New-York tribune., 1922-02-23
l4esgio'n's g Bonus
Drive De}'lored
by DIR. Manning g
Believes George Washington
Would HaveOpposed Cash
Demand for Action Which
No MoneyCanCompensatc
L. S. British Pact Urged
Alliance Called Hope for
Future Peace of World;
Tribute Paid to France

The Right Rev. William T. Manning,
D. D., Episcopal Bishop of New York,
was the principal speaker at the annual
dinner Of the Sons Of the Revolution,
held last night in the Grand Ballroom
Of the Plaza Hotci. which was attended
by $50 members and guests Of the So
ciety.
Were George Washington alive to-
day his message to the American
Legion would be withdraw at once
from the field of politics "8ishop ANN
ming said. II believe he would say 20
members of the American Legion: 30
not press the question of 4 small re-
turn in money for services such as
yours, which no money can compensate.
Demand III the name of right and
| honor everything that the country can
do, no matter what ii may cost, for
every wounded and disabled soldier OF
sailor who needs help, and for the rest
tell the country that you are glad and
proud to have rendered the service to
your country which You owed her as
her sons, that in tie interests that s
highest and noblest III your life You
ONN4iC tlidt puDiiC ldN4Ol anu NIS-
cussion of the bonus shall cease. "
Tribute Paid to France
The bishop spoke briefly on the
Washington conference on disarma-
ment, declaring that, hope for the
future peace and prosperity Of the
world rests principally on an alliance
between the United States and Great
Britain.
"And let ne say that when we Amer
leans speak of the fellowship of the
English speaking peoples. We always
include in our minds also the brave.
in our minds and hearts the country
of Lafayette is inseparably associated
with the country of George Washing-
ton, and George Washington honored
equally by Englshmen, Frenchmen
and Americans is himself the embodi-
ment of the history. the ideals, the
spirit, the moral qualities which make
the English speaking peoples one.
II am certain that George Washing-
ton would disapprovc and condemn any
false ideal Of internationalisnl which
weakeMs or conflicts with love and de-
votion and wholc-souled loyalty to
ones own land. | have said many
times, and I say here again, that the
philosophy which teaches that man
is to have no special love forshis own
country il as unsound, as contrary to
reason and to God, as the philosophy
which teaches that man is to have no
special love fov his own wife and his
own horne.
Must Uphold Patriotism
That shallow reasoning which gibcs
at patriotism must be branded openly
with the name that it deserves, MANS
love for his own country does not make
him hate other countries any more than
his love for his own home makes him
disloyal to his own Lard.
George Washington. were he here
tonight, | think would tell US that we
all ought to be willing to serve on
Jurics and not leave the maintenance
OF law and the administration o. JUS
tice, as it is now too often left, in the
hands Of those who are untitled for this
work"
Il feel sure that George Washington
would say to US that whether or not we
approve the prohibition laws, it is our
bcundcn duties, as true citizens, strict
ly to obey them for the sake Of the
sacred principle of respect for Law upon
which our very life az & nation de-
pends."