The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-12

hlltN n N''N iN'' i't tlA'' llihhliiE 'l noise For the moment they had lit crally gone mad with joy At mid day the clamor reached such a pitch that it could only be described as the ideal condition which the small boy would like to see on every 4th of July.
 Being of a somewhat philosophical turn of mind. and knowing the pre- dominant trait Of Anglo Saxon na- ture to repress it's desires and re- strain it's feelings, l mavelled at the utter boisteromess of the day. Here was the Great war which cost mil lions of lives. over at last Why did not the people think of the sacrific- es which the war had entailed; of the Gold Star Mothers in America. who from that time on would long for the touch of vanished hand, and the sound of a voice that was still" of the more than 5O,OO0 American boys who had paid the last full measure of devotion" and were that day sleeping the last long sleep. on the serried battle fields of France. Should not the end of the war have been received with quiet thankful ness. and prayer to the Almighty. that the strife was over, and that the sacrifices had not been made in vain. and that right had triumphed, rather than with the noisy and at times rowdyist ebulitions of unre- strained enthusiasm
 And yet it was not unnatural. The strain that the home folk had been under with over two million of their loved ones in France, and over two million more on their way there. had been so great that human nature, like a steel spring when the tension is removed, sprung back from one extreme to the other That was the first Armistice Day. This is it's third anniversary, and note how the feeling concerning the day has changed.
 Today the country is most con Cerned in honOring those who bore the brunt of the fighting, and in solemn commemoration of those who died that we might live Armistice Day now brings with it more a sense of the obligation which the country is under to it's soldiers. more reali- zation of the crime of war, and more an eanest determination to bring about effectual measures which will prevent the recurrence of such a catastrophe as the World war.
 Today has been declared a National holiday by the president. and at noon he asked the entire people to rest from their labors and offer a silent prayer for the dead of the Great war. Today in the National Cemetery at Arlington was laid at rest, an un- known soldier. typifying for all time the brave dead who cast their lives into the breach off civilization caused by the German hordes. And today has ben selected for the of ticial opening of the disarmament conference at Washington by the great powers
 The lessons of the war have been learned Now the real test of state is to be applied. Can the civilized nations cooperate to pre- vent the tremendous waste and folly If war. Since 1914 the average ex- penses per family of five for govern mont purposes by the four nations of L. s. C. B. F. and I. have risen from $S2.00 a year to $51OOO. This | means that for years to come these | countries will be directing their | energies and their taxing powers | owards paying off the burdens which | he war has imposed. with the re- suit that the expenditures for the | normal avenues of government activ- ties, such as good roads, education, ,tc.. must be seriously neglected. Everything is taxed to raise neces- 'ary money, and the burden of taxa ion is so pressing problem. that one loes not need to be the 7th son of l 7th son to safely predict that the ,ext national campaign will be fought put along taxation lines. We all feel he hand of the tax collector so much indeed, that we can easily sympa- hize with the man who, when dog ng through boresome political speech. and on being awakened by l he orator exclaiming in loud tones, Now. ladies and gentlemen, am
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