Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
Grafton of Gen. Clement
T.. Before Knights Tentpldr


The oration delivered by Major Gen
knights Templnr ot Independence Squdt
Peace has not been attained. Fir
ing along the Hindenburg line ceased
on November IL last. but the world
has grown deeper and deeper into a
far more bitter struggle than the one
that seemed TO terminate on that day.
From that ntmistice Germany has
emerged more matcrialistic than ever,
less injured by the war than any one
else, with her machinery for the pur-
suits Of peace turned to the utmost
pitch, and stands ready to pursue her
aggressive policies of world aggrandize-
ment.
LAS we are gathered here today
around independence Hall in humility
rather than in jubilation. it seems TO
me we can proftably consider the mo
tives which actuated and the ideals
which controlled our forefathers in pre- =
pairing that declaration.
They enumerated some OF the things
that justified the step they had taken.
Surely all these conditions confront us
today. The land swarms with civilian
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ia. ;,;,,,ia., ." A.. -. u It
80, ,o ~ Janma.,, ,,ht,,
~ ."nnit" na..;o OU' o. mu,s
.rrnrrt,r. oin,ost % insvrroot;on in
spired by alien minds and men, is uni =
versal.
After dealing with the Declaration of
Independence. General Clement took up
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Nation Of Profteers
Under the guidance Of these two
, instruments the American peonIe grew
, in numbers and in wealth and ne thcv
, grew, unfortunately grew away from the
cardinal principles that had controlled
the actions Of the fathers of the re
public--the individual right OF man,
his personal right to liberty and hap
piness.
. "Ap alien nb;Iosonbv has been i'm
norted into this land: subtle and ap-
pealing, it has led many astray, so that
. TODAY we find ourselves in an admitted
g crisis feel I NAV properly call your
( attention to those conditions in the hope
,hot thoro nav no awakened among
e tho Tcmn,ors % Christian Freema
sonrv tbo same sn;rit Of chivalry
: r,h;cb octuotod tho ancient Templars
= 80 ha Middle Ases
h ~ tho h,sta ond hurry of this war
= .hi. noonl0 hocor,o a., nation Of proh
t toor0. hiah ard low rich and poor were
. ao.motad ,imost onlv bv the motto
!. Cot what Won can while the getting i,
n I Tr,at othors suffered matterpC
sot" sono n,;th declaration Of patri
otto purpose worked for nominal sal
q airy of 81 year that TAT contract
n might go TO the'r tolie"sr . SO or. IN,
e vast INDUSTRIES III WIN" ''
t terested'
= Competition in government service
e and in private life drove the prices 0
e material ana the prlces .. ~ 'IW. iW.tisod
yond ahS.n'ns '"as dawn hy lot t,
One mans son was drawn .,oso,a" os 10. y -
v yield his life on the pat.,ene'un
h France for 81 day ahotn', a'"u
v son, drawn by the same ioe oue op
N pressed by conscience: was "ssls"o'
d to cut lumber at - 10 S' per u"s.
|. Injustice CONFRONTED US Ut
). turn, but instead OF seatcnins pu' Wv Wv"
.e hearts we began to cr'ticihe .ne sus
: ernment; we began 10 cr''"'"o sai
,s station in me put o,ah. oI tbat ours wa
Is an" 80 tbst was down trodde
and that all the others "ess w. rtto
r, riched at our expense. .SO. 80 no n,n,
r, disregard of nature : 'aN onrso,ves int
l. all be giving we turneu ',ors seekiuq t
s. a nation all OF wno,n disn,sced broth
= be getting; selhshneSS '''p'
W erly love.
IN Sees Crisis Approaching
$. ..r.,oua u,o returp to better pat
r. mess ,u WV nass in a wave Of oh
s. the crisis "'., ,iostrmctiop. from whir
"a liVion ana ue ';,, emerge a chastene
doubtless Wv .nn,s hut at fcarft
and purineu pSop vea fear in lii
cost Id p'o'p'
destroyed oror Germany in til
America won 49, oreat spirituait
E. war because OIL a,d;er Shall he re
VI ". oountry that has turned mate
', r;aiistic, @ without dreams and wltho'
It visions except OF seinsh s ass af tho ma
'e and with an utter uisreea.u ait;aor
" terial rights OF every o.n.' 90 b
le the republic; or as ne 'e.u Sd ,h
IS old station in life VIII ne n"u ~ ~,
is country better for the sacr'h''' Nv ~
: made? -. ..;.o ;s IN ~