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Show MDEMRS i A ill. PEACE PRES. HARDING IN STIRRING ADDRESS AD-DRESS QIVES ENCOURAGE. MENT TO LEGIONARES Memorial Day Message To American Legion Stirs Men; Shows President Presi-dent Not In Favor of Sacrificing Lives New York President Ilurdlng, 111 & Meimirlul day message to the American Ameri-can Legion, made public Thursday, ex-uressed ex-uressed hope that the future would orlug less need for further iintlonul ucrllces. Thu message follows: "Americans have neter been much Given to the establishment of holiday nnd fete days. Perhaps our national life bus been so short, and entirely within so matter-of-fact and practical a period of the world's history, that wo have been little moved by the sentiments senti-ments thnt such occasions Inspire. Yot I think no tuition hns over established a nntlonnl day of consecration that represented a more lofty nnd ennobling ennobl-ing sentiment than docs our nntlonnl Memorial day. To Its obcrsorvanco wo havo brought tho full measure of sin- core roverenco and gratitude that n great people Is ever to entertain for tlioso who hnve made the great sac-rifico sac-rifico In Its behalf. "Memorial day marks our recognition recogni-tion of those who, from our nntlonnl beginnings, hnve deserved tho most that the natkm could give of gratitude and appreciation. It reminds us thnt In every generation, from Lexington to the Argonne, our valorous sons havo well deserved the highest tribute thnt a nation, fortified, defended, preserved, preserv-ed, could give to them. Whenever tho demnnd has come, nnd wherever It may havs called the sons of our proud laud, It has ulways been nnswered. Though we have never been n militant or war-loving war-loving people, there has been no time when Americans did not rise to the full measure of the repilrment which national na-tional honor and national safety Imposed Im-posed upon them. When national safety safe-ty was the cause, the response was always al-ways Insistent nnd decisive. When plvlllzntlon summoned and our sons frcro onlled to other seas and soils, wo saw tho nmn promptness, the same teal, the same devotion. "On this Memorial day of 1021, we stand, I trust, very close to pence achieved, to safety Insured. May It ' bo our common aim and purpose that, In the coming years, our nntlon's aim and policy shnll be directed to mnke certain thnt thero shall bo at least need for further sacrifices, greatest guarantees guaran-tees of the stability, the permnnence and the Inspiring character of thoe Institutions of liberty to which our nation na-tion has been dedicated. |