Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-05-21

official recognition of the services of its patriotic
sons will be made Memorial Day by the placing
of a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Dead.
In front of the amphitheater at Arlington.
President Coolidge and members of his cabinet
will place that wreath. And President Coolidge
will make the address of the day.
And this is eminenty fitting For Memorial Day
and Armistice Day not only touch but overlap.
On Memorial Day we Americans assemble to COM
memorate our soldier dead--to express our thanks
for their service by recounting their deeds of
valor, by making new resolves to make ourselves
worthy of their name and fame.
Unstinted and unashamed Is our hero worship
Memorial Day. And this is well. Time is kindly
In that it heals all wounds. But time Is not kind
~ If it also brings forgetfulness of the glorious
past. What worth fighting for is worth re-
membering. We are not a warlike nation, but
there is no fighting like the American fight
ing man. The Stars and Stripes has never been
lowered in defeat. We won our independence by
fighting for it, We have kept it by fighting for 1t.
SO on Memorial Day we celebrate the deeds Of our
fighting meL.
Yet the spirit Of Memorial Day is not war but
peace. It's purpose is not to awaken memories of
war and slaughter nor to rekindIe hateful fires of
passion nor to exult over the defeated. We weep
because the dead are z We thrill pride be-
cause they are ours. We rejoice that they are in
Gods keeping We should resolve anew to dedi-
cate the wealth and power and influence OF the
nation to liberty, Justice humanity and peace.
Doubtless the President will make notable adj
dress The scene and the occasion are inspiring.
1t is said that he accepted the invitation to speak
with thanks Certainly the opportunity is great.
For all the world will listen and take heed to his
words 1t is known how ardently he desires peace
with honor for all the world. In his inaugural
address he said:
But there is another element more important
than ALL without which there cannot be the slight
est hope of permanent peace That element lies
IN fbo heart of
pace be cherished there, unless this fundamental
and onIv natural source Of brotherly love be cul-
tivated to It's highest degree artificial efforts
will be in vain. Peace will come where there is
realization that only under a reign OF law, based
conviction of the brotherhood of man. can there
be any hope v 81 fa ahe sword will fat Is
only the spiritual nature of man that can be
triumphant.
And is it known that President Coolidge believes
in action rather than words to bring about world
peace. He is making preparations looking to the
calling of a second arms conference at Washing
ton. The first succeeded in abolishing competitive
naval armament among the great powers. The
coming conference 1t is believed will begin where
the last left off. And the President received at
the White House. the delegates to the recent Con-
ference on the Cause and Cure of War by organ
lied woman and said to them, among other things:
Your conference has been brought together to
consider the causes and cure OF war. In our gen.
Grafton which has seen the supreme demonstration
of the futlty ana the horrors o. Mar, we ougnt
rnert for measures which give reasonable promise
of preventing limiting
AS our vision OF its frightfulness is dimmed as
the edge of it's horror is dulled with the passing
of time we may expect corresponding dminu-
ton Of zeal for institutions to prevent This
is unfortunate, but 1t is the lesson taught by
experience. For this very reason, every organized
movement to keep alive the realization of wars
destructvenass helpful purpose. If, for
the next hundred years, the men and women who
fought and suffered to carry the World war
and who compelled afterward to struggle
and sacrifice to pay for it, could survive and keep
alive the proper realization of what really
means the chance of formulating programs to pre-.
vent It's repetition would be greatly improved But
those who lived and and felt and knew these
things will pass on. They will be succeeded by
others to whom distorted picture OF glory and
heroism will make its appeal
So it is particularly be desired that measures
be instituted possible by the and
women who know the truth about war, which may
save the future from such experiences have
come in time. 1t is for the generation which
saw and survived to devise measure of prevention.