Evening star., 1921-12-08

1--WE are going. to succeed beyond
our fondest hopes"
These words. spoken by President
Warren G. Harding at the, annual
meeting of the general board of the
American Red Cross yesterday. sum-
med up the belief of official Wash
ington as to the status of the inter-
national conference for limitation of
armament.
ut will be wonderful thing for
you and for me to have lived in a
period in which we have brought the
conscience of mankind into that un-
derstanding where we shall have done
something tangible to prevent calling
upon you again for war service. And
/ like to say it to you, because / know
whereof ] speak"
Then followed the sentence which Is
taken as the official expression of the
administration regarding the success
Of the conference beyond our fondest
hopes"
The President presided over the
meeting of the general board as presi-
dent of the Red Cross. 1t was held at
the national headquarters, on 17th
street.
Proud of Red Cross.
Il wish I could speak little more
knowingly of the work, but l am just
as proud of. what the American Red
Cross does as though ] were an inti-
mate and active participant in all its
programs" he said. Its work is one
of the finest manifestations of the
better side of America that has ever
been shown to ourselves or to the
world.
Il hope with all my heart that much
Of the big work which has been yours
in the past will never be asked of you
again. 1t will be wonderful thing
a period in which we have brought
the conscience of mankind into that
understanding where we shall have
done something tangible to prevent
calling upon you again for war serv-
ice. And l like to say 1t to you be-
cause l know whereof l speak. We
are going to succeed beyond our fond
est hopes. 1t is getting to be SC
pleasing to be able to say that things
never done before we can do now
There isn't anything impossible when
the conscience of present day civiliza-
tion is fixed on that accomplishment
Influence Felt Over World.
"And quite apart. ladies And gentle
men, from our contribution to this
new consciousness in the world. quite
apart from the immediate benefits and
a wonderful thing it is to have lived
and thought and acted in such a way
| as to bring the deliberate intelligent
public opinion of the world to this
| conclusion. l am proud of America.
don't mean in the same sense thai
we have heretofore boasted-becom-
| ingly-I don't mean in any material.
| istic way. or in the magic accomplish
! ment which Is justly the pride OF
Americans But l am proud OF
America. because 1 have been the wit
ness to the radiation of American con
science and American public senti-
| ment to the farthermost parts of the
world. You haven't any idea, ladies
and gentlemen. of the influence which
the state of mind of this republic has
had on the other nations of the
world in this very crucial and i'm
portant time. And it is SO fine tc
note the rest of mankind accepting
the attitude of this great, powerful
nation, much abler to go on in the
competition for armament much
stronger to assert it's demands
through physical might than anybody
else in the world today. and yet not.
withstanding that more fortunate po.
sition of physical might and financial
strength here is our republic ask
ing nothing of anybody else in the