Evening star., 1922-04-18
Mr.. HUGHESLAU
! SPIRIT OF NATIONS
Secretary of State Speaks at
D. A. R. Meeting-0ther
Lands Represented.

IoIiuS uCkJtCSCiIlCus
Z !, The spirit of international coop
Grafton manifested by the nations at
the conference on the limitation of
armament was lauded by Secretary
of State Hughes at session of the
Continental Congress of the Daughters
of the American Revolution last
night. Incidentally. Mr.. Hughes
thanked the society for the use of
conference.
Five treaties were signed here"
said Secretary Hughes. but tn. as
surance of amity is not given by mere
formulate of documents. 1t lies in the
earnest desire to remove causes Of
misunderstanding and distrast."
Present Need of America.
The outstanding need of The Amer
lean people at the present time, Sec
retary Hughes emphasized. is ''intel-
hgence reinforced by patriotic ardor :"
Other needs he described as "man:-
Iestations of respect for our f.ag and
ceremonials of song and story. as
well as tablets which preserve the
traditions of American ideals"
Mr.. Hughes attacked numerically
editors and public men who write
and speak as though what they said
OF foreign peoples and their govern
ments could not be heard or seen
Eeyond the three mile limit" Those
who indulge in diatribes against
foreign peoples and governments"
he said. should be regarded first
as enemies of their own country.
At this point an outburSt of applause
drowned the words of the speaker. :
Nothing is more regrettable.
added Mr.. Hughes. than the apparent
lack of civic responsibility. In the
Held OF international affairs, reckless
ness of statement is especially in
furious to the interests of the country.
The first duty of people that desires
peace is to cultivate good will. and
the only cure for Incorporate state
ment is the resentment of an intelli-
gent community"
Secretary Hughes officially recog-
nized the "shifters"-although he put
them in class with petty grafters"
by grouping the two during his
address-when he declared that it
tivities of the Girl Scouts and the
Boy Scouts in prosecuting work
of true American worth. He said
that he thought the patriotic Or
ganizationS of American youths such
as the Boy Scouts could easily
petty grafters' arising in the country
The test of one fitted to- exercise
high authority" said Secretary
Hughes, lis his ability to restrain
himself. In the field of international
affairs there is no counsel more nee
essary than restraint"
The lesson taught the British at
Yorktown by the revolutionary forces
made the British empire of today pos
sible. Sir Auckland Geddes, ambas-
sador from Great Britain. stated dur
ing an address which followed the
talk of Secretary Hughes. after en-
phaSlZlng the fact that his nation
still holds a sentimental feeling for
that historic and famous battlefield.
AT Yorktown" he said, I'VE learn
ed how to handle distant communities
and have been gratified ever since
We learned that nations could not
nve together in the same house if
one tried to dominate the other. If
nations are to live together in the
same house, they must look after
their own proper affairs and solve
them best for themselves.
The lesson we learned at York
town is the one the nations of the
world are learning now, and we hope
that battlefield will be preserved for
all time. l hope that America will
realize that Yorktown is one of the
shrines of the British empire and
II is not one which is set up in re-
sentiment"
Ambassador J. J. Jusserand receiv-
ed on behalf of the French govern
ment a painting of United States
ShipS en- route to the war zone of
Europe, which was provided for by a
special fund raised by the D. A. r.
The presentation took place after a
short address by NJ. Jusserand, dur
fng which he paid tribute to the work
Qf the society in preserving the ira
dltions of America for the genera
lions which are to come.
Il can only say again that 1 thank
you. in behalf of France" he said
when the presentation was made.
such token of friendship goes to
Ihe heart of my countrymen. Just as
the aid of France during the revo-
%t,on went to the heart of America
And stayed there"
ae also thanked the society for the
gift of the waterworks to the de-
yastated municipality of TilloIoy,
France. He added that France al
ready has taken steps to walk side
py side with the United States in the
deduction of naval armament
While still in the shipyards, in
course of construction. he said, six
Capital ships already have been
scrappcd, while contracts for five
capital ships have been cancelled. This,
he concluded. is cited as, evidence
sio" AIiS liidt TTdHCe, once She mas
signed document. lives up to her
promises not only in word, but in
deed.
The auditorium was crowded to the
doors and only the presence of rep
resentatives of the fire department
II seemed, kept the aisles from pack
ing up. The museum at the side OF
the auditorium also was well filled
as were the balconies Most of the
visitors were in evening dress and a
sort of gala Easter air pervaded the
auditorium.
) Mrs. George Maynard Minor, the
president general of the D. A. r.
introduced each speaker as he came
70 the front of the platform. She
opened the exercises last night with
an address of welcome
we are proud indeed" she said.
TO have as our guest this distin
guished assemblage of nations repre-
Sented here tonight. 1t was a proud
and happy moment for us when our
roof sheltered the representatives of
nine nations which met here together
IN the conference of limitation of
armament, called to promote inter-
national understanding and the last
Ing peace of the world That we
were able to be of service to our
government at a time so momentous
was the cause for intense grati-
fcation.
Again I may say in the name or
our society-welcome, welcome to
Memorial Continental Hall"