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Coolidge Address in Kansas
City Chief Event of
Fit Arnistice Day.
BY EDWARD W. PIckARD


FACING the east and standing in ST.
4 lence, all America paid tribute at
IL o'clock on Armistice day, to the
memory of our World war dead-the
1900 young men who gave up their
lives In France or in the camps in
this country. Eleven thousand posts
Of the American Legion participated
in fitting ceremonies, and the Ameri-
can people generally Joined in the SOL
emn observation of the occasion. The
remainder Of the day was marked by
celebrations patriotic and joyful.
Chief feature of the Armistice day
doings was the dedication Of the state
ly Liberty Memorial in Kansas City
chief because the speaker Of the day
there was President Coolidge. Five
years before he was there, as vice
president, to lay the cornerstone. Last
week he returned, accompanied by
Mrs. Coolidge, Everett Sanders. his
secretary. and Secretary of War
Dwight F. Davis, who, as the Missouri
member of the cabinet, did the honors
for his state at the exercises. The
train arrived in Kansas City Thurs
day morning and after the dedication
of the memorial the President and his
party left In the afternoon for the re-
turn trip to Washington.
In the course of his address the
President took occasion to discuss
the matter of American entry into the
World court, and he served notice on
the other nations that he would not
ask the senate to modify it's reserva-
lions. To those who pretend to de-
spise Americans as nation Of dollar
chasers. newly rich and without re-
finement, he retorted that, even If this
were true, there would be more hope
for the progress of true ideals in the
modern world even from a nation new
ly rich than there is from nation Of
chemically poor. Honest poverty is
one thing, but lack of industry and
character is quite another"
Mr.. Coolidge asserted that as ma
ton we not only did not profit from
the war, but we suffered immense
losses. He spoke for adequate pre-
paredness for the sake of protection
without entering into competition with
others in the maintenance of armed
forces; and he reiterated his belief
that wealth and all other material re-
sources should be conscripted in time
of war.
N UEEN MARIE of Rumania spent
y fha tn Htyhn
she was fittingly entertained by both
the city officials and society, and
where there was the usual American
exhibition Of social pushing and Of
that inverted snobbery that advertises
its disrespect for royalty and all that
pertains to 1t. On the way east from
the Pacific coast the squabbles among
those who accompanied the queen con-
tinued, with the result that Loie Full
er, Samuel Hill and some others quit
the party, leaving Col. J. HI. Carroll,
manager of the tour, and Maj Stanley
Washburn, the queens personal aide,
seemingly in supreme control. Marie
took no sides in the controversies but
insisted that there must be peace and
udrmOHy Oh the rest OI lHe TOUR. II
was announced that while the queen
was resting in Washington for four
days after the conclusion of the trip,
Prince Nicolas and Princess neana
would travel back to Chicago on a
special train to witness the Army
Navy football game on November ~.
MOT the least interesting news Of
IN the week was the announcement
that Princeton university had severed
athletic relations with Harvard, thus
breaking up the big Three combi-
nation that has existed. with some in
terruptions. for many years, Prince
toa's board of athletic control decided
unanimously that ut is at present inn
y possible to expect in athletic compe-
tition with Harvard that spirit of cor
dial good will between the undergrad
uate bodies of the two universities
which should characterize college
sports" Harvard Lampdon has been
making nasty attacks Oh Princeton.