The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-10


/ lie how much il has changed our
own America For America now has
/ host OF absolutely, novel relations
to the rest Of the world.
/ 1t is no idle thire to say that the
, United States is today the leader of
the world. for we have become the
keeper Of the seals, We have the
( formula for order IN government " q
have almost monopoly q aceessah bic
raw materials, and the chief control
of'Credii-
/ The world must come 10 us. there
fore. for ORDER. raw material and
/ money. We must eive beautifully The
world cannot do without us As we
gave the idea az democracy to the
world, SO in the hour Of universe
birth ~ REPUBLICS the United States
mN3 extend fstPi0F nan9 n every
! sF0GE hHg people
The orc grFa: lesson for America
. to les~r today vs. that from this hour
or we rarnof 1--we unto ours, Ives alone.
and down IL his soul every man here
knows that under God we viii not
never realized how fast events
rvove in America until when I re-
turned. ton DAVIS ago from less than
two months absence IN France, I felt
like Rir Van Winkis
which Sett f8irly familiar when 7 left.
had SO changed that have been going
through q forced reaSiuytmeut Per
bars TOO. am row seeing things here
~ The light cf wY brief but rathe-
intimate view Of things outside tbs
country
Tire American peorl~--the farmer.
the artisan. tha business men. the f.
Daurie---toSav face situation fully
conf-urte1 IL nhen the United States
entered the great war The prob
LENS ~ the rev peace and the re
adjustments which will Re necessary
'n max" peace permanent. will be
found 20 b. even more difficult than
were TIE problems Of war
pu- America me. tho n-ah,er,s o~
war and threw its tremendous weight
frto tro sr.1as NJ -ha critical moment
50 as In turn the balance in favor
cf humanity and Of civilization
have seen our miles ard miles Of
docks. built almost overnight. on the
French coast have seen literally
hundreds Of miles Of great warehouses
bursting with food and clothing, with
guns and motor transport. with nedi-
cal supplies and munitions I have
seen Tho hundreds Of miles Of railroad
track thrown from the sea to the
battle-linc and operated with Amerf-
car engines and Ears. have seen
France laced with telegraph and teie-
phone wires from Brest to Belgium
and from Bordeaux clear across and
, beyond the Rhine. All this I have
{ seen as evidence Of the tremendous
uutpouriug Of the wealth and re
sources of this nation.
''' have a}So seen the lonely crosses
/ on the French Yliilsfdes and fin the
I valleys, each ora marking the resting
4 place Of one Of our boys whose life
I was given that humanity and civiliza-
/ ton and the orderly processes Of life
I might ea preserved
have seen the trenches. the bur
rows, muddy and desolate, where
/ thousands and hundreds OF thousa ndS
! OF American boys aug themselves TT
and lived the miserable life OF thf
| beasts Of the field until once more
| that dark hour having passed. they
and we and the world might safety
emerge and walk upright III the sun
/ have seen the liVid scar across tn
face Of France hundreds Of mile.
long and miles wide, where toda.
there IL not "A living thing, not
= spear Of grass, not a weed; whore tn
soil has literally been blown ava
4 by high explosives and the pulverize
y limestone brought UP from the Dol
tom or shell craters.
And now remains the debt Biillon
and billions must be paid for this out
pouring Of material resources, but
thousand tines, "a million times. NOR
than this debt 10 the debt that VI
owe those boys who are new asleel
IN France and tho debt that we ow
their parents, their wives, their sweet
[ hearts and their children We owe
I To those boys and TO their dear one
| 10 kept the faith and TO SEQ to
, that when they laid their lives on IN
! horrtd altar OF war, they dld II VIII
! the understanding that they wer
lighting ana dying TO ono wars 10 en-
class rule ana to end the Hnu ka!tu
ruthlessness in commerce which cui
minated in the ruthIessness or wai
In Iars today there is an eShlhi
ton of the strength and the power O
invisible government 1nvislpie gov
eminent which Is world wide. VINO
knows no geographical or poIitica
boundaries. winch knows no part
and when Knows no creed lfpio
: mats ANA statesmen are moved Tx
, chessmen on the board one ma
! stands alone with ms group OF Amerl
cans woodrow WILSON t.ach hou