The daily times., 1919-11-11
PERSH|NG
PRESIDENT WILSON
Send Messages to the Ameri-
can People ON the Anni-
versary ON Signing
OF THE ARMISTICE

Washington, D. c. Nov. 10-Pres-
ident Wilson and General Persning
today issued statements to the Am
erican people on the occasion of the
first anniversary of tn signing of
the armistice.
The President said to Americans
the reflections of Ermistice Day
would be filled with solemn pride
in the heroism of those who died
gratitude for the victory both be-
cause of ''the thing from which it
has freed US, and because of the op-
portunity it has given America to
justice in the councils of the ma
tions."
The exercise by the American
people of practical patriotism during
the war, General Pershing said,
was an aVowal of their firm adher-
ence to the principles of free gov
ernment that will continue to have
great influence upon the progressive
thouht throughout the world.
Wilson's Greeting to Countrymen.
President Wilson'S message fol-
lows:
| To my fellow Cenntrymen:
A year ago today our enemies
laid down their arms in accordance
with an armistice which rendered
them impotent to renew hositilities,
and gave to the world an ass lred
opportunity to reconstruct it's shat
tered order 20 YORK ou' in pelce
new and juster set of International
relations. The soldiers and people
,, OF the European Allies had fought
and endured for more than four
years to uphold the barrier of civili-
zation against the aggressions of
armed force. We ourselves had been
/, in the conflict something more than
a year and half. With splendid for
Germs we remodeled our Industries,
concentrated our financial resources,
increased our agricultural output,
and assembled great army, so that
| at the last our power was a decisive
factor nthe victory. We were alb
lie to bring the vast resources, ma
terial and moral, of great and
free people to the assistance of
l xrr1 ho 4
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 show
| ed us the strenth of great nations
acting together for high purposes
and the victory of arms foretells the
| enduring conquests which can be
made in peace when nations act
/ Justly and in furtherance of the COM
mon interests of men. To us in Am
erica, the reflections of Armistice
Day will be filled with solemn pride
in the heroism of those who died
in the country's service, and with
gratitude for the victory both be-
cause of the thing from which it
has freed us, and because of the
opportunity it has given America
to show her sympathy with peace
and justice in the councils of ma
| tion:.
WOODROW WILSON,
The White House, Nov. IL, 1919.
General Pershing's Message
General Pershing made this
statement:
On this first anniversary of the
Armistice that brought fighting tc
an end ON the Western front, we
recall with qualification the services
of the army and the country in the
war. The great army of young man
hood known as the American. Elk
! reditionary Forces was hurried1,
raised, equipped and trained to NEE
a grave world. Composed of youth
selected for their. physical and thei
!. mental fitness, it was developed init
l as fine body OF men as the worl,
has ever seen. This force played
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