The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-31
SENATOR SHERMAN
URGES NEUTRALITY
ulinoisan Is Chief Speaker at
Memorial Exercises at
Grants Tomb.
H MEETINGS OF DAY

bNfiN oViiiRtitht hdo t'bh" "''N'
the laws Of nations or violated ther rights
,of humanity. II we fought for every
: %bellgerent who has violated our rights
under International law we would war
with all. for all have t%respassed upon
Gus"
In these words United States Senator
Lawrence Y. Sherman Of Illinois, prin.
cipal speaker at the Memorial Day ex-
ercises at Grants Tomb yesterday after
noon. referred TO the attitude Of the
United States toward the warning Euro.
= pean nations. Fenwick Y. Hedley of
II. g. Grant Post. No. 327. was chair
man Of the committee In charge OF the
meeting.
In the course Of his plea for neutrality
Senator Sherman said:
There runs in our veins the blood
Of every race In Europe. The traditions
and the literature Of many peoples are
woven into our mother tongue. The
strength OF fusion OF the good In many
strains is ours. Alien or native. II is
our country and here Is our home. We
are a nation. not a collection OF racia'
tribes. Ar American Is loyal and his
allegiance is to one country. Our people
have sympathies. This Is human. They
must be neutral. for this Is Just. Jus
tice strengthens, while unregulated i'm
pulse weakens. One Is constant. the
other variable.
There is now more justice in actua'
neutrality h armed conflict. Justice
g. 1aas tba a,inrama divinity that sis
snthroned IN the human heart. Go where
She mouldering troubles tell Of the van
lehed legions whose battle cry disturb'
the earth no more. Pause where the
domed and pillared capitols OF empir,
lie PROSTATE in the efacing dust Ct
forgotten centuries, and naught remains
20 stir the living hut the justice Of III,
rause In which they ruled and died
1mperishable II came from Moses ant
the tables OF stone on the cloud wrappe,
summit OF Sinai. II was tempered Will
the loving mercy of the lowly Nazaren'
when lie mitigated the severity OF I'M
Mosaic code and pointed the way u
peace with less blood and more saliva
Gon for future generations.
Urges ForbearRnce.
".Joining with either belligerent II
present wars strains the syinpathies an
weakens the bonds OF many bloods nov
loyal to this republic hu; reluctant I
war against their kin across the sea
The struggle In Europe is the culmina
ton of centuries. 1t Is born OF terri
tcrial aggression, OF commercial rival
ries. Of racial hate. the stubborn prid
and ambitions Of kings. of the feuds q
thousand years. Why should on
peonlo. unless for defensive war, he min
aled with the combatartS whose hattl
lines cover all nations and three COZ
tinents?
"Dur sovereign duty IL to forbea'
That duty IL greater than to rush madl
in:o ,ana!g:. Ne tina. 10 slow 20 ang'
is better than the mighty and he tina
ruleth his spirit than he that t.ke'
A city We are the greatest, g
neutral nations. Peace must come =
last. When its bcncdiction falls on IN
ruin wrought. wha, "A mighty task IN
civilization OF the Caucasian faces. ne
In a nation. but in the world Moder
transportation and communication {
thought penetrate the isolation of distar
shores girdle the earth with ste
and wire. Mysterious elements nas
instant messages for good or i'll.
National boundaries are mere SUI
veyors' lines. The unity of peoples
not determined 10y names or even lar
Ku1EtF lItlT iAlllN wv 10
justice will knit them in "A omm
cause. will dominate and decide the
future policies Of peace or war"
Other Exercises.
The Rev. T.. $. Holloway made a n
trio,ic address at the Soldiers al
Sailors Monument in Riverside Drive
noon. Hymns and patriotic songs We,
suns by pupils Of Evander Child His
School. under the dire3'pn of oiera'
Reynolds. and the battleship MiChiga
In the Hudson River fired a salute.
Exercises were held at Carnegie Fla
last night under the direction OF u
Grand Army Of the Republic. Marc
NJ. MARKS. Borough President Of Ma
haitian. presided. There were music
numbers by Bayne's ~Sixty-niDth Res
ment Band, the Cecilian male quart,
Maurine Dyer Nillbanks. Philip Spoon
and Harry W. Niles. and recitations
Winifred Gray Oracle.
Franz kaltonborn and his orChestr
assisted by Mrs. Anna V. Schroeder. e
prano, gave a concert In the Mall. &c
trail Park. in the afternoon. The cone,
was made possible. the Park DEPARTING
announced, by the generosity Of FIX
Naumberg.
The q. 4. n. memorial committee
New York county and Farragut Nav
Post, No. jls, placed flOwers ON t
statue Of Admiral Farragut in Maids
Square yesterday.