Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-31

nAKlS, May $o.-Tho day Of secret
councils is past because the people arc
cared today in his Memorial Day adj
dress in the American cemetery AZ
Suresnes. The private councils OF
An earnest defense OF the league OF
nations was Il prominent note of the
Presidents address. He said he looked
for the time when a man who failed
to support the league would be as
ashamed as the man who opposed The
union OF the states after the War Be-
tween the states.
Text OF Address.
The text OF President wilson's ad-
MIR Ambassador. ladies and gen
tlcmcn, feilow-Countrymen
No 9nf w'n no h orsr n MS b5e1s'
can stand in the presence OF these
graves without the most profound
emotion. These men VINO lie here are
men Of q unique breed Their Xix. has
not been seen since the far days %
crusaders. Never bcfor. have mon
crossed the seas TO a foreign land to
ihey did not pretend was particulariy
their own. bus knew was IN" cause Of
and mankind
And when they came they found
comrades for thetr courage and their
devotion. They found armies Of Iib-
erty already IN the Acld--mcn, who.
though tncy had gone through three
years o: hery trial. seemed only to he
ing the hiSh temper Of the great af-
fair. men seasoned il, the bloody ser
vice OF liberty Joining hands with
these, the men or America gave that
greatest OF all rifts the gift OF lie
and the gift OF spirit
VIII lie Treasured Memory
IT VIII always he treasured mem
oEy on the part OF those who knew
ana loved these men that the tcsti-
mony OF everybody who saw ,heu Il,
the field Of action was their unf.nchirx
courage their ardoi 10 IN. poin. Or
audac!ty th@ir fun Consciousness OF
IN" hlch cause they had come 10 serve
ana their constant vision OF the issue
1T is dciirhtful 10 learn from those
"ho 50 thes" men fight and saw them
waiting in the trenches for the sum
mons 10 the fight that they had
that they knew they were exhibiting a
and those Of Us who know and love
eF!ne 20 nc whole world the true spiri,
and devotion 81 their nothcriand II
"as America who ca me In the person
OF 'hes" men. ana VINO Will forever he
Erate!n! thai she was so represented
Asleep With Kindred spirits.
And i, is the more dcl!cht,,l %
entertain these thoughts because "a.
know that these men, though buried N
foreign land are not buried in an
allen soil Thc* are at home sleen
ing with The spirits OF those who
thought tho same thoughts and on
leIts! nee the same aspirations The
NOBLE women n Suresnes nave given
evidence OF The loving sense with
"hich they received these dead as
thcir own, for they have cared FOR
their graves, they have made Il :hcir.
interest, thcir loving interest 20 SEQ
that there was no hour OF neglect ana
that constant: through all the months
mat have gone by the mothers "A,
home should know that there we're
mothers here who remembered and
nonored their dead
You have Just heard In the beau,l-
ful letter from Monsieur Clenencoa,l
whai ! believe 20 be N" real message
message Of genuine conlraGeship y
message OF genuine sympathy and
nave no doubt that II our British com
the same spirit and In the same lam
Euase. For the beauty Of this war i
mat II has brought new partnership
ana new comradeshD and a new un-
nerstandinS into the field OF effort Of
the nation.
Must Take Lesson to Henri.
Put il would he no proft ia us %
cu!oFize these illustrious dead Il We
nli not take 10 heart tho lesson which
they have done their u,mos, to show
fheir devotion 10 q great cause and
they have Left US TO see 10 It that that
cause shall not be betrayed whether
IN war OF peace II IS our privilege
and our high duty to cousccra;c our
selves afresh on DAY like this 10 the
objects for which they fought
~ is not necessary that | should
F"hoarse 10 YOU what these objects
were. These men did not come across
IN" sea merely 20 defeat Cc-manv and
her associated powers in tho war. They
came 10 defeat forever the things for
which tho central powers stood tho
for; OF power they meant 10 assert in
the world the arrogant. selfish don't
ha'ion which they meant 10 establish
ana they came. moreover. 20 sec to
u ina; there should never be a
war like this again. Il is for us. mar
ncnIar!N Tor us who arc civilized to
use our proper weapons Of counsel and
sEreem'n' 10 sec TO il that there
never is such a war again The ~,
ton that should now fling out Of mis-
common concord of counsel would he
tray the human race
Must BE Inst Sacrifice.
SO Il Is our duty To take and r,,ir
tain the safeguards which will SEQ "a
1t that tho mothers of America and