Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
ARCHBISHOP TALKS
TO HOG ISLAND MEN
After Praising Shipbuilders
British Prelate Reviews Uni-l
versity Battalion

Five THOUSAND employees of the AmeN-
lean international Shipbullding Companl'
at Hog Island today heard themselveN
praised by the most Reverend Cosmo
Gordon Lang, Archbishop of York. who
visited the great shipyards and address,
ed the army of workingmen who. headed
by their band; assembled in his honor.
Following his address to the ship
builders, the British prelate went to
the University Of Pennsylvania, where
the faculty and trustees entertained him
at Weightman Hall \ review OF 900
members of the University reserve Of
ficers training camp under Major Grif-
fith. featured the reception.
Bishops Rhinelander and Garland
Charlton Yarnall and Alexander Van
Rensselaer, escorted the Archbishop and
his suite to the shipyards, Major Case
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
welcomed the party.
The Archbishop referred to the pend
ing great battle. the greatest battle
of the great war for freedom. They are
fighting against the greatest foe to
world freedom, and I urge upon you
not to become distressed at the news
that comes to US"
The stubborn yielding of ground by
the British. the Archbishop declared
meant terrific loss in man power to
the enemy and should not discourage
his hearers. "The British are making
a brave stand, and a winning stand" he
said, "even If they do yield ground inch
by inch"
Passing to labor's part in the war the
Archbishop urged the shipyard workers
To help their brothers on the other side
to win final victory for righteous
cause. Ultimate success of the Allies.
A..
ton of the men of America. in provid-
ing munitions and food, and the ships 10
transport them Labor, he declared,
should be credited with 100000 men
for fighting before compulsory
service was thought of, and IL was to
the workngmen of England that the
flag of freedom had been kept flying,
both through their work on the battle
gelds and their efforts at home. The
cooperation of trades unions with the
Government. was also praised.
The need for ships TO transport food
was emphasized also Let IL be said
that for every ton of food sunk by the
wolves of the sea, another ton il put
into the trenches. DO this and you will
be doing your bit for the freedom of
the world" he exclaimed.
The great feeling of sacrifices and
fellowship from the two great English
universities at oxford and Cambridge
was the theme of the Archbishop to
his student hearers.
Five thousand university men of Eng
land have offered their lives on the altar
of sacrifice, said the Archbishop. OF a
combined enrolment of 6000. but 700
men are now in the universities of OK
ford and Cambridge. and these have
been disabled. are physically unfit or
men from India not eligible for service.
THE university life is no longer in
the universities, but in France and Flan-
ders." said the Archbishop Sometimes
II seems as II all those men who were
marked out as our best have been
killed. But we are full of pride on the
spirit they have shown and the sacri-
fee they have made. These men will
teach In succeeding generations as in
no other way can be done-the spirit
of this war. Their lives and memo
res will be felt as of no other genera
ton which has passed through our uni
versities. These men are not dead
they are living.
After the war the university must be
the guardian and ipsplrer OF the prin-
ciples of the nation. You Americans.
speaking as an observer. can say have
had great confidence In your power, re-
sources and wealth; you were beginning
to forget that quality OF man, the soul,
You must learn that the soul cannct
take care of itself"