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i decorations that only nations can bestow, l can
sense the prayers OF our people. of nll peoples,
thnt this Armlstice day shall mark the beginning
of new and lnsting era of peace on 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. us 1t Is In heaven. Give this day
our daily bread. and forgive our trespasses as
we forgive those who trespass against u.s. And
lead not Into temptation, but deliver 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 Europes 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
hntc."
But not in Amcricn. We have no hate. Per
contra. we have fed starving Europe without
thought OF payment reward And America
energies from the World the wenlthcst and
most powerful nation OF earth. Food for thought
in the sacred moment OF silence.
And what of Germany? Ii begins to look II
she We're on her knees at last. Apparenty-it Is
not safe TO put It more strongly-the truth has
nj last been forced upon the German conscious.
ness that In the great four-year struggle which
convulscd the world and impoverished it In life
and treasure Germany decisivelY and con-
clus!vely 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
absolute.
So 1923 sees n second surrender by Germany,
Of hardly less Importance than that OF Armisce
day OF 1913. Another thought for the moment Of
silence.
November II at the eight American cemeteries
In France. Belgium and England. there remain
the bodies OF 3O,3j3 soldiers. sailors and marines
who gave their lives during the wnr. At each
OF these. from the Meuse- -Argonnc Aisne-Mnrn
Suresnes. ST. Mihlel. the Somme, oise-Ai In
France In Flanders field In Belgium and ut
Brookwood in England appropriate services were
held Throughout the dny with American dplo-
mn,ic or military and naval officials paying
tribute.
November II la not the only "Arms'ice day"
The year is full Of days that are "Arnsticc days"
In spirit.
In June the disabled American veterans.
through National Commander J. A. Mcfarland.
placed n wrcnth on the tomb nj Arlington.
ON the Fourth OF July unveiled In Paris II
monument 10 the American volunteers who
listed In the French army In loli.l5. The statue
which surmouns the monument strkngly sug.
gcs,s Aim Sccger. the soldier poet who wrot.
that immortal poem Il Have a Rendezvous With
Death"
In the spring Mt ScIchcprcy the First division.
\. T., T., was honorcd by France 10y the dedlcn.
tluu ~ u monument photograph Of which is
reproduced herewith, The First division fought
the battle OF Srlchcprry early In 1918.
Gcn. Henri Gouraud, Lion OF the Argonnc"
who lost his right arm In the service OF his
country. a visitor here In July ana plnccj
wrcnths upon the Arlington tomb.
Another photograph shows the crosses row on
row, which mark the graves Of American sol.
dl"rs In the nutonnl cemetery nj Arlington. They
died Ia France and were brought back by the
american government,
American kindergarten lenders. visiting Amcrl.
can klndcrsnrtcns In France. decorated the grave
of Frances "uuknowu soldier under the Are
lie Triomphe.
Chateau Thicrry recently unveiled monuments
to the Americans who there gave their lives to
block the German drive 10 Paris In 1915
Cantlgny has erected an elaborate fountain Ms
n mcmorin! 20 the Americans of the FRS, division
who captured the town from the Germans In
May. 1918