New-York tribune., 1918-09-07

men and women Of all nations, creeds
and creating out Of them a new race
We have looked upon this matter no.
with Indifference, but with that in
finite faith that all things would solve
themselves if left alone, which ha:
been characteristic of our life.
"But believe that the time has come
when we should intimately concern
ourselves. as individuals and as q
nation, with the hopes, the dreams, the
ideals and the destinies of the many
millions Of people who are with US
but are not fully US Is it any wonder
that these people do not understand
what America means? What effort
have we made to let them know that
America is more than an industrial
hunting ground?
"You and | realize that America is
more than money, or mines, more than
lands, more than stocks and industry
1t is a spirit, free spirit, a growing
spirit. 1t has rejected the theory that
some men are born to rule and others
to be their peasant henchmen. | trust
that it will not adopt the idea that
America is nurse whose business it
is to treat mankind as dependents. 1t
le rather the sunshine and the free air
which induce life and which challenge
the spirit of men.
What America Is
america is adventure, but it is no,
, exploitation.
"Amerjca is the land of the free and
the home of the brave, but it is the
land of the free because it is the home
OF the brave
"America is heart, as we'll as hands
and head.
America is a hope, not a thing done
America is a history Of great men anc
great deeds, of the mastering of the
continent. Of the revelation of unprec
edented resources, the organization OF
industries upon the hugest scale. But
/ OF life, conception of free men max
l0g their way constantly and unendng
! ~ against every challenge that nature
/ presents. the challenge OF the noun
! talns and of the streams and of the
/ forests and Of the lands. and the chal
I lengc OF the greed, the Indifference, til.
laziness and the wlfuiness Of man:
own nature.
! Man has come here seeking justice
! through iberty-fhrough stable anc
orderly liberty He has gone back tc
the Old World to fight for that idea
/ IN France. Those boys will return tc
Ugh. for that ideal in America. The,
viii have a larger conception of The
world. knowledge OF peoples that
they did not have before.
I'VE should prepare America TO re
ceve them in the spirit which they
will have upon their return.
What should we do, practically?
/ believe that we should extend and eX
pand our public school system. so that
| in tho first instance every school will
be an educating ground for American
! citizenship, so that no boy o. girl car
pass through the school without having
sense Of what America is, how il has
been made. what its resources are, how
its people live. what has been the evolu-
ton of its institutions, what its ser
vices have been to mankind; and in the
second place, no boy or girl shoult
come out of our public schools with
ont knowing some trade.
Ambassador Jusserand's address was
in part, as follows:
Since we met last year many events
have taken place, the chief one beine
the evergrowing part played by this
nation, with the frmest will to win
in the world conflict. Anything that il
asked of it is granted at once; be il
subscription to immense loans, the Civ
ing UP of the accustomed food, or the
accustomed auto ride on Sunday, the ac.
ceptance OF new taxation eight billion
. dollars is the report), or the increase
If the draft age, which will include bows