The Washington times., 1919-02-23

"a thing that had hitherto been ie-
/ Sardcd as illegaI-that was followed
by Germany's declaring a blockade q
the English Channel and the waters
in and about England, and that was
/ followed by Germany undertaking 10
| sweep all commerce from the seas.
! That brought us into the war.
But there was another reason. The
world had been led to believe that
America would not fight, and per-
haps could not fight. We were rot
as we'll prepared as 1 wish we had
been, but 1 shall not go into that.
Many of US made mistakes along th2t
J line, and l do not care to argue It
now; but Germany believed more than
/ any other people that we would not
fight. They thought we were lot
/ of traders, either too proud or too lazy
| to fight; and so they threw the glove
square in our face, and they said:
/ You cannot help yourselves even If
/ you would
VIII Never Happen Again.
( "Oh, sirs, that mistake will never
! be made again. Wild woods grow
and waters run; they will know that
/ America can and will fight. Never
again as long as we maintain our
! pride of race will that mistake be
made
/ They said VIC could not get ready
, to fight; when this giant arose and
shook himself, when the boys from
the farm and the anvil and the forge
" ere called on they came, a glorious
concoursc of indOmitable souls. They
went across the ocean, sometimes i'm
perfectly armed, but that made no
difference They may not have had
all the weapons they needed, but that
/ did not daunt their courage. Their
cry was: Take US to the trenches
And the only desertions from the
! American ranks were deseTtions OF
/ men who left their camps that they
might serve in the bloody front-line
, trenches and do their duty as they
/ saw il.
/ How well they did it! 1 said the
other day and ! repeat: The French
have been DRIVEN back; the English
/ have been driven back; Gallsntly
I they have Tetreated; the English lion
with the bloody froth dripping from
his white fangs, facing the foe, yet
being driven back; the French with
/ gallant hcToism carpeting the ground
( with their immortal dead; but still
+ they were being driven back, until
at last in the agony OF his soul, Haig
cried out: Our backs are TO the
wall: Britons, stand and die Then
voices were heard coming from the
rear: il was the mingle rebel yen
and the Yankee cheer. They swept
/ from Chateau-Thierry, on through
| Belleau Wood, on through the forest,
across the Rhine, and today they are
the masters of Berlin, and Of the
fortTesses OF the Teutons.
''SiTs, that is our history. Can it
be better? Can you do better than
nh
this nationalism that has done so
much for our country?
Past Rises Like Dream. -..--.
The past rises before me like a
dream. Again I see the lantern in
the old North Church; I hear the
clatter of galloping feet. as Paul
Revere rides out into the night; 1 see
the farmers gathering along the
lanes of Lexington, and I hear the
sharp reports of their rifles. 1 catch !
a-glimpse of them next day as those I
cOonskin capped heroes stand along !
a little stream that was spanned by |
the bridge that Emerson made i'm |
mortal by the lines:
BY the rude bkidge that arched' the
flood,
Their flag TO Aprirs breezes un-
furled,
Here once the embattled farmers !
stood,
And fired the shot heard round
world.
And on from there TO Valley !
Forge, again l see them as they walk |
amid the SHOWS and frost, staggering /
and hungry, falling dead, but not !
surrendering. l behold Washington !
with his troops crossing the Della |
ware TO attack the Hessian horde. 4
Then ! see the flag OF CORVALLIS |
pulled down above the battlement OF !
Yorktown and the starry banner go |
up, never again to be drawn down
by human. Shall it be placed in the
hands Of foreigners? Shall it be |
turned back 10 the monarchs we de-
fled Shall we yield here the SOW
ereignty we then gloriously OBJ
tained?"
While the Senate listened TO Reed, I
Dr.. David Jayne Hill. former United
States ambassador to Germany, was
criticising the league before a large
audience in Memorial Hall observing
Washington's Birthday.
Hill strongly advocated amendment
Of the league constitution to make /:
square with American traditions.
sherman Attacks Taft,
The conduct of eX-Presidcnt Taft in
his rough h-and-tumble" support of
the league Of nations was condemned !
in the Senate by Senator Sherman Of
Illinois yesterday afternon as "un-
fed and grossly PARTISAN.
sherman was criticised by Senator
Ashurst. a Democrat, for having read
in the Senate a letter from a con-
stituent which urged that Taft not
be given too much attention. "ITe has
been trailing along with Frank Walsh
50 long he has caught some OF the
Same disease" the letter said.
In his reply Senator Sherman said
he could understand the sympathy be
tween President Wilson and former
President Taft.
The President applied for a pen
ION to the Carnegie Foundation. Taft
is having hi expenses paid from the
same tainted source. There is a COM
nunity OF interest and an entire
unanimity in the source Of supply"
lie was cut OF from further CIiti-
cism by point Of order raised by
senator Pittman, Democrat, of Ne
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