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T frrt — x Years After the last few month» KdVe made history here at home that may hay«. Its bearing on the Armistice day of the future. The American w^rld fly ers have completed their momentous Journey, their exploit mean that our physical isolation la a de lusion? Does ft mean that the day of the üreadnaoghl la over? The Navy depart ment has begun a compre hensive study of the relative _ values of vessel and subma rine aircraft. Our Drst "Defense Test Day" under the new nation al defense act has come and gone. It was a success. In the view of the War depart ment. Exercises were held in more than fl*»34 cities and towns and more than 1Ö.7U2.781 cltlsen* took part The day merited the retirement from active serv ice of Gen. John J. Pershing, and the culmination of a specific task ln national de fenae preparation to which he has devoted himself largely since the close of the World war. Probably not less than twenty mil lion people listened In whon General Pershing's thanks for the loyal co-operation of his fellow cltisena w&a broadcast to the people. Forty thousand members of the American Legion met In their sixth conven tion, staged an Impressive parade, and declared for a program of stalwart Ameri canism. When will the Le gion enter politics? And what will be the result? Tramp, tramp, tramp! The streets of the national capital resouifd to the rhyth mic trend of marching troops. Massed battle Flags flash In the sunshine Massed hands blare out the old familiar marching airs that belong with Old Glory. Room. boom, boom I crash « WÊP Does s' *SL ^ l -m X* / i r , ■ > •MS I à m m > f • d JSn A . * U ** |b: . PM ^ i k \ 'ßr/ / ß*o( g i 3 S**y.v: [ : a \k ■-'P*' "■ ■ r 4h su ■ iffSt* * 7 nMvw/ S #|| &r oa&rtîzr Armistice Day, /JZf, Holds Promise far Future Holds Promise far Future - - ■ * - ■ ^ •*» - ^ • ' ■— » « By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN KMISTICE DAY, 1924—six years after that blessed night when the doughboys la the trenches on the ■ firing line built fires In the open and slept under the stars, undls • turbed by the whine of shell or airplane's drone. And now for the first time In all th ose a lx ye«« a promise of order from out the chaos following the greatest war of all history I Also 1924 brings to its close a stupendous decade. Ten years the German empire towered a new colossus , over the world. Now the Imperial German empire Is ln the dust Her mighty army Is gone. Her navy is deep In Heap* Flow. Her kaiser Is s private citizen, hiding In exile. Her money Is waste paper. France, with Alsace and Lorraine her own again, keeps the watch on the Rhine Where eras a government of the mailed fiat and "Verboten" la now a socialistic republic, striving to preserve Its nationality, with a mortgaged fu ture—and an American bolding its purse strings I Austro-Hungary, dismembered, is now nonde script petty states, bankrupt and struggling for existence, the haughty Hapabnrgs—where? Ho*" ala's murdered cur lira tn an unhonored grave. His vast empire, fallen in pieces. Is a communis tic bell on earth and a menace to all civilization. Italy, In the grip of a dictator, is emerging from communistic chaos. France, the military power of the hour, has made new alliance« and Is reluc tant to loosen her dutch. England, proud "Mis tress of the Sees," mother of mighty dominions, who ut secure on her island throne, experiments with « Socialistic government, her mighty empire a federation of commonwealths that may break at any time. The Balkans are in the throes of new nations, struggling for the breath of life. And ao it goes. Cla 1 »go A I ha e been wiped out wealth ocatiered, old barrier» thrown down and new ones New problems arise as old ones are up folved. ' , S , America, la comparison with all this, to a heaven upon earth. Rich, powerful and aerara, wa are the envied of all mankind. None gainsays our prestige. Our favor la eagerly sought To aid la our responsibility. To aid without foreign en tanglement la our problem. We taw no urge for eooQoest. no desire for domination. Onr wish to for independence and Tesce Europe, to the afx years, has gradually come to believe and accept our attitude aa sincere aad unalterable. Ii has ceased to four us oi an ag V gvesoor nation. It has come to learn that we will not give foolishly and that we look for payment of debta. At last it appears to bare made op Its that It must work out its ow* salvation. la any «rent. Germany, tha festering sore of all Europe, la about to be cleansed by the application ef American methods, with legitimate Americ a n aid. War to In a fair way to be outlawed and arbi tration set In its place by the natlooa There is to bare turned from to sanity. England and France har« set an example of rood nation mad agreement griene« the work by nil mankind that «Bother ly the extinction of but of the to not an. eftaa rtly world danger to any of It. Aad »4 ef war spirit by Japan. ARMISTICE DAY, 1924 Two minuta»' aliène The silence of the men who save Tbelr lives and all that makes Ufa (air: The «ge-loag silence of the Brave. bile we share Face to the Bast! Aad murmur a prayer For the lads who forever have gone "Over Thera" & It ye break faith with us who die, We shall aot sleep, though popples grow it. Flanders field. <r *T-et's go!' the eager Yankee cried. And did he? Ask the Hun. Our answer Is that Nation's Bhrin His tomb In Arlington— The Orest Unknown, picked in the dark Prom out an nntagged grave. Unnamed, unsung, without a mark Of the glory of the brave. Bo this shall be by all men read— While grass ehali grow and waters run And sire shall hand the Flag to son— "IN HONOR OF OUR UNKNOWN DEAD!" Hoh, the Hengltsh an' the Hlrlsb an' the 'owlln' Scotties toe. The Canucks nn' Haustrllee-uns an' the 'airy French poilu — The bonly thing that bothered hoe hin hall hour staggerin' ranks Was wot In 'ell would 'sppen when the 'Uns they 'it the Tanks; The honly thing that bothered bus them bad days bin July Was 'ow In 'ell the Una'd 'old, hif they should run • nwy. My word! hit 'nppened sudden I '■ 'It 'em erd, the -Un; An' we seen the Tanka s-ruasia'—Caw Bllmy, 'ow Sh«y run' But the bonly thing that bothered bus that seen the Tanks begin Was 'ow In 'ell to stop thorn 'fore they got hlnte Berlin! ■» Hats off! Along the street there comes A blare of buglea a ruffle of drama. Hats off! The Flag Is passing by. Blue and white shd crimson It shine« Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines. Hate offl The Colors before us Or: But more than the Flag Is paeafag by. ■Or ■ea-flghu aad laud-fights, grim sad great. Fought to mako —" ' Weary marche* end slaking ships; Cheers of victory pa dying Up#; Days of plonty March of e strong land's swift increase; Equal Justice, right aud law; Stately honor Sign of a nation, great To ward her people from foreign wrong; Pride and glory aad houor— all strong. Uv« lu the Colors to stand or tali. other countries. But all the world has known of Japan-» attitude toward the white «seen Her formal declaration does no barm, since it will h# many a year before «be can get herself ready to I wealth« against Japan, she may Doctrine of toe Perita* Armistice day — how in America? It Is too to my, for it to a aa ttooal holiday to the mäkln« and Usa history that shall giv* tta teal form to atiU to the to tta own to Armistice day can the gun« In the nattons! salute. Lines of the peo ple along the curbs, the great steps of the State, War and Navy building packed solid ; crowds about a tall and slender granite shaft. It was the First division, A. E. F-. unveiling a memorial in honor of Its 5.586 World war dead. This First division—six years after and in peace times—was a composite regiment of Infantry gath ered from the regular army poets for the occasion In the ranks was many a veteran. And with the veterans marched men no longer In the army, whose proudest boast Is that they served "With the old Finit is France " But the massed bettle Flags, under escort of honor, were the same old Flags that ware first unfurled "Over There." The guns that gave the national salute were the guns of Battery C. Sixth artillery, that fired the first American shots. At the bead of the First divi sion were MaJ. Gen. Charles P. Hummers«! and Brig. Gen. Frank Parker, old-time commanders. On the official stand were members of the cab inet, high officers of the array, navy and marias corps and President Cooltdge. And what of the spirit of the day? Thera ta no hint of sorrow la tbs fashioning of a soldier trib- ute to fallen comrades. It Is raised in calm ac- ceptance of that code which bids frae American» bold tbelr lives not toe great pries to pay that their countrymen down the years may llvs always free and liberty-loving sons of the Flag. There a graphic portrayal of that code in the pose of the winged figure of victory that tops that slender granite shaft of the memorial. It stands with the bronze wrought folds ef the Flag for which these gallant dead fall, swept aloft in the lifted right hand. It I* poised as though to step forward again in a moment, forward toward the greet vision of high destiny that shines before the lift- ed. exalted gase. And as it pauses, hers above the fallen, the left hand Is spread downward In proud benediction os though the winged figure would my to those whose names are m-mlled be- low : "Well done, tboo good and faithful servant" Ann president Coolldfe. commander in chief of all "Fighting Yanks," turned his face to the monu- ment end ««id: -This monument commemorate« no man who won anything by the war. It ministers to no aspiration for place or power. But It challenges attention to the eoet, suffering and sacrifice that may be demanded ef any feneration, so long os nations permit a resort to war to settle tbelr dis putes. It Is a symbol of .wful tragedy, of naend lug sorrow, and of stern warming Relieved of all attendant considerations, the Anal lemon which it imparts is the blessing of peace, the supreme blessing of peace with honor." Armistice day of 1934 will bo observed from coast to coast much as It was a year ago. Citi mens will stop for two minutes of silence, face East and renew tbelr vows of loyalty. An epitome of the nation's observance will be the services In Arlington at the tomb of the "Unknown Dead." Largely IS spirit Armistice day will be a glori 0cation of the "Fighting Tank." In thla there U nothing to offcad the totelttgem lover of peace In this there is everything to commend Itself to the good American. For the true significant*« of the nation's sfortne to Arlington la that It b the outward and visible alga of the Inward and spiritual grace that makes the patriot the found* ttou and the Miration of the nation. go here's to the "fighting Yank I" For "Fight lag Yanks" are fill calls—whether to food conserva Mon, Bad Crons work, training ramp, art atton field and con ray doty, or to the great ad beat when thatr venture of the firing tie« where death and glof tie. 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