Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-02
The Fourth's
New Meaning

/ good Americans who wrote that doeu-
| ment never dreamed 81 Men Of twenty
/ four different racial groups will signify
| by parades and dances and fireworks
| their loyalty 10 the country IN which they
| have found greater personal freedom.
| and which il now the leader in the world
war for the political freedom of their
| fatherlands
The Fourth of July, i776, assured the
| independence Of this country from Fu-
ropoan domination Although primarily
II statement that We would 40 longer re-
| main part of the British Empire, the
| Declaration Of independence was ac-
! cornpauicd Inv the formulation Of policy
| of isolation All the world was told that
| this infant nation on tho edge ~ "A wilder
ness intended 10 work ont ia own destiny
| IN its own way. and that any who trled
To gaiueny that Discriminate would he
mct by force
TBr SMALL FHrIr Ghows.
The Fourth Of July. 1919. means that
| the tremendous and troubled growth
winch Hurang from that small beginning
has come Ia fruit in state which ~ today
| he strongest IN tho world that by reason
e its great place ~ International polhlca.
| the isolation uf the ! nted states hrs
/
| and accepts It's responsibility for he des-
! tnv II mankind - whole and thai II
weicomcs every true ally ~ the battle
| for the freedom of civilized men from the
| harharic ideals If empire Assuming
! thaf lirerpn IN generalization which ~
! tradltlannlly appropriate 70 MI irdepetd
enrc DaY literature. u may lac SAID ihaf
| this Fourth of Iuly - the first celebration
If the nrw era 81 IntcrnatIpnallsm,
which men will recognize thu hy 20
| operation they ran accomplish results
which tho old spirit ~ international
autaeonisrn made impossible. that the
fltur. ~ clvilization will be built upon
the dependence of all nations and races
~ men ~ each othcr Tie Fourth ot
Jul i91e. might appropriately he callcd
independence Day
This significant celebration will take
place IN two hundred aud eighty "itlcs
of tho United states About twenty
fire tholsand men and women Of twenty
four races will take part ~ u Polish
youths and uaidons wIl perform their
National dances ~ the parks Cinnamon
will cars tho Yellow dragon through the
streets ~ san Francisco ~ hundreds q
American churches nHSecH Will to SAID
fcr men e score of races who haze died
lighting for he caiec that s now America &
IN Philadelphia twenty-five thousand
Gernans viii march through the streets
carrying tic setv - flag which s}mbolize
he sons and rothers that arc serving
with The american color-
WAABt<GT3$'s lfApFR1Hir-
Washing on sill lead the nation IN has
cclchrntlon with great pageant SYMBOL
lcal af al I lac nations hat arr nov united
IN the var for freedom New orI
Chieaga and Philadelphia will probably
have The grca'cst dcmonSt raiIons- alter
that 81 hc national capital. but fhe move
mcni IS represented m all parts 81 ne
nltod ~fatce The ~wcdra IN the North
wcsf thr Dutch IA Michigan, The LATIN
Ancri,ans ia the Southwest the OrIonthis
III he Paaitic states the IuRo-siava and
tzcchu-Slovakz ne l.uhuanians and
lAra.aians. the ~vrlans The furka. ana
dozens ii other races that seemed - inc
revolutionary statesmen rs remote %
tmrrIca as tho people Of Mar. VIII
march and dance and make speeches -
an o8f5-t~siun of ~ fact shat their hopes
of frtr.um both - individuals and -
nationals are permanently ideutlhed
with OTIS Neutra9 allies and inc op-
Or. sSed races which N he words %
their aWn pci!tlon - ne President have
t,.It arlc - give tut i passive resistance
i, th,, ar,res-iou- 81 uucoIFV alism. Viii
all JON IN MS great celebration
LIS event u i ,poni ncous expression
on he part OF the races that have gone
lato the making oi Nmeucs. OF their
lolaitv to This nation In May petition
wes presented 70 President Wilson hy
representatives OF twenty-two Of these
races ard number Of others have IA :
Il. I Afs
spirit of the occasion Is expressed IN the
closing sentence of this petition
I ni.ed for the principles 81 hat
Democratic world state which i, hghting
nov for It's teiDg on the battiehelds of
Europe. We intend Oh July fourth. 1918,
10 manifest BY special celebrations, our
LOYALTY TO this country and to the cause
for which we fight; and We respectfully
request that YOU call the .ttentIon OF
YOUR fellow citizens "a tins fact, IN order
that they may JON with Us in common
Grating taIs The anniversary not only Of
national freedom, but Of universal free
dom
10 tbs the President replied III part
y on have shoHn where you stand. not
only hy Your ireq lent professions 81
loyalty for the cause tor which Ne tight,
bat by VoJ.r eager response 10 ae calls
Tor pairiotle service including the supreme
service Of offering bic itself IA hattie
ITS FINE SINCERITY.
That is indeed the iaet which gives tins
celebration line sincerity There are
Americans who have urged thus war for
reasons Of greed and Others who have
made it an occasion for self aggrandize-
ment. hut the foreign born Americans
are certainly not among them Especial /
IL the millions IN this country who have |
come from The small oppressed nations /
Of Europe including the Poles and
Iithuanians, the Jugo-Slav and Czecho- |
Slovak states, and also the Syrians, have
shown a patriotism Of the purest and
most self-sacriticing kind They have
shown. too, that il is possible to com
bine love Of their homelauds with a |
perfect loyalty to America Poles have |
made every sacrifice To hight in this war
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