The Press., 1922-06-01

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 north nor south and a new patriotism At Appomattox,
 ''The Blue and the Gray came togethe one day
 And this is how it came true
 The boys in blue were gray with dus
 And the boys in gray were blue. But now,
 The Blue and the Gray are together again
 But not in the self same way,
 The boys in gray are now true blue And the boys in blue are gray" After this war had ended and th' period of reconstruction was we'll un der way we, as an American people got to dreaming, we dreamed that thC last great war had been fought. Il was freely predicted by statesmen scientists and preachers that never again would this world be shaken by the shocks of war; that war had be come too deadly, that hostile armies would annihilate each other while they were yet miles apart. We settled down to a self-cOmplacent security that seemed never to be disturbed. But in '9S another challenge came to us that the manhood of the nation could not ignore. It was the challenge O1 tyranny exercised by Spain over its helpless dependencies. It challenged our sense of right into action anG there followed our four months wal with Spain. Long enough to test the metal and ValOr of the American sol dier and sailor and prove their undi unfinished vitality.
 Of mated very largely our national liff and our individual opinions. We kep on dreaming even for months after Europe was weltering in blood anC the horrors of the most cruel and re lentless war that ever blasted the hap piness of homes and the peace Oi nations. The tiendish ingenuity anC insensate fury of humanities most brutal foe finally found our nerve cen ters and awake us to the worlds in evitable destiny if the challenge Ot vanity, egOtism, tyranny and crime was not answered.
 Four millions of Americas finest young manhood were mustered into service in answer to that challenge and that call. They are the grandsOns of the generation that answered the challenge of whom we have no need to be ashamed, for they fought with the same courage, the same intelli- gence, the same dOgged determination that they had and that they put iUtC their blood. The ArgOnne, the Mouse Chateau-Thierry are eternal refuta. tions of the charge that the quality Oi valOr has degenerated in the Ameri- can soldier or that the nations cal had been dulled to the historic chal- lenge.
 This Memorial Day would be incOm- plete if we did not remember the seventy thousand lads who went from your homes to France never to re. turn. If we cannot place a wreath upon their graves today, we can al least lift a prayer that the homes made desolate may be cOmfOrted and that their sacrifice may not have been in vain.
 And now we are facing new chal- lenge, the answer to which we trust will not result in an appeal to arms It is the challenge of a world being reborn, world that is impoverished sOrrowing and pessimistic. It is the challenge of the submerged, the ex- plotted, the cruelty treated. AS 3 nation we have moved into new place. We can no longer pass by on the other side while bleeding hands are lifted to us in supplicatiOn. The challenge must be answered by all the resources of a nation rich in ma terial prosperity, rich in educational resources, rich in men and women of large vision and of great heart. We would not be true to the heritage of liberty purchased by the blood of our fathers if we refused to assist others into the larger life that we enjoy.
 But there is another challenge, a challenge that needs swift and un- mistakable answer. It comes from those who put a red flag in the place
 of the Stars and Stripes. Let it be known that there is no place in this great land of ours from Maine to the Philippines, from the frozen noun tains of Alaska to Key West where Bolshevism will be tolerated for a moment. There is no place in our life for any party, cult or philosophy that depends for it's propagation upon the fermentation of class hatreds. In the words of our great prophet of democ- racy this is "a government of the peO- pie, by the people, and for the people. " On, this platform we will take our stand for this is the only way to con- serve your labOrs and the labors of your sons. There is no substitute for democracy.