The Washington times., 1921-11-11
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the nations conscience. 1t is better
and nobler for their deeds. Burial
here is rather more than sign or
the Governments favor. II Is sug-
gestion OF a tomb in the hearts OF
the nation. sorrowing for its noble
dead.
Today's ceremonies proclaim that
the hero unknown is not unhonored.
We gather him TO the nations
breast, within the shadow of the
Capitol, of the towering shaft that
honors Washington, the great
father, and of the exquisite monu.
ment to Lincoln. the martyred
savior. Here the inspirations of yes.
terday and the conscience of today
forever unite 10 make the republic
worthy of his death for nag and
country.
Lofty Resolutions.
Ours are lofty resolutions today,
is with tribute to the dead we conse-
crate ourselves TO a better order for
the living. With ali my heart,
wish we might say to the defenders
who survive, TO mothers who sor.
row, 10 widows and children who
mourn, that no such sacrifice shall
DC asked again.
1t was my fortune recently TO
see a demonstration of modern
warfare. 1t is no longer conflict
in chivalry, no more a test of mill
tant manhood. 1t is only cruel,
deliberate, scientific destruction.
There was no contendinS enemy.
only the theoretical defense of
hypJthetic objective. But the at
tack was made with all the relent.
less methods of modern destruc-
ton. There was the rain Of ruin
from the aircraft, the thunder of
artillery, followed by the unspeak
able devastation wrought by burst.
ing shells; there were mortars
beichIng their bombs of desolation:
machine guns concentrating their
leaden storms; there was the in
fantry. advancing. firing, and fall
ing-like men with souls sacrific-
ing for the decision. The flying
missiles werc revealed by illuminat-
ing tracers, so that We could note
their flight and appraise their dead
illness. The air was streaked with
tiny flames marking the flight of
massed destruction; while the cffcc.
tiveness of the theoretical defense
was impressed by the stimulation
of dead and wounded among those
going forward, undaunted and IN
needing.
Failure of Civilization.
As this panorama OF unutterable
destruction visualized the horrors
Of modern conflict, there grew on
me the sense of the failure of a
civilization which can leave It's
problems to such cruel arbitrament.
Surely no one in authority, with
human attributes and a full ap.
praisal of the patriotic loyalty of
his countrymen, could ask the
manhood of kingdom, empire, or
republic to make such sacrifice un-
til all reason had failed, until ap-
peal to justice through understand
ing had been denied, until every
effort of love and consideration for
fellow men had been exhausted.
until freedom itself and inviolate
honor had been brutally threatened.
/ speak not as a pacifist fearing
war, but as one who loves Justice
and hates war. ] speak as one who
believes the highest function OF
government is to give its citizens
the security Of peace, the oppor-
tunity to achieve, and the pursuit
Of happiness.
Would Bar Warfare.
The loftiest tribute we can be
stow today-the heroically earned
tribute-fashioned in deliberate ron
viction, out of unclouded thought,
neither shadowed by remorse nor
made vain by fancies, Is the com
mitment of this Republic to an ad-
vancement never made before. IL
American achievement is cher.
ished pride at home. II our unsel-
fishness among nations In all we
wish IL to be, and ours Ia n help
ful example In the world. then let
us give OF our influence and
strength. yea, of our aspirations
and convictions, to put mankind on
n little higher plane, exulting and
exalting, with wars distressing and
depressing tragedies barred from
the stage of righteous civilization.
There have been "A Thousand de-
fenses Justly and patriotically
made; a thousand offenses which
reason and righteousness ought TO