New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-02
Minimizing Causes of War
VIII Assist to Bring
New Era, He Asserts at
Plymouth Celebration
ALI New England
Gives Him Ovation
Greeted With Cheers as He
Drives Through Town;
Reviews Great Parade
By Boyden r. Sparkes


spired by the historic shore that was
his auditorium, President Harding
st Plymouth Rock to-day expressed
firm faith that world freedom may
be found through diminished arnla-
ment and minimizing of wars
causes. This hopeful expression was
accepted as reference to the ap-
preaching disarmament conference
recently called by the President.
Yankees who had come from all
parts Of New England to celebrate
the tercentenary of the coming to
the New World Of the Pilgrims
cheered the nations chief as he
spoke. They also cheered, one by
one, the men who stood about him
Vice-President Coolidge, Senator
Lodge, Major General Clarence R..
Edwards, Secretary of War Weeks
and Governor Cox of Massachusetts,.
Sees Brighter Days Ahead
"a new hope looms to-day" de-
clared the President, as he delivered
his address just before noon, "We
are slowly but very surely recover
ing from the wastes and sorrows and
utter disarrangements of cata-
elysmal war. Peace is bringing it's
new assurances and penitent realiza-
ton and insistent conscience will
preserve that peace. Our faith is
nrraer that wars cause may be min
lmlzed and overburdening arma
nient may be largely diminished
AND these, too, without surrender of
the nationality which has inspired
or the good conscience which has
defended. The international pros
pect is more than promising, and the
distress and depression at home are
symptomatic Of early recovery.
Solvent financially, sound economi-
cally, In genius, unexcelled IN industry.
zesolute in determination and unwaver-
ing faith, these United States will
carry on.
"We stand to-day before the un-
known, but we look to the future with
confidence unshaken. There is no re-
tracing We must forever go on. We
welcome the theories wrought out in
new hope, but we cling to the assur-
ahce founded on experience. All that
Is TO be will not be ideal. We can
not lift the veil to the future, but we
can analyze and understand what has
gone before. 1t is good to keep our
ieet firmly on the earth though we gaze
IN high hope for human brotherhood
ana high attainments.
Just as the pilgrims had practi-
ca mind for material things amid
snee.lve pursuit OF their higher ideals,
80 must we with our inheritance.
loo Much Reliance in Washington
Just as these fathers drew together
toward ample authority to make tho
nation and still preserve the freedom
OF these who compose it, so must we
guard against the supreme centraliza-
non OF power at home and the super
STATE tor the world. More, we must
comoat the menace in the growing as
enuniptlon that the state must support
me people, for just government is
..hhereiy the guaranty to the people of
W sne right and opportunity of that peo-
pe TO support themselves. The old
tousSStanding danger of to-day is the
ss ssssnoency to turn to WASHINGTON for
Sne,t sme things which are the tasks or the
uas,. uu.les OF the forty-eight common
Hsn;ns Hai.ns which. constitute the nation.
saving wrought the nation as the
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