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STATES VMfcHICVS AIMS. ] I'm ,1.1, III Delis t s Speech OI| Imlepeod Mice l>a> al Wa^houton'* i'oi.nb. ? ( j Wll-lliliK'"" fnl\ I I rOlU 'In- ? !*?*? i ?>W of 1 1 >): i ti. I'm -I'K iiI il X??)) i todu.V oftd'Clf America'* I >cc|HrntioU : of Independence p? tin peoph > ?if t lur 1 world, >v iff. ii pledge that ill'' I ' States and lis alliejs will im >t fcheathe III*1 ??word' in ih?- ,miii nii'ilift I Ik* mitral powers until llterej*. M*t|Jed "ojii'C for ull'' for thi' world what was ?cttled for Am ! eric# in I77H. ' ' I'om'xii'lxu n ' -iii/fii* "i the I'uiteuj State* iff nritioualiile* vy ho hu<! pljiccd Wfcnthii of palm* <>ii tin* .tomb in token of fealty to the principle* laid (town l?\ tin' father <>i thi* country, cfiwl their ap proval <>f hi* word* in many llinguuuge# ami thou i < m ill w ith < reverently hartal heads while t|n? vol.<??* of John Mct'ormnck soured over lln* hallowed ground in the : note* ??f the "Star Spangled Banner. The President'^ speech in full was n* inllow.*: "'Gentlemen ?<f the Jiplonuitic corps ami my fellou f itlsniiK ; I am happy to draw apart with you to thin <|i>Iot plucc .?f old counsel in order to speak a little of tin- meaning of this day of our tia* liou'8 idepemh'iM'e; The place seems very still ami remote. It is ho rune ami. un touched by the hurr.v of the world us it was in those great 'lavs long ago when iJcueral Washington was here am) held leisurely conference with the limn ( who were t<> be associated with him in the creation <il n nation. Frotn these gentle (dopes they looked out upon the world ami mi w il whole, saw il with the light ?if. the future upon it. Haw it with mod* enr eyes that turned away froni a post which 'men of liberated spirits could no longer endure. Il is. for that reasou that we cannot feel, even here, in the ironic? diate presence of ihi.s sacred tomb,' that this is a place ? ?|" ih^tlli. 1 1 was a place of achie\cmcut. A greu<* promise that was lucjaot ior all mankind was here giv en plan and reality. The associations by which wr nre here surrounded are i he inspiring association* of that noble lentil which i- only a glorious consuiu matioii. From thi* green hillside we illsu Ollghl to |?e iible In see .with colli prehcuding eye* the world tin# He* about u> ami should conceive anew tin- put tlilll IIIIIM Ki t llirii free "It ik significant >fignUhnut 4?f thrir <v\ it diameter ami purpose and of the inllucuces t were Netting to (out that \VuH|)lu{|li)ti ami his associate*, like the haroii* lit J! 1 1 1 1 1 1 \ (A ???!?>. spoke ami acted nut. for a clttMi, hut fur a people. It has heeu h ft f i ? r u> t<> m*c t<> it tluit it shall hi- understood that they ?|s>ke ami acted, not for n single people, only, hut for all Mankind. Thc> were thinking, not of theno-cltcs ami of the material interests which centered it! the little. groups of landholders and merchants und Wen of i&air* with whom they were accustomed lo ait, in Virginia and the colonic* to the moth and south of her, hat of a pe?' pie which wished to l>c done with classes iml special interest* ami the authority of toon whom thev had not theautelve* cho sen (o rule over them. They eutertuiu cd no private purpose, defdri'd no pecu liar privilege. They "were cooNciouilj;. planning thai men of every class should he f ree and America a place to which men out of every nut ion might resort who wished to share with (hem the rights and privileges of free men. And we take our cue from them? do we not? ' We intend what they intended. We here in America hclieve our participa tion in this present war to he only the friiitage of what they planted. Our case differs- from theirs only in tlijs, that it is iiur inestimable privilege to concert with men out of every nation what shall make not only the liberties of America secure hut the I j her ties of every Other people as well. We are happy in the thought that we are. permitted to do what they would have done had they been tn our plt??*e. There must now be settled once for all whnt was settled for America in the great age upoti whose in-1 splration wo draw today. "This is surely a fitting place from which calmly to look out uponoOr tusk, that we may fortify ovir spirits for its iiceomplishment. And this is the appro priate place from which to avow, alike to the Friends who look on and to the friends with whom we have the happi ness to he associated in action,'* the faith : 'and purpose with which we act. "This, then, is our conception of the Good Tires Are Scarce and Hard to Get ? and High . 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The plot U writ ton plain upon every mvqo Mini every art of the supreme trag edy. <?u the one hand staud the peoples actually engaged, but many others alnO ,who Huffor under miUir) but cannot ui't ; |>?>4ji|?)ch of many rtwi ami In every part of the world -the j?eoplo of atrlcken Itu* .?da. Htiil among the rest, though they an* j fur the moment unoiguniwd a u? I helplcs*. i >|ijmpmc(| to thffu, masters Vtf many arrole*, ; HfMQl) au Isolated, I t i? ixllr ? -> group of government* who speak no common pur* 1 pose btit only Hellish ambitions of their (?nil b.v which none can profit lull tlinu tin*) wIiohc peoples aic furl in thpil hand*; government* which fear their l>i'i>p|. Mini yet ure for tla* UlUfi tbeir f-..v?T. imi lords, making every choice f. n r Im-iii mid disposing of their li\?v nut) fortunes as they will, as well as of the live* ami fortune of overy i?eoplo who ; fall under their |>ower~ -governments clothed with strange trappings and the ! ..pJCMUiMv* authority of nn age that bi al together alien and ho*tlle to our OWiv The puftt and the present are in deadly grapple and the people* of the world are In-ing done to death between them. "Then1 can be hut one Issue. Thjj set tlement ft tint bp final. Thert*- -can !??? nd compromise. Xo half way decision would Ihj tolerable, N<> half way det'Uion is conceivable. These are the ^vuds for which the aaociateil people* of the world are fighting and which must la* conceded them before there can be peuce ; "1. The destruction of every arbitra ry power anywhere that can Separately, secretary, and of Its single choice dis turb the peace of the world; or. if it annot be preaeutly destroyed, nt the least ita reduction t?? virtual impotencc. '?'2. The settlement oi" ove*y jjues t ion. i whether of territory, of sovtiratcly, se cretly. and of its single of pollticul re lationship. upon the baaia of the. free, ac ceptance of that settlement by the peo ple immediately concerned, and not upon the basis of the material interest or ad vantage of auy other nation or people which may desire a different settlement 1 for the nuke Of Its own exterior influence ! or mastery. The consent, of all nations to? be 'governed in their conduct towards each, other by the suiue principles of honor, and of respect for tb<? common law of civilised society that govern the individ , ual citizen^ of all modern states in their relations with one artother; to the end that all promises and covenants may l>c .sacredly observed, no private plots or conspiracies hatched., no selfish injuries wrought with impunity, and a mutual trust established upon the handsome foundation of a mutual respect, for right. "k Tin- establishment of iau orgahiza- 1 I i??r? of peace which shati make it certain I tluit t In? <jombined power of free nations < will check every invasion of right and serve to make peace 'and justice the more sertire by affording n definite tribunal i of ?*|>iiii??ti to which all must submit and by which every international readjust ment that cannot be amicably agreed upon by the peoples directly concerned shall bo sanctioned. "These great objects can be put into a single sentence. What we seek is the| reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the or ganized opiniop of mankind. "The great ends cannot be achieved by debating and seeking fo reconcile aud accomodate wltat statesmen may wish, with their projects or balances of power and of national opportunity. They can be realized only by the determination of what the thinkiug peoples of the world desire, with their longing hope for jus-! ticc and for social freedom and oppor- j t unity. "I can fancy that the air of this place carries the accents of such prin* ciples with a peculiar kindness. Here were started forces which the great na tion against which they were primarily directed at tirst regarded as a revolt against its rightful authority but which it has long since seen to have been a step in the liberation of its own people as well as nf the people of the I'nited States; and 1 stand here now to speak - speak proudly and with confident hope -of the spread of this revolt, this libera tion, to the great stage of the world it self The blinded rulers of Prussia have roused forces they knew little of ? forces which, once roused, can never bo crush ed to earth again ; for they have at their! heart an inspirntion and a purpose which , arc deathless and <>f the vert -tuff oft t riumph." He Couldn't Shoot His Friend By OSCAR COX (C<wrl?bl, 1*17. W*#uru Ncw?p?p?r Union. J There was chur^f and counter charge In Franco, the American troops til ing engaged With the (iermans. All tiny this mt siiw went on and toward evening tin? Held was ntvi'rcd with dead and wounded Americans und Ger man*. At Intervals In the fighting jthe American ambulance corps undertook to bring In Some of the wounded, ami :i 1 1 < lutd even been made to bury i he dead. Just before dark (Colonel II ? , who wus traversing the field, espied one of those receptacles In which the American troops bury their dead. What kind of a receptacle Is used depends upon circumstances. ?puie times vvhen there is time for uu Im pressive funeral It Is a eoltln ; some times when the arrnlca are active It Is a rough box, ami there are occa sion* when the dead are shoveled into trenches without any covering what ever. "What is that doing here?" asked the colonel. Nobody knevy. The colonel was sbout to mpke an examination when shells began *aJ>yr st about him and he and others tvjho we,re present sought cover. About ten o'clock that night Coin5 nel B? ? bethought himself of thft hqrlal box that he had seen and began to wonder how It could have come to be on the battlefield, it* occurred to him that there had been some stupld Ity on the part of one under his com mand und if the geueral should run across tt, there would be some unpleas ant criticisms. The colonel, ealllug his orderly, a strapping son of Krln,' told him about the burial box and or dered him to go out and bring it in, "Mike," he said in conclusion, "if you find a corpse in it*you needn't bring the corpse with you: dump it out and bring the box." "Aye, aye, sir," replied Mike, salut ing. and departed on his errand. He had not far to go nor had he anything to fear, for the German 4lnes were several hundred yards distant and there were the remains of scrub trees between them nnd . the Americans. There was a moon but most of the time It was covered by clouds. Mike was not long in luuklug out au oblong which being made of newly plained wood was very light in color. He paused and looked at it. There was tro braver soldier in the American army than Mike O'l>onohue when a real, live, flesh and- blood enemy was encountered, but Mike laid no stomach for ft corpse that might face him with wild ghostly eyes, and through whom a bullet might be sent without ef fect. Before approaching further he determined to discover whether or not there was a corpse in the bo*. "Come out o' that, ye Spalpeen," lie said. "I know ye're there. Come out, I say, before I put a bullet into ye with my revolver." To Mike's horror the lid of the box was raised and by the moon he saw a pale face peer out and a voice said: "Don't shoot, my fri??nd, I surrend er." Mike stood trembling like a leaf. He was tempted to turn and run but he shrank from facing his colonel if he did. He stood his ground but was un able to articulate a word. The man in the box threw off the lid and sat up. "I go mlt you to der rear," said the corpse. The corpse got out of the box and advanced toward Mike. The imngimitlon is capable of work ing wonders. Mike saw plumb through the figure . "I am not armed," said the ghost. The statement put courage into Mike. He pulled himself together and was about to return to the colonel with his prisoner when he remem bered that his orders were to bring back the box and leave its contents. "Go back." he snld, "and get your coffin. "Ye're no good yerself ; the coflln'll serve for another corpse." The prisoner shouldered the box und the two returned to the colonel. "Colonel," said Mike, saluting, "I'vev brought yo the box; I didn't think ye?d want me to leave the corpse, because It's nllve." The colonel much astonished, called on the prisoner to explain. "You so e. colonel, ven der var broke ouet T vns in New Yarek." said the prisoner, "and I comt to Shermany to fight for de Vnterland. Yell, ven you comt ouet to attuck us today, ant I saw tie Stars and Stripes I eould not believe minv eyes. I vus mo astonished. 1 didn't know redder 1 vas a Sherman or an American. 'Meln (Jott.' I said, ?dare is mine frW-nt. Herman liouck. who llfed next door to me In America. How can I shoot Herman? Hut if 1 don't shoot my frieuts my captain vlll shoot me.' Shust den a bullet grazed my sleeve. I fell on de ground and pretended to be dead. After u vile a vagon eornt by loaded vith coffins, j ant dropped one of them goen ofer j a shell hole. Yen de tirein' com menowl again 1 got into de coffen for prodectlon. Now you haf de story, ant 1 am your brlsoner." , I "Orderly," said the colonel, "rail the corporal of the Kuard." The corporal was called and when he arrived the colonel ordered him to take the prisoner to where the oth er prisoners were held. 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