Belt Valley times. [volume], November 06, 1924, Page Page Seven, Image 7

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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.
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Armistice Day, /JZf,
Holds Promise far Future
Holds Promise far Future
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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
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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
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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.
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*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!
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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. Here'» to
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A Chine»« student in the X-ray mo
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