The Washington herald., 1921-05-31


address at Arlington cemetery yes
terday was as follows:
We are met on sacred soil today.
for a solemn hour of sacrament
and conservation. But the soil
whence we come is itself sanctified
through the sacrifices of those who
lie here. wherever our flag flies,
within the boundaries of the re-
public, 1t Is over lands whose free
dom and security have been wrought
through these sacrifices.
1t is the privilege of this COM
pany to utter our tribute of love
and gratitude in this sacristy Of
beauty within sight of the national
capital. But others, no less devout,
will assemble all over our land.
and other lands, under foreign
skies and among alien peoples, to
pay like tribute of love and MEM
ory. There are no restricted boun-
daries to the reverence of this day.
There is no discordant note in the
hymn OF gratitude. With old
wounds healed, and a new gen.
eration's offering on the affairs of
our patriotism. there is no section
slism in our memorial. Above the
murmurings of grief is the swell
ing concord of union. and the DOM
inant note is our faith in the re-
public.
Word Has Warned Tyranny.
1t will be a tribute today spoken
in many tongues, and by diverse
races. Wherever men are free they
are wont to give thought to our
country's services in freedoms
cause. Where men may but aspire
to freedom not yet achieved, their
instinct turns the eye and the
thought of hope this way, and they
pray that their cause may gain
our appreciation. They know that
we have never drawn the sword Of
oppression, that We have not sought
what was not our own, nor taken
all that We might have claimed
They have seen our protecting arm
stretched over the outposts OF lib
erty on every continent. For more
than century our plighted word
warned tyranny from half the world !:
then, when the gauge was taken
up by mad ambition. men felt the
blow that arm could strike when
freedom answered in its utmo-,
might. Across the seas we sent
our hosts of liberty's sons. COM
missioned ito redress the eternal
scales"
Memorial Day International.
Today, the sons and daughters
OF other lands to which they gave
their all are placing with loving
hands their laurels on American
graves, not less reverently than we
are doing here. To me, no thought
comes with more of inspiration than
this, that now our Memorial day
Is become an International occa-
sion; that IL calls upon the for
tunate free of many lands and coun-
tries TO help In its observance; and
that equally to them and us II Is
reminder of our common troth
to civilization, humanity, and ever
lasting jcstice.
There are gathered here the ashes
OF great army of. those who
fought in the struggle which pre-
served our union and insured our
high place In the community Of ma
ttons. Our debt to them will never
be paid. but we can come. for them
and for ourselves. on this national
commemoration day. to attest our
veneration and undying love. They
rendered a service greater than they
knew. for they saved our nation to
the cause of human freedom and
paved the way to that power and
influence which enabled IL to play
it5 part in behalf OF all mankind in
the time of supreme crisis of the
world. We will not oyerappraise
their sacrifice II we say that, hao
they failed, their failure would have
so weakened the forces Of liberty
and enlightenment that these would
have been doomed, in the more re.
cent world trial. to failure and de-
feat.
Preserved Union and Nation.
A divided America would have
been incapable of the effort that
was demanded to hold our present.
day civilization secure. The heroic
dead. for whom the day was oriei-
mated. preserved the ark OF the
covenant OF union and nationality
and in that service they made pos
sible the exalted place SO recently
won for our country. Our own
generation will not perform a part
worthy of its heritage If we do less
than our very utmost to preserve
that which they made possible for
us to possess. Nay. more. we shall
not be our most and best at home
IL we do not resolve for all time
that the differences which brought
us to civil conflict were due tc
ambiGuities I'm our union and the
disputes between two schools of po.
litical thought and when we made