The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-07-18

| begun the rout that was TO save Eu-
rope and the world. Thereafter the
Germans were TO be always forced
back. back, were never 20 thrust sue
cessfully forward again. And yet
| there was no confident hope
Anxious men and women, leading
| spirits OF France. attended the cele-
bratlon Of the Fourth Of July last year
In Paris out OF generous courtesy
with no heart for festivity. little Zest
Of hope. But they came away with
something new at their hearts; they
! have themselves told US 50.
Tells OF Feeling Men Created.
The mere sight Of our men-uf their
yigor. of the confidence that showed
| itself in every movement OF their stall
wart figures and every turn Of their
! swinging march, in their steady com
/ pretending eyes and easy discipline,
In the indomitabe air that added
( spirit TO everything they did-made
/ everyone who saw them that memo
| rable day realize that something had
mere incident In the fghtng some
thing very different from the mere ar.
| rival OF fresh troops.
A great moral force had flung itself
into the struggle. Tho fine physical
! force of those spirited men spoke OF
something more than bodily vigor.
They carried the great ideals OF a
free people at their hearts and with
that vision were unconquerable Their
very presence brought reinsurance
their fighting made victory certain.
They were recognized as crusaders,
and as their thousands swelled to mil.
| lions their strength was seen to mean
salvation. And they were fit men 10
carry such a hope and make good the
assurance Ii forecast. Finer men never
went into battle; and their officers
were worthy of them.
Comrades in Great Cause.
This is not the occasion upon which
to utter eulogy of the armies Amer.
lea sent to France, but perhaps, since ]
| am speaking of their mission, NAV
speak also Of the pride l shared with
| every American who saw or dealt with
them there. They were the sort OF
men America would wish to be repre-,
| scented by, the sort of men every Amer
! lean would wish to claim as fellow
countrymen and comrades in great
cause.
!
gentle and helpful out of it, remember
Ing the mothers and the sisters, the
wives and the little children at home
! They We're free men under arms. MOI
forgetting their ideals of duty in tn,
midst of tasks Of violence. | am prouC
TO have had the privilege of being as
ISOLATED with them and Of calling my
self their leader.
Duty to Quiet Fears Of World.
And the compulsion of what the,
stood for was upon us who represent
ed America at the peace table. 1t wa
our duty to see to il that every de
cision we took part in contributed, S,
far as we were able to influence it. I,
quiet the fears and realize the hone
of the peoples who had been living il
that shadow. the nations that hat
come by our assistance TO their free
dom. Ii was our duty to do every
thing that 1t was within our power t
do to make the triumph Of freedom
ana of right lasting triumph in III
assurance Of which men might every
where live without fear.
Old entanglements OF every kin
stood in the way-promises which gov
ernments had made 10 one another Il
the days when might and right wer
confused and the power of the victo
was without restraint. Engagement
which contemplated any disposition
OF territory, any extensions of SOY
ereignty that might seem to be to tn
interest Of those who had the powe
to insist upon them had been entere
into without thought Of what the pee
pies concerned might wish or prof
by; and these could not always b
honorahly brushed aside. 1t was ne
easy TO graft the new order OF idea
on the old, and some of the fruits ,
the grating may, fear for tim
be bitter.
Thrust Upon Conference.
These were not tasks which III
conference looked about to find an
went out of its way to perform. The
were inseparable from the settlement
of peace. They We're thrust upon
by circumstances which could not |
overlooked. The war had create
them. In all quarters of the wor
old established relationships had be.
disturbed or broken and affairs We
at loose ends, needing TO be mendt
, or united again, but could not be ma,
, what they were before. They had
be set right by applying some unifor
, principle Of justice or enlightened e
pediency, And they could not be a
/ justed by merely prescribing in
, treaty what should be done.
New states were to be set up viii,
| could not hope to live through the
$ first period of weakness without q