The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-02
HARDING HOPES FOR
NEW ERA OF PEACE
As Result of Disarmament Conference
Called By the United
States,

Plymouth, Mass, Aug "A hop,
: that the disarmament conference called
by the United States may bring to tn,
world a new era of peace and freedom
was expressed by President Harding
, yesterday in an address here at the
tercentenary of the landing of the Pill.
grims.
Characterizing the international sit
uation as more than promising" the
president asserted that the seed of
common tolerance and understanding
planted by the fathers here was begin
ming TO bear fruit thousandfold in the
relations between nations.
"A new hope looms to-day" said
the president. I'VE are slowly but very
surely recovering from the wastes and
sorrows and utter Heterogeneous Of
a eataclysmal war. Peace is bringing
its new assurances; and penitent real.
izstion and insistent conscience will
preserve that peace. Our faith is firmer
that wars causes may be minimzed.
and overburdening armament may be
largely diminished. And these too with
out surrender Of the nationality which
has inspired or the good conscience
which has defended
The international prospect is more
than promising, and the distress and
depression at home are symtomatic of
early recovery Solvent financially.
sound economically, unrivalled in
genius, unexeelled in industry, resolute
in determination and unwavering in
faith, these United States will carry
on"
In the course of his speech Mr. Hard. |
ing praised particularly the part re-
ligious freedom and other New Eng. |
land traditions had played in develop. |
ment of the nation. He also took occa-
sion to deplore the common tendency
to concentrate governmental authority |
in Washington and to reaffirm his faith |
in religion as an essential element OF
good government
The president said in part:
1T is not too much to saw that the
three centuries which have pas sed since
men OF our race came here to found a
new state have been the most mo.
mentous and the most pregnant in the
progress of human kind
To this and the Virginia shore was
transplsnted the seeds Of representa-
tive democracy. the new ideals of ma.
tionality through association and rep
resentation and there has developed
seemingly the most dependable form Of
popular government ever witnessed in
the world
Public Opinion Reigns.
Whether we reflect upon the re.
straints upon freedom which the ia
theirs imposed, or measure the broader
liberty under the law of to-day, here
began the reign Of dependable public
opinion, which unfailingly is the law
II highest civilization. One may not
say whether the Puritans al home
would have been able TO work out
,uch a system If there had been no
American colonies and the colonial in.
luences to react upon the mother coun-
.ry. Doubtless the English revolution,
which came soon after the settlement
It Plymouth. would have come even
looner had there been no settlement 3
iere, no Massachusetts bsy colony, no {
Virginia plantations But Il Is easy to ;
,elieve that in the long struggle after y
he restoration. the fruits Of the rev Ia
tuition. the strengthened parliament {
ary regulations and the restrictions on I
oval prerOgstive were helped BY the {
Influences Of colonial democracy. v
No one ever viii dispute the large
arge part New England PLAYED in the L
caring Of new standards Of freedom. G
he early struggles here were contem- I
.orsneous with the making Of modern c