Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-11-14

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confidence in the righteousness OF
his country inspired belief that It's
triumph is the victory of humanity.
This American soldier went forth
to battle with no hatred for any
people in the world, but hating
war and hating the purpose OF
every war for conquest. He cherish
ed our national rights, and abhorred
the threat of armed Nominations; ana
in the mae1strom of destruction and
suffering and death he fired his
shot for liberation of the captive
conscience Of the world. In adj
vancing toward his objective was
somewhere thought of a world
awakened; and we are here to tes-
fifty undying gratitude and rever-
ance for that thought of a wider
freedom.
On such an occasion as this, amid
such a scene, our thoughts alternate
between defenders living and de-
tenders dead A grateful republic
will be worthy of them both. Our
part is atone for the losses of heroic
dead by making better republic
for the living. VI
Sleeping in these hallowed grounds
are thousands Of Americans who
have given their blood for the
baptism of freedom and its main
tenance, armed opponents of the
nations Conscience 1t is better
and nobler for their deeds. Burial
here is rather more than sign OF
the. government favor; it is a sug-
gestion of the tomb in the heart
of the nation, sorrowing for its
noble dead.
| Todays ceremonies proclaim that
| the hero unknown is not unhonored
We gathered him to the nations
breast, within the shadow of the
capitol, of the towering shaft that
honors Washington, the great father
and Of the exquisite monument tc
Lincoln, the martyred savior. Here
the inspirations of yesterday and
| the conscience of today forever
unite to make the republic worthy
of his death for flag and country.
| Ours are lofty resolutions today
as with tribute to the dead we con
secrate ourselves to better order
| fO, i1ri7, with o1 han r.
I wish we might say to the defenders
who survive, to mothers who sor
row, TO widows and children WHIT
mourn, that no such sacrifice viii
be asked again.
! 1t was my fortune recently tt
| see q demonstration of modern war
1t is no longer conflict in chivalry
no more a test of militant manhood
1t is only crue deliberate, scientific
destruction. There. was no contend
] ing enemy, only the theoretical de
Tense of hypothetic objective. Blu
| the attack was made with all thu
relentless methods of modern de
struction. There was the rain o
ruin from the aircraft, the thunder
OF artillery, followed. by the un
/ speakable devastation wrought b.
| bursting shells; there were mortar
/ balching their bombs of desOlation
! Machine guns concentrating theiI
leaden storms; there was the infan
try, advancing, firing, and fallin}
like men with souls sacrificing fol
the decision. The flying missile
were revealed By Illuminating tracer
so that we could note their fligh
and appraise their dead lines. Thu
! air was streaked with tiny flame
marking the flight of massod de
charlottesville the effectiveness o
1 the theoretical defense was impressed
by the stimulation of dead ant
wounded among those going for
| ward, undaunted and unheeding
! AS this, panorama of unutterabI'
| destruction visualiZed the horrors o
modern conflict, there grew on mt
I the sense Of the failure Of a civil
zation which can leave it's problems
I to such cruel arbitrament. Surely