Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-03

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cheap while any speaks that
fought with these at st. Mihiel
or Thierry. The memory of those
days Of triumphant battle will
go with these fortunate men to
their graves; ard each will have
his favorite memory. "Old lien
forget; yet all shall be forgot,
but he'll remember with arvan-
tages what feats he did that
day."
Turned the Tide
What VIC all thank God for
with deepest gratitude is that
our men went in force into the
line Of battle Just at the critical
moment when the whole fate OF
the world seemed to hang in the
balance and threw their fresh
strength into the ranks OF free
dom in time to turn the whOle
tide and sweep of the fateful
struEgle-turn it once for all, 50
that henceforth it was back.
back. back for their enemies. al
ways back, never again forward.
After that il was only scant
four months before the con-
manders Of the central empires
knew themselves beaten. and
now their very empires are in
liquidation!
And throughout 1t all how fine
the spirit of the nation was,
what unity OF purpose. what UNI
firing zeal! What elevation OF
purpose ran through all its
splendid display of strength, It's
untirinE accomplishment. l have
said that those of us who stayed
at home to do the work of or
ganization and supply will al
ways wish that we had been with
the men whom we sustained by
our Iabour; but we can never be
ashamed.
1t has ben an inspiring thing
to be here in the midst of fine
men who had turned aside from
every private interest of their
own and devoted the whole of
their trained capacity to the
tasks that supplied the sinews Of
the whole great undertaking!
The patriotism, the unselfishnesS
the thorough-going devotion and
distinguished capacity that
marked their tJilsOme labors,
day after day, month after
month. have made them fit
mates and comrades of the men
in the trenches and on the sea.
And not the men here in Wash
ington only. They have but
directed the vast achievement.
Throughout innumerable factor
les, upon innumerable farms. in
the depths of coal mines and
copper mines, wherever the
stuffs of industry were to be OBJ
tanned and prepared, in the ship
yards, on the railways, at the
docks, on the sea in every Ia
Dor that was needed to sustain
the battle lines, men have WED
with each other to do their part
and do it well. They can look
any man-at-arms in the face, and
say, 1--WE also strove to win and
gave the best that was in us to
make our fleets and armies sure
Of their triumphS"
Tribute to Women
And what shall we say OF the
women-of their instant intelli-
genIe, quickening every task that
they touched; their capacity for
organization and cooperation,
which gave their action discip.
line and enhanced the effective
ness of everything they attempt
cd; their aptitude at tasks to
which they had never before set
their hands; their utter self-sac-
rifice alike in what they did and
in what they gave? Their con-
tribution to the great result is
beyond appraisal. They have
added a new luster to the annals
Of American womanhood.
Pleads for Suffrage
The least tribute we can pay
them is to make them the equals
of men in political rights as
they have proved themselves
their equals in every field OF
practical work they have entered,
whether for themselves or for
their country. These great days
of completed achievement would
be sadly marred were we 10 omit
that act of justice. Besides the
immense practical services they
have rendered, the women of the
country have been the moving
spirits in the systematic econom-
les by which our people have vol
UNFAIRLY assisted to supply the
suffering peoples of the world
and the armies unpon every front
with food and everything else
that we had that might serve
the common cause. The details
Of such q story can never be
fully written, but we carry them
at our hearts and thank God that
We can say that we are the kins-
men Of such.
And now we are sure of the
great triumph for which every
sacrifice was made. It has come.
como I'm It's completeness, and
with the pride and inspirttatioE
OF these days OF achievement
quick within Us we turn TO the
tasks OF peace again--a peace Sc
cure against the violence of ir-
responsible monarchs and ambi-
tious military coteries~and made