The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-11-19
DAY Of SOLEMN
PRIDE SAYS WILSON
pRgslDgNT issUEs ADDRESS TO
NATION ON THE ANNIVERSARY
OF the ARMlsTlcE.
Pride In ne Hsrolsm Of Those Who
Died In the Countrys Service
and Gratitude for the
Victory Won.


Washington President Wilson, Gen.
eral Pershing and Secretary Baker on
November 10 issued statements to the
American people on the occasion of the
nrst anniversary Of the signing of the
armistice.
The president said to Americans the
reflections Of armistice day would be
filled with solemn pride In the herOism
OF those who died In the cOuntry's SER
vice 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 American to
show her sympathy with peace and
Justice In the councils OF the nations"
The exercise by the American peo-
pie Of practical patriotism during the
war, General Pershing said, was an
avowal Of their firm adherence to the
principles Of free government that viii
continue to have great influence upon
the progressive thought throughout the
world.
Secretary Baker said that, while
mourning Its dead, the nation was
grateful for their achievement and for
that Of their living brothers. and that
In the name Of both we may hope for
an early accomplishment Of the terms
OF peace that shall complete their work
upon the battlefields Of France"
Tsxt Of Message.
President Wilson's message follows:
ITO my fellow countrymen:
"A year ago today our our enemies
laid down their arms In accordance
with an armistice which rendered
them impotent to renew hostilities and
gave to the world an assured oppor-
tunity to reconstruct Its shattered
order and to work out In peace new
and juster set of international rela-
lions. The soldiers and people Of the
European allies had fought and en-
dured for more than four years to up-
hold the barrier of civilization against
the aggression of armed forces. We
ourselves had been In the conflict some
thing more than year and han.
With splendid forgetfulness Of mere
personal concerns, we remodeled our
industries. concentrated our financial
resources. increased our agricultural
output and assembled great army.
% ths.t at the last our power was de.
cislve factor in the victory. We were
able to bring the vast resources, ma
serlal and moral, Of q great and free
people TO the assistance OF our asso-
clates In Europe, who had suffered and |
sacrificed without limit In the cause for |
which we fought.
"Out Of this victory there arose new |
possibilities of political freedom and |
economic concert. The war showed us |
the strength Of great nations acting |
together for high purposes and the |
victory Of arms fortells the enduring
Eonques.s which can be made In peace |
when nations act justly and in fur
therance Of the common interests of |
men, To US In America the reflections
Of armistlce day wifi Be filed with SOL
chm pride In the heroism Of those who /
died In the country's service and with
gratitude for the victory, both because
Of the thing from which It has freed |
rs and because OF the opportunity |
which It has given America to show
her sympathy with peace ana justice
In the councils OF nations.
"WOODROW WILSON,"
The White House, November IL, 1919.