The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-11

within the shadow OF the Capitol. of
the towering shaft that honors Wash
ington. the great father, and of the
exquisite monument TO Lincoln, the
martyred savior. Here the inspirations
of yesterday and the conscience TO
today forever unite TO make the re-
public worthy of his death for flag
and country.
No More Such Sacrifice.
Ours are lofty resolutions today, as
with tribute 10 the dead We conse-
crate ourselves to a better order for
the living. With all my heart, !
wish we might say TO the defenders
who survive, to mothers who sorrow,
TO widows and children who mourn,
that no such sacrifice shall be asked
again.
II was my fortune recently to sec
a demonstration of modern warfare.
1t is no longer a conflict in chivalry,
no more a test Of militant manhood
1t is only cruel, deliberate. scientific
destruction There was no contend
ing enemy, only the theoretical de-
fense of hypothetic objective. But
the attack made with all the relent-
/ less methods of modern destruction
There was the rain of ruin from the
aircraft. the thunder Of artillery, fol
lowed by the unspeakable devastation
wrought by bursting shells; there
We're mortars belching their bombs of
desolaton; machine guns concentrat-
/ 81, .,t.
the infantry, advancing, firing. and
falling-like men with souls sacrfic-
ing for the decision. The flying mis-
siles were revealed by Illuminating
tracers, so that we could note their
flight and appraise their deadliness
| The air was streaked with tiny
flames marking the flight of nassed
/ the theoretical defense was impressed
/ ny the stimulation of dead and wound.
! ed among those going forward, I'M
daunted and unheedng AS this pan.
Drama Of unutterable destruction Wis.
ualzed the horrors Of modern conflict,
/ there grew on me the sense OF the
/ failure of n civilization which can
leave its problems TO such cruel ar
/ bitrament. Surely no one in author
/ ity, with human attributes and fen
! appraisal Of the patriotic loyalty Of his
government. could ask the manhood
of kingdom empire, or republic to
make such sacrifice until all reason
had failed, until appeal to justice
through understanding had been de-
MED. until every effort of love and
consideration for fellow men had been
exhausted until freedom itself and
inviolate honor had been brutally
/ threatened.
Speak Not as Pacifist.
! speak not as a pacifist fearinA
war, but as one who loves justice
! and hates war ! speak as one who
believes the highest function of gov
ernment is to give its citizens the
security Of peace, the opportunity
to achieve, ana the pursuit Of hap.
piness.
The loftiest tribute we can bestow
today-the hcrocally earned tribute
fashioned in deliberate conviction. out
OF unclouded thought. neitrer shad-
| owed by remorse nor made vain by
fancies, is the commitment of this
Republic 10 an advancement never
made before. If American achieve.
mcnt is q cherished pride at home.
| il our unsclfishness among nations
Is all we wish TO be. and ours is n
helpful example in the world. then
let us give of our influence and
strength. yea. of our aspirations and
convictions, To put mankind on a little
higher plane, eXulting and exalting,