The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-05-02
AMERICAN, ENGLISH AND French FLAGS
FLOAT OVER WASHNCTOWS TOMR
For the Same Ideal.

| fOr the Same Ideal.
while paying this supreme tribute
to the memory to Washington, I do
not diminish the effect of NV words
when l turn my thoughts to the men,
ory OF so many unnamed heroes. 7
ask you before this tomb to bow in
earnest meditation and all the fcrvor
of piety before all the soldiers of the
Allied nations who for nearly three
years have been fighting under diff
ferent flags for the same ideal.
II beg you to address the homage
OF your hearts and souls to all the
heroes, born to live in happiness, in
the tranquil pursuit of their Iabors.
IN the enjoyment of all human af-
fections, who went into battle with
Virlle cheerfulness and gave them
selves up not to death alone, but to
the eternal silence that closes over
those whose sacrifices remains un-
named, in the full knowledge that
save for those who loved them their
names would disappear with their
bodies. Their monument is in our
hearts. Not the living alone greet us
here; the ranks of the dead them
selves rise to surround the soldiers of
| liberty.
AT this solemn hour in the history
OF the world, while saluting from,
this sacred mound the final victory of
justice, J. send to the Republic of the
United States the greetings of the
French Republic"
Balfour Speaks.
Then came forward Arthur Jan,os
Balfour, foreign secretary of Great
Britain, who stood for moment in
silence, a tall, erect, kindly 6pure
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 few poip-
nant sentences, evidently straight
from the heart. England had honor
ed Washington as she never had be-
fore.
Governor Stuart, of Virginia, spoke
as the host on Virginia soil. "Wash-
ington," he said, "originallv belonpod
to Virginia, but his priceless memory
has now become a common heritapo
Of the world"
Marshal Joffre, victor of the Marnc
and idol of the French people. next
came forward in field marshal's mi
FORM
Simply, earnestly, he spoke in
French two brief sentences:
"ln the French army all veneratc
the name and memory of WASHINGTON.
l respectfully salute here the proat
soldier and lay upon his tomb the
palm we offer our soldiers who have
died for their country"
Two French officers came forward
with the bronze wreath from the
freneh mission, the humblest and the
highest mark Of honor which the
french nation can accord the dead. !
behdlng over, the marshal passeJ
through the narrow entrance and SOL !
emnly placed the wreath upon the
stone collin. He then stood silently
at salute, the general who is accrcd- |
'ted VINO won the liberty of the Unit
ed States.
AS Marshal Jonrc passed back
among the spectators, Mr.. Balfour
came forward with the British wreath
OF lilies and oak leaves tied with the
colors OF the three allied nations. Hc.
too' entered the tomb and placed the
British token beside the French. while
Lieut. Gen. Bridges stood outside at
salute.
There was neither music nor an
plause. AS Mr.. Balfour withdrew the
spectators felt without being told that
Ihe ceremony was over. The party
again broke into groups and filed up
to the lawn of the Mount Vernon
home.
Never was Mount Vernon more
beautiful than today as it stood ont
IN all its statelines amidst the new
spring foliage. The visiting state
men passed in and out about the
rooms, examining all the heirlooms of
washington. Mr. Balfour was the
last to leave when the time came to
start back to Washington.
The party 3sluded the members of
Doth the French and the British mis-