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SHORTEST INAUGURAL ADs
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With the Induction of Womanhood Into
Our Political Life We May exS
pect Our Social Order Exalted.
Washington, March 4.?President
Harding' In his inaugural address said
My countrymen, when one surveys
the world about him after the great
storm, noting the marks of destruction
and, yet rejoicing in the ruggedness
of the things which withstood it,
if h? is an American, he breathes the
clarified atmosphere with a strange
mingling of regret and new hope. We
haye Been world passion spend its
fufy, hut we contemplate our republic
unshaken and hold our civilisation secure.
Liborty?liberty within the law
?and civilization are inseparable and
though both were threatened, we find
them now secure, and there comes to
Americans the profound assurance
that our representative government
1s -the highest expression and surest
Kuiimniy or ooin.
Rtandinp: In this presence, mindful
of .the solemnity of this accasion, feeling
the emotions which no one may
know until he senses the preat weight
of - responsibility for himself, I must
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utter my belief In the divine inspiration
of the founding fathers. Surely
there must have been God's intent in
^ the making of this new world repub*
lie, Ours is in organic law which had
hut one ambiguity, and wo saw that
effaced in a baptism of sacrifice and
blood, with union maintained, the nation
supreme.
The recorded progress of our republic,
materially and spiritually, in
ltsfelf proves the wisdom of the inherited
policy of non-involvement In
old world affairs. Confident of our
ability to work out our own destiny
and jealously guarding our right to
do so, we seek no part in directing
the destinies of the old world. We
do> not mean to be entangled. We
will accept no responsibility except
as our own conscience and, judgement
in each instance may determine.
Our eyes never will be blind to a
developing menace, our ears never
desjf to the call of civilization. We
recbgnize the new order of the world,
with the closer contacts which pro
greas nas wrought. We sense the
call of the American people. *'
America is ready to encourage
eager to initiate, anxious to participate
in any seemly program likely to
lessen the probability of war and promote
that brotherhood of mankind
which must he God's highest conception
of human relationship.
We must understand that ties of
trade bind nations in closest intimacy
tnd none may receive except as he
gives. We have not strengthened
ours in accordance with our resources
or our genius, notably on our own
continent, where a galaxy or republic
reflect the glory of new world democracy.
but In the new order of finance
<4r and trade we mean to promote enlarged
activities and seek expanded
confidence.
Our supreme task is the rflgumption
of our onward, normal ways.
Reconstruction readjustment, restoration?all
these must follow. I would
like to have them. If it will lighten
Harding Meets Correspondents.
Washington.?Just before his call
at the White House. Mr. Harding received
the Washington correspondents
telling them he had made the
appointment not because he had any
news to give but because he wanted
to begin his friendship with them
while he still was nothing more than
a member of their own profession.
He assured them that they always
would be welcome at the executive
mansion And declared that all he asked
was wis application of the golden
rule on toth sides.
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The
prayer for America la for industrial
peace, with its rewards, wJdel/ and
generally distributed amid the inthe
spirit and add to the resolution
with which we take up the task, let
me repeat for our nation, we shall
give no people just cause to make war
upon us. We hold no national prejudices,
we entertain no spirit of revenge,
we do not hate, we do not
covet; we dream of no conquest nor
boast of armed progress.
If. despite this attitude, war Is
again forced upon u?i I earnestly hope
a way may be found which will unify
our individual and collective strength
and consecrate all America, materially
and spirtually, body and soul, to
national defense. There is something
inherently wrong, something out of
I accord with the ideals of representative
democracy when one portion of
our citizenship turns its activity to
private gain amid defensive war while
I another is fighting, sacrificing or dying
for national preservation..
Out of such universal service will
come a new unity of spirit and purpose,
a new confidence and consecra!
tinn whlrh wnnlH wobo
I Impregnable, our triumph assured.
With the nation-wide induction of
! womanhood into our political life, we
; may count upon her intuitions, her refinements,
her intelligense and her lnj
fluence to exalt the social order. We
count upon her exercise of the full
privileges and the performance of the
I duties of. citizenship to speed the at|
tainmentB of the highest state.
I wish for an America no less alert
in guarding against dangers from
| within than it is watchful against
I enemies from without. Our fundaj
mental law recognizes no class, no
| group, no section. There must i>e
; none in legislation or administration.
The supreme inspiration is the common
weal. Humanity hungers for international
peace and we crave it
with all mankind. My most reverent
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CALVIN COOLIDGE
spiratlons of equal opportunities.
The forward course of the business
cycle in unmistakable. Peoples are
turninK from destruction to produci
tion. Industry has sensed the changj
ed order and our own people are turning
to resume their normal onward
way. The call is for productive America
to go on. I know that congress
nnd the administration will favor every
wise government policy to nid the
resumption and encourage continued
progress.
Service is the supreme commitment
of life. I would rejoice to acclaim
tho era of the golden rule and
crown it with the autocracy of service.
I pledge an administration
wherein all the agencies of government
are called to serve and ever promote
an understanding of government
purely as an expression of the
papular will.
One cannot stand in this presence
and be unmindful of the tremendous
responsibility. The world upheaval
has added heavily to our tasks. But
with the realization comes the surge
of high resolve, and there is re-assurance
in belief in the Ood given
destiny of our republic. If 1 felt that
there is to he sole responsibility in
the executive for the Amorica of tomorrow.
I should shrink from the
burden. But here are a hundred millions,
with common concern and shared
responsibility, answerablo to Ood
nnd country. Tho republic summons
them to their duty and I invite cooperation.
I accept my part with single-mindedness
of purpose and humanity of
spirit and implore the favor and guidance
of Ood in His Heaven. With
these, I am unafraid and confidently
fnce the future.
I i nave taken the solemn oath of office
on that pnssnge of holy writ
1 wherein it Is asked: "What doth the
T..ord require of thee hut do justly
and to love mercy and walk humbly
j with thy God. This I plight to God
and countryWar
Damage Claims Filed.
Washington.?Claims for war damj
ages filed against Germany by Amorl*
jean citizens were reported to the senate
by President Wilson.
The principal losses as enumerated
were $<10,000,000 for privately owned
| cargoes lost by submarine warfare.
IS5.0S4.613 as losses to Insurance
companies and the government's war
risk bureau, and $101,147,346 for
I American owned properties in Ger;
many. One oil company asked $30,000.000
reparations for destruction ot
I its property in Rumania.
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INAUGURAL ADDRESS
OF PRESIDENT HARDING.
America Anxious to Participate
in Any Seemly Program Likely
to Lessen Probability of War
and Promote World Peace.
ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSEL
Make Offensive Warfare So Hateful
That Governments and Peoples Who
Resort to It Must Prove the Righteousness
of Their Cause or Stand as
Outlaws Before Bar of Civilization.
" Washington.?The Inaugural Addross
of President Warren G. Harding
was as follows:
My countrymen?When one surveys j
the world about him after the great j
storm, noting the marks of destruction
and yet rejoicing in the rugged- j
noss of the things which withstood j
it, if lie Is an American he breathes
the clarified atmosphere with a strange
mingling of regret ami new hope. We
have seen a world passion spend Its
fury, but we contemplate a republic
unshaken and hold our civilization secure.
Liberty?liberty within the law
?and civilization are inscpnrated, and,
thc.ugh both were threatened, we find
them now secure; and there conies to
Americans the profound assurance
that our representative government Is
the highest expression and surest
guaranty of both.
Standing in this presence, mindful
of the solemnity of this occasion, feeling
the emotions which no one may
know until lie senses the great weight
of responsibility for himself, I must
titter my belief in the divine inspiration
of the founding fathers. Surely
I Mere IllUSl Iiavw IIBiMl tiOlI'S inttMlt In
tin' making of this new world republic.
Ours Is nn organic law which
had but one ambiguity, and we saw
tlint effaced In a baptism of sacrifice
and blood, with union maintained, the
nation supreme and Its concord inspiring.
We have seen the world rivet
its hopeful gaze on the great truths
on which the founders wrought. We
have "seen civil, human and religious J
liberty verified and glorified. In the I
beginning, the old world scoffed at our I
experiment; today our foundations of |
political and social belief stand unshaken,
a precious Inheritance to ourselves,
an inspiring example of freedom
and civilization to nil mankind.
I.et us express renewed and strengthened
devotion In grateful reverence
for the immortal beginning and titter
our confidence in the supreme fulllllinent.
Progress Proves Wisdom
The recorded progress of our republic,
materially and spiritually, it
neir proves me wisdom of t!?*? inherited
policy of non-envnlvemcnt in old
world affairs. Confident of our ability
to work out our own destiny ami
Jealously guarding our right to do so,
we seek no part In directing the destinies
of the old world. We do not
mean to be entangled, we will accept i
no responsibility except as our own i
conscience and judgment, In each in- |
Stance, may determine.
Our eyes never will bo blind to n
developing menace, our ears never ]
deaf to the call of civilization. We |
recognize the new order in the world. I
with the closer contacts which prog- !
ress has wrought. We sense the call '
of file human heart for fellowship,
fraternity and co-operation. We crave :
friendship and harbor no bate. Hut
America?our America, the America
huilded on the foundation laid by the !
inspired fathers, can be a party to no
permanent military alliance. It can
enter into no political commitments,
nor assume any economic obligations |
which will subject our decisions to '
any other than our own authority.
I am sure our own people will not i
misunderstand, nor will the world j
misconstrue. We have no thought to i
impede the paths to closer relationship.
We wish to promote understand- i
ing. We want to do our part in tank- j
lug offensive warfare so hateful that J
governments and peoples who resort j
to it must prove the righteousness of j
their cause or. stand as outlaws be- *
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line nil* i'iir "i ciMii/.auon.
Association for Counsel
We nri' reudv to associate ourselves
with the nations of the world, great
ami small, for -conference, for counsel,
to seek the expressed views of
world opinion ; to recommend a way
to approximate disarmatirnt and re- i
lleve the crushing hardens of military j
and naval establishment*. We elect
to participate in suggesting plans for
mediation, conciliation and arldtra- 1
lion and would gladly Join In that i
expressed conscience of progress
which seeks to clarify and write the
laws of international relationship and I
establish a world court for the tils- !
position of such Justlelble questions
as nations are agreed to submit 1
thereto. In expressing aspirations in
seeking practical plans. In translating
humanity's new concept of righteousness
and justice and its hatred of war j
into recommended action we are !
ready most heartily to unite, hut every
commitment must he made In the exercise
of our national sovereignty.
Since freedom Impelled and independence
inspired and nationally exulted
a world super-government is contrary
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to everything we cherish nnd can bnve f
no sanction by onr republic. This Is i
not selfishness: It Is sanctity. It Is |
not aloofness; It Is security. Jt- Is i
not suspicion of others; It Is patriotic |
adherence to the things which fnade i
us what we are. .
Todny, letter than ever before, we
know the aspirations of human kind
and shnre them. We have come to a !
new realization of our place in "the |
world and new appraisal of our nation '
by the world. The unselfishness of I
these United States Is a thing proven, j
our devotion to peace for ourselves and
for the 'world is well established, our
concern for preserved civilization has
had its Impassioned and heroic expression.
There was no American failure
to resist the attempted reversion of civilization,
there will he no failure todny
or tomorrow - -
Rests on Popular Will
The success of our popular govern: I
ment rests wholly upon the correct In- i
terpretatlon of the deliberate, intelll- |
gent, dependable popular will of Ainer- I
icn. In a deliberate questioning of a
suggested change of national policy j
where Internntlonality was to super- |
cede natlonadity we turned to a refer- !
etidutn to the American people. There j
was nmplc discussion, and there Is a l
public mandate in manifest understanding.
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America Is ready to encourage, eager
to Initiate, anxious to participate In ;
any seemly program HKely to lessen
the probability of war and promote
that brotherhood of mankind which
must he God's highest conception of
human relationship. Because we
cherish Ideals of Justice and peace, because
we appraise international comity
ami helpful relationship no less
highly than any people of the world,
we aspire to a high place In moral j
leadership of civilization, and we hold j
maintained America, the proven republic,
the unshaken temple of representative
democracy, to he not only an In- !
it111'11 anu ?'.\tini|iiia( out.me iiignpsi
agency of strengthening t ood w ill and
promoting nceord on both continents.
Mankind needs a world wide benediction
of understanding- It Is needed
among Individuals, among peoples,
among governments, and It will Inaugurate
an era of good "feeling to mark a
birth of n new order. Such understanding
men will strive confidently for
the promotion of their better relationships
and nations will promote the
comity so essential to peace.
Trade Ties Bind Closely
We must understand that ties of
trade hind nations in closest Intimacy
and none may receive except 'as he
gives. We have not strengthened ours I
in accordance with our resources or!
our genius, notably on our own continent,
where a galaxy of republics' retlect
the glory of new world democracy,
but la the new order of tin mice nod !
trade we mean to promote .enlarged
activities and seek expanded confidence.
Perhaps we enn make no more helpful
contribution by example than prove
a republic's capacity to emerge from
the wreckage of war. While the
world's embittered travail did not i
leave us devastated lands nor desolate I
cities, left no gaping wounds, no breast
with bate, it did involve us in tlie delirium
of expenditure, in expanded currency
and credits, in unbalanced industry,
in unspeakable waste and disturbed
relationships. While it uncovered
our portion of hateful selfishness at
home. It also revealed the heart of
America as sound and fearless and
beating In confidence unfailing. Amid
it n 11 we have rlvited the gaze <>f all
civilization to the unselfishness and the
righteousness of representative democracy
where our freedom lias never
made offensive warfare, has never
sought territorial aggrandizement
through force, never lias turned to the
arbitrament of arms until reason lias
been exhausted. When the governments
of the earth shall have estnhr
lished a freedom like ,our OWJ>?nu<l
shall have sanctioned the pursuit of
peace as we have practiced it, I believe
the last sorrow and the final Sacrifice
of International warfare will have been
written. .
Our supreme tusk is the resumption
of our onward, normal way. Reconstruction,
readjustment, restoration?
all these must follow. I woutd'-Hke
to hasten tliem if it will lighten rtm
spirit and add to the resolution with
which we lake up the task. I-et me
repeat: For our nation we shall give
no people Just cause to make war upon
us, we hold no national prejudices, we
entertain no spirit of revenge, we do
not hate, we do not covet, we dream
of no conquest nor boast of armed
prowess. If, despite litis atUU|tler<-w^r,'
Is again forced upon us I earnestly
hope a way may he found which will
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strength and consecrate all America
materially and spiritually,. body and
soul, to national defense. I ran vision
the ideul republic where every man
and woman is railed under the flag
for assignment to duty for whatever
service, military or civic, the individual
Is best fitted ; where we may call to
universal service every plant, agency
or facility, all in the sublime sacrifice
for country, and not one penny of
war profit shall Inure to the benefit
of private Individual, corporation or
combination, but all uhovc the normal
shall flow Into the defense chest of
the nation There Is something Inherently
wrong, something out of accord
with the Ideals of representative
democracy when one portion of onr
citizenship turns Its activities to prl\nte
gain amid defensive war while
another Is fighting, sacrificing or dying
for national preservation.
Unity of Spirit and Purpose
Out of such universal service will
come a new unity of spirit and purpose,
n new confidence and consecra
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* RESTS ON POPULAR WILL *
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The success of our popular gov- *
ernment rests wholly upon, the *
correct interpretation of the de- *
liberate, intelligent, dependable *
popular will of America. In a *
deliberate questioning of a sug- *
gested change of national policy *
where internationality was to su- *
percede nationality we turned to *
a^ referendum to the American *
people. There was ample discus
sion, and there is a public man- V
date in manifest understanding. *
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tloil. Which wmilil mntn <i"'
impregnable, * our triumphs assured.
Then wo should have little or no disorganization
of our econotnle, Industrial
and connnerclal systems at home:
no staggering war debts, no swollen
fortunes to flout the sacrifices of our
soldiers, no excuse for sedition, no
pitiable slnckerisui, no outrage of
treason, envy and jealousy would have
no soil for their menacing development,
and revolution would lie without
the passion which engenders It; n
regret for the mistakes of yesterday
must not, however, blind us to the
tasks rif today. War never left such
an aftermath, and there has been stnggering
loss of life and measureless
wastage of materials. Nations are
still groping for return to stable ways.
Discouraging Indebtedness confronts
us like all the war-torn nations, and
f^iese obligations must be provided for.
No civilization can survive repudiation.
, We can reduce the abnormal expenditures,
end we will; we can strike
lit war taxation, and we must. We
must face-the grim necessity, with
f.ill " - *
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solved, and we must proceed xvlth a
Cull realization that no statute enacted
can repeal the Inexorable laws
of nature. Our most dangerous tendency
Is to expect too much of government.
and at the same time do for
it too little.
We contemplate the Immediate task
of putting our public household In
order. We need a rigid and yet sane
economy combined with final Justice,
and It must be attended by individual
prudence and thrift, which are so essential
to this trying hour and reassuring
for the future.
Reflection of War's Reaction
The business world reflects the disturbance
of war's reaction. Herein
-flows the life blood of material existence.
' The economic mechanism Is Intricate
and its parts interdependent,
and hus suffered the shocks ami Jars
incident to abnormal demands, credit
inflations' and price upheavals. The
normal balances have been impaired.
The channels of distribution have been
clogged, the fixations of labor and1
managerrtetit have been strained. We
must seek the readjustment with care
and courage. Our people must give
Mind take. Prices must reflect the reNvdlng
fe.vor of war activities. Per
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levels of wage -again, because war Invariably,
readjusts compensations, and
the necessaries of life will show their
inseparable relationship, hut we must
strive for normalcy to reach stability.
All the penalties will not he light nor
j evenly dlstrj'huied. There Is no way
of making.them. so. There Is no Instant
steps from disorder to order. We
must face a condition of grim reality,
charge off our losses and start afresh.
' It Is the oldest lesson of civilization.
! I would like government to do all it
I can to mitigate, then. In understandi
ing, In mutuality, of Interest, of cbni
pern for the common good, our tasks
I will he solved. No -altered system
| will work a miracle; any wild experlI
meat will only add to the confusion.
| Our best assurance lies in eflldent
administration of our present system.
From Destruction to Production
The forward course,of the business
; cycle Is unmistakable. Peoples are
l turning from destruction to producj
tlon. Industry has sensed the changed
| order, and our own people are turning
i to resume their normal, onward way.
I The call is for productive Ajnerlca to
go on. I knujv that Congress add the
l-ndmliilstratliip will favor every wise
J-government policy to aid the resump|
tlon and encourage continued progress.
I speak for administrative efllclcncy,
j for lightened tux hardens, for sound
I commercial practices, for adequate
I credit facilities, for sympathetic eon|
cefn for all agricultural problems, for
the omission'oft unnecessary '.interferetice
of government with business, for
egn end to government's experiment in
| business and for more elliclent business
' in government administration. With
! ajl of this 1111191 attend a mindfulness
of the human side of all activities, so
! tint* social", industrial and economic
justice will he squared with the purposes
of a righteous j pie. With
tfie nation-wide Induction of wmiiaiihi>od
Into-our political life we may
: count upon her intuitions, her refinements,
her intelligence and her Influence
to exalt the social order. We
| count upon her exercise of the full
1 privileges and.the performance of the
duties of citizenship to speed the attainment
of the highest state.
' Prayer for Industrial Peace
^1 wish for an America no less nlert
| lii guarding against dangers from with1
it* than it is watchful against enemies
j fljum without. Our fundamental law
I recognizes no class, no group, no secI
tlpn. There must he none In legislation
or administration. The supreme
inspiration is tin; common weal, llu
inanity hungers for International pence,
and we huve.it With all mankind. M>
most'feve^eht prayer for America 1>
for industrial peace, with its reward?
I widely and geuerully distributed auili
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itte inspirations of equal opportunity.
No one Justly may deny the equality
of opportunity which made us whatwe
are. We have mistaken unpreparedness
to embrace It to he a chal-lenge
of the reality, aud due concern
for making all citizens fit for participation
will give added strength of
citizenship and magnify our achievement.
If revolution Insists on overturning
established order let other
peoples make the tragic experiment.
There is no place for It In America. |
When world war threatened civilization
we pledged our resources and our
lives to our preservation, and when
revolution threatens we unfurl the flag
of law and order and renew our consecration.
Ours is a constitutional
freedom where the popular will Is the
law supreme and minorities are sacredly
protected. Our revisions, reformat
Ion.s and evolutions rellect a deliberate
judgment and an orderly progress,
and we mean to cure our ills, but
never destroy or permit destruction by
force.
I had rather submit our Industrial
controversies to the conference table
in advance than to a settlement table
after conflict and suffering. The earth
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1WI lilt* 011(1 III gOO<l Will.
Understanding its fountain source, 1
woulil like to acclaim an era of gorul
feeling ntnld dependable prosperity
and all the blessings which attend.
Protection of Industries
It has hoen proved again and again
that we cannot while throwing our
markets open to the world maintain
American standards of living and opportunity
and hold our Industrial eminence
In such unequal competition.
There Is a luring fallacy In the theory
of banished harriers of trnde, hut preserved
American standards require our
higher production costs to lie retlectcd
In our tariffs on Imports. Today as
never before, when peoples are seeking 1
trade restoration and expansion, \\?
must adjitst our tariff to the new or
der. We seek participation In the
world's exchanges because therein lies
our way to widened Intluence and the
triumphs of peace. We know full well
we cannot sell where we do not buy,
and we cannot sell successfully where
we do not carry. Opportunity Is calling
not alone for the restoration, hut
for a new era la production, transportation
and trade. We shall answer It
best by meeting the demand of a surpassing
home market by promoting self
reliance In production and by bidding
enterprise, genius and elllelency to carry
our cargoes In American bottoms to
the marts of the world.
An America of Homes
We would not have an America living
within and for herself alone, hut
we would have herself reliant. Independent
and even nobler, stronger and
richer, Hollering In our higher standards,
retired through constitutional liberty
and mantulned opportunity, we In
vlte the world to the same heights.
> Uut pride In things wrought Is no reIlex
of a completed tusk. Common
welfare Is the goal of our national endeavor.
Wealth Is inimical to welfare;
It ought to he Its friendliest
j agency. There never can he equality
J of rewards or possessions so long as
the human plan contains varied talents
and differing degrees of Industry and
thrift. Hut ours ought to be a country
free from great blotches of distressed
property. We ought to find a way to
guard against the perils and penalties I
of unemployment. We want an Amerl- I
en iff homes, Illumined with hope and
happiness, where mothers, freed from
i the necessity for long hours of toil beyond
their own doors, may preside a)
befits the hearthstone of American citizenship.
We want the cradle of American
childhood rocked under conditlonA
1 SO wllol?Kllflli> Mint so l...l???f?,l !...?
Plight may touch ll in its development,
j and wo want to provide tlint no saltish
] interest, no material necessary, no lack
of opportunity shall prevent the gaining
of that education so essential to
best citizenship. There is no short cut
to the making of these ideals Into glad
realities. The world lias witnessed
again and again the futility and tins
mischief of Hi considered remedies for
social and economic disorders. Hut we
are mindful today as never before of
the friction of modern Industrialism,
and we must learn its causes and re'
dure Its evil consequences by sober nntS
tested methods. Where genius has
I made for great possibilities Justice and
happiness must lie reflected in u greater
common welfare.
Service the Supreme Commitment
Service is the supreme commitment
i of life. I would rejoiee to acclaim the
era of the Golden Hide and crown It
! with the autocracy of service. I pledgo
i an administration wherein nil the
I agencies of government are called to
1 serve and ever promote an understand- I
ing of government purely as an expression
of tlie popular will.
One cannot stand in this presence j
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responsibility. The world's upheaval
lias been added liciivll.v to our tusks,
Itut with tlx* ri'iill/.atioti mixes tlx!
surge of high resolve, mxl tlietv Is r??ass
urn tire In belief In the (!o<| given
destiny of our republic. If I felt that
there Is to he sole responsibility In the
exeeutlve for the Atnerlea of tomorrow
I should shrink from the burden. Itut
here are a hundred millions, with cummon
concern and shared responsibility
answerable to (Sod and country. Tlx*
republic summons them to their duty,
ami I Invite co-operation. I accept my
part wth single mlndedness of purpose
and humility of spirit and Implore ?>.e
favor and guidance of (Sod In ids heaven.
With these I am unafraid and
confidently face the future. I have
' taken the solemn oath of olilce on that
passage of Iloly Writ wherein it is
asked:
' "What doth the I*ord require of thee
< but to do Justly nml to love mercy und
t to walk humbly with thy (Jod?" This I
1 plight to God and country.
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PETRQGRAD IS IN 1
HANDS OF REBELS '
ARMED PEASANTS IN CONTROl.
OF GOVERNMENT OF TOWNS
OF VORONEZH AND TAMBOV.
PROBABLE FLIGHT OF LENINE Late
Dispatches Confirm Report ThstJy
Soviet Government is Facing Situation
of Extreme Gravity.
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Paris.?Russian bolshevik forces
have boon driven out of Ornnienbaum,
a town on the southern shore of the
gulf of Finland. 19 miles west of Petrograd.
by naval units from Kronstadt.
says a dispatch from Vilborg.
Warships have gone up the Neva
river and landed contingents of sailors
in Petrograd. where part of a garrison
lias joined the revolutionaries.
Soviet leaders are teritled and Nikolai
Lenine. bolshevik premier, and M.
Trotsky are preparing for flight, says
a Reval dispatch to the Matin. AntiBolshevik
Leader Antonoff. at the
head of 50,000 armed peasants, is declared
to be in control of the government
of Voronezh and Tambov, in
southern IluHsin and it is said that
tliis fact makes it impossible to re-victual
the northern sections of the country
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Late dispatches from various
sources contlrm reports that the
soviet government of Russia is facing
a situation of extreme gravity.
Harding Owns Burial Ground.
Lancaster, ().?By a peculiar land
grant. President Harding becomes
owner of a one acre tract of land Just
west of Lancaster that he may use
for liis burial ground only.
According to court record here, the
tract was deeded 100 years ago by
Nathaniel Wilson, a pioneer farmer
or rairneiu county. to President Andrew
Jackson and to his successors in
office, to bo used as their burial
ground only.
President Harding is the 23rd president
to be notified of his burial privilege.
Tito donor died in 1836.
German Proposals Rejected.
London.?Allied troops will march
into Germany in accordance with the
decision of the allies to inflict on Germany
the penalties provided for because
of the non-fulfillment of her reparations
obligations, it was announced
officially.
After the Germans left the conference
the French, British and Belgian
premiers telegraphed orders for the
immediate occupation by the allied
troops of Ruhovt, Duisburg #nd Dusseidorf.
Obregon is Well Pleased.
mtixH-o ? ny.?r>o iar as Mexico Is
concerned President Harding's Inaugural
address contained nothing for
criticism, declared President Obregon
to the foreign newspaper correspondents.
He described the speech as
"conceived in a splendid spirit for the
people of the world; highly instructive
and highly moral."
Chamberlain May Land Job.
Washington.?George H. Chamberlain.
Oregon, war-time chairman of
the senate military committee, who retired
as democratic senator was called
into conference by President Harding.
The understanding is that the president
discussed with him his possible
appointment to some government position.
Ask U. S. for Necessaries.
Paris.?"The Russian parliamentary
committee In Paris" sent messages
to President Harding and Herbert
Hoover, Secretary of Commerce,
solicting help In the form of food and
other necessaries for the anti-holsheviki
in Kronstadt and Petrograd.
Outrages in Georgia.
Atlanta. Oa.?A negro Indgo building
was dynamited and a fire believed
to be of incendiary origin leveled to
the ground the cotton ginnery of It E.
Fullllove at High Shoals, Oconoo
county. ;
Killed the Wrong Man.
Dublin.?The belief Is general hero
that the ambush in Clonhanin in
which fionnrril Ciimminn ?-na Irllled
was purposed for Maj. f!cn Sir Rdward
Strickland, commander of the
crown fore s In Munster.
Many Cigars From Philippines.
Manila, I* I?Shipments of cigars
from the Philippine islands to tho
United States during 1020, showed an
increase of 6o.102.fil6 over 1919, according
to the annnsl report of tho
bureau of internal revenue.
Spill for Bride and Groom.
West Palm Peach, Fla.?A. R. Mo
Mullen, flying in an aeroplane from
Tampa with a bride on a honeymoon
trip, turned the plane over in attempting
a landing here.
Bargain Prices for Meata.
Chicago.?The present wholesale
quotations of beef, pork and lamb represents
bargain prices as compared
with the prices prevailing a few
months ago. according to a statement
Issued by the American Institute of
Meat Packers.