The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-19

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Yorktown, Va, oct ia doctrine
OF enduring friendship between the
United States and Great Britain was
pronounced by President Harding to-
day at a ceremony COMMUNICATING
the final surrender Of the British ex-
peditionary forces here to the revGlu-
tionary army of Washington
Surrounded by high officials of his
administration. and standing within
sight of the spot where Colnwallis
laid down his sword in 1881. the pres
ident declared in deliberately chosen
words a sentiment OF peaceful rela-
tionship between the two great Eng
disappearing nations for all time to
come. That either Should oyer again
lift the sword against the other. he
said, must be "unthinkahle.
In the trusteeship OF preserving
civilization" he continued we were
naturally arrayed together and the
convictions of a civilization worthy
Of that costly preservation will eXalt
peace and warn against conflict for
all time to come. "
Four members of the cabinet. in
cludin2 the secretary of state, We're
in the company Of officials who heard
tn" pronOuncement and participated
in the anniversary demonstration
Other distinguished guests included
prominent members Of the diplomatic
corps at Washington.
In the course of his prepared adj
dress. the president also took occa-
sion to renew the nations pledge Of
participation in the broader affairs Of
the world and declared his belief that
the time had come for essential CO.
operation among nations generally
for the betterment of the world
We must not claim for the new
world" said President Harding. Ger
tainly not for our colonies alone. ali
the liberal thought of a century and
4 half ago. There are the liberal
views and attending sympathy of
England and a passionate devotion to
more liberal tendencies in France
, The triumph OF freedom in the Amer
lean colonies greatly STRENGTHENED
liberal views in the old world In
rvitably this liberal public opinion
grown dominant. brought Great Brit
ain and America to Il position of ac-
cOmmodaton and pacific adjustment
for all our differences. There has
been honorable and mhroken peace
for more than a century. We came to
common sacrifice and unsanSuinpd
association in tho world war and
future breach of our peaceful and
friendly relations is mthinkable. In
the trusteeship of preserving civili-
zation we were naturally arrayed to-
gether and the convictions of a civili-
zation worthy of that costly proserva-
tion will eXalt peace and warn against
conflict for all time to come.
Our thoughts have lately been
concerned with those events which
made history on the scale of a world.
rather than of a continent yet the
lesson is the same. It is the lesson
of real interdependence among the
nations that lead civilization
In our great crisis. nearly cen
tury and a half ago France came to
our aid and made our independence
possible. In her supremacy anxious
hour we gladly went to her aid and
did our part to preserve her liberty.
A grateful republic fulfilled an obli-
cation which the passing generations
had not dulled
'Refecting today on the inevitable
ness of our participation on our ties
Of kinship, friendship and fellowship.
and appraising anew the way the
world-God's good world must share
the aspirations to realize the noblest
ideals for mankind, there is a fresh
hungering for understanding. new
call for cooperation; a clear convic-
tion of purposes and devotions and
loyalties not limited to sovereignties
nor national boundaries As the for
tunate. successful citizen is both in
spiration and example to the com
munity of his growth. so must the for
tunate and successful nations help
the world to higher and nobler lev
els of accomplishment. Here at York
town was sealed the charter of the
new and free America but in the
charter was written the national lib
eralism of the maturing eighteenth
century crying out from both conti-
nents.
shall mankind. then, go on yet for
! generations. for centuries knowing
but refusing to be guided by these
5 truths? Not if conscience and reason
are properly asserted | believe the
time is come when there must be
recognition of essential cooperation
. among nations. devoted. each of them
in its own peculiar national way, to
the common good, the progress the
advance of all human kind. Let us
6 hope that we stand at the dawn of a
new day in which nations shall be
stronger for contribution to the
worlds betterment but each will
feel assurance of common purpose
and united aspiration, and the secur-
. ity of common devotion to the ends
2 of peace and civilization.
2 Zone need not picture a world SOW