Evening journal., 1919-02-21

But we must realize lul-i tidt INV
we have established the stamina AMI
character Of the United States we must
be sure that we protect 10 the FINAL let
ter the lives and safety OF our citizens
In the future A nation that viii not
protect the lives OF its citizens is nos
entitled 10 the respect Of the citizens.
The noble principle that the lives OF
Americans shall be safe In every land
or on every sea. was enforced 10 the
letter In regard to Germany. but we for
got 10 use 10 in regard TO Mexico.
There are unagenged 400 Americans
whose lives have been taken. their
property connscated or destroyed IN
that country today. / hope to live TO
see the time when an American held by
Mexican bandits will only have b
throw back his head and declare. I am
an American TO at once guarantee his
safe return TO the Rio Grande.
'@Ne have a great President" de-
clared Congressman Chandler. "But
there Is one thing we must keep In
m nd. The spirit Of parliamentary in
dependence must be kept in both
Houses OF Congress. President Wilson
must learn that he cannot merely send
a cablegram for S50OOOOO,OOO and get
II without a murmur We have al
ready voted too much money away.
eve must also remember not 10 wear
our Sympa'hies ON our seeves. We
should make the BOIshevild learn Go
wOrk instead Of haht before we feed
them. This IS imperative. We must
set our faces like lint against this
movement. We want liberty without
license in this country. We will not
have the bottom placed on the top and
the top on the bottom as Il Is In Rus
STA. Genius RICH eOuSneSs and decency
count for too much for that"
BaltimOre'S Greeting.
James F. Thrift. city controller OF Bal
tlmore, declared the European war
would make this country greater than
Il ever was before. He said he
brought a message from the mayor Of
Bsltim0re 10 the society which was
Remember that you still have In
Maryland a place 10 call home. Della
ware has gained by your presence and
Maryland lost by your absence. but
there IS always a welcome hand and
glad heart for all men OF Maryland
who have come 70 Delafare. should they
ever decide TO come back and find a
home"
That great task sthl confronted the
United States now That the war Is
won. was the statement OF DR.. Herbert
F. Randolph, former pastor OF Grace
~ E. Church In this city, now rector
OF Foundry NJ. z. Church In Wash
lngton.
DIR. Randolph for Peace League.
AS we once faced the great problems
OF marshallng our forces TO win a
righteous war" said DR. Randolph, 1--WE
are now facing the great problems OF
peace 10 maintain the principles Of that
righteous war. II il was a great task
to win the war, there Is the still great
er task before us that after our vic
tories on the battlefield, we install the
cause Of peace throughout the world.
This task calls into operation the big
gest and best brains, minds. and souls
that we have TO offer.
1--WE should all be ready 20 back
Woodrow Wilson as head OF the Demo-
cratic party. and William howard Taft
since the death Of Theodore Roose-
velt--cs head % the Republican party,
to bring into active existence the League
TO Enforce Peace. We have been walk
ing on the mountain tops Of chance
and flying through the others OF VIC
tory, but we must come down 10 earth
now and do the humble things or life
once more We must conserve and
transmit into the generations to fol-
low, what has been given US In these
hours Of spirit and sacrifice.
zone Of Americas great tasks IS 10
end war on this planet foreverl We
must realize the rule Of the mob IS as
great a menace as was the rule OF au-
tocracyw
Secretary johnson Eloquent.
The last speaker was Everett G.
johnson, Secretary Of state for Della
ware. When he rose 20 begin his adj
dress. group Of his admirers gave a
Delaware College yell for him. He made
an eloquent and impressive address de-
plotting how America waited for three
years fighting a neutrality we did not
feel" before entering the world war.
'You have. given your wealth and
your sons TO win the rights Of liberty"
me said. "NOw the nation calls TO you
10 give Of your best energy that The
ideals for which you gave your wealth
and sons may be perpetuated.
"Our history. has always best been
explained by epigrams. In the time OF
the Revolution it was, taxation without
representation is tyranny y In the time
of the Civil War, Lincoln resorted to
epigram when he declared, a house
divided against itself cannot standr
Nor did this theory fail in the present
struggle. for / think that Americas
feelings were completely voiced by that
veteran soldier, General Pershing, when
AZ the tomb OF the great champion Of
liberty, he said. Lafayette, we SIRE
comet
"Gentlemen, want to allow my
Imagination 10 wander. I want to pic
ture IL before that grave at Mount
Vernon saying, Washington, we are
conner ! want TO stand beside that
noble monument Of the master man at
Springfield and declare, Lincoln, we are
GOMEZ But most Of all / want II to
soar across the Atlantic and Nesting
reverently before a snOw-white cross In
Flanders field, cry, American boy, we
are GOMEZ But this can be brought
about, not In the air nor In the excite
ment Of victory but by doing the hard,
hard stern things Of life"
List Of those present.
Seated at the speakers table were
POSTMASTER Hastings, Congressman
Chandler, Comptroller Thrift, Secretary
OF Stale Johnson, Dr. Randolph, United
states Senator-elect L. Heisler Ball,
Mayor John w. Lawson, former Gov
ernor Charles r. Miller. Simeon S.
Pennewill, Chancellor Charles NJ. Curtis,
Judge Victor B. Woolley, Judge Henry
C. Conrad. Judge T. Bsyard Heisel,
Indra Hugh NJ Morris former Indge