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Show I WILSON ISSUES A A PROCLAMATION J ' Designates Thursday, November 26, I As Day of -Thankeglvlnjj In United 8tates Washington. Oct. 28. President Wilson today Issued a proclamation dun If. tinting Thursday, November 26, ,i 'iiiiltBulvInn; day. 'Hie president's proclamation which rcfcr3 to tho fact that the United States la at pence while tho rest' ot tho world Is at war, follows: "Ily tho president of tho Unltod States of America. " , "A Proclamation: 1 It has long been the honored cnr-' cnr-' torn of our people to turn In tho fruit ful autumn ot tho year In praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mercies to us Ins a nation. Tho year that Is now drawing to a close slnco we last' observed ob-served our day of national thanks- giving has been, while a year ot dis cipline because ot tho mighty forces ' of war and ot chango which have disturbed tho world, also a year ot special blessing for us. Blessings of Peace "It has been vouchsafed to us to ; remain at peace with honor, and in some part to succor the suffering and supply tho needs of thoso who arc in want. Wo liavo been privileged by our own poaco and self control in some' degrco to- steady the counsels coun-sels and shape, tho hopes and purposes purpos-es oCa day ot fear and distress. Our rj peoiilculiavo looked upon their own 'J Hf(j,fisln nation with deeper comprc- I hcnslon, n fuller realization of their . 4 blessings nnd n keener sense ot the I moral and practical slgnlfhYnco ot I what their part among tho nations If ot tho world may come to bo. 1 "Tho hurtful effects of, foreign war 2 In tholr own Industrial and commer- clal affairs have made them feel tho 1 -mora fully nnd seo tho more clearly ly f their mutual interdependence upon I nip -mother and hns stlrrod them to .. L.lpful cooperation such as thoy havo seldom practiced before Thoy ' havo been quickened by a great nior- ; al stimulation. Their unmlstakab'o nrdor for peace, tholr earnest pity I ; and disinterested sympathy for those whd are suffering their readiness to help and to think ot tho needs ot others oth-ers ha3 revealed them to tliomsolvcs ns well as to tho world. American 'Self-Possession "Our crops vlll feed all who need food; the self possession of our ico-plo ico-plo nmidst tho most serious anxieties and difficulties and the steadiness and resourceful of our buslnoss mon will serve other nations as well ns our ovn. "Tho business of tho country ban been supplied with Instrumentalities and tho commerco ot the world with nqw channels of trndo and intercourse. inter-course. Tho, Panama canal has been opened to tho commerco of tho nations. na-tions. Tho two continents of Amerl ca havo been bound in closer ties ot friendship. New Instrumentalities ot international trade havo been created cre-ated which will bo also new Instrumentalities Instru-mentalities ot acquaintance, intercourse inter-course and mutual service. Never bo-foio bo-foio havo tho people ot tho United States been so situated for tholr own advantage or tho advaniago of their nolghbors or so equipped to servo themselves and mankind. "Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, Wil-son, president ot tho United States of America, do horoby destgnnto Thursday, tho 26th day ot November noxt, as, a day ot thanksgiving and prayer and invito tho people through out tho land to ceaso from tholr wonted won-ted occupations and in their several homes nnd places of worship rondor thanks to Almighty Ood. "In wltnoss whereof I have hereunto here-unto set my hands and caused tho seal of tho United States U&bo affixed. af-fixed. ,w "Dono nt tb.6 city of- Washington, this 28th day ot October, hi 'trio jcar ot Our Lord, onO'lbou'sand' nine hundred hun-dred and fourteen,ndrqr the .fnd'o? pondouco of theUnltod-ritateJ of America tho ono hundred and thltty-ninth. thltty-ninth. (Signed), WOODROW WILSON, "By tho Prosldent. "ROBERT 1.ANSINO "Acting Secretary ot State." |