Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-05-02

manding force to carry It's action be-
yond the seas. It is because 1t was
resolved to extend it's action still fur
ther that Congress was enabled to
obtain within the space of few days
the vote Of cOnscription and to pro-
claim the necessity for a national
army in the full splendor Of civil
peace.
''In the name of France | salute
the young army which will share in
our common glory.
For the Same Ideal.
"While paying this supreme trib-
ute to the memory Of Washington, /
do not diminish the effect of my
words when l turn my thoughts to
the memory Of so many unnamed he
roes. l ask you before this tomb to
bow in earnest meditation and all the
fervor Of piety before all the soldiers
Of the allied nations who for nearly
three years have been fighting under
different flags for the same ideal.
Il beg you to address the homage
Of your hearts and souls to all the
heroes, born tC, live in happiness, in
the tranquil pursuit Of their labors,
in the enjoyment Of all human affec-
tiOns, who went Into battle with virile
cheerfulness and gave themselves up
not to death alone, but to the eternal
silence that closes over those whose
sacrifices remain unnamed, in the full
knowledge that save for those who
loved them their names would disap-
pear with their bodies. Their monu-
ment Is in our hearts. Not the living
alone greet us here; the ranks of
the dead themselves rise to surround
the soldiers of liberty.
"At this sOlemn hOur IN tho h;o
tory Of the world, while saluting from
this sacred mound the final victory
of justice, l send to the Republic of
the United States the greetings Of
the French Republic"
Isalfour Speaks.
Then came forward Arthur James
Balfour, foreign secretary of Great
Britain, who stood for moment in
silence, tall. erect, kindly figure.
Overcome with all that the situation
meant in the lives of the two great
Anglo-Saxon countries, Mr.. Balfour
abandoned his decision not to sneak
and gave expression to a few poig-
nant sentences, evidently straight
| from the heart.
"M. Viviani," said Mr.. Balfour,
"has expressed in most eloquent
words the feelings which grip us all
here to-day. He has not only paid
a hitting tribute to great states
man, but he has brought our
thoughts most vividly down to the
present. The thousands who have
given their lives, French, Russian,
italian, Belgian, Serbian, Montene-
grin, Rumanian, Japanese and Brit
ish, were fighting for what they be-
lievcd to be the cause Of liberty.
"rhere is no place in the world
where a speech for the cause of lib
erty would be better placed than here
at the tomb Of Washington. But as
that work has been so adequately
| done by a master Of oratory, perhaps
YOU will permit me to read few
words prepared by the English mis-
sion for the wreath we are to leave
| here to-day.
Dedicated by the British mis-
sion to the immortal memory Of
George Washington. soldier, states
man, patriot, who would have re-
joiced to see the country Of which he
was by birth citizen and the coun-
try which his genius called into exist
ence, fighting side by side to save
mankind from subjection to a mill
tary despotism.'
Memory Common Heritage.
Governor Stuart, Of Virginia, spoke
as the host on Virginian soil. Wash
ington,' he said, "originally belong
ed to Virginia, but his priceless mem
ory has now become common herit-
age OF the world"
JOffre's Tribute.
Marshal Joffre, victor OF the Marne
and idol of the French people, next
came forward in field marshals uni
form. Simply, earnestly, he spoke In
FrenCh two brief aantanceS: