The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-05-25

Chlef Executive Speaks TO Half Dozen
Audiences Declaring that Righteous
ness and Justice Shall be the Har.
ricr Against Future Wars. VEL
coined In Metropolis.
New York, May ga nation so
righteous and so just that I'VE shall
never be called upon to make war so
long as God and men rule together"
was the prayer Of President Harding
as late today he reviewed survivors
Of the world war at rcgimental re-
viS'H iii Brooklyn.
1T must not be again" was his
solemn declaration earlier in the day
when he attended q memorial SER
vice for 5000 war dead on the great
army piers in HoEokcn.
The same themc--spoken before the
living and before the dcad-Erought
tears to his eyes and to the eyes Of
those who had followed him through
& days program crowded with events.
At luncheon OF Academy Of Polt-
ical Science and at dinner cclebrat-
ing the l25th anniversary OF the New
YorK Commercial, he had cxpoundcd
the need of putting the government
on \ business basis and OF recon
structing the nations business and
industry. His audiences listened to
his every d-attcntively, earnest
ly-but it was at the military func-
tions that he stirred their emotions.
And varied must have been the emo
tions Of the president himself First
a thrill at the roar of heavy guns da
the presidential yacht .Mayhower
steamed into Ncw York harbor and
came to her anchorage amid the sa-
lutes of hundred warcraft swinging
on their lines in the Hudson.
Then, the catching in the throat as
he arrived in Hoboken at the bivouac
Of the dead, entered the shed-like
piers which served as temporary
tomb for the thousands Of brave lads
whose flag covered coffins covered the
floors row upon row, and laid upon
the caskct Of a humble private from
Mtchigan-the first American killed
on German sofia wreath that served
as a symbol for all the country's war
dead.
And later the CHEEKY welcome OF
chlldrens notes.-the voices of tens
OF thousands Of chlldron waiting to
greet him as he motorod to Brooklyn
through the citys cosmopolitan East
Side.
Then, quickening OF the pulse
when in the NSenty-third regiment
armOry In Brooklyn he saw survivors
OF the war swing bravcly past him,
rank after rank. at review held In
his honor.
And finally the laying aside for a
moment OF the emotions OF the day to
lay before his audience the problems
that face postwar America in her re-
construction period.
The presidents day In the metro
polls was so crowded that he had
scarcely moment Of rest from the
time the Mayfower dropped anchor
until he again boarded the yacht late
tonight to return to the capital.
New York gave him an enthusiastic
welcome. great crowds checred every
whore he went. The greeting that
reached his heart, however. was that
given by young Americans-the $50 900
school children who lined the three
miles OF the route to the Brooklyn
armory.
These children granted half holi-
day, stood in a drizzling rain, wav-
ing flags and cheering wildly as the
presidential car came in sight. The
treble OF their childish voice rose in
mighty crescendo that brought ra-
diant smiles from the president and
Mrs. Harding.
The youngsters OF New York's
lower East Side, with It's polyglot
population, gave him the noisicst
greeting. Once the president ordered
his car stopped while he stepped out
into the rain and shook hands with
number Of little girls.
81 never knew there were so many
children in America" the president
said. 1T was wonderful"
Another demonstration OF youthful
patriotism that pleased the president