Show I I II I THE FHE GREAT DREAM i By BERTON BRALEY I President Harding Has Called Caned a 0 Disarmament Conference Wo We have havo sulk sulked d and glowered at our alliese allies We Wre have pointed with pride to our Isolation We have havo listened to all an of ot tho the shrieks and cries Of Ot those who'd make mako us a 8 hermit nation But now wo we know what know what we should have havo known known- That no one countr country can stand stand aside That hat no one people can live 1100 alone In selfish glory and careless pride Above tho the turmoil of ot party strife strite The voice of ot reason at length has spoken The Tho hope of ot centuries leaps to life life lIte- Perchance tho the fetish of ot War Var Is broken If It only the promise at last hold true And th the tho world be freed treed of ot Its monstrous 1 burden Of Ot arms arms moro moro arms arms arms' If It we only knew That Peace Forever would be e our guerdon 1 Weve We've e c e chosen to dawdle and balk and wait walt Whenever our counsel counselor or help were sought for tor But even now it Is not too late To save nave the dream that our soldiers fought for tor God grant that out ot this plan may come An understanding a spirit splendid To make the cannon forever dumb God grant that slaughter and hate be ended Copyright 1921 by Newspaper Enterprise |