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Show Prest. Wilson j ArousesAudience Washington, May 31. Prealdtn? Wilson roused a lnrgo audlenco nt Memorial day oxertlsea nt Arllncton National cemetery to a high pitch of enthusiasm today by applying lessons les-sons 'of tho Civil war to present day problems. He declared thnt tho solemn sol-emn lessou of the wnr was that the unity of the United States bo oxcm-1 pllflc'd In the notions of Its people. I "Let u think ot our duty and the ' actions that Ho before us," declnred tho president. Tho president avoided any direct roforenco tn the present tntornatimint crisis. Wiion ho nroso to speak tho , entire crowd stood up nnd oliiipod j for sover.ll minutes. Just before tho i president's ndtlresi, Bishop Gra'islon ' of Washington prayed that tho president presi-dent bo kIm'h dlvlno guidance In iho "most delicate crisis In tho history of tho world," nnd John McElroy of tho 'Department ot tho Potomac, Grand Army of tho Republic, nnld tho president touhl bo triiBted to guldo tho country nt tho present tlmo. . |