The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-05-27
MEMORIAL DAY

udy.
Since history began, the soldier has
played a leading role in the ever
shifting scenes of the drama of life,
and his achievements are acclaimed
by peoples, and crowned with undying
laurels by the Muses., in almost every
chapter of the worlds story. Since
Cicero, around him have centered the
orators most moving flights; the
sculptor has immortalized him in mar
BILE and in bronze, the painter upon
canvas, and the writer in glorious
word pictures. Some of the choicest
and most resounding of the poets
verse, sing through the ages, in his
honor.
This day belongs directly to the
American soldier, living and dead, as
he has lived and died in history, at
Valley Forge, at Bunker Hill, at Dom
aldson and Gettysburg, in San Juan
and in the PHILIPPINES, and lastly, on
Flanders field, and in the other bloody
conflicts on land and sea, that contrib
ute to the glory Of Americas exist
ence. He has ever fought, not for
lust, or loot, or conquest, but for an
undying principle of human liberty
the principle that all just governments
must derive their power from the con-
sent of the governed-the brightest
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We are now in the aftermath of the
greatest war in history and memory
is fresh and clear as to our soldiers
achievement. On this day we think
not only of the war, its causes and re-
suits, but the trying and dangerous
days preceding u participation in
it, rise before. us like a dream. What
an inspiration we feel, when we real
ize that in one short year Americas
manhood and Observation-Disclosures
intelligence and sense of right-rose
to the occasion, brushed aside and
held for naught the wordy issues and
immaterial things, the tissues of Ger
man propaganda so illusory as to mis-
lead even the president himself, and
faced the great problem confronting
us. Should an autOcrat, claiming the
God-given right to rule all other men
and nations, be permitted to trample
upon the rights of the American
and dictate to freemen, and a
neutral nation, rights upon the high
seas; should America family submit
to the dishonor of her flag upon the
seas and disregard of her diplomatic
rights at home and abroad; should a
self-goverened and advanced nation
like ours see and cOuntenance oar
barrie ruthlessness? We recall how,
apparently at once, Americans became
alive to the truth, and how from peace
and hopes for peace, our men,
u wealth and industry, and every
social force, was mobilized for war,
and how, lily prepared, the flower of
the youth of the land were sent abroad,
literally my millions, to uphold the
flag and the great American principle;
while the Red Cross flashed it appeal
from every breast, and shed it's con-
soling radiance over every patriotic
hearth and home.
In this greatest of wars our soldiers
again proudly carried the country's
glorious banner to victory. The sac
rifice they made has redounded to the
greatest benefit to civilization, for
more than any other war, this has
resulted in the overthrow of he vic
ious fiction of the Divine right to
rule. Literally Kingdoms have fallen
and thrones crashed, and America has
had a leading part in the establish
ment of a world order of self gov
ernments.
So radical a change in word affairs
cannot and will not be accomplished
without friction that may last for a
generation, but the grestest act has
been done, and it is hoped so well
done that the world will never again
be threatened by a military monster,
seeking world conquest. 1t is hoped
that the soldier has achieved the su-
preme distinction of ending all wal by
his last great victory over the central
empires, and that a family of nations
may live in harmony. The internation-
al character of the new order must
not be disregarded.
With this realization of recent
events, the day calls for sturdy resolu-
ton as to the future. We must re-
adjust ourselves to the new order,
with the same devotion to things AM
~erican, as that which impelled US into
the strife and on to victory. In a recent
speech in London, Ambassador Harvey
voices the position and aims of
America:
"My country stands ready to
work with yours because, first, it
is to our WI interest to do so, and
secondly because it is to the advan-
tage of both. We do not resent be-
ing called idealists, even as m
times happen, by those who antici-
pated reward for extolling our al
truism is transparent by material
ism. But we have come to realize
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