Gunnison news-champion., 1922-11-17
ARMISTICE DAY ADDRESS
By REV. WM. 1. JONES
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church not far from Camp Funsto1-
l. reads:
a year ago within this friendly place
We raised 4 flag, woven Of faith and
tears,
knowing what thoughts were in each
lifted face,
What memories, wha; unaelcnowledFed
fears,
Would he come baek?", and was he
safe, in truth.
Who flung for France the challenge Of
his youth >"
We have our answer, there is no
question now.
We know the fnal color Of each St.;
For some have seen the laughtsr-
lighted brow
OF love returning out Of the gates Of
war,
And some have called and have no,
ever heard
The voice that once all thru Their
being stirred.
Take down the flag. we do not need il
now,
It, work is over rs their work is doae;
But II some day we have forgotten 4 5gg
Brave men have laughed and given up
the sun,
Then, while the eyuies seoa, and
blgstercrs shout.
Doubling the future, fling this old
hag out
We are here today 70 fling out al
our old service flags TO remind Us that
brave men have laughed and yiscn
up the sun. 10 asurc u even thou
"CgulCs scOT and blustcrcrs shout
there is nothing about the future tn,
causes Us 70 doubt its final goodne
the final triumph Of the cause toF
which 50 many gave themselves
We are met today, four years ate
the clos" OF the Great War, on the
anniversary Of Amistice Day. The
time since the end Of the war coyers
as many years as did the whole war
!tse!f. And these years tell US all
too plainly that the Armistice, the
close Of the war, as we call il, did not
put q period. 4 full stop, TO the war.
For durIHg these years since the war
AA"afN AAA' "tiAA mas 4ADl kfllHa 70
peace. On half a dozen battle fronts
scattered peoples have been at war or
preparing for WI. And today we sec
that section Of the world, where the
Great War began, once more n seeth-
ifig caldron, nations marshalling their
forces, directing their baitleships, and
none Of US know what the morrow
may bring forth. Here in our own
tEFa h.a~a hal
have industrial warfare. Men are
still on strike We are still, too.
waiting for business TO turn the corner
around which we fondly hope prosper-
ity awaits U.S.
Why is this? Did Armistiee Day
come too soon? No, thank God, II
was not delayed another dayl Each
additional day would have meant ad-
ditional hundreds of our boys pay
ing the final pnce in death No,
ArmiStiee Day came meme too soon.
But Armistiee Day did not mean,
and We see IT now more clearly than
ever, Armistiee Day did not mean,
Its all over! The war is done. Vic
tory Is woni Armistice was the ces-
sation Of the major conflict by means
of arms and the beginning of new
conflict by means of statesmanship.
In this newer conflict of statesman
ship. just as in the opening months
Of that other conflict in arms, the
war seems to be going against Us by
inches in hospitals and training camps,
the broken bodies of what would
otherwise be stalwart citizens. the
years and the strength that the men
here present today have given out
of their Iives,-all these sacrifces of
our men in khaki won for US iree-
dom from the autocratic tyranny of
a nation organized to exterminate
democracy.
But as great us that victory is, as
large as are its fruits, as beneficial its
results, we have not yet reaped all
the grain. We have not yet won all
the gain. There have not passed
across the worlds counter all the
goods for which we paid so dear a
price.
We hang our heads in shame when
we note that our Legislators, our own
politicians, our own diplomats, our
own lack of craftsmanship had large
share in that incompleteness. Seeing
only the immediate need of defeating
an enthroned autocracy, they failed
TO see the remotest need of finally es-
enthroning in its place, a
real and complete democracy And
so in order that we might move ad-
some chess on the board
of national politics. or because secret
ly some fearedsthe new day, not dar-
ing To be democratic, we willfully and
woefully withdrew from the scene Of
action, refusing to follow up the vic-l
tories gained, keeping ourselves out
of the League of Nations, making it
a futile thing by our absence. We
refused the mandate over Armenia
that would have chained the Turk for
ever. Ad today. as result, We see
the Kaiser's most beastly ally, who
out Huns the Hun; /. we see the un-
speakable Turk, his losses recuperat-
ed, his head held high, debating the
terms of peace to Europe and bidding
fair to have his terms accepted.