South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-09

CHICAGO. June Addressing
the republican national convention
here today. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge.
temporary chairman. in his keynote
speech said.
We are met here 10 take the first.
the most decisive step ~ the poll
ticai campaign which Is 20 deter
mine the party control 81 this great
government for the next fOu- Years
It s. a solemn moment, frauEht
with vast possibilities Of either
good or evil
Well worth our while 10 IS just
here" upon this bank and shJal OF
time" 20 pause for an instant while
vs. glance swiftly upon the scene In
which we are % fight our battle. Be
hind u lies the greatest war Of his
tory. now for the most part fallen
silent. together with all the hideOus
advances Of science IN methods OF
aking human life, which battened
uLOn 70. halted and quiescent The
tempest has subsidized but the ocean
stlll heaves and rolls with Cresting
waves. while the dead seas Of the
storm. which has passed. crash sull-
emily against the shores that shelter
and sustain the vast fabric which we
are won't 20 call our civilization.
We find ourselves gazing upon
the problems and trials which the
huge CONFUSION has left TO as and
with which we must cope and cope
successfully II we are 90 rebuild and
"a gain move onward. The ruined
towns the broken industries the
desoIated farms are there before our
eyes wherever the battles were
fought. Countless little mounds
mark the resting places OF the dead
I'm the fields and on the hillsideS torn
and gashed by shot and shell. Sig
nails OF mourning throughout the
world tell us OF the irreparable loss
cs OF all nations. which have swept
AWAY such an appalling portion OF
the youth Of every land. those In
whom were garnered up the hopes
and strength OF the future
Shadow VIII Not Lift.
The splendor OF the achievement
az cur soldiers and sailors. their
dauntless courage and unshrinklnP
service viii always remain one OF
the prOudest memories I'm the his
tory OF the republic. But the dead
return not and the shadow Of the
great sorrow for those forever gone
will never be lifted from the hearts
OF the people who sent them forth
10 battle
is. like the spiritual. ever with US
We feel in daily life the grinding
pressure Of the vast debts and heap
cd up taxes which have been piled
uuon our shoulders and upon those
OF pOsterity Great empires nave
been swept from the earth. ancient
uonarchies have crumbled in ar
hour and long established govern
ments have tottered. fallen and pass
ed away like a watch in the night
More Problems Press.
All these things stare us in the
face. pierce our attention and arres
our thoughts But this is not all and
what remains. perhaps more thar
ANYTHING else. makes incredibly diff
fcult the immense task which lies
before US. one not to he escaped bu'
which will strain governments and
people 20 the top of their bent II
aught that makes life worth living
j g 10 survive.
The wrecked towns the shatter-
ed forts the effaCed villages, the
sinking ships were not the only VIC
Tins OF the storm Of war. Other
things. the impalpable possessions OF
the mind and heart have in like
fashion been wounded and crippled
In the shock OF war, through long
years of bitter conflict. moral re
straints were loosened and all the
habits, all the conventions, all th'
customs Of life. which more ever