Evening star., 1921-06-04
Editorial Digest
The Memorial Speeches.


Harding on the return Of the body OF
the first American soldier from France.
as those on Memorial day, apparently
have served to make the newspapers
better acquainted" with the presi-
Dental mental attitude" than his
more formal declarations. His re-
marks on commercial and Industrial
| matters are generally accepted a.
sound and there is much praise for
his at must not be again." though
number Of writer's object to IL plea
Tor national righteousness with
cannon as a corollary.
Among Mr.. Harding's less friendly
critics Is the New York World demo
cratic). which. with a number OF It's
followers. demands proof of the sim
serity Se sy.,1 Of t the pr Presidents 1T must not
"A noble sentiment and a true SEN
timent expressing what is in the
heartS OF an overwhelming majority
of the American people. yet one may
ask IN good faith and in all respect to
he and his administration are doing
TO prevent the recurrence Of another
war with even greater destruction OF
life and property ahd even greater
peril to civilization"
Indeed. 1t Is useless to give voice
to this sentiment. declares the Pitts
burgh Leader progressive republi..
can). while we are going forward
with programs which mean not mere
ly that 1t may be again. but that it Is
Leader suggests. 1t Should not be
again" is what was in the Presidents
mind: but from should to must there
is a long. long gap which we are not
yet ready to fll in with sentiment
'nsb The WI Har1 MAKE Wss, war impossible"
pendeno comments on the Presidents
prayer that "a practical people Join
In cooperation with God" A prac-
tical people. says the Post. seeking
cooperation with the Divine will
through Cooperation with man" The
Charlotte IN. CO News (demoeratic)
sees little worth in the Presidents
pronouncement, declaring that the
best that the administration can Of
fer Is "a sad. insipid phrase"
good deal Of comment is the Presi-
dents plea for nation SO powerful
in Righteousness that none will dare
to invoke its wrath" This, says the
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot independent
democratic): stripped Of sentiment
simply q declaration for Americas
supremacy in armament" Faith in
this attribute when it is supplement.
ed by superior might" continues the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch Cndepend-
ent). "is a false creed" whose "impo-
tency is historical"
Quite an opposite view is held by
the Kansas City Times Independently.
which says: Reinforced righteous
ness is an excellent armor. and the
President does we'll to hope that the
nation will clothe itself in it. We
|oor hA -fer A~l1 h
perfect safety. so long as we have
Navy that will make it unsafe for
the unrighteous nations to fight u.s."
Many newspapers accept the presi-
Dental sentiments without question
as sound policy. smong them the
publican). which declares that they
represent neither pacihsm nor mill
tarism. but the righteous militancy of
nation that hath it's quarrel just
The Duluth Herald Gndependent)
tinds ideals" which Mr.. Harding ex-
roring." as the Philadelphia Public
Ledger GndependenO expresses it.
'the aspirations and beliefs of the
plain. common-sense American"
The Pittsburgh Dispatch (independ-
ent) considers Mr. Harding's speeches
remarkable less for indications of
policy than as illustrative Of the mem
tai attitude Of the speaker for his
words reveal him. the Elmira IN. "
Star-Gazette independently explains.
"a strong leader of his people" The
Pittsburgh chroniele-Telesraph tre-
There has been no such national
panegyric." it exclaims. "since the
immortal address of Lincoln at Get
tysburg."
try and commerce in general and the
intrusion Of government in business
in particular were well received by
the press OF the -four speeches" the
Philadelphia Bulletin independent
republican, remarks: They are the
processes a purpose and plans a prac-
tical policy for it's performance" and.
adds the Harrisburg Telegraph (re-
publfcan). they spoke the thoughts
Of the American people rs q whole"
Through these utterances the Presi-
dent was revealed to the Geneva
IN. ~ Times (republican) 'in a new
light" as "a somewhat greater man
than he is generally credited with
being" The Spokane Spokesman Re
clares that ''the Presfd ent wears well
under the trial Of public utterance." :"
He spoke brave words and good
words and truthful Words says the
Utica Observer <dehnocratic). and
they will hearten and encourage the
people upon whom the burdens OF
taxation fall"
Wholesome and practical" is the
comment of the St. Paul Pioneer Press
independently: sounding new note. -
adds the Buffalo Commercial (inde-
pendent), "or at least a note that has
not been vocal since the days of Nc
Kinley."
Credit for "a very good grasp of the
fundamental economic problems of the
day" is given President Harding by
the Boston Post independent demo-
cratic), and il he can get Congress to
accept the principles he laid down. the
syracuse Post-Standard (republican)
believes that "the legislation of the
next two years will be enlightened"