Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-15
CITY OBSERVES
bASTILLE DAY

BASTILLE DAY
On account cf tire unfavorable
weather the celebration which WAS
to have been held at Monument pafA
took place at the Elnwood Hotel
The program was carried out as pre-
viously announced.
The affair was IN honor Of me
French Fourth CT July" and Wa"
well attended. Dr. ]. F. Hill Weicorn-
ed the audience and spoke as fol-
lows:
Liberty has two birthdays. ore IN
the new world and one IN the oio
One is marked by the anniversary ri
our Declaration Of Independence on
July T. 1915 1t is the birthday IF
nation in The new Western world,
dedicated to the proposition that al;
nen are created free and equal. It's
cradle was independence hall ~
Philadelpllia.
The nation has become a great
people which has gathered to It's
ideals the self governing nations OF
the TWO <AITlcI -CdEs ~" A'Si4N''
for the preservation Of its life, thai,
governments Of the people. for the
people and by the people shall not
perish from the face of the earth.
The second cradle of liberty was
amid the ruins of the Bastil,e in
Paris On July IA, 1889, the people Of
PARIS destroyed this great medieval
prison, the emblem TO them Of tyEA-
ny and oppression, an autocfatic
government They lighted the torch
of liberty at its smoulderlng ruins
and sent their armies fourth from
the first great European republic 70
, carry this torch into a Europe GOV
erned by absolutism and cursed
with privilege and inequality and n
| justice.
! These two great republics arc
/ children with the same spirit Their
essential union from the days Of La
| fayette and Washington TO the days
Of Wilson and Poincare, Of Persil.ns
and Foch has been unhroken'
French blood and treasure were siT-
en-. so that we might found the nrSt
great experiment Of self-governmeni
America today sends her millions n
men and her billions in gold that tht
home Of Joan of Arc and the tomt
of Lafayette may remain invloldte.
France stands erect today, I'M
CONQUERED and unconQuerablc. Amer
lea stands beside her. Our boys II
khaki shoulder to shoulder with tins
Horizon blue of Frances brave mea
Our Stars and Stripes over tht
trenches beside the tri-coior 81
France proclams 10 the milltar,
masters of Germany union Whlct
shall perish the cause Of democracy
to triumph and form the basis o
greater world federation in the day.
of peace.
TODAY we ask of France nothing
, but the privilege of repaying the deo
I'VE owe We to celebrate the Fan O
the Bastile, the first stronghold OF ao
so,utisn, to go down before the rising
, mower of freemen. We shall stand be
side her till the last stronghold Of au
tocracy falls in ruins about the Hohen
: zollern dynasty.
: you. sister republic, are giving ev
: erything, keeping only the imperishao oil
\ hone that spirit of self-sacrifice TO
= things xrea ter than the lives OF mel
; and nations, which is the crown an
n glory of France through all the ages
: Accept from America on the l29tn ANN
= versary of your dedication to self-gov
d eminent the tribute, not of our sent
G ment alone. but of ourselves. Tn
voice of America proclaims today tn
one accord, Long live France.
Hon Frank Redington then offere
n the following resolutions;
n Resolved: That the l4th OF July mes
e sage you have just heard be the sentl
e ment Of Americas millions. that it
IS delivered through our minuten1en of tn
> committee on public information to tn
i French ambassador for transnittal
the people Of France, and that this au
Il dience. with thousands of others, thi
X day shall me.s and honor our mob.
S. ally, the republic of France"
= The sneaker of the day, Fred "
!, Clair. was introduced by DIR. Hill, VIII
/. smoke of the significance of the da,
r and said that it was only 10 days ag
= that France was celebrating our Fourt
e of July. and that now We were remen
berins their birthday. and that it wa
= only fair that we should do this, H
= spoke of the war of 1853 leaving Franc
: in debt and how they came to our res
r cue when our war was declared. Frank
" lin did his work so we'll that France de
u clared war against England. We az
a apt to forget the aid France gave US.
i, The celebration was closed with a Sc
n lection by the Waterville Military banc
re Miss Mary Lowe Of Clinton was in th