The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-03

ed and go Ia their -~-rr,t,le. adventure
blitholy and with the quick ihtelii-
gence of those who know just what
it is they would accomplish.
II am proud to he the feliow-coun-
tryman OF men Of such stuff and
i vaiour Those OF us who stayed at
home did our duty. the war could not
have been won or the gallant men
who fought IL given their opportunity
to win IL otherwise; hut for many n
7 long day we shall think ourselves
'accursed We were not there. and hold
our manhoods 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. and each will have his favorite
memory. Old men forget; yet all
shall be forgot, but he'll remember
/ with advantages what feats he did
that day
! Al Critical Moment
What VIC all thank God for with
4 deepest gratitude is that our men
went in force into the lire of battle
just al the critical moment, when the
whole fate of the world seemed to
hang in The balance, and threw their
fresh strength into tho ranks of free
4 dom in time TO turn the whole tide
and sweep of the fateful struggle.
urn IL OtNF Ipt all, SO ltidI iitflCt-
forth IL was back. back, back for
their enemies, always hack, never
again forward, After that it was
only "A scant four months before the
I commanders of the central empires
! knew themselves beaten: and now
their very empires are in liquidation.
And throughout it all, how fine
the spirit of the nation was; what
unity OF purpose: what untiring zeal!
YlN ny ~
through all its splendid display of
! strength. its untiring accomplish
mcnt. ] have said that those of lis
who stayed at home to do the work
OF organization and supply will al
ways wish that. We had been with the
men whom we sustained by our labor:
but we can never he ashamed.
ut has been an inspiring thing TO
he 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 unselishness. the
thoroughgoing devotion and distin-
guished capacity that marked their
toilsome lahors,, day by day. month
after month. have made them fit
mates and comrades Of the men in
the trenches and on the sen. And
not the men here in Washington only.
4 They have but directed the vast
achievement. Throughout innumer-
able factories, upon innumerahle
farms. in the depth of coal mines and
iron mines and copper mines where :
ever the stuffs of industry were to he
obtained and prepared. in the ship
yards. on the railways. at the dock s.
on the sea, in every labor that was
needed 10 sustain the battle lines
men have WED with each other to do
their part and do IL vol. They can
look any man at arms in the face and
say, We also strove to win and gave
the best that was m us TO make our
fleets and armies sure OF their
triumph
Credit to Women.
And what shall we say of the wo-
men--of their instant intelligence.
quickening every task that they
touched; their capacity for organiza-
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 utter self-sacrifice alike
in what they did and in what they
gave? Their contribution to the great
result Is beyond appraisal. They have
added new luster TO the annals of
American womanhood.
THE least tribute we can pay them
Is TO make them the equals of men
in political rights az they have proved
themselves equals In every field of
practical work they have entered.
whether for themselves or for THEN
country. These great days of com
pleted achievement, would be sadly
/ iDarTed were we TO omit That am of
justice. Besides the immense practi-
cal services thew haVa he
women of the country have been the
moving spirits in the systematic
economies by which our people have
voluntarily assisted to supply the
suffering peoples of the world and
the armies upon every front with
food and everything else that we had
that might serve the common cause.
The details OF such a story can never
be fully written. but we carry them
at our hearts and thank God that we
can say that we are the kinsmen of
such.
And now we are sure of the grea
triumph for which every sacrifice
was made. II has come, come in its
completeness. and with pride and in =
SEPARATION of these days of achieve
ment quick within us we turn to the
tasks of peace again---a peace secure
against the violence Of irresponsible
monarchs and ambitious military
coteries and made ready for "a new
order, for new foundations OF justice
and fair dealing
We are about TO give order and
organization to this peace not only
for ourselves, but for the other peo-
pies of the world as we'll, so far as
they will suffer us TO serve them. It
liz international Justice that we seek,
not domestic safety merely Our
thoughts have dwelt of late upon
Europe, upon Asia, upon the Near
land the Far East. very little upon the
acts of peace and accommodation
that wait TO he performed at our own
doors. While we are adjusting our
relations with the rest OF the world
is IL not of capital Importance that
we should clear away all grounds OF
Misunderstanding with our imme-
date neighbors and give proof OF the
friendship we really feel? / hope
that the members of the senate will
permit me to speak once more OF the
unratified treaty of friendship and
adjustment with the republic of CO.
lombia very earnestly urge upon
them an early and favorable action
upon that vital matter. | believe that
they will feel. with me. that the stage
OF affairs is now set for such action