Milford chronicle., 1921-06-03
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
TOO POWERFUL no FIGHT

cold ShlVerS run up and down m
back" 1t was Jack still talking abou
his trip to New York with Uncle Te
when the President was there.
And didn't we have a good time
thought" was Ruth's comment. AL
that day it had been all Cncle Te
could do to get her away from tn
store windows where hundreds O
dolls seemed fairly to tai kto her a
every corner
yes, but you cared more about thu
dolls. than you did hearing Presiden
Harding talk and seeing the bis
things" retOrted Jack, who was very
proud of the fact that he had listened
to every word the President said anC
had shown real interest in what
was going on. He had heard that
wonderful speech of the President in
the morning at the pier in .Hoboken
when with tears streaming down his
face, as he stood among the more
than five thousand cof1ns containing
the bodies of the soldiers who fought
on the battlefields of Europe, he had
called out for hope that 1T must not
be again"
Now that we are home and can
sit quietly and Think said Uncle
Ted, suppose you kiddies come over
here while we talk over our trip and
more particularly the things said by
President Harding. You know there
is such a difference between the ways
in which various men look upon war
and all the horrible things going
with it, You know I was through
part of it. 1 didn't do much, but I
saw things that will never allow me
to think or act as 1 did before. I was
glad for the privilege of helping my
country, as was every man who don
ned a uniform. For a long time, in
this country, we sort o ftook our gov
ernment and the things that went
with it as a matter of course. We
knew that certain laws were passed
and certain laws repealed. We knew
that at a certain time each year we
mad taxes to pay and every so often
we went to the polls and voted to
elect men to run the government and
then we, as quickly as possible, went
back to our work and proceeded to
forget it while the other fellows ran
the government and solved the great
questions of the day.
u
all its horror it did accomplish one
thing. 1t made men and women real
lie tzhat they owe duty to their coun-
try, a real duty. The fact that the
government is something real and
like every other big business
suddenly dawned upon
people. But there were those, even
hen, who said we were too proud to
light, by way of an excuse because
hey had failed to prepare us to meet
IN inevitable war.
81 could go on and on about this,
)ut it is getting late so I must get
o what President Harding said and
how you what wonderful meaning
lis words convey. His speeches can .
lot be read or heard without making :
ou love your country more and with
ut giving you greater courage to go y
head and take part in the. nations v
yoTk, work that is even greater t
ow than during the war. 1 don't n
are what anyone says, 1 believe the S
ddress delivered by President Hard
lg at the Hoboken pier was the most G
aspiring ever delivered by Presi- n
ent, unless it be the Gettysburg s.
Deech of Lincoln. Riddles, there is n
1ch a difference between a nation Il
to meet trouble and ma
on powerful enough to make the n
EST of the world understand that it N
ust be left alone. To me the last n,
md is the best, and that is what Mr. r;
ardin gurged. Try to think back q
I'D see that scene, with the flag
'aped cofins, and I will read part d
what the President said. - -
" I could not wish for a nation for :" )"
hich men are not willing to fight, w "
i'd, i fneed be, to die, but I do wish NJ NJ
r nation where it is not necessary Az
ask that sacrifice. 1 do not pre-
nd that millennial days have come, py
t can believe in the possibility of SO
nation so righteous as never to u
Ike war of conquest and a nation u
powerful in righteousness that D'
ne will dare to invoke her wrath. I Dt
sh for us such an America
What could be palmer than that" 10
marked Uncle Ted. president He
riding knows that the time has no
come when the representatives of He
lntries, jealous of each others ev- int
move, and with unfair distribution CO..
power. can sit around a table and
tie the affairs of the world He or;
Ows the day has not suddenly ar fat
ed when there will be no more thf
r. He wants an end to war. So we
I. But he knows that the way to tat
p it is not to let the other fellow Gre
TX all over you. BE Prepared n
5 the cry of Roosevelt. How proud onl
would be of his country today if o., o..
could know what is being said and aS DO
e. America is again taking her oro ~
ltful place in the eyes of the world a.
nation to be honored and respect +nr, tine
and to be feared when its honor ~"
rights are attacked.
Another thing he said, listen:, pas
rely we have done all that could aIte
expected of us in carrying the don
1ens of others, and there is no re- Gre
!, but our just concern now is for Ilgh
America, because our own restor- co.
n is our first service to world was
ling to us for aid and inspiration II
er is the whole thing in nut Wal
l. Get on your own feet first so sale
can help the other fellow" has
lee, it's great to hear such talk will
our own America" was Jacks de- ness
ed comment. Phil
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