Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-05
X Die IN AUTO SMASH NEAR FREEPORT
TRAIN HITS MACHINE AT BLIND CROSSING
MONUMENT TOUS PERlS OF PEACE
Boys Who Fell on Soil
of France

To he Erected Near Tomb of lay
fsyette - American Anhassaenr
lays Wreath on Tomb of Famous
Frenefman on inrependence Day
Paris. July A monument To the
American soldiers VINO periEnen IN
France will be erected IN May next
year near the tomb Of Lafayette IN the
Picpus cemetery. This announcement
was made by andre Tarriieu al the
American tribute to Lafayette today
when Ambassador Wallace lald
wreath On the tomb Of the French nero
The sculptor Barrhulme will design the
monument.
Paris, July 4.-AmnaEsador Wallace TO-
day laid a wreath on the tomb of La
fayette
Il stand here today where SO many
Americans have stood before me- ne
said, and IN reverence and devotion
place wreath upon the grave of La
fayette. The act itBe.e is simple, but
l could do nothing more perfectly rep
resentative of American sentiment 1t
is as If my country stretched her hand
acrpHs me sea and set a loving tribute
before the shrine of our best friend
1T LIS most fitting that we should
come TO France and seek out the rest
ing place of LAFAYETTE. OF all great
Frenchmen ne is best known to US. bet
ter known IN America indeed than ne
Is IN France. He is but one Of Our
heroes. To LIE ne Is the knight IT zhln-
ing arnur VINO came IN the hour Of
darkness to help Us IN our need. No
child is born among us nut learns to
link ms name with Washington and
IN manhood ne reserves the hero o.
his youth.
When our armies came ACROSS The
ocean tr defend the liberty thet Frame
herself had WON. they but sought TO
repay a sacred debt: yet the debt re-
mains d joyful burden and bond of
union for all time between two great
peoples. Those VINO are blessed with
liberty best deserve il wien they snare
il with their brothers. for what they
give re-urns again TO Increase a com
mo- sore.
'As we now greet wnYld at peace
we npte that the cornerstone of the
freedom which has come To Europe Is
the Example which waE Set in America
ion wears ago II is the new Evangel.
and as lafayet.e beheld IT. then SO
now we raise II where all mankind may
see"
At a luncheon gwen by the Amer
can Chamber Of Commerce. AmbasE dor
Wallace SAID:
7 IN the long years of our national
historv nave had few more glorious
/ birthdays than rhIg. In IUfe we SET an
4 example to the world in 1919 we re-
joice we nave helped the world 10 foi-
low il
! Coming TO France as an Amer
! lean, ] came among friends; IN re-
manning here as American ambassa-
/ dor, ] nut take IN task winch tna1
friendship win make easy. w niie
/ President Wilson lunured us with
| his presence, ] could speak Tor our
homeland in hut secondary sen -e
Mr. Wilson spoke for America 10 all
mankind. and MADE ms meaning
clear. II was only when ne returned
10 Washington that i became the m
let me say at once that I believe II
| that policy, heart and soul. precise
" rs / believe IN the great man who
first conceived and published il 10
the world. II il. II word. the only
policy that can lead TO a real broth
erhood of mana doctrine which II
is not necessary TO preach 10 France
or to Frenctmen anywhere. They
learned il. as we did, over a century
ago and when the time came hoth
nations became militant supporters
of II. II was this spirit which won
the great war and ii If only this splr-
If which can now establish a peace
of Justice among nations.
sswhen we sneak Of the League u
Nations we mean the league Of peo-
ples. and II Is only by a league or
reoples {the VERY nrorRedhooo al
which we have aimed that such
peace Of Justice can ne maintained
The undertaking between France
and America has been one of peoples,
and TODAY. as in the past, tfA Amer
lean people stand as TRENDS 70 the
French people. feeling with tnem III
their problems and difficulties and
desiring to help them as people TO
people.
'rEistnrv will have much 70 say
Of Woodrow wilson-the philosopher.
the statesman and the 1uealis'-ano
we VIM love him MAJ confidently
wait for the verdict But just now we
are chiefly concerned with Wilson the
pescemaker, for what he has done in
that respect has been pla1n'iv in our
sight We have seen him lead his
cuuntrymen into war against giant
sutucract: we have seen him rear
aluft the banner Of DEMOCRACY ann
with trr1mpet voice MAKE clear ITS
meaning. We have seen him when
the ppwers Of evil against which he
fn1rfrt seemed near accomplishing
their design. but whether in joy nr
sadness. in triumph or seeming de-
feat, we have not seen irhn 1alter or
despair as he worked without ceHs-
inE TOR the victory which he knew
must come At last.
"Peace In here. Those vino made n
and imposed it Upon the enemy know
the iimitatiuns Of human knowledge
ana 90 NOT expsct perfection in any
human act, but We hope II lis peach
uf 5usttre. II could dsffne the ~
usngt though Of the man who cuzne
10 Burnpe To spsnk fpr America and
IN nsan IN TIM League CT Nations TIM
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