Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-11-15

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yar and cut armament, PresideI
Iarding urged in opening the grea
difference on the limitation of a.
lament in Continental hall here tt
ay.
The full text of the address foI
ows:
Text of Address
Mr.. Secretary and Members
of the Conference, Ladies and
Gentlemen: 1t Is a great and
happy privilege to bid the dele.
gates to this conference q COR
dial welcome to the capitol of
the United States Of America. 1t
Is not only a satisfaction to greet
I you because we were lately par
tlc1pants in a common cause, in
which shared sacrifices and sor-
rows and triumphs brought our
nations more closely together,
but it is gratifying to address
you as the spoKesmen for nd
lions whose convictions and at
tending actions have so much to
do with the veal or foe of all
mankind.
1t is not possible to over-praise
the importance of such confer
ence. 1t is no unseemly boast,
no disparagement Of other ma
tons which, though not repre-
scented, are held in highest re-
spect, to declare that the con-
illusions Of this body will have a
signal influence in all human
progression the fortunes Of the
world.
Here is a meeting, I can well
believe, which is an earnest of
the awakened conscience of
twentieth century civilization. 1t
is not a convention of remorse,
nor a session of sorrow. 1t is not
the conference Of victors to de-
fine terms of settlement. Nor is
it, a council of nations seeking
to remake human kind. 1t is
rather a coming together from
all parts of the earth to apply
the better attributes Of man
kind to minimize the faults in
our International relations.
Call of World
Speaking as official sponsor for
the invitation, I think I may say
the call is not of the United
States of America alone, it is
rather the spoken word of a
war-wearied world, struggling
for restoration, hungering and
thirsting for better relationship;
of humanity crying for relief
and craving assurances Of last
ing peace.
It is easy TO understand this
worldwide aspiration. The glory
of triumph, the rejoicing in
achievement, the love Of liberty.
the devotion to country, the
pangs of sorrow, the burdens of
debt, the desolation of ruin
all these are appraised alike in
all lands. Here in the United
States we are but freshly turned
from the burial of an unknown
American soldier, when a nation
sorrowed while paying him tri-
butte. Whether it was spoken
or not, hundred millions of our
people were summarizing the in
excusable causes, the incalcula-
BILE cost, the unspeakable sac
rifces and the utterab1e sorrows,
and, there was the ever impell'
ing question: "How can human
ity Justify or God forgiven"
Human hate demands no such
toll; ambition and greed must be
denied it. If misunderstanding
1o1 tho HI fhnn lnt TIC
Danish it and let understanding
rule and make good will reg
nant everywhere. All Of us de-
mand liberty and justice. There
can not be one without the other
and they must BE held the I'M
questioned possession of all peo-
pies. Inherent rights are of
God and the tragedies of the
world originate in their attempt
ed denial. The world today is
infringing their enjoyment by
arming to defend or deny, when
simple sanity calls for their
recognition through commt I'M
derStanding.
New FellOwships
Out Of the cataclysm of the
World war come new felloWships,
new convictions, new aspira-
tons. 1t is ours to make the
most of them A world stagger-
ing with debt needs it's burden
lifted. Humanity which has
been shocked by wanton destruc,
ton would minimize the agen-
cies Of that destruction. Con"
templating the measureless cost
Of war and the continuing bur-
den Of armament, all thoughtful
peoples wish for real limitation
Of armament and would like war