Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-28

not whit different from the man
over here who was seeking to aid
Won BernSdorff. Won Papen and the
others who were seeking TO stl- up in
Mexico opposition % the United
States. seeking to further in Mexico
hostliitiss via Japan and promising
Mexico part Of this country. That
man does not differ one whit from
the one have cited who left this
country to 80 across the seas IN order
To avail himself of the dual citizen
ship provision, ana 10 over there do
his bit. Ny friends. az this juncture.
there has grown up an unfortunate
situation. 'Te all read the papers.
and We see that France worn. torn
and weary, has been ! bit confused
by discussion OF the ideaIistic before
the practical at the Peace Conference
and that France has rather been a bit
restless; that there has been a tremor
along the nerve system because our
own great President. under the press
OF circumstances or the particular ex-
igencies OF the situation. or whatever
may have been the controlling reason.
did not happen to 60 to the devastat-
ed regions Of northern France. I be-
l!eve the United States. upon the
proposition Of the welcoming 10 her
shores Of any Of these now returning
reservisrs or la,er-to-return reserv-
lists, wants to take definite. crys-
taiized. clearcut stand, so that
France and the other Allies. CT aSso-
ciates. however you may term them.
who acted with this Government for
the perpetuity of civilization. will
know that the heart o. America is
rue 10 her traditions. is true 10 the
principle that IS the very heart of
-Americanism that principle which
first sought government as an empire
whore force governed. and then saw
the fiction OF the law of the vassal
under teudalIsm, where one was the
master and the other the serf. and
then the spirit OF monarchy with
kifgs divine only IN right, and then
riding over these same waters that
have been lately infested with the
submarine, until there was founded in
this land a dynasty of the people
where no man was going to be good
enough 10 rule any other man without
that other mans consent. Real lib
ertv never should mean license and
real rights always impose duty.
The United States of America At this
Juncture is gong 10 be true to that
sentiment. and We are going 70 be
true. I believe. here in Name. and we
are going 20 lie our minds go back to
1917. and then - 1913. and We are go
ing TO remember those lads who with
Joyous April in their eyes and a song
on their lips offered all that they had
of life that the Government. such as
you and know and love. might en-
dure. Ny friends. we have been pass
ing resolutions about meeting the
boys when they come home. We have
shape OF bridges and monuments and
tablets in bronze. Let is say 70 these
lads by our act and by our word that
no man who eve: sought shelter IN
der that flag, which is the one flag
that has never known defeat. and
which is the one flag that never stood
for a king or i monarch. but always
for a people. that no man who sought
shelter under that flag and then SUI
lied i, by turning back when it was
in danger and going back 20 assault
it. by indirection. by direction. by
force or subterfuge. shall be welcomed
again to these shores as will these
lads who are soon 20 come TO Boston
70 New York. to Baltimore. and 10
the other ports Of debarkation.
My friends, there was d time last
March when all our hearts were per-
.urbed There flashed out 10 tAs
World the Unbelievable thing that
German ingenuity had evolved i gun
;hat could shoot up into the Heavens
mile after mile and then across the
country mile after mile over Eel
gum and northern France. from r.u-
tonic soil. until the MISSILE landed IN
the env,rons Of Paris II was IN
credible: i, was startling; il waa ap-
palling. But the American people
rallied then IN conjunction with the
allies. remembering the admoniGon
OF that great statesman. Clemcnceau,
| The Tiger who now IS just recoV-
! ering, fortunately and fortuitousiy,
from the wouId-be assaSsin's attack.
remembering his words 70 England
! when he said. The one who wins this
war is going to be the one who nights
for the last fifteen minutes. and
France is gong 10 be there in the last
quarter OF an hour and the Cni-
ted States remembered England 8
answer in the shap pc OF member OF
Parliament who said. If Italy should
leave US, If France even should fail
Us: II the United States shall with
draw her troops and fail US. England
will bring back her troops to her
shores. accommodate her navy TO new
conditions and. II need be. light on
for 10 Years" The United States.
meeting that spirit and meeting that
action. awakened in this country a
sentiment upon that Liberty Loan IS
sue that gave them the most stupen-
dous financial victory. showing the
solidity Of our people. that sent a
message right straight up into the
heavens and clear across the Atlantic
and over France and over Belgium
and into Germany. right into the
heart OF Ber!in.-that the United
States Of America upon this issue was
As one man.
Now. my friends. the armistice is
too recent. either for commercial rea-
sons Of the future. or for academic
distinctions between governments and
peoples. to bubble upon words. or to
get away from the plain. clean man
date Of that resolution which applies
TO no other than the man who has
left these shores. gone over there.
committed an overt act against this