The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-28

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noon Is as follows: m, 154.;s.
"Mr. Lord Mayor-We have cor1n
upon times when ceremonies like IN
have new Significance which moSe
impresses me as stand here. III
address which have just heard q
| most generously and graciously coz~
ceived, and the delightful accent AZ
sincerity In 1t seems like . part "
tnat voice OF counsel which II NOE
everywhere to be heard. I feel TIA
distinguished honor has been con-
ferred upon me by this recepttoG
and beg to assure you. sir. ~
your associates of my very profou84
appreciation, but I know that r ~
only part of what may call 3 gye4t
body Of circumstances.
i do not believe that 1t was fandy
on my part that heard In the vo1eo
OF welcome uttered In the streets of
this great city and In the streets of
Paris something more than q per-
sonal welcome. It seemed to me that
l heard the voice Of one people spealk-
Ing to another people, and Il WA =
voice In which one could distinRulula
a singular combination of emotion4
There was surely there the do1n
gratefulness that the. fighting WuS
over. There was the pride that the
nghting had had such q culmination.
Ihere was that sort of gratitude that
the nations engaged had produoed
such men as the soldiers OF 0roaf
Britain and of the United States al,d
OF France and Of Italy--men who1
prowess and achievements they x2N
witnessed with rising admiration 6
they moved from elimination to ctS
mination. 1fs's "A "
But there was something more II
1t, the consciousness that the busis
ness Is not yet done; the Conscious
ness that 1t now rests upon other6
10 see that those lives were not lost
in vain.
Spirit of BattlefieIds.
Il have not yet been to the actual
battlenelds. but / have been with
many of the men who have fought
the battles. and the other day l had
the pleasure of being present at ~
session or the French academy whon
they admitted Marshal Joffre to their
membership. That sturdy, serene
soldier stood and uttered, not the.
words OF triumph. but the simple
words OF affection for his soldiers and
the conviction which he summed un
In a sentence which / viii not tr1s
accurately to quote, but reproduc6s5h
Its spirit, 1t was that Francs mrGt
always remember that the small onfl
the weak could never live free II tho
world unless the strong ana thSs
great always put their power &xad
their strength in the service OF righk
THAT is the after thought--fho
thought that something must b dep6
now: not only to make the just net<s
tlements-that, of course-but "a ~
that the settlements remained axx2
were observed and that honor naA
Justice prevail In the world. And ~
have conversed with the soIdie<6 Il
have been more and more aware
that they fought for something thofI
not all Of them had defined, bYtt
which all of them recognized the mos
ment you stated 1t to them. Tho5
fought to do away with an old or66T
and to establish a new one. and IN
center and characteristic of the Q36IE
order was that unstable thing whlca1
we used to call the balance ~ "
power a thing In which the balanS1f
was determined by the sword Wll16lt
was thrown in on the one oldS - K
the other, a balance which was dsto1
mined by the unstable jealous Wo&
fulness and an antagonism Of iNxoP1,i
ests which. though II was gent
latent. was always deep seated. N
Soldiers Want esaee. Z " .ss.f
"The men who have fought - ~.
war have been the men from th0 Al
nations who are deterTniued q
sort Of thing should and noW x&1 N
fnraver fa wat-4y
to observe how from every Qaar(
from every sort of mind, from Gv@(
concert Of counsel there comes
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