The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-02

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| feats he did that day" what we al
think good for, with deepest gratitude
| is that our men went in force int
! line Of battle just at the critical mo
ment when whole fate Of the worlt
seemed to hang in the balance ant
throw their fresh strength into rank:
: OF freedom in time to turn whole tide
and sweep OF fateful struggle. turn i
once for all, SO that thenceforth i
was back, back, back, for their enc
mics. always back never forward.
After that it was only scant fou
months before commanders of centra
empires knew themselves and nov
their very empires are in liquidation
And throughout it all how fine spiri
of nation was; what unity of purpose
what untiring. zeal what elevation o
purpose ran through all its splendi'
display OF strength. it's untiring &C
complishment. have said that thos
OF us who stayed at home to do wor
of organization and supply will Away
wish that we had been with the me
whom we sustained by our labor; bu
we can never be ashamed. 1t has be-
an inspiring thing to be here in Il
midst OF fine men who had turn'
aside from every private interest
their own and devoted the whole
their trained capacity to tasks th
supplied sinews of the whole gre
undertaking.
Woman's Contributions.
Patriotism, unselfishness, thoro,
+, ictf ,iCha
acity that marked their toilsome
bors, day after day. month after mo-
have made them fit mates and &C
rades of the men in the trenches al
on the sea. And not men here in
Washington only. They have but di
rected vast achievement Throughout
innumerable factories, upon innumer
able farms. in the depths of coal mines
and iron mines and copper mines,
wherever stuffs of industries were to
be obtained and prepared, in ship
yards. on railways, at docks, on the
sea, in every labor that was needed
to sustain battle lines, men have WED
with each other to do their part and
do it 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 sure of their triumph. And
what shall we say of women, of their
instant intelligence, quickening every
task that they touched; their capacity
for organization and cooperation.
which gave their action discipline and
enhanced effectiveness of everything
they attempted; their aptitude at
tasks to which they had never before
set their hands: their utter self-sacri.
flee alike in what they did and in
what they gave. Their contribution
to the great result is beyond apprais-
al. They have added new lustre to
| the annals of American womanhood.
The least tribute we can pay them is
to make them equals of men in poll
tical rights as they have proved them
selves their equals in every field of
practical work they have entered.
whether for themselves of for their
country. These great days of COM
pleted achievement would be sadly
marred were we to omit that act of
justice.
Besides the immense practical serv-
ices they have rendered women Of
country have been moving spirits in
systematic economies by Will our
|
supply suffering peoples of world and
armies upon every front with food
and everything else that we had that
| might serve common cause. The de-
tails of such story can never be fully
written but we carry them at our
! hearts and thank God that we can say
that we are kinsmen of such. And
now we are sure of great triumph for
which every sacrifice was made. 1t
has come, come in it's completeness
and with pride and inspiration of
these days Of achievement quick with
In us we turn to tasks OF peace again,
peace secure against violence of ir
responsible monarchs and ambitious
military lotteries and made ready for
new order, for new foundations of JUS
tice and fair dealing. We are about
to give order and organization to this
peace not only for ourselves but for
other peoples Of world as well, so far
as they will suffer us to serve them.
1t is international justice that we
seek, not domestic safety merely. Our
thoughts have dwelt of late upon Eur
ope, upon Asia, upon near and far
East very little upon acts OF peace
and accommodation that wait to be
performed at our doors.
Problems at Home.
While we are adjusting our rela-
lions with the rest of world is it not
of capital Importance that we should
clear away all grounds of misunder-
standing with our immediate neigh
bors and give proof of friendship we
really feel. / hope that members of
senate will permit me to speak once
more of unratified treaty Of friend
ship and adjustment with the republic
of Columbia. l very earnestly urge
upon them an early and favorable &C.
ton upon that vital matter l believe
they will feel with me that stage of
affairs is now set for such action as
will be not only just but generous and
in spirit of new age upon which we
have SO happily entered. So far as
our domestic affairs are concerned
problem OF our return to peace is the
problem of economic and industrial re-
adjustment. That problem is less
serious for us than it may turn out to
be for the nations which have suffer
ed Heterogeneous and losses Of war
longer than we. Our people moreover
do not wait to be coached and led.
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