San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-12
By MAMMALIAN HARDEN.

Copyright, by The san Antonio Light.
Berlin. Aug. 11.-If / were G win
Coolidge l would make this speech to
myself before entering the White
House:
"Hardins's death made a deep i'm
preston everywhere, not because il
means the loss of kind-hearted man
devoted to duty, but because the chief
exponent of Americas will is dead and
everybody awaits expec, or fear.
fully what orders may come tomorrow
from the new exponent. For everybody
realizes that no two men are alike and
not even the greatest efforts to assume
another mans role can destroy individ-
uality.
NO matter how you endeavor Ito
carry on Harding's work, you are still
Calvin Coolidge man of different
blood and instincts. Harding bore the
name of Gamalel, the chief of the mod.
crates of old Israel, who became the
teacher of the Apostle Paul. Our Lon-
ored friend also was a mod ,rate, con-
scientiously endeavoring not to depart
from the path of the majority.or to of.
fend people who make politics a pro.
fession.
Like Church Dictator.
"The church dictator, Calvin, whose
name you bear, was n superlative radi.
cal, who never asked whether his doc.
trines were pleasing TO the mighty
Despite the fact that he was eloquent
and you are called silent CAL many
regard you as similar, particularly in
drastic severity. Because of your ac
ton in the Boston police strike you
are compared with dictator and will
the Spanish scholar Serveto, a martyr
for his views. But what was possible
in 1868 is not possible in 1923. The
chief representative of a great nat.or
must enjoy universal confidence. HI
may not be unmodern, not satisfied
with a formal democracy which re
spects wealth as divine institution
and threatens TO become n piutocracy
The leader of states destinies must
be the first to note the breath OF O
new spirit.
Until today YOU were frugally
living Spartan from Massachusetts
who regarded as an ideal of the state
that family whose standard was hon
esty, morality and industry. Al
obeyer of the commandments of disci'
pline and charity. Heretofore that
was enough; tomorrow it will be toe
little.
What does our land desire? II
desires freedom for the weakest as vel
as for the strongest. 1t desires the
equality of legal rights and equality
in the struggle for existence. 1t de
sires fraternity. 1t desires diminished
selfishness and not TO be involved in
any selfish struggle Of foreign powers
but will never refuse TO cooperate II
humanitarian works.
Should Press Debtors.
"Whoever owes the United States
money must pay. We shall grant
time. but shall regard as insolent any
suggestion that we ought to be salts
fled with having been permitted to
participate in the World War and pay
our associates cost of material and
training. America must first of all be
the paternal hearth for all Americans,
but also a great power in the moral
world. You must see to it that pure
morals rule at home and you must not
be cool Cal who looks calmly on
while hypocrisy and childish Illusion
sully the nations public trade. The
millions of citizens who gave us our
mandate believed in our promise to
give the United States its proper place
i'm the council of nations. The Wash
ington disarmament confere ms
the first step toward this; the second
shall be the international court.
"That churches, chambers of com
merce, trusts and clubs advocate this
is cheering. but they must not believe
this can be made into machine for ia
cilitating trade and serving the big in
terests. Since we must have high tar
if and few imports. cheap wages MADE
by under-paid labor are undesirable
We may not expect that we can sell 70
Europe that 10 per cent OF our pro
duction .;hich is available for export
Our battle cry America for Americans
pre-supposes that Americans work Tor
America first. We cannot and VIII
NOT be uninterested in Europe. for we
must preserve the treasures and cul'
ture for e future of all white races
and also prevent our debtors from ruin
ing themselves. II all nations in Eu'
rome will unite and engage in the pres
crvation of peace for generation, they
may reckon on our help; otherwise