The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-23
WAR MUST .
NOT DESTROY
SAYS HARDING
1T Must Not Be Again. De-
clares President -Honors
First American Soldier To
Die in France.
TELLS FEDERAL POLICY
(By Associated Press)


NEW YORK, May 23.-'It must not
be again." With these solemn words
President Harding today laid a wreath
on the coffin of the first American
soldier to die on German soil at a
funeral ceremony for 5000 war dead
at the army piers at Hoboken. His
voice husky and with eyes brimmed
with tears, the president gazed at the
One hundred thousand sorrows are
touching my heart 1t must not be
again. God grant that it will not be-
Il do not pretend that the millen-
nial days have come and that there
will be no more war. I would wish
a nation SO powerful that none will
dare to provoke it's wrath
Mrs. Harding Weeps
Then. in the great army shed on
the shores of the Hudson with it's
stark. whitewashed walls, there fell a
silence profound and deep. Mrs.
Harding could be seen weeping softly
as she looked on the flag-draped cof-
fins of those who had given their all
for their country. Then the president
continued
"The republic will never forget the
sacrifices these men have made,
whether they lie in the soil of the
homeland or the crimsoned soil of
the battlefields.''
After the ceremony President Hard
ing, accompanied by Mrs. Harding.
several senators and their wives. and
army officials of high rank, returned
to Manhattan. where he was sched-
uled to address the Academy of Po-
ltical Science at it's luncheon in the
Hotel Astor after reviewing the old
106th United States infantry in Brook
lyn this afternoon.
I Craft Salute
Saluted by all manner OF craft as
the Mayflower steamed up the Hud-
son to her anchorage in the center of
the great line of destroyers that ar.
rived here last week from the south,
President Harding received another
salute of 21 guns as he put off in the
yachts barge for the naval landing
stage. Amid a continuous boom of
guns, the swift little craft darted with
the presidents party toward the New
York shore, where thousands of per
sons were passed along Riverside
Drive to greet the nations chief execu-
tive. At the dock were hundreds of
bluejackets and police surrounding
the motor cars assembled there for
the party.
Tells Federal Policy.
The administration purpose to
place the federal government on a
sound business basis. even at the cost
of offending "a certain class of politic-
ians, was reaffirmed by President
Harding today in an address here at
luncheon Of the Academy of Political
Science
The task, the president delared, al
ready had shown that to be success
fully completed would require persist
ent, determined, stony-hearted devo-
tion to the public interest" without a
trace of sympathy for the Office holder
whose only excuse for drafting a
salary is that he needs the money.
Loss OF certain sort of prestige to the
administration, Mr.. Harding said, was
certain to result though it might be
compensated in the long run by a
realization of the good accomplished
for the general public.
Recapitulating the work already
done by the reorganization commits
sion created by congress and by ex
ecutive orders of the administration
the President said considerable pro
gress was promised for the immediate
future He predicted that the re-or
ganiZation task would be a long one,
however. and asked for the cooper
alton and support Of citizens every
where and invited suggestions as to
ways and means.