Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
FREEMAN
MAKES PEACE PLEA.
Urqes America to Do Part in
Ceremony at Tomb OF
President Wilson.
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cause that will ultimately triumph.
than to triumph today in cause that
will ultimately know 6Cfeat. mus
we deal with our chosen leaders. lhrV
rarely command us in lie, we come 10
appraise their worth only when me
events of the passing years conlirm
their Judgment and crown their llVeS
with the diadem of Immortality Amer
lea pauSes again today TO consider what
her place is in the slsterhood OF ma q.
tions AS we stand here in this sacred
place we do not propose panacea lof
the ills of distraught and distracted
world This is a question Tor highly
conscientious and far-seeing statesmen
to determine. 1t is ours to aftlrm thaC,
condition confrontS us that Is IRE
sistibly drawing us, even against our
will, into the council chamber where
world affairs are being determined
Our very economic and industrial
ills we cannot cure, OF and by our
selves. The world has grown too small
its fellowShips too intimate, its contacts
TOO close for us to think in terms OF
proud isolation. We cannot, even II we
would, have either cur mlsfortunes or
our prosperity to ourselves. The VIZ
tues and the vices of a people in one
place today become the virtues and the
vices Of other and more remote peoples
tomorrow. No nation liveth to itself.
The misfortunes and disasters OF Berlin,
Paris. London and Toxic have their re-
percussions in our life, and our values
rise or fall with the markets OF the
world 1t is becoming increasingly evil
dent now that better standards OF 1udg-
ment and practice are being demanded
| today, and that America must II she
| would fulfill what her most far-seeing
statesmen have desired take her full
o,-t IN hYtf1 order
of the present world chaos. World
peace is as much our concern as that OF
! the European powers. America Tor
Americans" may be popular political
slogan. but in q world such as ours Is
| today we cannot abdicate our response
! bility by prosecuting with selfish zeal
! our cwn devices, and living independ-
emily and apart from our neighoors.
Excess of Nationalism PeriIOus.
AN excess of nationalism in interna-
tional affairs Is as perilous to our in
! stitutionS as an excess of selfish in
dividualism in the more intimate con-
Germs of our communal life. That God
| has made of one blood all nations to
dwell together on the face of the whole
earth was declared of old, and the die
tum Of the great Master is: Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as myself" His
| dream of a universal brotherhood Stlll
awaits its contamination.
| Let us be reminded on this ami
versary that the Great War shattered
forever many of the selfish schemes and
devices that men had set up for their
own advantage. Thrones have been sur
rendered and scepters fallen before a
new order that still proceeds with ire
sistible force and power. America
reckons not with these symbols Of au-
| thority and proud distinction; hers, we
| believe, is the better way. but she still
has much to learn and much to endure
Hers is a responsibility and an OPP
portunity today that she dare not re-
| fuse to recognize. A new world is in
tribution to It? Can we, with our I'M
matched skill rehabilitate our house
hold while the world about us lies
stagnant and impoverished? Have we
! no concern about those beyond our
| secure confines, no sense of RESPONSE
bility for the dire Ills that Cypress
and destroy the happiness and peace
of other peoples? Shall we secure to
ourselves by an incompatible and i'm
| age that is ours and in our fancied
security heed not the distress Of other
nations?
such vain conclusions are out of
| consonance with the tendencies and
drifts of life today. We are in the
midst Of a mighty world upheaval, and
! it may be that. under God, and by
His divine leading, we are to be the
| way-preparer for those who can no
longer find the paths that lead to hap
| plneSs and contentment. The world S
| order must be restored, its peace must
be secured, let us with courage to the
task, with renewed zeal, freshened en-
J thusiaSm and Christian faith"
Delegations of posts of the American
Legion and other patriotic societies were
present and placed wreaths on Wilson S
tomb. Among the close friends Of the
war President who attended were Rear
Admiral Cary T. Grayson and others
| included Comdr. Henry K. Stevens, jr.,
| commander of the District American
Legion Past Comdr Ralph P. O'Neil
and Col. John Thomas Taylor COM
mander OF Gearge Washington Post of
the Legion.
Programs Throughout City.
Earlier in the day, armistice programs
were held in various parts of the city
and tonight the city-wide observance
VIII eliminate in a demonstration of
! the spirit that marked he close of hos
llltieS. Paris on Armistice Night" a
| sands together at the Washington Audi
forum will be held at 8 o'clock tonight
| by the Veterans of Foreign Wars to
raise funds for the relief of disabled
and destitute veterans Prominent
Government officials will be among the
guests
President Hoover, who contributed
his part to the Nations observance of
Armistice day by delivering the address
dnIinAffav1 80 hn tyto 90
Columbia World War Memorial, had
| gone earlier in the morning to Airing
ton National Cemetery. Accompanied
by Mrs. Hoover, Gen. John j. PERISH
ing, commander of Americas forces in
the World War Secretary of War
Hurley and Secretary of the Navy
Adams, the presidential party left the
White House at 1920 o'clock. They
drove direct to the Tomb of the I'm
known Soldier. AS the guard stood at
| salute, the President approached the
tomb and placed upon it his floral
of1ering. For a moment he stood in
silence with head barred Then quietly
the President and his party left the
grounds for thle exercises in Potomac
Park.
The Presidents wreath was different
from those he has placed on the tomb
IN previous years. 1t was a simple
soldiers wreath of laurel leaves. con-
tanning no flowers and tied with bronze
colored ribbons. Mrs Hoovers tribute
was spray of chrysanthemums.
Will Inspect "OId Ironsides."
At $50 o'clock this afternoon, the
President and Mrs. Hoover will make
trip to the Washington Navy Yard
to inspect "Old Ironsides," the historic
frigate Constitution. Hundreds of
visitors examined the historic warship,
most famous of Americas fighting fleet.
which is locked here for an indefinite
stay.
AS on Memorial day, the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier received its tributes
from people in all walks OF life.
At O'Clock the national commander