The Penn's Grove record., 1919-06-06
Decoration Day In France

Decoration Day In FRANCE
France has no patriotic holiday like
Americas Decoration Day but with
Ioval enthusiasm and tender gratitude
10 have made our Memorial Day
heirs in honoring the graves of d
dead Young and old, rich and poor,
united in the laber OF hove.
On May Both in the American eme
cry at Suresnes, near Paris, the GER
enony of uaying tribute to the Ameri-
can dead was held before a large con-
gregation of soldiers and citizens.
George Clemsnceau. Premier of
France, called the Tiger of France"
and "Father of Victory" sent a mes
.aca which was reed. In part it was
IS follows: -.
"FaithfuI to noble traditions, the
wing army renders homage to the
dead army ard al France has associ-
a4ed itself with this homage"
) fer comparing the Americans who
fell in Francs with the French who
Tell in the American Revolution, Pre-
mier Clemcnceau continued;
"France will ever cherish their mem
3rv. With AHeiqca, France will per-
severe in peace. as an inspiration and
example OF An undying remembrance of
.neia enthusiasm, discipline and cour-
age. We see the wreaths on their
.ombs and Will take eare OF them as
piously and gratefully as the tombs Of
oar own soldiers
George Clemenceau daring the rule
Of Napoleon I@, the little Napoleon,
spent q term in prison when a young
man for shouting "Five la Repub-
lique" in a street in Paris. He spent
soaae years in New York practicing
medicine and taught French in Stan
fsrd. Conn. HenCes he IS well ac-
luaiated w& American principles
and has fougft so fercely for forty
years To establish thera in France,
hat he IS called The Tiger Of
france
President Wilson's Classic Speech
President Wilson gave a speech on
his occasion wMc2a scared to the
-ea!ms Of the spirit world and will live
IS d classic longer than Lincoln's
speech At Gettysburg, because it is for
I'll the world while Linoolnas was for
his Nation Only. He said in part:
Americas DEty Of Conservation
1t IS our privilege and our high
daty 10 -consecrate ourselves afresh
onNa day Ike this to the objects for
which they fought. 1t Is not necessary
that I should rohearse DO you what
these objects were
"ThaSe men did not come across the
sea merely 70 defeat Germany and. her
associated powers in the war. They
came % defeat forever the things for
the Central Powers stood, the
sort e power they meant TO assert
II the world, the arrogant, selfish DOM
nation which they meant to estab-
Ssh; and they came, moreover, to see
10 L 51ac there should never be a war.
Ike tbs again. 1t is for US, paxticu-
ar Tor - Who are civilized, to use
or e-cper weapons of counsel and
agreement 10 see to it that there never
such : waF again. The nation that
should now fling out Of this common
accord of counsel would betray the
human race.
80 II Is osr duty 10 take and main
ain the safeguards which will see to it
lat the mothers of America, and the
mothers Of France and England and
l-llg and Belgium, and all other suf-
aiae nations, should never be called
-9ga fer this sacrifice again. This can
De done. 1t must be done. And it
VIII be done.
! New Spirit In The World
Ladies and gentlemen: We all be-
iiere, I hope, that these spirits of these
are not buried with their bones.
Their spirits live, | hope-I believe
that their spirits are present with us
at this hour. I hope that | feel the
compulSion Of their presence. L hope
that I realize the significance Of their
presence. Think, soldiers, Of those
comrades of yours who are gone. If
they were here what would they say7
They would not remember what you
are talking about today.
They would remember America,
which they left with their high hope
and purpose. They would remember
the terrible field of battle. They would
remember what they constantly re-
called in times of danger, what they
had come for, and how worth while
1t was TO give their lives for It.
UnspOken Mandate of The Dead In
War
And they would say, Forget all the
little circumstances of the day. Be
ashamed of the jealousies that divide
you. We command you in the name
Of those who, like ourselves, have
died to bring the counsels of men to-
gether; and we remind you what
America said she was born for. She
was born, she said, to show mankind
the way to liberty. She was born to
make this great gift a common gift.
She was born to show men the way of
experience by which they might real
ize this gift and maintain it, and we
adjure you, in the name of all the
great traditions of America, to make
yourselves soldiers now once for all
in this common cause, where we need
wear no uniform except the uniform
Of the heart, clothing ourselves with
the principles of right and saying to
men everywhere, You are our brothers
and we invite YOU into the comrade-
ship Of liberty and of peace"
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