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Show PRESIDENT ISSUES ADDRESS TO NATION ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMISTICE. Pride in the Heroism of Those Who Died In the Country's Service and Gratitude for the Victory Won. Washington. President Wilson, General Gen-eral IVrshlnu fuel Secret iiry Haker on Xovemljer II) Issued .statements 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 day would ho filled with solemn pride In the heroism of those who died In the country's service ser-vice and with Kratltude for the victory, holh hecanse ot "Hit; thiiiK from which It has freed ns ami hecause of the opportunity It has jflven American to show her sympathy with pence and justice In the councils of the nations." Tin; exorcise hy the American peo-pl" peo-pl" of practical patriotism during the war, General Pershing said, was an avowal of their firm adherence to the principles of free government that will continue to have great Inlluence upon the progressive thought throughout the world. Secretary linker said that, while mourning lis dead, the nation was gralefu 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 terms of peace that shall complete their work upon the battlefields of France." Text of Message. President Wilson's message follows: "To my fellow countrymen: "A year ago today our our enemies laid down their arms In accordance with an armistice which rendered them impotent to renew hostilities and gave to the world an assured opportunity oppor-tunity to reconstruct Its shattered order and to work out In pence a new and juster set of International relations. rela-tions. The soldiers and people of the Kuropean allies hail fought and endured en-dured for more than four years to uphold up-hold the harrier of civilization against the aggression of armed forces. We ourselves 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 great army, so that at the last our power was a decisive de-cisive 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 for which we fought, "Otit 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 victory of arms fortells the enduring conquests which can be made In peace when nations act justly and in furtherance fur-therance of the common Interests of men. To us lu America the reflections of armistice day will be filled with solemn sol-emn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity which it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of nations. "WOODKOW WILSON." The White House, November 11, 1010. |
