Show I welt Warns of Grave U. U S. S Peril NA NATION nON URGED TO KEEP FAITH WITH HEROES Crisis ris risTo Held Equal To That Of 1917 18 ARLINGTON NATION NATIONAL ALi CEMETERY Va Nov 11 11 INS President Roosevelt solemnly warned Tuesday that thata a dang danger r confronts the nations nation natio as s grave as that which in 1917 18 8 caused thousands of Americans Americans Ameri- Ameri cans ans to sacrifice their lives for forthe forthe the he preservation of freedom Deli Delivering vering an Armistice day message from the chilly heights of Arlington national cemetery with the Unknown Soldiers Soldier's tomb as a poignant b background the chief executive charged every citi citi- I Text of Presidents President's Speech on Page 2 1 I zen with the responsibility of carrying carrying car car- to a finish the job for which the boys of the first World war wars died They did not die to make the world safe for decency and self self- respect for five years or 10 or maybe 20 the president declared They died to make it safe And if f by some fault of ours oars who lived beyond the war its s safety fety has has c again b been en th threatened eat ned then the obligation and the duty are ours ours' Cites Lincoln's Words It Is in our charge now asit a ait as asit it was Americas America's charge after th the the- Civil war to see to it that these dead shall not have died in vain Sergeant York spoke thus of the cynics and doubters The thing they forget is that liberty and freedom and democracy are so very precious that you d do not fight t twin to win them once and and stop Liberty and freedom and democracy are prizes awarded only to those peoples peo peo- pies ples who fight to win them and then keep fighting eternally to hold them The president was referring to toa a recent speech at Arlington Arlington- o of Sergeant Alvin C. C York outstanding ing hero of the World war Again and again Mr Roosevelt brought up the question asked by so many What did it get you C Again and again he answered that question by r recalling the grim realities of 1917 and the equally terrible danger which once more mora confronts the nation Holds Danger Apparent Whatever we knew or thought we knew a few years or months ago we know now that the danger danger danger dan dan- ger of brutality and tyranny and slavery to loving freedom-loving peoples can be real and terrible the president president president dent said We Ve know why these men fought to keep leep our freedom freedom and and s why the wars that save a peoples people's liberties are wars worth fighting and an worth winning winning and and at any price What did it get you 1 The men of France prisoners in their cities victims of searches and of seizures without law hostages hostages hos- hos for the safety of their masters masters' masters masters' masters masters' mas mas- Jives robbed of their harvests harvests harvests har har- vests murdered in their prisons prisons- the men of France would know the answer to that question They know now what a former victory of freedom against tyranny was worth The Czechs too know the an an- The Pol Poles s the tHo Danes the tha r 1 f Dutch the Serbs the Belgians the vt Norwegians Norwegian the Greeks We Ve know it now Chides Forgetful Ones The chief executive chided those r who because the war was won in 1917 18 have forgotten the circumstances circumstances cir cir- which impelled Americans Americans Ameri Ameri- cans to fight If It our armies of 1917 and 1918 had lost there would not have been a man or woman in America who would have wondered why the war was fought Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt gravely asserted The reasons would have faced us everywhere We would have known know why l liberty berty is worth defending defending de de- de fending as those alone whose liberty liberty liberty lib lib- erty is lost can know it We would have known why tyranny is worth defeating as only those whom tyrants rule can know |