Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27

ambaasadors and while II wna being
spoken In the music OF the italian
tongue, I felt rather glad. on the whole.
that the desfinies Of the world are not
altogether aa some df us are fond 0f
acclaifning, confined 10 tho English
speaking" people Both the spirit ana
the words of the utterance were at one
and the same titna simple and lofty.
our messenger from italy repudiated ~
vigorous language both the epicurean
and stole views of life. He refused to
accept a materialistir view of socla| de-
velopment. we can still make our
own the conaoinR words Of 81 PAU,
We are saved by hope lie made an
earnest plea for unselnsh cooperation
I'm Industry and aet forth among MS
highest tributes 10 his people the Tact
that. "On signing the arruiatice. before
the grass had grown on the graves of
their dead. while their crippled Holdiers
were still limping through their streetA'
| they rushed with n mothers pity 10
help the little children Of Auatria-~their
CONQUERED enemy. And today they are
relieving that misery with brotheriy
/ charity. when did history ever record
| n nohler act Of human fefiowship--of
Christian Love7'
Russia Included
In his splendid note Of hope. he re
| f,,aea 10 exclude Ruasia--eEpreased deep
faith in her remarkable people and
ca.aed one of hta most effective pas
saeea with those apostolic words. II
/ God he for ua, who ran be against
US
re stood for that element in his m
| ton which believed that. Not by The
| srbiection of ono class IN another. but
/ by tho reciprocal o-operation of All
clasaaa il order obtained and the an
tbority NJ the state made the moderaf
! iug sovereign over All
have never felt more deeply and
rovareptlv impressed than when this
messenger of moral ideals ard spiritual
hone from Italy closed his address vith
Whittier's prayer
! And grant. q Father that the tino
| or earth's deliverauco may he near.
when every lard aud tongue and CLINE
The message ~ THY love shnll hear
Another of fheae messengers n light
from Europe comes from little Serbia
tbe Riahop of hiH Church Like th'
Am ohaasador from italy he presents n
anpeal nor clnirn Of rights holds forth
veaIed tho depths ~ his heart and ha'
shown 20 those IF Ms who have Ind IN
nrivlloge IF listening 70 him how gres
roum in Europe. tried nH hy fre. have
emerged with deep spiritual power.
Messages from across the sea<b by tn
mails which lia before me from such
men as Hymana. President ~ tn
League ~ Nations. are devoid Of al
complaint They sil breathe q spiendi'
l1eallsYn they never fail 10 sound tn
note ~ hops They appeal, not 70 on
ainte+eafa." but TO our faith,
That there arc. in Europa. intrigues
moral iapsea. ungodly diplomacies an'
many other evils we are we'll aware
but no ono can touch tho deeper life .
our brethren across the sea- amid theii
patient suffering without deep respect
= new confidence IN God and man and
about all. without profound humility
Three years ago America became tn
moral stay of Europe. but I now nn'
myself again and again asking n
queaiion IS Europe now going 70 sav
lae Shall we not look for our mora
deals az nation and for the awaken
ing Of our spiritual impulses 10 ou
suffering brethren across the sea- Ma
not they IN the last analysis. rathe
than ourselves. receive the Master
reward. IN that il IS more blessed t
give than to receive