Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-11
Era Of Democracy
Certain 10 Survive,
Roosevelt Declares
President Speaks at
Arlington in First
Of Two Addresses
Continued From First PageO

human affairs can or will be snuffed
out In our lifetime.
It for one, do not believe that
mere force will be successful in
sterilizing the seeds which had taken
such firm root as a harbinger of
better lives for mankind.
t, for one, do not believe that the
world will revert either to form of
ancient slavery or to controls vested
in modern feudalism or modern en-
perors or modern dictators or modern
OligarChS in these days. The very
people under their iron heels will,
themselves, rebel"
thinking in Larger Terms"
Mr.. Roosevelt declared that I'VE,
alive today-not in existent democ-
racies alone, but also among the
populations of the smaller nations
already overrun-are thinking in the
larger terms of maintaining the new
order in which," he said, I'VE intend
to continue"
He added: I'VE recognize certain
facts of 1910 which did not exist in
1879 need for the elimination of
aggressive armaments-a need for
the breaking down of barriers in
more closely knitted world-a need
for restoring honor in the written
and spoken word. We recognize
that the processes of democracies
must be greatly improved in order
that We may attain those purposes.
But over and above the present
We recognize and salute the eternal
vcrities that lie with us in the flu
ture of mankind
President Roosevelt at the outset
of his speech went into the ancient
background of the processes of gov
eminent. He alluded to the Latin
inscription on the great seal Of the
United States which means "a new
order of the ages"
America proud of Its Share"
The founding of the American re-
public, he declared, was 1.-THE first
far-fung government in all the
world whose cardinal principle was
democracy" and its new order
spread into almost every part of
the civilized world.
The Americas and the British
Isles" he added, LED the world in
spreading the gospel of democracy
among peoples great and small
President Roosevelt declared that
the 1918 armistice had sounded the |
failure of part of the world to
destroy this existing new era of the
ages"
America is proud of its share in
maintaining the era of democracy
in that war in which we took part,
he said. America is proud Of you
who served-and ever will be proud.
Raps Foes of Democracy.
In later years after the war, he
said, you and who served in the
period of the World War have faced
- unpatriotic efforts by some of
our own countrymen to make us be-
lieve that the sacrifices made by our
Nation were wholly in vain.
"A hundred years from now his
torians will brand such efforts as
puny and false.
"A hundred years from now his
torians will say rightly that the
World War preserved the new order
of the ages for at least whole gen.
eration--a full 20 years-and that II
the axis of 1918 had been successful
in military victory over the asso-
ciated nations, resistance on behalf
of democracy in 1910 would have
been wholly impossible"
The President frequently was
interrupted by applause during de-
livery of his address, and at the
conclusion was given a prolonged
ovation as he prepared to leave the
amphitheater.
StimsOn in Party.
The President was accompanied
to Arlington by Secretary of War
Stimson.
The scene at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier was impressive,
as the presidential party observed
the traditional ceremony of placing
a wreath.
Arriving shortly before II o'clock,
the President stood quietly for a
few moments to one side. A detail
of military forces, including the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps, with
bayOnet fixed, stood as a guard of
honor behind the tomb. Secretary
Stimson took his place before the
tomb, fanked by Chief of Naval
Operations Stark and Gen. George
c. Marshall, chief of staff of the
Army.
Solemn Rites at Tomb.
At IL o'clock the President, with
his military and naval aides, walked
slowly from a position near his au-
tomobile to a place directly in front
of the tomb.
The President barred his head
and stood in silence for several
minutes.
A naval aide walked to the tomb
and deposited for the President a
large wreath of chrysanthemums.
There was a roll of drums, followed
by taps by bugler. The President,
after a pause, left the tomb for the
amphitheater, where the program
started a short time later.
MalIoy Welcomes President.
The program at Arlington in which
the President spoke was under
auspices of the American Legion,
several OF whose ofhclalS partlcl-
pated. The Chief Executive was
welcomed by Joseph J. Malloy, ma
tional chairman of the Legion Ar
mistice Day Committee. Other
speakers included Milo j. Warner,
national commander of the Amer
lean Legion; Mrs. Louis j. Lemstra,
national president of the Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary, and w. H.
Hargrave commander of the Dis
trict of Columbia Department.
Miss Lucy Monroe of the Metro
politan Opera Co. sang, to the &C
compartment of the Army Band.
The invocation was by Brig. Gen.
William G. Gilks, national chaplain
of the Legion, and the benediction
by Msgr. Louis V. Vaeth, chaplain