Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-11-12

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My Fellow Countrymen: Eleven
years have gone by since that day OF
the Armistice, when the guns ceased
firing. 1t was day of thankSgiv-
ing that marked the ending of the
Shamblcs of the. trenches. For lis
1t will be remembered always as a
day of pride; pride in the memory
of those who suffered and OF those
who made the last sacrifice OF lie
in that great cause, pride in tae
proven valour Of our army and navy.
pride in the greatness Of our ma
tlonal strength; pride in the hi9n
purpose for which we entered the
war, and pride that we neither
wanted nor got from it anything OF
profit for our selves. Those stirring
memories will always remain, and
on each ArmiSticc Day will glow
again.
From the war we have two para
mount Obligations. We owe to those
who suffered and yet lived an obi
CATION of national assistance, each
according to his need. We owe 1t
TO the dead that we redeem our
promise that their sacrifice would
help bring peace to the world. TIC
Nation will discharge its obligations.
The men who fought know thG
real meaning and dreadfulneSs ?i
war. No one came from that fur
mace a SWaShbuckling militarljf,
Those. who saw its realities and 1s
backwaSh in the sacrifice of women
and children are not the men who
glorify war. They are the men who
pray for peace for their children
But they rightly demand that peaca
be had without the sacrifice Of our
independence or of those principles
of justice without which civilization
must fail.
Such a sacrifice Of freedom and
justice is the one calamity greater
than war. The task of statesmen IS
10 build a road to peace which avoids
both of these calamitieS. This road
requires preparedness for defense.
it equally requires preparedness for
peace.
The world today IS comparatively
at peace. The outlook for a peace
able future is more bright than Tor
half a century past. Yet after all
it is an armed peace. The men
under arms, including active re-
serves, in the world are almost 30
100000 in number, or nearly 10000
600 more than before the great war.
Due to the Washington Arms Con-
ference and the destruction OF the
German navy, the combatant ships
in. the world show some decrease
since the war. But aircraft ana
other instruments Of destruction arc
far more potent than they were
even in the Great War. There are
fears, diStrustS, and smouldering m
iuries among nations which are the
tinder of war. Nor does single
quarter of a century during all th2
ages of human experience warrant
the assumption that war Will not
occur again.
Gloomy as this picture may BE-
yet we can say with truth that the
world is becoming more genuinely
inclined to peace; that the forces ol
imperial domination and aggression
of fear and suspicion are dylne
down; that they are being replaced
with the desire for security aic
peaceful development. The Old oD-
jectiveS of tortuouS diplomacy are
being replaced with frank and open
relations directed TO peace. There
is no more significant step i'll TINS
progress than the solemn covenant
that civilized nations have now en-
tered, to rcnounce war and TO settle
disputes by pacific means. II Is
this realignment of the mind OF the
world that gives the hope OF peace
But peace is not static thlne. 10
maintain, peace is as dynamic III
its requirements as is the conduc,
of war. We can not say let there
be peace" and go about other buSI-
ness. Nor are the methods oy
which peace is to be maintained ana
war prevented to be established by
slogans or by abstract phrases OF
by academic theory. Progress TO-
ward peace can be attained only IS
a result of realistic practical dai'N
conduct amongst nations. II can
be the result only of frank reco%-
milton of forces which may disturb
peace. For instance, we must real
/ ize that our industrial life, our en-
ployment, our comfort, and our cul-
ture depend greatly upon our inter
change of goods and ideas VIII
other nations We must realize tina
this interchange can not be carried
on unless our citizens are flung int
every quarter of the globe and III.
citizens of every other nation ar
represented in our country.
We must realize that some o
them will get into trouble some
where. Certainly their troubles VII
multiply if other nations are at was