The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-30
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WORLD COURT
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Security and Peace for Ma
tons Lie That Way, Presi-
dent Points Out
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we were foremost in promoting the
calling Of q conference at the
Hague to provide for q tribunal of
arbitration for the settlement of
disputes. We nave
many treaties on that basis with
other nations.
"But we have an opportunity be.
fore US to reassert our desire, and
to lend the force Of our example
for the peaceful adjudication OF diff
ferences between nations. Such &C.
ton would be in entire harmony
with the policy which we have long
advocated.
II do not look upon 1t as q GER
tain guarantee against war, but it
would be a method of dispoaing of
troublesome questions, an accumu-
lation of which leads 10 irritating
conditions and results in mutually
hostile sentiments"
The President paid high tribute
to the advancement and the pa.
triotism of America. He touched
upon the willing sacrifices Of the
citizens to the welfare VI the ma
ton as a whole.
Must Make Sacrifices.
at is true," he said, "as civiIi&a.
ton becomes more complex it is
necessary to surrender more and
more Of the freedom of action and
live more and more according to the
rule of public regulation, but il is
also true that the rewards and
privileges which come to q member
Of organized society Increase, in q
still greater proportion.
There 10 no absolute and COM
plete sovereignty for a state, nor
absolute independence and freedom
for an individual
In conclusion, In tribute TO the
soldiers for whom Memorial Day
was dedicated. President Coolidge
declared:
I'VE can testify to these opin-
ions, not by our words. but by our
actions. Our country cannot exist
on the remuneration Of the heroic
souls Of the past.
Public service, from the action
of the humblest voter to the most
exalted office, cannot he made a
matter of hire and salary. The sup
porters of our institutions must be
inspired by a more dominant mo-
tive than a conviction that their
actions are going to be profitable.
We cannot lower our standards to
what we think will pay, but we
must raise them to what we think
IL right.
Only Right Method.
"It Is only in that direction that
we shall find true patriotism It Is
only by that method that we can
maintain the rights of the in
dividual, the sovereignty of the
States. the integrity of the Union,
the permancy of peace, and the well
fare Of mankind.
You soldiers Of the republic en-
rolled under her banner that
through your sacrifice there might
be an atonement for the evils of
your day. That is the standard
Of citizenship for all time. 1t Is
the requirement which must be
met by those who hold public place.
That must be the ideal of those
who are worthy to share in the
glory which you have given to the
name of America, the ideal of
those who hold fellowship with
and Lincoln"
AS the President delivered his
Memorial Day address, he looked
down upon the upturned faces Of
the pitiful remnant of the white.
haired men who had comprised
the hosts of the blue and gray Of
the civil war. of the middle.aged
men who had followed Roosevelt
and Dewey in the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, and of the proud youths
who had battled for American
principles in the great world war
SO recently passed.
Earlier in the day Mr.. Coolidge,
accompanied by his Secretaries of
War and Navy. had laid a wreath
upon the tomb of the unknown
soldier in silent tribute to the
myriad hosts who had fought to
the nation and the
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