ur ur the Civil War and iu WAnfdit
I takirE up rur issues that developed
/ iu the AFTER lrHI---utF hFsitatiUE
! 90 dee .aTs his convictions no matter
what tIt rust-tlr uuHtraIt country
/ publisher proved iha. i,It c'di afr is
urt confined q. tho tented uvtd and
II cherish tnr flies of the Old paper
/ Through wHIeh bis valiant splflt
4 eH.u ".r' deeply than 4 would "a
sword ." SUN above th" fireplace
And aerrs with cen. Wolfe that
fU. pom rrGt wrote Tho EIfEE ln
I Du.r... church Yard was mt.nti"r
. than ta. sirt.rs sword af quebec
tH...s.. at ths tomb ~ Napoleon
. G~u.uu.,ul the prisoner ~ St Helena
.- r.ar imperial persuuhtHHU ~ force
ar# "a~1ff rendered greater aerv-
... r. tls world than Napoleon ever
..| nt.h hls reaplend"nt military
genius
E.a..' 'r..Hsa. sincere when he taid
-. r. iI.ra uu Tine l...t-trd htId
r. H,ff..n4tG The world WII Hf-
t..J uJ 'pnE rrm-whsr what We
H.le 15, VIII 4.'er t'rggj
-.a.,'r..lu. however. aud sltlsf.
.H.-, tHtf thr re,rrs. uf Lincoln
Ir.ln.F has bgou rssilfsH
r.-Hf|,r frau thy J.--t. ss for
.rss.r -r"a'nrEs and EIg's EHa 90"
.Hruu. .atlrN Hf WAT which IutstuN.
p tN. .I-, uI fraueEt-t IEaua wrote
Iu h.a -traaIrp.l sketches FtrturinE
tH. scenes Iv fHH hospital when The
atratri .re came tu from he hstsf SONS.
h. .F.H ->uw 90 vayr nerves Hrc
STRONG pass trruu-h tn" door un ihr
Ir't IU F.uder room trst ars apply
INK hHraeErr and performing opera
f..Ds There sou viii sec ductuys
vIrt t.,lr arms hioed-tatued above
fHa elbow and prIfN paIs. stern faces.
busted about cot upon which. with
Us.a eId.Is uprncd and utteTing az
IU df|fTIuW tururrrrrrf. tUmrflmfs
simple Hrd touching. words. lies
wounded man under ipc influence ot
IF..frf.rE The doctors are busy
Hfn tho rsu4fsivs but heueiiceut
WoIt 1i awputstiou. You see fhe
harp rH"srl kuItr enter the heaItht
white body you ssa the wounded men
-u44rr.5 regain cHu-. lousntHa Win
n'rr.iug .rt and tuiHrs. you sec th .
a@r.-taut surgeon 0fuginE nmputhtti
arms ,nLa corner. you see another
H.1udn8 man lNfUg in litter lu The
same apartment shrink coHvulsiNolN
and Eroau as hs g0z~s upon the 0per-
t.1tr fIs physical pain as from tho
moral torture af aufici ipa lion you be-
hold frightfuI E0ul-HtirrinE scenes.
sou behold war. not from its CON
and drIga tsat. with hutterinE hags
and prHuCinE generals. but YOU be
hold war lu itP real hFpfcf--in
blood a .g I, gg'rISs Ing l9 lo,asi assth memorial.
dtdicatus by France % immutah,o
literature. does not celebrate the
sword "a ali. bat transmits iu Wouu-
mental eioqusnce the lessons against
war which Victor Hugo's ron has
given the world In hls wonderful
chapter on waterloo IN Les Miser-
abIss
Tire pen Of Alphousc ltarr has
.U.. !. q
military glory Tor the common snlr
dier iu these terribly true sentences
.'A shot He falls wounded The
comrades hulsh him up by iramplinr
m a hurry and ~ then lrfl 90 cnJrv
his Immortality az the others march
on. His oomrads-, his kim and kin
forget him the individual to whom
ne gave up his happiness. his suffer
ing and hlt llfe never knew atm.
And after go many years somebody 81
fnds his hleached bones and from
this material is manufactured 0lac X
paint, or English blHrKinR. to polish
/ The shoes ~ his general Win"
"The day 81 our cUUutrvF lIfe has
but broHdeued into action. said Pres
ident Wilson 60 the Blue and tho
uniforms by Pvt the harness o. the
present on. Lift up your eyes 20 the
great tracts OF ne vet 90 he conquer
ed iu the interest Of righteous peace.
peoples hearts and uutlarfs all er-
rors Of men Come. let us be com -
I radcs and soldiers yet 20 serve our
fellOwmen In qulet counsel. where
the binre OF trumpets Ia neither
heard nor Needed sud where the
things arc done which make blessed
the nations OF the world in peace and
righteousness and love
The pen OF the peace-loyine presi.
dent who wrote these words fr the
drgt year of his sdminlstration is
miRhtier than the sword pt impps.
qible preparedness which boo now
feels called upon to unshs8ths after
dcmonFtr8tiug go signally tho superb
0ritv OF the pen over the sword n
international iutercourHf
Representing noble state ON the
northern boundary which has en- 10y
cd tranquil relations with pridefuI
British pOFFcsHiOn Tor hundred
years without force or fertiHcati0ns.
! rejoice that mine eyes have seen
glorious rhetoric become rnure gio-
riOus realty right at home The pen
that wrote the Treaty of Ghent guar
autestun this century Of peace be-
tween tho United states and Canada.
and tho pcn that wrote fhe Rufh
BaRot pact limiting the warshipa on
the Great Lakes 20 one for each 81
tho continental neigh bora were
mightler than the sword
We of Detroit, have found 40 pos b.
tibie and honorable and painfht 90
make n practical application ~ tho
. IfNNWeI NtNifH ~ Nrh'F ny HNhplUh
swords into steering gears and prun-
lug hooks into self-stArterR and have
cent motor cars around Tho world na
eyauEels Of the nniEhhorly concord
and peaceful industry vouchaafcd by
The zen ~ tho blessed peacemakers
I'm 1915 we rathered again on the
banks OF the Hudson 20 celebrate tho
ZFth anniycrsnry % the graduation ~
the class of 1859 of the United states
military academy ~ West Point. Of
which 7 waE member until circum-
stances made it necessary for mo o.