Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-08-23
"AMERICANISM" is
WELL EXPOUNDED
AT LEGION MEET
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asked the blessings OF God on the as
semblage, and guidance for America
and its officials. lie also referred TO
the valor of the army in the war. and
called attention TO the -long rows of
white crosses lining the hills OF
France" as pledge and reminder
to the people TO keep true to the faith
for which these men died
Disregard az Commandment
I Following the singing of America
( by the audience. the Governor intro
duced MIR. Hollenga. stating that he
had spoken with him at a meeting
( held at Easton on Saturday, and as
sured those present they would hear
! a remarkably good address. Mr.. Hol-
/ lenga began by stating that he had
! heard a preacher state once that we
are all slaves. willing slaves OF the
Master" and il had struck him as be-
/ ing singularly true. We are willing
slaves OF God and as long as we con-
I tinue so. we would. as Nation, con-
! lfilut W DiOSptIs uc Sdid hC
J speaker asked his audience to imagine
4 Themselves transported TO a wild, UNI
! inhabited country and charged with
I the duty of forming a staple govern
ment. The first thing they would do.
l he said. would be 10 draw up set OF
rules and regulations to live by: that
1 Is just what we have for our funda-
mental laws and guidance in the Ten
| Commandments, and il was the
| breaking of one OF these. Love thy
neighbor as myself that was the di-
rect cause OF the war He said il
seems TO be the natural prediction
\ of people TO break and protest against
those very rules and regulations
which they frame. and which they
realize are essential to their well-be-
| ing. Imagine also" Mr. Hollenga
said back in the thrilling days of
l9l4-191S how the people of the coun-
try revolted when Germany, disre-
gardng the commandment. had in
vaded Belgium and plunged the world
into war The speaker then rapidly
! sketched the events leading up to the
sinking of the Lusitania. and the for
NAL declaration OF war by the C.nted
States. stating that "he was PR I'd -
4 be a citizen of a nation that declared
war. not by the will of one man. as
did the Kaiser of Germany. but as one
people. expressed in Congress, by
! their representatives
Troops Acclaimed Abroad
Mr.. Hollenga spoke of the arrival of
the first contingent OF American
troops in England how they were ac-
Claimed as heroes by the English, and
when they arrived in F;ance, the land
of desolation. and of miles of women
in black. they were hailed mot as
heroes. not as crusaders, but as Mes
siahs." Then the speaker recounted
events of the war; how the army
fought like h in Flinders" and de-
scribed the reception home following
the Armistice when the first troops
we're feted and honored. butshow, when
The last tropos came home in 1919-it
seemed that all the cigarette fac
tories had gone ON a strike. all the
welcoming boats sunk. and all the
handkerchiefs that had waved in
greeting were in the laundry
War Not Yet Over
Mr. Hollenga said the mass of peo-
pie apparently thought the war was
over and there was no more danger
He said he wanted TO state that the
war is not over but still on and wouic
be. as long as one disabled veteran is
in a hospital He then referred 10
how the government, through its red
tape and neglect. is dealing with the
wounded; that thousands of claims
for disability are on file in the War
Risk Bureau and only a neagre per-
centage granted: how 400 ex-soldiers
had committed suicide in New York
alone, due 10 privationsS how the in
sane and blind soldiers are incar-
cerated in iails and State insane asy-
lums. and how men who had suffered
100 per cent disability and granted a
Aul2 HCiSkOu W i've 0lis tOunN tuC pen
sion suddenly cut to S. or IS per
month without a word of explanation.
He said as long as such conditions as
these exist the war is not over. and
the people of this State and every
State should demand through their
representatives that conditions be
remedied.
Scores Senator France
Mr. Hollenga criticized Senator
France of Maryland for flirting with
the Bolsheviki and rejecting his con-
stituents:" disagreed with Ambassa-
dor Harvey. who stated that I'VE made
war to save our SKINS and went on
recrod as violently opposing the re-
lease from prison. Eugene V. Debbs,
sentenced for violating the Espionage
Act. He stated further that the Amer
lean Legion was not organized for rec