Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-20

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Of souls, last fOrver for the peace Of the
world
General Nivel!e declared that it was
an honor to him to be permitted to
address an audience IN the same place
where his great countryman," General
Lafaye had been honoTed.
Dr. Wf!et, who spoke before General
Nivelle. delivered en- address on the Ter
centenary" He declared that now, at
the close of the war this, as well as
other countries has come 20 "a moment
OF highest significance"
1.-The landing Of the Mayfower has
shaped the destlnies Of America more
than any one thing" he declared, land
in the history Of American achievements
believe there are three great and mighty
chapters. First, there is the colonial in
ception which began with the coming of
the French and was carried on by the
Pilgrim fathers and mothers and later
the cavaliers. 1t was to the French that
we owe the most for they were Of the
hardy nature and dared the wilderness
to colonize far inland. But, the Pill
grfms instead of finding a refuge from
persecution found a world, world
which they did not understand very
we'll"
FOUGHT FRAGMENT
OF ENGLAND
The second chapter is the revolution
airy period with all the courage which
made the United States the first great
democracy in the world. In that war
with England we did not fight England,
hut just fragment, We fought not the
people of England but mercenary SOL
! diers who could be hired to do the dirty
work. In that war the best of the Eng
fish people and the English government
was on our side. This we are just be-
ginning to learn with the rewriting OF
our histories of the Revolution
THE third and present chapter is the
one in which this country fought in that
great war for the unity of its government
and the freedom Of the negro race. Ihau
is the chapter in which the war for de-
mocracy aud freedom was fought. Since
there was a nation in Europe that hated
the very principle of free government, all
the world that loved justice and freedom
Joined in crushing her to the ground.
THE thing the United states is trying
to say to the world which she knows
in her own heart, is that she believes
in world peace, the greatest gift that
the world has ever given. There is an
other thing which she is saying to the
world which she said during the war,
that she is safeguarding herself and the
world from the curse OF drink and the
scarlet woman
MESSAGE FROM
, FRENCH CHURCHES.
Governor Goodrich made short vel
coming address The Rev. George
Savary, who presided rs chairman of
the meeting, read 4 message from the
French Protestant churches, commencing
the United States in the part played in
the World War. and expressing pleasure
in the unity between the, two countries
since the Revolutionary days.
General Nivelle, who arrived in the
city late in the afternoon, accompanied
by Colonel Paul Azan, his aid. and Dr.
H. L. Willet OF the Chicago University,
was welcomed at the depot by E. J.
Dubois. Felix Schwartz. John Ray and
Auguste Dryer. representing the Indian
arolis French Society, and Guy A. Wain-
wright. Blair Taylor. Mrs. Gilmore ard
Miss Marguerite Dolby of the Alliance
Franchise; Col. II. b. Fisk ed Lieut.. w.
W. Cox of Fl. Harrison; the Rev. e. h.
Winders, executive secretary Of the
Church Federation; Joseph A Minturn
o. the MayiOwer Association. and the
Rev. George Savary Of the First Con-
gregational Church