Milford chronicle., 1931-11-13
RESOLUTIONS
NO WAR BAR,
HOOVER SAYS
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1T is particularly fitting that these
services should be held ON Armistice
Day, when, throughout the nation,
our citizens pause to honor all those
who gave their lives in the greatest
conflict which has ever engulfed the
world.
Thirteen years TO the day and
hour have passed since the guns
ceased their destruction of life, and
nations began their march back to
peace and reconstruction. That day
was a day of rejoicing in victory, a
day of pride in the ValOr of our Army
and Navy. day of hope for peace
in a better world. With each sue
ceeding year, Armistice Day has
come to be a day to pay tribute to
the millions who Valiantly bore arms
in a worthy cause and to renew re-
solves that the peace for which these
men sacrificed themselves shall be
maintained
However great our desire for
peace, we must not assume that the
peace for which these men died has
become assured to the world or that
the obligations which they left to us,
the living, have been discharged. The
minds of many races still are stirred
by memories of centuries of injus-
tice in others there is ever present
the fear of invasion and domiatiOn;
many people are filled with hopes of
liberty and independence. The
boundaries of many nations are but
zones of age-old contention. The
growth of population and economic
striving press against the borders
of others.
"WOrld-wide expansion of COM
merce and industry, with its vast
interchange of citizens, brings the
daily obligation of self-respecting
nations to see that their nations
abroad in Pacific pursuits shall not
be unjustly imperiled as to life and
property. In every country men can
secure public attention ana even a
living by stirring malignant forces
of fear and hate of their neighbors.
AS a result of these forces the world
is more heavily armed than even
the great war.
"All of these dangers present TO /
statesmen a world where peace can |
not be had by resolution and iniunc- /
ton alone. Peace is the product of /
preparedness for defense, to the pa |
tient settlement of controversy, and |
the dynamic development of the !
forces of good will. 1t is the result /
of the delicate balance of that real
ism born of human experience and /
of idealism dorm of the highest of /
human aspirations for international
justice.
THE backwash OF forces loosened
by the great war has grown until
during the past two years that sta
bility of many nations has been
greatly shaken. This, with their
fears and encouragement for the
future, weakened confidence
throughout the whole financial and
economic world That loss of conf
dence added enormously to unem-
plOyment, to the distress of agricul-
ture and business everywhere.
From il all we have been passing
through an emergency second only
to the great war.
But the emergency has brought a
realization that the outstanding
problem of craftsmanship today in
every country and in every part of
the world is to re-establish conf
dence, not alone each nation in its
own institutions, but among nations.
And no greater contribution can be
made to economic relief that day
to-day conclusive denomination
that progress is being made i'm re-
lieving stress and strain which now
so Oppress the atmosphere of the
family of nations.
Such action requires no treaties,
no documents, and no commitments.
1t requires only that each nation
realize the situation that is;
that it contribute in its own poll
cies and within its own best interest
to the building of good will and the
of confidence.
THAT progress is being made. 1t
has been made by frank, sincere,
and direct personal conferences on
mutual problems between heads of
states throughout the world. 1t has
been made by similar action among Z
he financial, Industrial, and social c
of the world. These dis t
have developed common Il
action and have increased good will
and confidence. These consi tent G
Efforts are providing new avenues t
If relief and are assuredly turning +
he tide for a greatly suffering d
world. v
ut is by building good will and b
effort among nations Il
hat we can best honor the memory i,
If the men who died that the world c
hould have peace. This monument u
tands for men who fought not il
lone for their country but to estab d
ish the principles of justice and a
Deace We pay tribute here to their u
alor We honor them for their
acrifce. We respect their memory
" renewing our obligations to the
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