The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-02-09

I OF our farmers, because We cauHo
/ find O. market. Al that same raomcnt
| We are eIpending six hundred m.t-
| iions OF dollars per year on the cor
struction Of navy that we may hght
who? Fight world that canno
furnish the stroke Of a gun in our
generation. (Applsuse).
Is there anything more sppaIl.us
! in our national history than that ~
cannot suppress armament IN the
/ United States. that we cannot divert
/ resources We are spending in thus
/ useless way 10 the production of or
| Agricultural industry and our worA-
men, and at the same time 20 the
/ prevention OF chaos in Europe? Have
/ nc ever presented 20 the world suca
q spectacle in our history? some
times 7 think the abiNty OF the Am
erican people 90 answer THE question
may be presented in one short sen
tence, z We can entertain seven and
+ one-half millions o. automobile IN the
! United States. We can entertain tnres
I and ons-halT million OF these inv4siote
guests. tApp.ause).
MUST ENCOURAGE. DEMoCRACIEs
There are some phases OF tails prob.
lem that TO my mind 20 FAR deepci.
into the whole problems OF our coun-
Try and Europe than ever the saving
% the lives Of this mass OF helpless
! mites. DO you appreciate shat out
o. TIE vast revolutions that spread
over Europe twelve new den1ocraciea
I emerged. twelve new states have siovr
y CROPPED to their feet. endowed with
the Ideals OF the United States thst
we found during this last ave gene
atoms, z militant democracy preaching
| our peace TO al the world, that w
aave told them along ou~ path 10 the
/ only solution TO happiness. TO tibcrt,
and 20 peace; that we have preached
morning. noon and night thai through
democracy and democracy alone cae
we reach state Of peace in the world
. that peace founded on government by
the people and for the people. that
/ We have Numbered our Ane phrase
over these devastated areas o. Eur
| ope during the last Eve years unttt
they believed their truth. and vet DO
you realize that II there IS value 80
al Of that and believe there is.
that we are not extending one single
helping hand TO these struggling ESQ
pie except the care OF their children
and are VIC to abandon th.e the or.
/ last thing we arc doing fo~ thsrq.
!
ideals that we have preached during
this last i've and ten y'ears2 Is II an.
defense az cur national honor thai
We shall lead people to ADEPT our ir-
Situations IN the faith that that lis The
solution - their diH.cult,. and tae1
give them sn exhioltior ~ the futii-
ity 81 those irst:tGtions themselves
But this would not bc a shock aloue
70 a great mass Of people. II wo sse
10 turn these three and ono-half mil
lions Of people into the streets t-
will be shock to OUR children so-
three generations. fror1 which we
VIII not recover.
We also have certain trusteeahi5
that is difficult 10 define. cann1-
conceive When visualize tao com
parative prosperity OF tho United sta
tes 70 all the rest OF the world that
We have been endowed nfta this pos
peri'v Cor tho purpose o. pure sci
nsh7ess. do not believe that cither
an individual or 6 naticn that dis-c-
Eerds the obligssI5u4 % it's ns3 Ehhors
can survive. and I or not believe ~
- TIC instinct o. che American rc3-
pie that these obligations should -o
di-resarded. Applause.
Z are 10 osndon these three and
one-hslf millions o. children. many o.
them Will perish. many of them win
I'll the jsUs twenty years hence. not
alone Of Europe. but OF the United
States, Peace is not the product o.
documents. peace is the product o.
t, good will amongst men. and here is
>, tho only American embassy and good
viii. our 1900 feeding stations ny-
, Ing the American flag are OF more VI .-
nc TO tho United States than yoel
tHcnty-onc embassies IN Europe.
(ApplsOss)
These hundreds Of millions o. REQ
pie that We have served, IN tneir o.
lection for US. are more protection III
our children than any batueship ths
We can build today. and yet We e.
asking for the price Of one bate
ship. tAppiause).
We bad much contention over t.s
League Of Nations. but there can 1s
40 contention over q league for Chi.
dren. II has no creed, it has no Dr.
ugion. and no politics. Il IS the or
moderation or contention in the wo- II
today, this service We arc doias fc.
children.
have felt that IS We arc to ssr
> ceed With this appeal 1t would no, bs
on tho basis OF ar appeal 20 ,ol-
emotions. but TO sour sood sense.
your conscience and YOUR patriotism
havo no desire TO eudesNo- 10 vie.
uelize this mass Of children. cou d
mention that uinc our of ten of a1 or
tho child life Of Tho city os Verr-
4nder twelve years o. age today goee
into the street TO hnd food. tuat nei
Asps YOU could build in your imaSiu-
alton the situation OF your city when
as the result OF war that hope
Will never come 10 vou. nine OUT o.
ten % your children should SO inlo
the streets 20 seek food al the hand
~ a former enemy. Then you will
have some appreciation OF where tuat
great capitol Of Europe stands to6a5.
W. hayo rad some crlflcism that we
should iced the former cner1y. bur
ask Won r. IL has not been suescteni
pun shncut for that great. proud can.
jtol OF the world that nine out o.
zen OF Its children are forced to the
streets 20 eat2 Have ve any right as
Americans. and as Christian people
to demand further tengeauce thar We
have already attained 80 watte-
what their sins may have been tAp-
plause.)
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