The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12
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u With the fail Of the ancient
noAt which rested lige an In
1pon the peoples Of the central
N1 AAs come political change, not
NJ bnt revolution; and revolution
&eAlMs ~ yet to assume no maj
11r0d form but to run from one
&1aueo 70 another, until thought
un are forced 70 ask themselves
MAA4 governments and OF what
- re about to dea, in the MAX
~ the covenants of peace? with
autAority will they meet us. and
What assurance that their author
l11 abide and sustain securely the
n&30aaal arrangements into which
about TO enter There Is more
Tor small anxiety and miseiv-
When peace is raade. upon whose
oDoe and engagements besides our
= Il 70 rest7
AsS Problems Ahead.
~ ~ be perfectly frank with our
yqo and ADMIT that these questions
0t be satisfactorily answered now
4A once. But the moral In not that
~ ID little hope of an early answer
II will suffice. II Is only that we
t be patient and helpful and mind
Aoove all Of the great hope and
06once that lie AT the heart of what
S&nktnG place. Excuses accomplish
A1ng. Unhappy Russia has furn-
~ abundant recent proof of that.
UfAer Immediately defeats Itself. II
1900 should occur. II disorder should
= dime raise It's head, n s.her sec
w1 Thought will follow and a day Of
instructive action II we help and do
1k hinder.
Ma he present and all that il holds
oagA to the nations and the peoples
4 peescrvs their eeif-controi and the
M46ty processes Of their governrn ents'
tnture to those who prove them
3DNoD the true friends of mankind.
omauer with arms Is to make only
$4&npOrary conquest: TO conquer thu"
- ~ earning its esteem is 20 mako
ooment conquest l am confident
I& the nations that have learned III"
y9p3fne OF freedom ana that hnv
e1o6 with Possession to its or
- practice are now shont to make
inquest of the world by the sheer
4er OF example md 81 friendly help"
LA&eeb.
New Dawn 81 Freedom.
S The pco pies who itas @ but Just come
M from undo the yoke Of arbitrary
LgNUTMment, ar8 who are now coming
N last into 'Neir freedom. Will never
M tho measures Of liberty they are
j eearch Of { they look Tor them ny
3N light of the torch They WIFI End
~ every pathway that is stained
23eh the blood Of their own broth rs
4MGa to the wilderness. not TO the seat
4 their hope. They are now face TO
49, with their initial test. We must
"a the light steady until they find
m4uA9elves. And ira the meantime, II II
Ia p08Bfhle, we must establish a peace
ut will Justly define their place
ItAonR the nations remove all fear
Il their neighbors and of their former
MATTERS, and enable them TO live in
Dcurity and contentment when they
I've set their own affairs in order l.
IT one. do not doubt their purpose or
Aeir capacity. Their are some harpy
rms that they know and vii choose
~ way Of self-con.rol and peaceful
Mcotnn odation, n they do. we shan
malt with patience and sympathy the
and recovery that will as
Nfedly come at last"
Ss The Stern Day. of Last Year
N The scene In the house during the
l41tvary of the presidents message was
! sharp contrast TO that scene IN tho
mme hall nineteen months ago when
~ president from the sam. rostrum
onouuced that war with Germany was
Unavoidable. Those were DAYS If aeri-
l1o and sober thought. the senators
lM4 representative who heard the
Ieoo3dent that DAY were solemn and
as 'he3 went about the
g11eneSs Of prs pairing the country to
|4S6r the great world war. some OF
1Dear number were even opposed to
Io9nE into IT.. and upon their faces
wers frowns that betrayed their dis
Ibproval,
NJ But today all were in smiles They
we're Rlad--~glad not that the war was
hut IA u Anr
rs no !ack Of Unity among them
Lhere was no chance OF disco over
ne wonderful message that th ircSi-
lent ca me To give them The whole
hreathed of triumph and
ii victorious accomplishment which
sArrsed quick infection to every
1Ody in the house.
h Chief Justice Wnite seated imme~
lfHx&dy heipv' the F,resident. naser ap=t
5eMred sYsa,re aSnianln Than as ne loon.
IA IN Iafo the Presidents farce and
frank in the words which spelled the
DOWNFALL OF the German empire His
hands were ever bury in apDlaudinr
rad once, near The beginning Of the
nTes.dent's address. when the presi~
4enf announced that the German au-
horfties had signed the armistIce. the
Chief Justice shouted Bravo" and
uarted the first round of applause
Judge Hughes Hears Speech
Seated on the renuF lican eide next
q Representative Sydney Anderson
n Minnesota, sat former Justice
Charles Evans Hughr5. the presidents
rival In the last contest
lUr his llirS ofic" He kept A SteaAy
gnxe upon the President throughout
ne delivery Of ne speech Several
lines he rose with the others in the
house and Joined In the arplauSe.
ACROSS the aisle from where judge
Hughes sat was representative La
3uArdfa of New York in his uniform
r. y major in the Italian flying corps
q raceived great oviation when he
inferred the hall, which he left al
m0ot = year ago 10 win honors In
~ foreign service.
" a 1f0mber Of those who participa-
"a IN that other historic occasion
&hon war was declared were missing
pOA foday's ceremony. The vener-
IAao .sHen" Tillmsn, senator from
Douth Carolina WAS not tn ire. Meth
n Hvas Senator Stone OF Missouri
- chairman of the foreign rela-
49, committee. which drafted aud
&9Ued the war resolution. Senator
80 leader OF the republicans ard an
~&AnoiAStic supporter OF the war. Ia
oo. And 30 liz Senator Ollie James
Kentucky. ever IN the forefront OF
~ president's advisers.
II 9A0 places OF these men and Of
loea In both houses who did not
15Gt0 see the full fruition Of their
o1eoD on the war resolution are Ia
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