Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-02
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extended to mankind everywhere SO
the inspiration of serving America is
very profound inspiration
Have you not thought what might
be the outcome of this great struggle,
so far as the nations already engaged
are concerned? Can you not imagine
The great awakening that has come to
country like France, for example;
now much more intensely every
Frenchman and every German feels
the national compulsion that he never
felt before? How much more he feels
himself, not an individual but a frac-
ton in a great whole? How much
more his blood springs to the chal-
lenge of patriotic suggestion? He is
not fighting for his own life. He Is
sacrificing his own life, or willing to
sacrifice II, in order that greater
life than his might persist, the life OF
his nation. So in America we are get
ting already the indirect benefit of
that suggestion. We are beginning to
realize ho wa nation is a unit and
and that any individual OF it who does
not feel the impulse of the whole
does not belong to it.
Speaks OF Hyphcnatcd
I'VE have heard a great deal about
divided allegiance in this country, but
before we discuss divided allegiance in
its political aspect we ought to let
cur thoughts run back to what were
perhaps our divided allegiance in re-
spect to our relations to each other.
America has been brought to such a
point of diversification of interest, of
occupation, Of objects sought, that
she was in danger of losing the con-
seriousness of her singleness of solidar-
ity. There were men pulling at cross
purposes in regard to their private in
terests and their public endeavors In
this country long before the war
came to remind us that we We're a
single nation, with single duty and
a single ideal; and the first thing that
has happened to us that we have all
been pulled together by great tug
at the heart in respect of our individ-
ual interests. We have all been re-
with an emphasis for which !,
for one, thank God. that we are first
of all Americans. and only after that
AT liberty TO seek our individual inter-
est And then those of our fellow cit
izens who may for a little while have
been tempted TO think rather of the
lands of their origin than of the land
of their present allegiance. have been
reminded that there is, politically
speaking only one allegiance conceiv-
able and possible.
Little Divided Allegiance.
"You have heard a great deal about
the hyphen. /, for one, have never
been deceived. The number of per-
sons of really divided allegiance in this
country is very small and If | had
been in some other country, | would,
for one, resent the representations
which have been made by those who
We're not the spokesmen Of those for
whom they pretended to speak in
u divided allegiance.
have never had the slightest doubt of
what would happen when America
called upon those of her citizens born
in other countries to come to the sup
port of the flag. Why, they will come
with cheers, they will come with
which will make us realize
that America has once more been
cried awake out of every sort OF dis-
temper and dream and distraction,
ana that any man who dares tamper
with the spirit of America will be cast
out of the confidence of a great ma
ton upon the instant
Il believe that certain splrituai
regeneration is going to come out OF
This thing We have been thinking
loo much about our individual selves
and too little about the country OF
which we constitute a part ana one
IF the services which you ladies' are
soing to render Is to show how, upon
no summons at all, upon the mere OF
fering of the opportunity, women VIII
,ome together to render those ines
Unable services which are necessary
f the country should get into any sort
If trouble.
"God forbid that we should pe
Irawn into war. but If We should pe,
america would seem once more 10
,hake herself out of dream to say,
Did any man deem that we were
asleep? Did any man deem thal we
rad forgotten the traditions OF Amer
ca? Did any man dream tl'at ne
.ouId tamper with the honor ana III
cgrity of the United States" Ana III |
he great voice of enthusiasm whlch I,
would be raised all the world would ,
,tand once more thrilled to hear the /
,oice OF the new world asserting the !
tandards of justice and of liberty /
Speaks TO Young Women.
The president spoke before several |
hundred young women dressed in |
,haki and drawn up in military order.
rhey entered an encampment today !
4 which they will be taught first ana |
n the wounded, bandage making /
Biography and other wartime arts.
rhe encampment is being held under
no auspices of the women's section ot !
he Navy league. Secretaries Baker
nd Daniels and a large group OF
oyernment officials of army and navy
ffieers we're included in the audience.
he presidents speech followed the
ormal raising OF the American Rag
yer the encampment.
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