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Show uu WILSON ISSUES STATEMENT ON : ARMISTICE DAY WASHINGTON. Nov. lo President Presi-dent Wilson. General Pershing and : Secretary Baker today issued statements state-ments to the American people on the occasion of the first anniversary of the signing of the armistice. The president said to Americans the reflections of Armistice dav would be i : filled with solemn pride in the heroism ;of those who died in the country's ; service and with gratitude for the victory both because of "the thins from which It has freed us, and be I cause of the opportunity it has given (America to show her sympathy with i peace and justice in the councils of ithe nations." The exercise by the American people of practical patriotism during the war, , General Pershing said, was an avowal jof their firm adherence to the prln Iclples of free government that will continue to have great influence upon the progressive thought throughout, the world Secretary Baker said that while niourning its dead, the nation was grateful for their achievement and for that of their living brothers and that ' in the name of both we may hope for an early accomplishment of the tfrnis nf neace thnl eVioii rtrv,i. their work upon the battlefields of France " President Wilson's message follows-To follows-To my fellow countrymen: A ypar ago today our armies laid down their arms In accordance with nn armistice which rendered them im ; potent to renew hoetilitles and gave to jthe world an assured opportunity to reconstruct its shattered order and to I work out In peace a new and Juster I Mt of International relations The ! soldiers and people of the European allies had fought and endured for more than four years to uphold the ! barrier of civilization against the ag jgresslon of armed forces We ourselves our-selves had been in the conflict something some-thing more than a year and a half With splendid forgetfulness of mere personal concerns we remodeled our industries, concentrated our financial resources, increased our agricultural output and assembled a &creat army, so that at the last our power was a de cislve factor In the victory. We were able to bring the vast resources, material ma-terial and moral, of a great and free people, to the assistance of our associates asso-ciates In Europe who had suffered and sacrificed without limit in the cause lor which w c fought Out of this victory there arose new possibilities of political freedom and economic concert. The war showed us the strength of great nations acting together for high purposes and the ictory or amis foretells the enduring conquests which can b- inide in peace when nations act jusil and in furtherance furth-erance of the common interests of men. To us in America, the reflections reflec-tions of Armistice day will be filled! with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's serv ice, and with gratitude for the vlctiry both because the thins irom which it has freed us and because of the op 1 portunity.it has given America to j show her sympathy with peace and ! Justice in the councils of nations WOODROF WILSt IN Tho White House, November 11, 1910 ' |