The Alaska daily empire., 1921-11-12

enthusiasm received the joyful tid- ings.
 Fraueht With Meaning
 ''The signing of the Armistice on November II, 1918, was fraught with deepest meaning. It meant that d mad autocracy had been humbled to the dust It meant that crazed war lords. seeking to rule the world, had played their cruel part and lost It meant the end of monarchical rule It meant that our own America-a nation ever on the side of right and not too proud to fight-had fought gloriously for humanity and civiliza- tion and. in self defense, had forced hostilities to successful termination It meant peace Above all, it meant that our boys, our sons and broth CTS, would soon return from camp and trench-that they would be com ing home from over there It thrills us even yet to recall and live over that joyous day and hour
 Peace of Menace
 Long ago the tumult and the shouting died. The captains and kings departed, some into exile. But a peace of three years still finds Europe broken and in convulsions. Readjustment has been slow. It is peace of continued menace. Every right-minded American, therefore, should hope and pray that the Dis armament Conference opening today at Washington will help to make the peace of the world enduring and minimize. if not forever prevent. such outbreaks as blighted this early goth century.
 Mistakes Being Rectified America Is not unmindful, will never be unmndful, of the service of American soldiers in that war It is a record that will be handed down the ages in song and story It added luster to the stars in Old Glory. h the rush of American life some things have happened since which are not ] credit to America Wounded and suf fering heroes of that war have not uniformly received the consideration they deserve But these and kindred mistakes, these sins of omission and commission, are being rectified. Uncle Sam will never tolerate such negiect. It is not pleasing to read in the news dispatches that service men out of endowment are arrested for sleeping in the public parks. But it is gratifying to read further that when this startling fact came to pub lie attention there was an immcdi- ate outburst of indignation and these men were at once provided for 5on- erously and tenderly. So it will ever be. Men who offered their lives to country have a valid claim to the country's consideration That claim will be met justly and generously.
 Legion on Guard What does the peace coming out of that war mean to America? 1t means much. It has produced a greater and a stronger Americanism. It brought strikingly to the attention of America the dangers within its gates It taught America lessons which America needed to learn Ma terially. it started flow of gold into our vaults which staggers imasina- tion. It gave America colossal debt and yet left America the great est creditor nation in all the world. But these are as of naught in con trast with the patriotism and the spiritual blessings produced by war. The richest inheritance we have as the result of that stupendous tragedy is the robust American sentiment now found in every community of the land as typified by the American Le- zion. You men of this Post, and your comrades of other Posts, mum bering nearly two million strong, are today on guard, champions oi the country's institutions and it's liber- ties, the opponents of law and order. The foundations of the Republic arc rendered all the more secure by and through the American Legion. May you grow in influence and in nun bers.
 Asks Divine Blessing
 Fraternity, Loyalty, Charity and Unity are your watchwords. The badge you wear stands for God and country True to these precept5. you and your fellow Legionaires are bulwark of strength and support to Alaska and to every good cause that Alaska holds dear.
 God bless the American Legion here and everywhere"