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Show riillLSON SPEECH REM! TO THRONG -, AT DEDLGATION L Great Episode of U. S. History fc Declared Closed by Com- K "' pletion of Memorial tj'- PRESIDENT ALLUDES TO m r RECENT WORLD STRIFE mr: North and South Quarrel 'Is . Revived by Lawmakers in W K- Congressional Halls I ''-m ' "WASHINGTON, May 15. "The ifff dedication of tho national memorial p." at Arlington closes and commits to history a great episode in tho making of the nation," President "Wilson said 'J in a mcssago read at the dedication ' ceremonies today by Secretary of "War .4 Baker. "Gathered into this national cem- j - etery and elsewhere," the president ! said, "are most of the men who fought t, out the constitutional questions ln- - f soluble by other processes and now f ' the government has set this great aqd ' beautiful building to stand like a sen- . tinel on tho banks of tho Potomac ' and to view for all time the capital of . i t- tho re-united nation. K . Softcninpr Influence. ,.' "Time has thrown its softening ln- f fluences over the controversy. Time ' has eliminated from our memories the bitterness which that controversy arousod, but time has only served to i magnify tho heroic valor of the' cap- t tains and men who fought the great p ( fight. As tho nation arose, rc-unitod. f it found itself blessed with a great ; f tradition. In these , Inter days that I V tradition has nerved tho arms of mil- l o lions .of Americans called noon 'to vln- : - dlcate upon .foreign fields of battle lle prjpcipic pf-political liberty. ' Confident of Cause. - "Who shall say whence tho strength r came, of. those. mpJtgljlcsa-mvJi Esom ef-orner o.C'our great, country they ' came'- wlthT one' thought; that of 'devotion 'de-votion to the pure purpose for which theircountry called them. They lived among our allies and faced the foe as soldiers from the New World should, conscious of their strength, confident i of their cause, alike unselfish and un- i conquerable. And I like to think that in our hour of triumph, unseen but potent, there stood beside them tho spirits of the great dead, the spirits it of those who originally rescued Amer- V. lea from the political tyrannies of f the Old World and dedicated and v'k kept her free and just. , jt Heart. Is Present. C V' "I cannot attend the ceremony of - this dedication, but my heart is there , f " and with my fellow countrymen cv-; cv-; cry whore, I join in grateful recogni tion of the virtues which this memo- Srial commemorates and In reverent thanlia to the God of nations that He hc.2' made it possible for us in this .f. day to show the world is still baptized Cfts' with a spirit of her founders and j:.flf builders." 58'.- Strife Is Revived. JjJH :'' Section strife of civil war days was H ' : revived briefly In tho house today mi : during a speech by Representative KV Upshaw, Democrat, Georgia, protest- WL . ing against the elimination of the v names-of confederate generals from Up the roster in tho memorial amplthe-W:' amplthe-W:' .. atro at Arlington, dedicated today. B ' Representative Madden, Republi sh .: t . can, Illinois, interrupted tho speaker ; to ask: - "Does tho . gentleman protest be- K; ' cause the loyal American people re-1 K ' traitors to their country In its hour! F, of need?" I I' The question was greeted with cheer3 and jeers from the Republican P side and jeers ayd catcalls from tho t C.' ' minority section. f h Representative Blanton, Democrat, i Texas, immediately demanded that I tho words bo stricken from tho rec- ';: ord. ' Amid confusion the speaker called ! for order, and finally obtained it. The 1 Svords were not stricken 9ut and Rep- v resentatlvo Upshaw continued hlsi W1''"'- speech. - i |