Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-27
ROTARlAN HEAD PAYS
TRIBUTE TO WAR DEAD

But in the late war. whose cruel
havoc vet remaiue $50 fresh In NOM
ory. the motive Of service, Of sacrifice.
was even more sublime than that OF
pure love OF country.
side hy side with his comrades Of
other great and free peoples this col
der Of those United States sacrificed
his all In order that liberty. freedom
and equal opportunity, should forever
remain the rightful heritage OF all
mankind: that right should prevail
and that the ideals OF justice and
peace should be enshrined I'm tho
hearts Of men and women.
We undertake this war. eald
/ President Wilson IN his message to
! the Congress Of the United States on
April 2, 1917. to indicate the prinCi-
/ pics Of peace and justice in tho life
/ of the world against selfish and auto
/ cratic power and to set up such
/ 4 concert Of purpose and action ns will
; henCeforth ensure the observance OF
those principles
NO nation ever undertook the haz
ards and sacrifice Of war with purer
motive or more rare devotion tn high
resolve.
This is truly tho place where Nc
should pause from the engaging tasks
81 life To reflect upon tho fruits III ser
Vice and eaCrifCa and to ask ourselves
how far We have come IN realization
of tho ideals for which this Unknown
soldier laid down HIS Ufc and how
surely We keep faith with him and his
comrades who sleep IN this field OF
Arlington and who in their million,
sleep meath the soil ~ France and OF
Flanders.
Upon the held Of Gettysburg tn,
soul OF this great nation truly spok,
when Lincoln exclaimed - ia rattle,
for us to h. hsre dedicated To III.
great tasks remaining before us
that we hereby resolve that these dca,
shall not have died In vain
1T is Of striking significance tina
the service Of all our soldiers has ne
been in vain. that tho satNed cause {,
which they dedicated. and in dediva
ton gave their lives. is becoming
practical reality it is 81 strikln,
significance that 7. n British subject
should he here today representing IS.
600 business and professional men 1,
over LOO Ccnters While Throughout
the world we are loyal 10 our respec
tive flags. Yet We are united I'm GU
faith In the ideal of unsclhsh servic,
II is most significant that the priv
lece should be given To a British sub
jcCt to say fer my own people. as we
as the tens q thousands loyal clti
> zens u tho United States who forr
our OrganiZa ton. that as an organiza
tiou We rejoice in the great service
y which the United States 81 Amcric
z under the leadership az Rctarian War
d rem g Harding. It's President. has 8
recently rendered 10y calling toReths
V representatives Of the great power
= for Conference on Disarmament. an
for just and friendly settlement
y those imminent Problems which 81
'e endanger the peace 81 the world
we thank God for the initiati'
u which the craftsmanship OF IN
J. country provided and for the spir
Of justice and good will with viii,
the representatives Of all powers IN
p" the proposals and joined in the d
alterations 70 the end that the de-
= shall not have died in vain"
And SO. ms representatives of j
- ternational Rotary, with love and
:, reverence We salute the heroic des
As we deposit this token We pray IN
!. this sacred place shall ever be shrl
at which men and women of this n
- tion and all >other free peoples H.;
renew their faith in God in Count
and the ideal OF unselnsh and usef
V service"