Bisbee daily review., 1921-11-12
The Presidents Address

between. defenders living and defen-
ders dead,i A grateful republic will
be worthy of them both. Our part is
to atone for the losses of heroic dead
by making better republic for the
living.
Sleeping in these hallowed grounds
are thousands of Americans who have
given their blood for the baptism or
freedom and it's maintenance, armed
opponents of the nations conscience.
1t is better and nobler for their deeds.
Burial here is rather more than sign
of the governments favor, it is a sug-
gestion of a tomb in tn heart of the
nation sorrowing for its noble dead.
Today's ceremonies proclaim that
that the hero unknown is not union
ored. We gather him to the nations
breast, within the shadow of the cap
itol, of the towering shaft that honors
Washington, the great father, and OF
the exquisite monument to Lincoln,
the martyred savior. Here the inspir-
ations of yesterday and the con-
science of today forever unite to make
the republic worthy of his death for
flag and country.
Resolutions Are Lofty
Ours are lofty resolutions today, as
with tribute to the dead we conse-
crate ouselves to a better order for
the living. With all my heart | wish
we might say to the defenders who
survive, to mothers who sorrow, 20
widows and children who mourn, that
no such sacrifice shall be asked again.
1t was my fortne recently to see
demonstration of modern warfare. IL
is no longer conflict in chivalry, 40
more a test of militant manhood. It
is only cruel, deliberate, scientific &C.
struction. There was no contendihs
enemy, only the theoretic defense OF
a hypothetic objective. But the attack
was made with all the relentless meth
DDS of modern destruction. There was
the rain of ruin from the aircraft, the
thunder of artillery followed by tnc
unspeakable devastation wrought by
bursting shells; there were mortarS
belching their bombs OF desolatlon'
machine guns concentrating their
leaden storms; there was the infantry
advancing, firing and falling - Ike
men with souls sacrificing for the de-
cision. The flying missiles were rs
we could note their flight and ap-
praise their dead lines. The air was
streaked with tiny flames markInS the
flight of massed destruction; while
the effectiveness OF the theoretical ue-
Tense was impressed by the stimulation
of dead and wounded among those go
ing forward, undermining ana unLeed
ing. AS this panorama OF Cnutterahie
destruction visualiZed the horrors ol
modern conflict there grew ON me the
sense of the failure or a civilization
which can leave its problems TO such
cruel arbItrament. Surely no one in
authority with human attributes ana
full appraisal of the patriotic loyalty
of his countrymen, could ask the man
hood of kingdom, empire or repuDilc
to make such sacrifice until all rea-
son had failed, until appeal to justice
through understanding had been de-
MED, until every effort OF love ana
consideration Tor fellow men had been
exhausted, until freedom itself and in
violate honor had been brutally threat
ened.
Does Not Fear War
| speak not as a pacifist fearing
war, but as one who loves justice ANA
hates war. } speak rs one who be-
heves the highest function of govern
ment is to give ITS citizens the secur'
ity of peace, the opportunity to
achieve and the pursuit of happiness.
The Hottest tribute we eau. bestOw
today--the ;heroicalH earned tribute
fashioned in deliberate conviction,
out of unclouded thought, neither
Swallowed by remOrse nor made vain
by fanCies, is the commitment of tins
republic to an advancement never
made before. Ii American achieve
ment is a cherished pride at home. if
our uuselfishness among nations is All
we wish it to, he and ours is a help