The Dolores star., 1923-11-09

decorations that only nations bestow, l can
the prayers of our people of all peoples,
that this Armistice day shall mark the beginning
of and lasting era of peace earth good
Will among men. Let me Join in that prayer.
"'Our Father who art In heaven, hallowed be
Thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on earth. as 1t is in heaven. Give us this day
our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as
we forgive those who trespass against us. And
lead us not Into temptation. but deliver us from
evil, for Thine is the kingdom, and the power
and the glory, forever. Amen"
And what of the Intervening years since
November II. 1918?
David Lloyd George puts Europe's condition
thus: Fifteen million picked men killed. twenty
million crippled for life. tens of billions of wealth.
gathered through the centuries sQuandered in
moment. commerce destroyed, nothing left except
hnte."
But so in America. We have no hate. Per
contra. have fed starving Europe without
thought of payment reward. And America
emerges from the World war the wealthiest and
powerful nation of earth. Food for thought
in the sacred moment OF silence!
And what OF Germany? II begins to look II
she were on her knees at last. Apparently-lt is
safe to put 1t more strongly-the truth has
ut last been forced upon the German conscious
ness that In the great four-year struggle which
convused the world and impoverished 1t In life
and treasure Germany was declsively and con-
cusively beaten. Never, until the official and
public and unconditional abandonment of passive
resistance in the Ruhr. has Germany given
acknowledgment that the victory in the test Of
So 1923 sees second surrender by Germany
Of hardly less Importance than that of Armistice
day Of 1918 Another thought for the moment of
silence!
November II at the eight American cemeteries
in France. Belgium and England, there remain
the bodies of 30,363 soldiers, sailors and marines
who gave their lives during the war. AT each
Of these from the Meuse- Argonne, AisneMarne
Suresnes, st. Mihiel the Somme Oise-Aisne In
France, In Flanders field in Belgium and at
BrOokwood in England. appropriate services were
held thOughOut the day with American diplo-
matte or military and naval officials paying
tribute.
November II Is not the only "ArmIstice day"
The year is full of days that are "Armistice days"
In spirit
In June the disabled American veterans
through National Commander J. A. Mcfarland,
placed wreath the tomb at Arlington.
On the Fourth of July unveiled in Paris
monument the American volunteers who en-
listed in the French army In 19l4-15. The statue
which surmounts the monument strikingly sug-
geSts Alan Seeger. the soldier poet who wrote
that immortal poem 81 Have Rendezvous With
Death
In the spring at secheprey the First division,
A. E. f., honored by France by the dedica-
ton of a monument, photograph of which is
reproduced herewith. The First division fought
the battle of Seicheprey early in 1918.
Gen. Henri Gouraud, Lion Of the Argonne"
who lost his right in the service of his
country, was visitor here In July ana placed
wreaths upon the Arlington tomb.
Another photograph shows the crosses row on
row. which mark the graves of American sol
diers in the national cemetery at Arlington. They
died in France and were brought back by the
American government.
American kindergarten leaders, visiting Ameri-
can kindergartens in France, decorated the grave
of Frances "Unknown Soldier under the Arc
de Triomphe
TO the Americans who there gave their lives to
block the German drive to Paris in 1918
Cantigny has erected elaborate fountain as
a memorial to the Americans of the First division
who captured the town from the Germans in
May 1918.