Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-03
President Hopes for Peace by Spring
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with the quick intelligence OF those
I accomplish. am proud to be the
fellow countryman OF men OF such
stuff and valour. Those OF us who
| stayed at home did our duty: the
war could not have been won or the
! gallant men who fought II given
| their opportunity to win II otherwise: (:
! but for many "A long day we shall
| think ourselves 'accurs'd we were
| not there, and hold our manhoodg
cheap while any speaks that fought
| with these at 81. Mihlel or Thierry.
/ The memory OF those days OF tri-
umphant battle will 20 with these
| fortunate men to their graves, and
each will have his favorlte memoyy.
| "Old men forget; yet all shall he
! forgot, but he'll remember with nd-
vantages what feats he did that
day"
Entered Mt Critical Moment
What we all thank God for with
| deepest gratitude is that our men
went in force into the line Of battle
iust nt the critical moment when the
whole fate Of the world seemed to
hang In tho balance and threw their
fresh strength into the ranks of free
.
and sweep OF the fateful struggle
turn II once for all. no that thence
forth II was back. back, back for
thoir enemies, always back, never
again forward! After that IL was
only "A Scant four months before tho
commanders OF the central empires
knew themselves beaten: and now
their very empires are in liquidation
And throughout II all how fine the
spirit Of the nation was, what unity
OF purpose. what untiring zeal! what
elevation OF purpose ran through all
It's splendid display OF strength, It's
untiring accomplishment. have
said that those Of us who stayed at
home to do work OF organization and
supply Will always wish that We had
been with the men whom we sus-
tanned by our labor. but we can
never be ashamed II 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 traine' capacity to tho tasks
that supple, the sinews OF the whole
great undertaking!
The patriotism, the unselfishness,
the thoroughgOing devotion and dis
tinGuishcd capacity that marked
their toilSome la bors, day after day.
month after month, have made them
lit mates and comrades OF the men
in the trenches and on the sea. And
not the men here In Washington
only. They have but directed the
vast achievement Throughout in
Vulnerable factories. upon innumer-
able farms. in the depths Of coal !
mines and Iron mines and copper |
mines. wherever the stuffs of indus |
try were to be obtained and pre-
pared, in the shipyards. on the rail- !
ways, at the docks, on the sea, In |
every labor that was needed, TO sus-
tain the battle lines, men have We'd |
with each other to do their part and |
do 1t well. They can look any man
at arms In the face and say, we also |
strove to win and gave the best that |
was In us to make our fleets and |
armies sufe OF their triumph. And |
what shall we say Of the wamen--of |
their instant intelligence, qulckening |
every task that they touched; their
capacity for organization and coop
Grafton which gave their action dis
cipline and enhanced the Effective
ness 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 a new luster to the
annals Of American womanhood.
Would Make Them Equals.
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
field of practical work they have
whether for themselves or
for their country. These great days
Of completed achievement would be
sadly marred were we to omit that
act OF justice. Besides the immense
practical services they have rem
1ered. the women OF the country
have been the moving spirits in the
systematic econQmies 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
hat we had that might serve the
common cause. The details OF such
/ story can never be fully written.
,ut we carry them at our hearts and
hank God that we can say that we
ire the kinsmen OF such!
And now we are sure OF the great
for which every sacrifice
vas made. II has come, come in its
and with the pride
md inspiration OF these DAYS OF
achievement quick within us, we
urn to the tasks OF peace agaIn-a
,eace secure against the violence of
Irresponsible monarchs and ambi-
ious military coteries and made
eady for n new order. for new foun-
lations OF jIVtice and fair dealing.
We are about to give order and or
n nNzation IN this neace not npIv For