Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-04
Faith Firm Wars viii Be
Minimized and Disarnna-
ment Accomplished He
Says

PLYMOUTH ROCK AMPHITHEA-
TER, PLYMOUTH, Mass, Aug. l.
The United States will carry on the
work begun by the Pilgrim Fathers,
President Harding declared today
standing beside historic Plymouth
Rock.
After describing the beginning of
freedom wrought in bitter struggle
by those earliest colonists, President
Harding gave voice to the new hope
that stirred him today.
1--WE are slowly but very surely re-
covering from the wastes and sor-
rows and utter disarrang~ments of
a cataclysmal war" he said. peace
is bringing it's new assurances; and
penitent realization and insistent
Our faith is firmer that vars causes
may be minimized, and overburden-
ing armament may be largely dim
inished. And these, too, without SUR
render of the nationality which has
inspired or The good conscience
al prospect is more than promising,
and the distress and depression at
home are symptomatic Of early re-
covery. Solvent financially, sound
economically, unrivalled in genius,
unexcelled in industry, resolute in
determination and unwavering in
faith, these United States will car
ry on long"
The great English-speaking COM
munity of free people in Europe,
America, Africa and Australia was
begun when jamestown and Ply
mouth were founded, the president
asserted.
"It has carried it's ideals wherever
it has set it's standard. It's work is
not finished; but pray God, it has
come triumphantly through its de-
termining ordeal.
'Tt comes forth from that test
nerved and heartened for further
tasks, confident, assured, reliant"
Though welcoming new theories,
the president cautioned against ig-
During the parade President Har-
ding stopped a moment TO view one
of the Oldest flags in America, car
r;ed by a group representing the
Senator Lodge, who secured e
100000 appropriation for the pill
grim celebration, found that not eV-
eryone in his own state knows him.
A constable firmly refused to let
Senator Lodge on the landing. pier
until he was properly identified.
Thousands Attend
The Mayfower's passengers of 300
years ago landed on wild coast
marked only by Indian trails. Those
of today made landing to an official
welcome in scenes that offered strik-
ing contrast with those that faced the
fathers. Through the streets of the
town streamed thousands of persons
100000 was one estimate-goVer-
nors, lesser officials, men of high So
cial degree and those Of labor. Many
of them formed a colorful parade IN
which were direct descendants of
both the first settlers and of the
friendly Indians with whom they
lived in peace.
In this parade, the president him
self took part as both participant and
reviewer. The parade and other incl
dents served to set the scenes for
program, at which President Harding
delivered his only speech of the day,
and his only set address of the sum-
mer. For this he had as a setting q
great crescent bank of stands seat
ing 10000, facing the open sea and
with its northerly tip resting almost
on Plymouth Rock. In the seascape
thus exposed, stood the battleships
Pennsylvania, North Dakota and Del
aware, riding in the bay, and the
British cruiser Cambrian, at anchor