New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

of the Lusitania is being comn..
ated.'' Anfnemos.
DR.. Charles Lewis Siatterv rs..
Grace Church, said, in part. 'sesof o.
-Four years to-day the wal,
stirred to its depths by the delihaswssss wss
s!hkihg OF a passenger ship ON ~ ~
nlgn seas. On that day it became e,sae sae
that II the war did not soon ena sesr aesr
nation must inevitably enter ~ thls
shall never forget the an;,e. s strife.
shudder that passed throusb ea.Sering
we heard of this deed. | cannas "nen
words of hatred, but of loath;ns trecail
ing was too deep for vindictive eel
And to-day, without bitterness s0ios
must ask the nation which $50 We
Lusltania to repudiate the desS IN. sne
the same adherence as we felt n, ".a
day we mourned. me
we meet to-day to give thapl.
.he heroes VINO yielded up their livs.
on the last voyage of the Lusjtan;a :
is right that they should he Ia. ras, y
among the army of martyrs ns0 NJ
brought victory to our cause %no w
honor them in that in sailing w,,s ,ms
they did they trusted to interna,;aaessa Saes
virtue IN face of warnings and ;n,ns:'
nent danger. The world is eron.;a sm;a'.
better because of such valiant SOUS
who refuse to think evil of the;r svs,s y,
low men.
''Was First War Link"
I'VE honor them, too, because ,h.a
linked US with the suffering mill;oas
of Europe. 1t was then. for fhe sr's
time, that we suffered through a nSs
own flesh and blood. When We cos
slider what our national affihat;or,
would have been to-day had this wss
been fought to a finish without Ne ~.
must remember with sturdy pride tboss
whose sacrifices showed us where os.
duty lay. Had we allowed freedom =.
te swept off the face of the earth w
day We would be degraded to the levsI
of abject slaves. ~
"On the other hand, if the thrs.
great nations had won the war viii
out us we would have had the con
sciousness of undeserved bounty al ths
hands of the brave for whom we had
jeopardized nothing. Let US praiss
God to-day for the heroes of the Lusi.
tanla, through whose death we saw tbs
first sharp light OF national life ana
national honor.
I'VE did not enter the war ia,
prudence sake or for CONNER rcial gain
Our humane sympathies were aroused
The Germans made stupendous mis-
take when they concluded that we vera
too busy spending money and enjoyins
ourselves to care TO enter the war
Societies Represented
The following societies were repre-.
sented at the anniversary service:
Alliance Francaise, Charles E.
Downer; American. Defence Society
Charles Stewart Dawson; American
Rights League, James B. Townsend.
Aztec Club, H. Fitzjohn Porter; Ca.
madam Club Of New York, J. W. Reed:
Colonial Order of the Acorn. Charles
II. Stout; Colonial Danes of America
Mrs. Ernest Longfellow; Colonial
Danes of New York, Mrs. William Y
P. Thorne; Daughters of the Cincin.
natl. Mrs. Russell Evans Tucker:
Daughters of American Revolution,
Miss Caroline B. Dow; Daughters OF
the Revolution, Mrs. P. II. Milliken;
Holland Society of New York, Judge
Augustus Van Wyck; Huguenot So.
ciety of America, DR.. Edward L. Part.
ridge; Mayflower Descendants, Colonel
Richard Henry Greene; Military Order
Foreign Wars, Talbot Root; Military
Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States, the Rev. George F. Mel
son; National Security League, Or.
Robert McElroy; New York Ganealogi.
cal and Biographical Society, DIR. John
f. Stillwell; New York Historical So
ciety, Frederic D. Weekes; Order
Founders and Patriots of America, H.
S. Kissam; Order Colonial Lords Of
the Manor in America Edward De P
Livingstone; Society American Wars
Rufus Shirley; Society Colonial Wars
William Dalliba Dutton; ST Andrews
Society, Alexander D. Holiday; ST.
Georges Society, George f. Ide; ST.
Nicholas Society, William D. Murphy;
St. Patrick's Society, Joseph Rowan;
Sons American Revolution, Louis
Amin Ames; Sons of the Revolution,
John M. Blake; the Pilgrims, GeorCp
T. Wilson.