The New York herald., 1921-05-24
and there was no State among the forty
eight which did not have fighting citi-
zen mutely attesting its patriotism.
Stern Resolve for Future.

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The Presidents address was not all of
mourning for the dead, for they were
the dead. but there was in it stern
resolve for the future 1t was made in
that vast temporary tomb in the grave.
\ low voice OF one who realizes to the full
\ the occasion. but the voice rang loud and
resonant wnen President Harding. with
upraised, clenched hard. exclaimed:
1T must not be again 1t must not
I be again.
The President said:
There grows on me the realization
OF the unusual character OF this occa-
sion. Our Republic has been at war be-
fore; 1t has asked and received the su-
preme sacrifices Of it's sons and daugh-
ters, and faith In America has been JUS
titled. Many sons and daughters made
the sublime offering and went to hal
| lowed graves as the nations defenders
! But we never before sent so many to
battle under the flag in foreign land
never before was there the impressive
/ spectacle of thousands OF dead returned
to fnd eternal resting place in the be-
/ loved homeland. The incident is with
out any parallel in history that / know.
These dead know nothing of our cere.
mony to-day. They sense nothing OF the
| sentiment or the tenderness which brings
their wasted bodies to the homeland for
burial, close to kin and friends and cher
ished associations. These poor bodies are
| but the clay tenements once possessed
of souls which famed i'm patriotic devo-
| ton. lighted new hopes on the battle
| grounds of civilization. and In their sac
rifices sped on to accuse autocracy be-
! fore the Court Of Eternal Justice.
| I'VE are no. met for them. though
we love and honor and speak CRATE
fui tribute. 1t would be futile to speak
to those who do not hear or to sorrow
for those who cannot sense ii or to ex-
all those who cannot know. But we
can speak for country. We can reach
those who sorrow and sacrificed through
their service, who suffered through their
giving, who glory with the Republic
| through their heroic achievements, who
rejoice in the civilization their heroism
preserved. Every funeral. every men,
orial, every tribute Is for the living
an offering In compensation of sorrow.
When the light of life goes out there is
a new radiance ia eternity. and some
how the glow of 1t relieves the darkness
which is left behind.
These Men Have Served.
Never a death but somewhere a new
life. never sacrifice but somewhere an
atonement. never service but some-
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These had served, which is the supreme
inspiration in living. They have earned
everlasting gratitude. which is the su-
preme solace In dying.
mo one may measure the vast and
varied affections and sorrows centring
on this priceless cargo Of bodies-once
living, fighting for and finally dying for
the Republic. ones words fail, his
understanding is halted. his emotions are
stirred beyond control when contem-
| plating these thousands of beloved dead
find a hundred thousand sorrows
touching my heart. and there is ring
ing in my ears. like an admonition
eternal. en- insistent call: 1T must not
be again! = must not be asain!' God
| grant that it will not be. and let prac-
tical people join IN cooperation with
God to the end that it shall not be.
II would not wish a nation for which
men are not willing to fight. and il
need be to die. but / do wish for a ma
ton where IL is not necessary to ask
that sacrifice. ] do not pretend that
millennial days have come. but / car
believe in the possibility Of a nation bc-
ing so righteous as never to make a war
| of conquest, and a nation so powerfL
In righteousness that none will dare in
yoke her wrath. ! wish for us such ar
America M X
These heroes were sacrificed In the
supreme conflict of all human history
They saw democracy challenged and de.
Tended 1t. They saw civilization threat
ened and rescued it. They saw America
effronted and resented 1t. They saw oul
nations rights imperilled and stamped
those rights with a n,w ssactity and re-
Eewed security
"They gave all whiei: men and womer
best II we make certain that they did no
die In vain. We shall not forget. nc
matter whether they lie amid the sweet
ness and bloom of the home land or sleer
in the soil they crmsoned. Our mindful
ress. our gratitude. our reverence shall
be in the preserved Republic and the
maintained liberties and the supreme
justice fo' which they died.
"Our gratitude and our reverence shall
be in the preserved Republic and th1
maintained liberties and the supreme
justice for which they fought"
Once more the motor squadron wa.
formed and the return trip to the Man
haitian side made.
The Commodore was reached at ] l :35
and the President aud party retired Il
their rooms on the fifteenth floor FOL
( what was on the programme as n shor
rest. But friends of the President. thu
Senators and other dgnitar,es swarmet
in. and after less than an hour the auto
mobiles with their indefatigable chanc,
taking police motorcyclists sped over t
the Astor. moving through Forty-fiftt
street
Here at least one OF the creates
and probably the greatest crowd o.
diners and spectators who ever jammet
the grand ballroom awaited the Presi
dent. and when he stepped upor
the dais with Mrs. Harding. with Eliht
Root. POSTMASTER. between them. lou,
applause rang out. accompanied by tn,
national anthem.
The guests or the Academy OF Politi
cal Science. whose members were en-
gagged in n day long discussion of bust
ness and government, and bust
ness in government. included the mem
bers of the Presidents party: Elon
Huntington Hooker. Russell c. Letting
well. Adolph Lewisohn. Frank w. Mon
dell. Alton p. Parker. John T. Pratt
Mrs John T. Pratt. William Howard
Taft Right Hon. J. II. Thomas. Frani
a. Vandcrlip. Mrs. Frank a. vanderllp
Col j. Mayhem Vain wright Paul NJ
Warburg, Mrs. Paul NJ. warburg ant
Mrs John w Weeks
In his brief Introduction of the Pre- =
ident the only speaker at the luncheon
Elihu Root spoke boldly of economy
as the great need OF the nation. lie
said he realized the difficulty or the
task devoving upon the President and
Congress, since economy cannot be a..
tained without the use OF the knife
without making enemies. without dis
missing citizens from the public ser.
! vice" but he assured thc preaidepi