Evening star., 1923-07-05
ASKS FOR WORLD PEACE.
President Sees Court as Tribunal to
Prevent War.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Ore, July 5-Presj-
dsnt Harding was the ,"orator of the
day of Portland's Independence day
celebration, and In his address.
delivered yesterday at Multnomah
Athletic Field, he made a plea for re-
conservation to American ideals and
purposes and urged that the United
States move to avoid war by doing
''one thing more"-adhering TO the
Permanent Court of International
Justice.
Every man wearing the ha biliments
of an American citizen must be an
American in his heart and soul" the
like to proclaim the day when there
Is no room In America anywhere for
those who defy the law, and those
who seek our hospitality for the pur-
should be deported or held securely
behind prison walls"
There is one thing more we can
do" he asserted, after concluding
his Americanization appeal. We
want no more OF war. To that end
assent to American participation in
the Permanent Court of International
Justice. I want America to give OF
its influence to bring about universal,
peace"
President Ts Set.
The celebration was a typical
Fourth of July observance. There
was speaking and there were fire.
works and parade. The last-named
event made history. not alone for
Portland, but for America, as in the
line Of march were sailors and
marines from II. NJ. s. cruiser Curlew,
which lies In the harbor here. Never
before had a British naval force
marched in an American Independ
once day parade. Furthermore, six
Btaff officers OF the British navy sat
in the spectators stand and heard
the reading OF the Declaration of In
dependence and heard the Presidents
address.
II am glad our British friends have
shown US that distinction" the
President paused in his address to
say. For It symbolizes the prog
ress of the last 147 years and shows
Is kin. / hope that in the future the
forces Of the British and American
navies may ever march toward ever
lasting peace"
In addition to PARTICIPATING in the
their commander, Capt. Holbrook.
paid their respects to the President
by calling at his hotel.
The parade followed the arrival of
the presidential party here early In
crowded with cheering and fiag-wav-
ing citizens. Members of the party
| regarded 1t as one Of the most en-
thusiastic receptions Mr.. and Mrs.
Harding have received on their west
ern trip.
In his speech the President traced
the half century of growth and de-
velopment after the civil war and
declared that the nation, however.
had been guilty of one gross neg
| lect."
1--WE were so eager to explore our
boundless national wealth" he as
serted, I'VE were SO keen for that de-
| yelopment which makes communities
and in their aggregate makes the
greater nation, that we called to the
| manpower of the world to come and
participate.
And the men of the world came.
pressed to drink and drink freely of
the waters of our political life. They
came from the lands Of caste and
classes, to stand erect in the tnvigo-
rating air of American freedom.
They came from the realms of hope
less struggle to embrace the free
dom of our beckoning opportunity.
Duties Forgotten.
They came. not by hundreds or by
thousands. but by unnumbered, mil
lions, in the fiood-tide of human mi
grafton to a new home of hope in the
land of the free. They Joined in ths
| development. and we wrought the
miracle of accomplishment: but we
| omitted the conservation at the al-
! tars Of our freedom. The gates at
| the port of entry swung inward, ans
no conditions were prescrtbed. we
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