Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-11-12

should be, set apart for a rededica-
ton of our hearts, and a reconsecra-
tion of our lives, to the spirit OF
righteous government, and for me-
mortal services for all those who, in
! that great struggle, in the ranks and
out of the ranks, on land and on sea,
| on farm and at fircside, wherever
free men and women lived and loved
ard laborcd,-gavc their time and
their substance and their lives, II
/ necessary, to save the world from
I chaos, and to demonstrate that sell
Z GchnCss and greed and unholy ambi
ton are no more to be tolerated in
nations than in individuals.
: And today this great free liberty
! loving people is gathering. in spirit.
! in that wonderful white city on the
bank Of the Potomac, to pay ma
tion's tribute, not specifically to the
/ unknown here whose body has been
taken from the bosom of France. but
through him. to the spirit of Sacri-
flee which he exen1plified. the Christi
like quality of the human heart.
/ You, my friends, know what that
means.
You. fathers and brothers, who
worked and hoped: YOU, mothers and
sisters who wept and prayed-you
; know
You blue-coated veterans, you
know!
You boys in khaki, you know!
+, You were given the golden oppor-
/ tunity and you covered yourselves
with glory and with honor.
Many of your comrades made the
supreme sacriice,-and Greater love
hath no man than this"
And yet, terrible as were the suf-
ferings and agonizing as We're the
experiences, not one single one OF
you or of them would have lad it
otherwise.
You hold that services-that
knowledge of duty done-as your
dearest possession.
1t cannot be bought or bartered.
1t will not wither in your grasp,
and it shall never be forgotten.
The sick must be. cared for, the
incapacitated must be restored, and
in some degree our obligations to
you must be requited..
No man can measure those obli-
cations and no man dares or cares to
overlook them.
But. my boys in khaki, let me tell
you. and your splendid four millions.
your term of service is not yet ended.
civilization saved is not civiliza-
tion guaranteed.
1t is to men Of your type and your
conscience, 1t is to the stricken
father and brother and sister and the
gold star mother" that we e,still must
look for strength and safety.
The forces which Won crushed be-
meath your on-marching legions are
not all dead. There are sinister in
fuences. even in this blessed land, to
be oVercome--there are evils to be
.overthrown-there are passions to be
subdued. Even now there are men
ana women spreading the doctrine of
dlscontent, scattering the seeds of
hate. and sowing the whirlwind of
disaster.
wise men. strong men, true men
must face the situation squarely, and
resolutely grapple the problems be-
fore US. They must be settled and
settled right.
The World owes this to you and
the world needs you-for the world
looks to America for guidance. There
must be no quarter and no compro-
mise. !
And again is this day made memo /
rablc, for this very hour-save as in
terrupted by the ceremonies at Ar
lngtor-the great Nations are as
sembled. at the call of the President
Of this republic in the Council Cham
Der of the World, over whose portals
are carved the words of our immor-
tai Commander:
LET Us Have Peace"
A conference which may be, ] be-
lieve. WILL be the most momentous
gathering in all history.
Coming together when the fever is
out of the blood-when men can con- |
slider quietly and dispassionately, |
when they can see. as never before.
the horror and the wantonness and
the waste Of war-its outstanding