The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-06
GAYE I1FE FOR FnIENp

against the high cost of living.
 GAVE LIFE FOR FRIEND
 COAL CITY, Pa, Oct 5.--Paul Me Crane of Syracuse, N. l., member of q. railroad repair crew, gave his life late today in a futile effort to drag Joe vecosta of Erie, fellow worker, from the tracks of the Bessemer rail road before a northbound passenger train sped by. McCrane had pushed yecosta had stepped onto the track were caught by the engine and killed. Vecosta had steppe donto the track to let a freight train pass on an. sd- i joining track and did not see the approaching passenger tram. i free country, taught our statesmen in l tho eighteenth century, and so Tar ] from any resentment. from any feel l ing of regret in British hearts, we 1 have nothing but 8 feeling of gratl- i tude for the great men who fouhaeu i this great republic, and in doing so taught Britain how to govern free people,
 | Paints Picture Of War.
 The applause that greeted thls i continent had scarcely subsided when the speaker began painting his SO i her picture of the great war-the combat with "the most powerful mill l taly machine the world ever SAW and the inadequate allied forces tnae l sought to stem the onrush or thls l military machine. Russia was shat i tered. Rumania completely demol- ished, the Serbians chased helleI 1 skelter from their own homeland: There was nothing left. except our terribly lacerated French army, i British army which was aust peg,n- ,1,- ming to learn it's business, but With horrible gaps in its ranks.
 Tt was then that you came, 1t was at that moment that your young men came in. ,, ,ao-o,,d ot inc ancient Briton who was gazing into a lake at moment or great despondeney in the fortunes or ms renublic. who saw the form Of an arm coming through its waters i handling the sword of Arthur. Ing ,1' Y l arm of your people welding the sword that has never been dented by 1 defeat in any struggle, and 1t put l heart into us at time when we sdu-
 we feel a debt of gratitude to the great people of the United States or i America thak we can never repay Aoi the service they rendered.
 Must WI. hattie of PPesee.
 But although the allies won the 1 war, Lloyd George admitted that tney l had still 10 Win the poeeiS ~ Al
 ..Europe is in a desperate conal- tion." he said. What would you eynectt FifteenN millions of her 1 voiiny. m en slaughtered, probably an other twenty millions crippled TOT life tens Of thousands of millions or accumulated wealth all seat 1 tered: the machinery of commerce torn. currency gone. exchange gone, l confidence gone-and hatreos slili | left
 aThat Is Europe. But what would it have been if the allied armies hao been defeated2 cortinent bleeding from such wounds, with its nerves shattered by such shock does not recover in year, nor recover It will build up its strength; its wounds will be healed.
 But If Europe had become tn. prey of great military despolsn' neither this generation nor the next 4a l nor the one to follow, nor many " i come. would see the end of It.
 The ex-premier paused dramatl-
 "That is what you helped to save humanity from" he pronounced slowly and emphatically, and l am here 10 say thank you for it.
 But the trouble is now, Lloyd George explained, that although the allies were units in war they are d. vided in peace. Each nation, he sald' was going her own way.
 "There is no common purpose" he pointed out, "or, if there is common purpose there Is no common methou of pursuing it."
 l Difficult as world problems are, they could be solved in quarter or the time, if the nations were unlteo' Lloyd George asserted
 He didn't know how this unity or action could be attained.
 But until it is attained, ne prophesied, "the condition of the world will be a very troubled one"
 Meantime he said, Europe was suf- fering from a dangerous case or nerves. The people of Europe were arming themselves.
 "Thev are not arming for aggres- sion" he said. "They are not arming 4 for attack. They are arming from
 Ssuspicions have been aroused, iealouses, even ranking hatreds.
 twill you take Q building in New York, drench it with gasoline--ls that what yop call petrol here = leave a few matches about, and then : go to an insurance company and ask what they will quote you policy on it for?
 "Different the position of Europe, but I do not despair that the very sense of self preservation will teach inc nations that the only Nath of se- curity is the path or peace. the only path to prosperity is the path of good-will, and although for the mo- ment the onaens are not bright al 1 though the Armament is clouded, am still sanguine enough to beileVe tbs. in a very short time the clouds l may clear, the skies will brighten, and that Europe, as well as America l will he able to acclaim the great