The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-05-02
DYER GIVES IMPRESS
SIVE FLAG ADDRESS

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At impressive ceremonies at the as
sembly hall of the Oak Grove school
the districts service flag was dedicat
ed Friday night. The meeting was
presided over by Mrs. Geo. c. Glad
den. Addresses were delivered by W.
b. Dyer and Supt. Gibson. While
Mrs Louise Boyden recited ''An Ode
to the Flag" Mrs. Phillip Horn, who
has three sons and grandson in the
service, unfurled the service banner,
on which are stars for the following
boys:
Toivo Annala. Camp Fremont,
racks; Philip H. Carroll, Camp Lewis /;
Roy Davis, Vancouver Barracks John
Fenwick, u. S. S. Pueblo, Gust Fors-
berg, France Ben Horn, Camp Kelly,
Tex; Joseph Horn, France: Otto
Horn, Garden City. N. Y; W. L.
Hodges, and Ray Wickham. Fort Can
by; William Hukari, and Ned jackson,
Camp Fremont; Elmo Jakku, Camp
Lewis, and Horace r. Skinner. France.
Mrs. GLADDEN. made the presentation
speech. Little Miss Margaret Pierson
gave a recitation on the "Service
Flag" A reading, "Woman's S Work
in War, was given by Mrs. Paul r.
Hughes Mrs. F. W. Angus rendered
solos.
Mr. Dyer's address was as follows:
1t is an awful, awful fact, beyond
comprehension, that after 20 centuries
of Christ's teachings carried to the
most remote peoples of the world,
there should at the present time be
found to exist nation and ruler, in
close touch with the enlightenment of
civilization, and yet absolutely outside
the bounds of Christianity-self con-
ceited, hypocritical, wicked, lustful
greedy and bloodthirsty-a thieving
lying mass of governmental humanity
deserving only the disrespect and con.
tempt Of the great family of nations
and punishment that will make them
bite the dust of their wickedness and
their infamy. Behold how that ma
tion's own rulers. statesmen and phil
osophers define their national conceit
and greed
Frederick the Great in one of his
state letters says; IF there is any
thing to be gained by it we will be
honest, if deception is necessary we
will cheat. Frederick William in his
speech from the throne said, "All
written constitutions are only scraps
of paper " William said, 'Provi-
dence has willed that we should be its
instruments. This from Bsmark
mot by speeches and resolutions of
majorities are the great questions of
the time decided, but by blood and
iron.
Won Loebell, prime minister, in l9lt
said, ''The German Empire must build
with blood and iron the road to the at.
tainment of its political destiny in the
world" Nietzche, the national writer,
says, aye shall love peace as means
to new wars and the short peace more
than the long" Lasson. another ma
tional spirit, writes" We are morally
and intellectually superior to other ma
! tions.
Again in a petition of German pro.
fessors this appeared, "We must keeE
Belgium firmly in our hands. We
should not hesitate from any false
humanity to burden France as heavily
as possible. " Harden, national shin
ing light, says, "Germany's right is
her might. Now the hour has struch
for German supremacy. Not against
our will were we thrown into this gi
gantic adventure it was not imposed
upon us by surprise we willed it.
And Wilhelm. the Daschund kaiser
has his little mite to add to the nation
al sentiment Il am the instrument OF
the Almighty With such natona
spirit at large can We wonder at the
murder of the Lusitania, the rape oi
Belgium, the firing of France, the out.
rage on Russia?
On the other hand, l42 years ago 81
men selected by the people of a new
world republic, Republic born out Of
the wrongs of the old world, assembled
in the old state house in Philadelphia
unanimously adopted a declaration OF
another national sentiment, which wa.
the dawn of a new era in national anC
human history based on these funda
ated equal that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain inalienablt
rights; that among these are life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness; tha
to secure these rights governments ar,
instituted among men. deriving theil
just powers from the consent of tn,
governed.
Commenting on these articles of oul
Declaration of Independence, of ouI
national spirit, President Lincoln ut
tered these significant words: They
gave liberty not alone to the people o.
this country, but hope to all the worlC
for all future time, giving promis,
that in due time the weights would b,
lifted from the shoulders of all mel
and all should have an equal chance.
Out of such national sentiment ther,
has came no oppression of the weak o
murder of the innocent. But ther,
has come our own U. s. A., the free
dom of Cuba, the freedom of Portt
Rico, the freedom of the Philippines
the inviolabe rights Of all American
nations.
With this sentiment of liberty, equal
ity and justice deep in their heart
through these passing days. our boy
in the nations service are assembling
millions strong. headed straight 70
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