The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-03

We shall think ourselves "accurSd we
V"rA NOT there. and hold our man
hoods cheap while any speak thai
fought" with these Mt 81, Nihiel cI
ThEry.
The memory of those. Gays of tr1-
umuhant battle Will 80 with these for
tEQate men TO their graves; and each
/ will have his favOrite memory. "Old
Ines forgot: yet all shall he forgot,
| but he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day."
What we 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 ~" world seemed to
hang i'll the lu.UHr, mi threw their
fresh strength into the ranks of free
dom i'll time to turn tL.' whole tide
and sweep of the fatetul struggle
turn ii once for ALL So that thence
forth it was back, back, back for their
enemies, always back, never again for
ward
After that it was only Il scant four
months before the commanders of the
central empires knew themselves
beaten: and now Their very elnuires
are in liquidation!
And throughout it all how fine the
spirit of the nation was; what unity
of purpose, what mtiring zeal. What
elevation of purpose ran through all
its splendid display of strength, its
untiring accomplishment.
| have said that those of us who
stayed AT home to do work of or
ganiZatton and supply will always
wish that we had been with the men
whom we sustained by our labor: but
We can never be ashamed.
1t has been an inspiring thing to be
mere 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 thOroughgoing devotion and dis
! tinguiShed capacity that marked their
| toilsome lahorS, day after day, month
after month, have made them tit mates
| and comrades of the men in the
| trenches and on the sea.
And not the men here in Washing
ton only. They have but directed the
vast achievement. Throughout innu-
] farms, in the depths of coal mines and
! iron mines and copper mines, where
| ever the StatfS of industry were to be
| obtained and prepared, in the ship
| yards, on the railways, at docks, on
| the sea, in every labor that was need
ed to sustain the battle lines, men
| have We'd with each other to do their
| part and do ii well.
They can look any man-at-armS i'll
| the face, and say, we also StrOve to
| win and gave the best that was in us
| to make our fleets and armies sure of
| their triumph
And what shall we say of the wo-
men-of their instant intelligence
1 Tit fnJ i1,l.
ton and cooperation, which gave
| their action discipline and enhanced
| the effectiveness of everything they
! attempted; their aptitude at tasks to
which they had never before set their
hands; their self-sacritice alike in
! what they did and in what they gave?
Their contribution to the great re-
| suit is beyond appraisal. They have
| added new lustre to the annals of
| American WOmanhOOd.
| 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 fell
| of practical work they have entered,
| whether for themselves or for their
| country.
These great days of completed
| achievement would be sadly married
| were we to omit that act of justice.
| Besides the immense practical serv-
| ices they have rendered, the women
| OF the country have been the moving
| spirits in the systematic economies by
| which our people have voluntarily as
| sisted to supply the suffering peoples
| IF the world and the armies upon
| every front with food and everything
- =a-a- lad +l2at= nj Ght serve The
lhmon cause.
The details of such story car
| never be fully written, but we can
| thpnl a thank
| God that we can say that we are tn"
! 'Iinsmen of such.
And now we are sure of the great
triumph for which every sacrifice was
| made.
| It has come, come in its complete
| Tess, and with the pride and InSpira
ion of these days of achievement
| rricE within us We turn to the task
! + peace a@ain-a peace secure against
| he violence of irresponsible monarchS
| md ambitious military lotteries and
2ade ready for a new order. for new
| pundationS of justice and fair deal
| ng.
we are about to give order and or
'anZation to this peace not only for
| ourselves hut for the other peoples
| f the world as We'll, so far as thpv
! I'll suffer us to serve them.
| It is international justice that w
EEK, not domestic safety merely.
our thoughts have dwelt of late
non Europe. upon Asia, upon the
! Gear and Far East, very little upon
| he acts of the peace and accommo
alton that wait TO be performed II
! nr own doors.
| While We are adjusting our, rel"
| IONS With the rest of the world is :;
not Of capital Importance that W."
;hould clear away all grounds of mis-
understanding with our immedial:
| 9eighbors and give proof Of the frien
| ship we really feel?
| hope that the members of the sep
| e will permit me to speak once IN
| + The nnratified treaty of FRIENDSHIPS
! Nd adjustment with the Republic "
| colombia.
Very earnestly urged upon the
=! early and favorable action upon
! hat vital matter.
believe that they will feel. viii
| ne. that the stage of affairs is nov
At for such action as will be not onl
'"St but generous and in the spirit T.
he new age upon which we have
happily entered
| SO far aS our domestic affairs arc
! ncorned. the problem of our return
g peace is Il problem of economic am
'nduStrial REIMBURSEMENT. That prof.
! lem is less serious for us than it may
| turn out to he for the nations which
! lave suffered the diSarrangementS ana
he losses of war longer than we.
Our people, moreover, do not wal
q be coached and led. They kno"
| heir own business, are quick and re-
| sourceful at every reimbursement. def
| 1te In purpose and self-reliant In ac-
| on.
| The ordinary and normal PROCESS.
! f private initiative will not, hcweNrr
| provide immediate employment for al
| Of the men of our returning armies
| Those who are of trained capacity.
| those who are skilled wOrkmen. those
! a.ho have acquired familiarity With
! established businesses, those who are
| lady and willing to go to the farms
al those whose apttudeS are known
! ~ will h" sought out by employers
vill find 40 difficulty. ii is safe -
ny, in finding place and employment
But there will be others who will b.
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