New-York tribune., 1918-07-15

that the best policy is ours, not his;
that the only argument he understands
namely, force-we, too, are able to
use That song Of freedom, the Mar
seillaise,' Will again be sung at the
place Of its birth; that Alsatian song,
born IN Strasbourg, suggested by
Dietrchs, the Mayor of that city, and
once, more, then, justifyng its original
title-war song for the Army of the
Rhine
"The place whore we shall stop is
not, however, written on the map, but
in our hearts "a kind of map that the
enemy has been up to now unable to
dccipher. What is written there is
plain enough, though, and President
Wilson made it even palmer in his
memorable speech before Washington 8
Tomb on your own Fourth. 1t comes
to this: One more bastiile remains to
be taken, representing feudalism, au-
tocracy, despotism-the Ge.manic one.
When it falls peace will reign again.
Samuel Gompers in his address
centuries against oppression and tyr
amy and of its wholehearted :ndorse-
ment now of the cause for which we
and our allies are fighting.
There is no man in all the world
to whom | would take second position
before the outbreak OF this titanic
struggle as an advocate OF interna-
tional peace, but when maraude r
comes on your street, or gang of
them, you cannot proclaim yourself a
pacifst. You must defend your home
and yourself if you have any spirit
or any red blood coursng in your vein.
And from an ultra pacitist have be
come transferred into somewhat of ii
fighting man.
at was war which Germany thrust
upon us. 1t is no longer war. With
the Allied democracies Of the world
now fighting for the great concept of
freedom and justice and liberty and
cAce. it is a crusade for mankind.
/ may say as one, who at least in part
may speak for the men of labor. and
who after all, forming the great mass
of our people, are physically, and may
become physically the largest sufferers
OF all the groups of our people I
want, even with responsibility which
the words carry and the thoughts con-
vey, ! want to ally myself with the
great President Of the United States.
in his declaration on the Fourth Of
July, that there can be no compromise
between autocracy and democracy. The
quarrel is not Of our seeking. 1t was
thrust upon us. But it has come And
now is the time from which we cannot
escape the responsibility that auto
cracy must come to an end now and
not be postponed to some other time "
lgnacc Paderewski, in his address,
hailed France as the delverer not only
of his own land, but of Bohemia, Jugo-
SIavla and Armenia. 81 am proud and
happy" he said, ''to include my feeble
voice in this brilliant and mighty cho-
rus glorifying France, and exclaim ::
Praise and glory to France -nvinci-
bic, triumphant, immortal! Praise and
glory to her great allies, to the males
tic and unconquerable British people,
io the supreme masters of beauty,
TO the victorious Italians, hail, and
glory to the United States-to this
magnificent republic, the loving. the
loyal, the faithful and the helpful sis
ter of beloved France"
During the meeting messages were
read from General Foch, President
polncare of France, Myron T. Herrick,
Elihu Root, Henry Morgenthau and
Major General Leonard Wood. The
gathering dispatched cablegrams Of
greeting to the great French associa-
tlon, Toure La France Debout pour la
Vlctoire, and to the great labor mass
meeting held in Trafalgar Square,
London IN honor of the day.
The generalissimo of the Allied
armies in his message announced that
Germany's plans for world domination
had already been thwarted. The
message read:
ave are celebrating to-day the
anniversary of our independence,
and we are fighting for that Of the
whole world. After four years of
struggle, the plans Of the enemy for
domination are stopped He sees the
number of his adversaries increase
each day and the young American
army bring into the battle a valor
and faith without equal Is not
this a sure pledge of the definite
triumph of the just cause?"
The message of the President of
France read:
France is profoundly grateful to
the great sister republic for Joining
with her in the celebration of the an
niversary of the 14th of July. as
France herself Joined America to cele
brate independence Day. These mutual
tokens OF friendship have not the CON
ventionallty and coldness of mere Off
clai manifestations. They spring like
living flame from the hearts Of our two
peoples and have the force and spon-
tanelty or great national movements
America and France feel closely
linked across the ocean by their com,
mon aims and hopes. Like their ail;as
both seek to deliver the world of i'm