The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-11
MESSAGES FROM WILSON, BAKER END PERSHInC ON hR1I1ISTICE DAY Nations Leaders Tell People What Day Stands For and How It Should Be Celebrated
 In America

Washington, Nov. 11.-President Wilson. General Pershing and Secre- tary Baker today issued statements to the American people on the occasion of the first anniversary of the sign ing of the armistice.
 The President said to Americans the reflections of Armistice Day would be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those wao died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory both because of "the. thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathA with peace and justice in the eoun- ctls of the nations.''
 The exercise by the American peo- pie of practical patriotism during the war, General Pershing said, was an aVoWai of their firm adherence to the principle of free government that will continue to have great influence upon the progressive thought throughout the world.
 Secretary Baker said that while mourning it's dead, the nation was grateful for their achievement and for that of their living bro thers and that ''in the name of both we may hope for an early accomplishment of the terms of peace ha, shall com ple,e th-ir work upon the battle fields
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 -leisl ,nIpo erI l.. renew host;E tias, and gave to he world an assured op- por-uIity to reconstruct its snattered q order and 10 work out in peace a new and juster set of interna tiona! relations. The soldiers and people of the European Allies had fought and endured for more than four years to uphold the barrier of civilization again>. the aggressions of armed force We ourselves had been in the conflict something more than a year and q half. With splendid forgetful- ness of mere personal concerns We renodeled our industries, concentrat- cd our financial resources increased our agricultural output, and as sem bled a Srea5 army, so that at the last our power was decisive factor ir the victory. We were able to bring tII5 vast IGSOuFCeS, ma IGF11l ana moral, Of a great and free people to the assistance of our associates in Europe who had suffered and sacri- ticed without limit in the cause fo. which we fought.
 Out of this victory there arose new possibilities of political freedom and ecounlic concert. The war showed us the strength of great nations act ing together for high purposes, and the victory of arms foretells the en- during cOnquests which can be made in peace when nations act justly and in furtherance Of the common in- terests of men. To use in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filed with solemn pride in the he roisn of those who died in the coun- JrNs service. and with gratitude for the victory both because of the thing from which it has freed us, and be- -ause of the opportunity it has given America. t5 slow her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of nations"
 General Pershing made this state
 nent:
 On the first anniversary Of the ATrnis.ice that brought fighting to an end or ,he Western Front, we recall with qualification the services of the army and the country in tIse war. The great army of young manhood known as the American Expeditionary Forces vas hurriedly raised, and trained to meet a grave world crisis Composed of youth, selected for their physical and their mental fitness, il was developed into as fine body of men as the world has ever seen. This force played a decisive part in the war and dem Cnatrated that, while we are not military nation, the Ameri- can boy has in him those qualit: es that go to make up a perfect soldier The achievements of our troops on the battlefields of France have be- come a part of cur history, and need not be again recounted here. Theil patrio tism prompted spirit of self sacrifice unequalled; their services have preserved our ideals and our in stitutions.
 Our armies have been dem obilized and our cilizen-soldiers have returned again to civil pursuits with assurance of their ability to achieve therein the l success they attained as soldiers, thus bringing a new asset to the nation With broadeped visions they return not only with pride iH the high stand, ards of American 1nanAooc, but witt a new conception of its relations tc 1 the duties of citizenship.
 'As we pay tribute to our fghting men, we remember that soIidly be | hind them stood the American people 1 with all our resources and our de | termination. This common service hal 1 welded together our people. These ex | periehces safeguard the future O. America, and enable us to look for 1 ward confidently to the developmen 1 of a stronger nationality and a deep ] CT sense of the obligations that res upon us The exercise by the Ameri 1 can psopie of practical patriotism l during the war was an avowal of oui i firm adherence to tho principles O l free government that will continue t i have great influence upon the pro l gressiFe thought throughout tn | world. These are things which mak 1 this day significant
 Secretary Bakers message was a. | follows:
 | "A year ago the terse messag' | came from General Pershing-In ac
 cordance with the terms of the Arm i istice, hestilities on the front of tn American armies were suspended a l II o'clock this morning. We awai