The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-31
Results Expected
From NegOtiatOrs,
Coolidge Says
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in q military capacity. we are not n
warlitc nation. As Il people We have
not ought military glory. Because
of fortunate circumstances, such
warss as we have waged have been
for the purpose OF securing condi-
tons under which peace would be
more permanent. liberty would be
more cseure. and justice would be
more secure. and justice would be
t,at peculiarly characterized the
force. who acknowledged as their
commander in chief Abraham Lin
coin
while this day was legally cstab
GSheI many years ago as an occa
sion 70 he devoted to the memory of
our country's dead, it cannot but each
year refresh the sentiment of respect
and honor in which our country
holds their living comrades. OF
those great armies that maintained
the long struggle from 1861 to 1865.
which ranked in size with any the
world had ever before seen. but few
shattered ranks now remain. The
old valor yet lives. The old devo-
tion to country. the old loyalty to
the flag remain. But the youth and
be characterized as the boys in blue
Ar. gone from these heroes Of a for
lner generation.
Spirit Still Lives
But the spirit which they SO
nobly represented two generations
gro has not departed from the land.
It was rcsurgent in the days of 1898
and in 1917, and finds lineal sue
cesSion in the three branches which
make up the land and sea forces Of
the present day and in the public
opinion Of the people. Our country
has never had better-equipped
Army or more efficient Navy in
time Of peace than it has at the pres
ent time. The Air Service is being
perfected, better quarters are being
provided, and our whole Military Es-
adjustment is being made worthy Of
the power and dignity Of this great
Nation We realize that national
$ecuritv and national defense can
not be safely neglected To do so is
10 mt in peril our domestic tran
GuilIity and jeopardize our respect
and standing among the other ma
tons.
'-Yet the American forces are dis
tnetly the forces of peace. They
are the guarantees of that order and
tranquility in this part Of the world
which is alike beneficial to us and
all the other nations. Everyone
entertain no imperalistic designs. we
entertain no mperialistic designs, we
harbor no enmity toward any other
people We seek no revenge, we
nurse no grievances, we have in
flicted no injuries. and we fear no
enemies. Our ways are the ways of
peace.
we are a'to"p+ing to
make our contribution to
the peace OF the world.
not in any sensational or spectacu-
lar way. but by the application of
practical. workable, seasoned meth
DDS and an appeal to the common
sense Of mankind We do not rely
upon the threat Of force in our in
ternatiunal relations or in our at
tempt to MAINTAIN our position in the
world. We have seen force tried,
but the more people study
fits results the more they must
be convinced that on the whole
1T has failed. Conditions sometimes
arise where it seems that an appeal
to arms is inevitable. but such con-
ficts decide very little. In the end
it is necessary TO make an appeal to
reason. and until adjustments are
reached by covenants which har-
m0nize with the prevailing sense Of
iustice final solution has not been
found.
America Approves
"Ever since the last great conflict
the world has been putting renew
ed emphasis, not on preparation to
l..
preventing war to succeed in peace.
This movement has the full and
complete appreciation of the Amer
lean Government and the American
people. While we have been unwill-
ing to interfere in the political re-
lationship of other countries and
have consistently refrained from in
tervening except when our help has
been sought and we have felt that it
could be effectively given, we have
signified our willingness to become
associated with other nations in a
practical plan for promoting inter-
national justice through the World
Court. Such tribunal furnishes a
method of the adjustment Of inter
national differences in accordance
with our treaty rights and under
the generally accepted rules of in
.ternational law. When questions
arise which all parties agree ought
to be adjudcated but which do not
yield to the ordinary methods of d.
plomacy, here is a forum to which
the parties may voluntarily repair
in the consciousness that their dig
nifty suffers no diminution and that
their cause will be determined i'm
partially, according to the law and the
evidence. That is a sensible, direct,
Afficient and practical method Of ad-
Sjusting differences which can not
fail to appeal to the intelligence Of
the American people.
but while we put. our trust not
on force but on reign of law and
the administration of justice, yet we
know that the maintenance Of peace
car. rot but to large extent be de-
pendent upon our sentiments and de-
sires. In spite of all the treaties we
may make and all the, tribunals we
may establish, unless we maintain a
public opinion devoted to peace we
can not escape the ravages of war.
a determination to do right will be
more effective than all our treaties
and courts, all our armies and fleets.
a peaceful people will have peace,
but q warlike people can not escape.
war.
An Economic Foundation
Peace has an economic foundation
to which too little attention has been
given. No student can doubt that II
N!ns 10 = layEe extent the economic
condition Of Eur6pe that drove those
0vexburdonod eountries headlon0. IN
to mo Woxld War. They were en-
Rn1od in maintaining competitive