THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1920
CHAMPION
OF POUSH FHEEDOM
Independent Government
Held Right of People.
Is
SOVIET- RULE DENOUNCED
'. Position Regarding Invasion or
-. Russians Declared Recosni-
tion of Reds , Impossible.
f(TnHnagrlFrom First Pg
am -dan-
against our institutions whose
hassaiinn will be agitators of
rerous revolt, whose spokesmen say
they sign agreements with no inten
tion of keeping them."
Declaration by the allied and asso
ciated powers that the territorial in
tegrity of Russia should bo respected,
the secretary continued, presupposed
withdrawal of all foreign troops from
the territory embraced by these
boundaries and should be accompa
nied by the announcement that no
transgression by Poland, Finland or
any other power of the line so drawn
and proclaimed would be permitted.
"Thus only," he asserted, "can the
Bolshevist regime be deprived of Its
false but effective appeal to Russian
nationalism and compelled to met the
Inevitable challenge of reason and
aelf-respect which the Russian people
secure from invasion and territorial
violation, are sure to address to a
social philosophy that degrades them
and a tyranny that oppresses them.
Statement In Vnequlvocal.
Secretary Colby's statement of the
attitude of fhe American government
in the face of the threatened over
throw of Poland was unequivocal. He
declared that the people or tne uimeu
States were "earnestly solicitous" for
the maintenance of Poland's territo
rial integrity and political independ
ence. ' .
-From that attitude we will not
depart," he announced, "and the pol
icy of this government will be di
" rected to the employment of all avail
' able means to render it effectual."
Pillage and oppression of the Poles,
he declared, would remove Russia
from "the pale of the friendly in
terests of other nations."
The note was accepted generally as
evidence that the United States,
Great Britain and France were deter
mined to prevent the absorbing of
Poland into Boviet Russia. Great
Britain's views were outlined today
In the house of commons by Palmier
Lloyd George.
There apparently, however, was a
difference as between the views of
the British and American govern
ments on dealins with the soviet
and preservation of the true bounda
ries of the former Russian empire.
Meaim" Not Disclosed.
Exchanges between W ashington and
London and Taris on the situation
have been proceeding for some days
and the fact that the American note
was addressed to the Italian premier
created some surprise here- .
Mr. Lloyd George announced in the
.Jiouse of commons only today tnat in
ouiry surely would be made as to
America's position. To this was added
the fact that Italy had not tanen i
prominent part in the allied discussions.
The note did not go Into details as
to the "available means" which
might be employed in protect
ing Poland. There was only an im
plied response .to Poland's request
": for a declaration of the "moral sup-
, Dort" of the United States.
The American government's position
. on the Russian-Polish situation was
outlined in the following note to the
Italian m government, addressed to
. Baron Camillo Romano Avezzana,
, Italian ambassador to the United
, Bta tea:
"August 10, 1920.
'. "Excellency:
"The agreeable intimation you have
conveyed to the state department
' that the Italian government would
'. welcome a statement of the views of
this government on the situation pre
i eented by the Russian advance into
! Poland deserves a prompt response
and I will attempt without delay a
i definition of this government's po-
', eitlon, not only as to the situation
arising from Russian military pres
i sure, but also as to certain cognate
! and inseparable phases of the Rus
i aian question viewed more broadly.
t. S. for Free Poland.
This, government believes in a
'. united, free and autonomous Polish
- state and the people of the United
' States are earnestly solicitous for
maintenance of Poland's political in
dependence and territorial integrity.
From this attitude we will not depart.
. and the policy of this government
will be directed to the employment
of all available means to render it
effectual.
; "The government, therefore, takes
irto exception to the ffort apparently
being made in some quarters to ar
, range an armistice between Poland
and Russia, but it would not, at least
for the present, participate in any
; plan for the expansion of the armis
tlce negotiations into a general Eu
.ropean conference which would in all
probability involve two results, from
both of which this country strongly
recoils, viz: the recognition of the
bolshevik regime and a settlement of
Russian problems almost inevitably
upon the basis of a dismemberment
of Russia.
Krlentily Interest Avowed.
"From the beginning of the Rus
sian revolution, in March. 1917, to the
present time the government and the
people of the United States have fol
lowed Its development with friendly
solicitude and with profound sym
pathy for the efforts of the Russian
people to reconstruct their national
- life upon the broad basis of popular
pelf-government. The government of
the United States, reflecting the
spirit of its people, has at all times
desired to help the Russian people.
In that spirit all its relations with
Russia and w-ith other nations in
jnatters affecting the latter's inter
sts have been conceived and gov
erned.
"The government of the United
States was the first government to
acknowledge the validity of the revo
lution and to give recognition to the
provisional government of Ruesia.
Almost immediately thereafter it be
came necessary for the United States
to enter the war against Germany,
and. in that undertaking, to become
closely associated with the allied na-
. tions. including, of course. Russia
The war weariness of the masses of
the Russian people was fully known
to this government and sympathetic
ally comprehended. Prudence, self
interest and loyalty to our associates
made it desirable that we should give
moral and material support to the
provisional government, which was
struggling to accomplish a twofold
task to carry on the war with vigoi
and at the sarn time to reorganize
the life of theAiation and establish
a stable government, based on pop
ular sovereignty.
Paat Loyalty Recalled.
"Quite independent of these mo
tives, however, was the . sincere
friendship of the government and the
people of the United States for the
great Russian nation.
"The friendship manifested by Rue
sia towards this nation in a time" of
trial and distress has left us 'with
an imperishable sense of gratitude.
It was as a grateful friend that we
sent to Russia an expert commission
to aid in bringing about such a re
organization of the . railroad trans
portation system as would reinvigor
ate the whole of its 'economic life
and so add to the well-being of the
Russian people.
"While deeply- regretting with
drawal of Russia from the war at a
critical time, and the disastrous sur
render at Brest-Litovsk, the United
States has fully understood that the
people of Russia were in no wise
responsible.
Faith In People Holds.
"The United States maintains un
impaired its faith in the Russian
people, in their high character and
their future. That they will over
come existing anarchy, suffering and
destitution we- do not entertain the
slightest doubt. The distressing
character of Russia's transition has
many historical parallels, and the
United States is confident that re-
facts, which none disputes, have con
vinced the government of the United
States, against its will, that the ex
isting regime in Russia is based upon
the negation of - every principle of
honor and good faith, and every us
age and convention underlying the
whole structure of international law:
the negation, in short, of every prin
ciple upon which it is possible to base
harmonious and trustful relations,
whether' of nations or of individuals.
The responsible leaders of the re
gime have frequently and openly
boasted that they are willing to sign
agreements and undertakings with
foreign powers, while not having the
slightest intention of observing such
undertakings or carrying out such
agreements. This attitude of disre
gard of obligations voluntarily en
tered into, they base upon the theory
that no compact or agreement made
with a non-bolshevist government
can have any moral force for them.
' World Revolution Aim.
"They have not only avowed this as
a doctrine, but have exemplified it in
practice. Indeed, upon numerous oc
casions, the responsible spokesman of
this power, and its official agencies,
have declared that it is their tinder
standing that the very existence of
bolshevism in Prussia, the mainte
nance of their own rule, depends, and
must continue to depend, upon the
occurrence of revolutions in all other
great civilized nations, including the
United States, which will overthrow
and destroy their governments and
SUMMARY OF SECRETARY COLBY'S RUSSO-POLISH
STATEMENT.
America declares for political independence and territorial
integrity of Poland. '
Recognition by United States of bolshevist regime in Russia
held impossible.
Present government of Russia held not representative of
people and wholly untrustworthy.
Government will oppose any plan contemplating dismember
ment of Russia.
Hope expressed that Russian people will set up government
with which enlightened nations can deal.
"We cannot hold official relations with government which
conspires against our institutions."
Integrity of Russia presupposes withdrawal of all foreign
troops from Russian territory.
No transgression by Poland, Finland or any other power
should be permitted.
"Pillage and oppression of Poles would remove Russia from
pale of friendly interests of other nations."
"Policy of this government will be directed to the employment
of all available means to render it effectuaU"
LLOYD GEORGE SAYS
POLfii TO BLAME
Attacks on Russia Are De-
, dared Not Justified.
RIGHTS CONCEDED SOVIET
Bolshevik! Declared Entitled
Peace Terms Due Any Nation
That Has Been In Right.
ehce between Premiers Lloyd George
and Millerand and their advisers were
as follows, according to the French
foreign office:
First, that it was impracticable and
unnecessary to send allied troops to
Poland.
Second, the integrity of Poland's
western frontier was guaranteed.
(This palpably means that any effort
by Germany to use the pre3ent crisis
in an attempt to regain any of the
territory ceded to Poland under the
treaty of Versailles would be decisive
ly negatived by the allies.)
Third, that the allies would con
tinue sending munitions and skilled
officers to Poland.
Blockade measures would possibly
be taken later, it was said, but French
opinion questioned the effectiveness of
such action.
MARTYRS' EULOGY PAID
(Continued Frwm First Pag-e.
e.i
stored, free and united Russia will I
again take a leading place in the
world, joining with the other na
tions in upholding peace and orderly
justice.
Until that time shall arrive, the
United States feels that friendship
and honor require that Russia's in
terests must be generously protected,
and that as far as possible all de
cisions of final importance to it and
especially those concerning its sov
ereignty over the territory of the
former Russian empire, be held in
abeyance.
Baltic Qneatlon Cited.
"By this feeling of friendship and
honorable obligation to the great na
tion whose brave and heroic self-sac
rifice contributed so much to the suc
cessful termination of the war. the
government of the United States was
guided in its reply to the Lithuanian
national council, on October la, 1919.
and in its persistent refusal to recog
nize the Baltic states as separate na
tions independent of Russia. The
same spirit was manifested In the
note of this government of March 24.
1920, in which it was stated, with
reference to certain proposed settle
ments in the near east, that no final
decision should or can be made with
out the consent of Russia.'
In line with these important
declarations of policy, the United
States withheld its approval from the
decision of the supreme council at
Paris recognising the independence of
the so-called republics of Georgia and
Azerbaijan and so instructed its rep
resentative in southern Russia. Rear
Admiral Newton A. McCully. Finally.
while gladly giving recognition to the
independence of Armenia, the govern
ment of the United States has tarken
the position that the final determina
tion of its boundaries must not be
made without Russia's co-operation
and agreement. Not only is Russia
concerned because a considerable
part of the territory of the new state
of Armenia, when it shall be defined,
formerly belonged to the Russian em
pire. Due equally important is wis imi pledges are
that Armenia must nave tne gooa win
and the protective friendship of Rus-1
sia if it is to remain independent and
free.
-Soviet Power Decried.
'These llustrations show with what
consistency the government or the
United States has been guided in its
foreign policy by a loyal friendship
for Russia. We are unwilling that.
while it is helpless in the grip of a
non-representative government, whose
only sanction is brutal force, Russia
shall be weakened still further by a
policy of dismemberment, conceived
other than Russian interests.
"With the desire of the allied
powers to bring about a peaceful
solution of the existing difficulties
In Europe, this government is of
course, tn hearty accora, ana win
support any justifiable steps to that
end. It is unable to perceive, how
ever, that a recognition of the soviet
regime would promote, much less ac
complish this object, and it is there
fore averse to any dealings with tne
soviet regime beyond the most nar
row boundaries to which a discussion
of an armistice can be confined.
Savage Oppression Ralea.
"That the present rulers of Russia
do not rule by the will or the con
sent of any considerable proportion
of the Russian people Is an lncon
testable fact. Although nearly two
and a half years have passed since
they seized the machinery of gov
ernment, promising to protect the
constituent assembly against alleged
conspiracies against it, they have not
yet permitted anything In the nature
of a popular election. At the moment
when the work or creating a popular
representative government based
upon universal euiiragc wus iitrarms
completion, the bolsheviki, although
in number an inconsiderable minor
itv of the people, by force and cun
ning seized the powers and machinery
of government and have continued to
use them with savage oppression to
maintain themselves in power.
"Without any deelre to interfere in
the internal affairs of the Russian
people, or to suggest .what kind of
government they should have, the
government of the United States does
express the hop, that they soon will
find a way to set up a government
representing their free will and pur
pose. When that time comes, the
United States will consider the
measures of practical assistance
which can be taken to promote the
restoration of Russia, provided Rus
sia has not taken itself wholly out
of the pale of the friendly interest
of other nations, by the pillage and
oppression of the Poles. ,
"It is not possible for the govern
ment of the United States to recog
nize the present rulers of Russia- as
a government with which the rela
ttons common to friendly govern
ments can be maintained. This con
vlctlon has notning to do with any
particular political or social structure
which the Russian people themselves
may see fit to embrace. It rests upon
a wholly different act or facta. These
set up bolshevist rule in their stead.
They have made it plain that they in
tend to use every means, including of
course, diplomatic agencies, to pro
mote such revolutionary movements
in other countries. .
'It is true that they have in vari
ous ways expressed their willingness
to give assurances and guarantees
that they will not abuse the privi
leges and immunities of diplomatic
agencies by using them for this pur
pose. In view of their own declara
tions, already referred to, such assur
ances and guarantees cannot be very
seriously regarded. Moreover, it Is
within the knowledge of the govern
ment of the United States that the
bolshevist government is itself sub
ject to the control of a political fac
tion with extensive international
ramifications through the third inter
nationals, and that this body, which
is heavily subsidized by the bolshevist
government from the public revenues
of Russia, has, for its openly avowed
aim the promotion of bolshevist revo
lutions throughout the world,
r .Promise Vnt Binding.
The leaders of t"he bolsheviki have
boasted that their promise of non
interference with other nations -would
in no wise bind the agents of this
body. There is no room for reason
able doubt that such agents would
receive the support and protection of
any diplomatic agency the bolsheviki
might have in other countries. Inevi
tably, therefore, the diplomatic serv
ice . of the bolshevist government
would become a channel for intrigues
and the propaganda of revolt against
the institutions and laws of coun
tries with which it was at peace,
which would be an abuse of friend
ship to which enlightened - govern
ments cannot subject themselves.
"In the view of this government there
cannot be any' common ground upon
which it can stand with a power
whose conceptions of international
relations are so entirely alien to its
own. so utterly repugnant to Its moral
sense.' There-can be no mutual con
fidence or trust, no respect even, if
to be given and agree
ments made with a cynical repudia
tion of their obligations already In the
minds of one of the parties. We can
not recognize, hold official relations
with or give friendly receptions to
the agents of a government which Is
determined and bound to conspire
against our institutions; whose dip-
omats will, be the agitators of dan
gerous revolt: whose spokesmen say
that they sign agreements with no
Intention of keeping them:
Rnsaian Right Conceded.
To summar-ize the position of this
government, I would say, therefore,
response to your excellency s in
quiry, that it would regard with
satisfaction a declaration by the
allied and associated powers that the
territorial integrity and true bound
aries of Russia shall be respected.
These boundaries should properly
nclude the. whole of the former Rus
sian- empire, with the exception of
Finland proper, ethnic Poland and
such territory as may by agreements
form a part of the Armenian state.
The aspirations of these nations for
Independence are legitimate. Each
was forcibly annexed and their liber
ation from oppressive alien rule in
volves no aggressions against Rus
sia's territorial rights, and has re
ceived the sanction of the public opin
ion of all free peoples. Such a de
claration 'presupposes the withdrawal
of all foreign troops from the terri
tory embraced by these boundaries.
ano in the opinion of this government
should be accompanied by the an
nouncement that no transgression by
Poland, Finland or any other power
of the line so drawn and proclaimed
will be permitted.
"Thus only can the bolshevist re
gime be deprived of its false, but ef
fective appeal to Russian nationalism
and compelled to meet the inevitable
challenge of reason and self-respect
which the Russian people, secure from
Invasion and territorial violation, are
Bure to address to a Bocial philosophy
tnat degrades them anq a tyranny
that oppresses them.
The policy herein outlined will
command the support of this government.
Accept, excellency, the renewed as
surances of my highest consideration.
(Klgrned) "BAINBMDGK COLBY,
."His excellency,
"Baron Camillo Romano Avezzana,
"Ambassador of Italy."
Hungary to Bolster Poles.
. LONDON. Aug. 10. Reporta from
Polish sources to the Exchange Tele
graph's Amsterdam correspondent
say Poland has accepted Hungary's
offer to Bend a few regiments to fight
the bolsheviki.
Hungary, it is said, is disposed to
send some 10,000 soldiers and war
munitions and material and to place
the Hungarian Red Cross at Poland's
disposal.
LONDON, Aug. 10. (By the Assoc!
ated Press.) "I am still hopeful of
peace," were the opening words of
Premier Lloyd George's announcement
in the house of commons today with
regard to the Russo-Pollsh crisis.
The house was crowded and the
tension was high in anticipation of
the premier's "peace- or war" state
ment. As he entered he was warmly
cheered.
MM. Krassin and Kameneff of the
Rusftian nnvi.f ri.Uvatinn Mmr-m w.r.
' 1tl th. Ktrnnc.-.' o-alUrv
, Mr. Lloyd George declared the Pol
ish attack waa not justified in the
opinion of the British government
and that the soviet government in
any conditions of peace was entitled
to take into account the facts of the
attacks made by the Poles UDon Rus-
i sia and that those attacks were de
livered despite the warnings of the
allies to Poland.
. Rights Conceded Soviet.
The soviet, he declared, was en
titled to demand such guarantees as
would be. exacted by any power
against a repetition of attacks of
that kind. What -was challenged, he
said, was that "nothing justifies re
taliation, reprisal or punishment
wnicn goes to the extent of wiping
out national existence.
"Apart altogether from the moral
right of any power to demand the ex
tinction of another nation as punish
ment lor the aggression of its gov
ernment." Premier Lloyd George said,
"Europe has to be considered. The in
dependence of Poland and its exist
ence as an independent nation is an
essential part of the structure of
European peace. Re-partition of Po
land would not merely be a crime:
would be a peril, and we have to con
sider both these contingencies as a
basis for our policy."
Allied Polley Is Peaee.
The premier declared that the sole
purpose of the allied policy was to
secure- peace on a basis of indepen
dente for ethnological Poland. He
said the Hythe conference agreed that
the allies should advise Poland to en-
aeavor to negotiate an armistice and
make peace -as long as such indepen
dence was recognized. That recom
mendation has been forwarded to the
soviet government, the premier stated.
He pointed .out that the allies sug
gested to the soviet that they declare
a truce Monday at midnight, but this
was not accepted in view of the Minsk
meeting set for Wednesday. He de
clared there had been great and sus
picious delays in coming to a dis
cussion of an armistice. He could not
imagine, the premier said, why, if
thsre had been a real desire to have
an armistice and negotiate peace, the
soviet government would not have
fixed a. dale at the latest a week, or
ten days ago for the purpose.
Quarrel Not Contemplated.
The premier continued:
"We are not going to have a quar
rel or propose to engage this country
in a dispute whether it means much
or little upon the difference between
Monday or Wednesday, and there the
allies are agreed.
"If they negotiate an agreement at
Minsk we do not propose to Intervene
to upset any arrangement which is
acceptable to the Poles. It is their
affair. I sincerely trust it will mean
peace, out supposing it did not, we
have got to face that."
If the Minsk conference failed be
cause the Poles refused to accep
terms which the soviet was entitled
to exact, having regard to the way in
which the conflict started arid to the
Polish military condition, then the
allies could not support PolarfO. the
premier declared. However, if the
Bolsheviki insisted on terms threat
ening- the independence of Poland, )
then a difficult situation would arise.
The premier said no action would
be taken except to support the strug
gle for Poland's existence and inde
pendence. No allied troops would be
sent to Poland, he declared. It would
not be necessary, he said, if the
Polish resources were thoroughly or
ganized and well directed.
Economic PreMare Snggcated.
The next action, continued the pre
mier, would be to put economic
pressure upon soviet Russia, either
by naval action or international ac
tion. Substantial stores, he says,
were available in that quarter of the
world which the allies would feel
obliged to send to Poland.
Replying to an interjection as to
what the position of America would
be. Mr. Lloyd George said:
"We certainly are going to appeal
to America. There is, of course, the
difficulty in America that up to the
present she has not ratified the treaty
and that the treaty is the subject of
conflict between, the two great 'par
ties. It is not in our power .to say
what view the American executive
would take. I am only judging from
the attitude or America at the peace
conference. She Was a strong pro
tagonist of Polish independence. No
man could have taken a more deter
mined and zealous part in setting up
Polish independence than President
Wilson, and I am certain .that what
ever difference of opinion there may
be in America in regard to the league
of nations, there would be no dif
ference of -opinion in their general
attitude toward Polish independence.'
No Overt Step Taken.
The premier declared that up to
the present. Great Britain was taking
no steps to assist in any attack on
soviet Russia inside her own ter
ritory, since the British . govern
ment's changed policy was announced.
The premier declared that if the
negotiations with soviet Russia had
broken down because of the botahevik
attitude and the allies had cut Rus
sia off from the outside 'world, there
would be an end to any trade nego
tiations.
"If they wartf peace," he said
"they can get it and the London con
ference proposal . was, intended to
estabish peace."
Replying to the contention of the
labor deputations that the soviet was
being attacked merely because Jt
was a revolutionary government, the
premier pointed out that the first
three governments following the
downfall of the imperial regime had
been recognized and that the allies
had only broken with Moscow be
cause it violated the allied bond by i
maKing a separate i-ca-c.
armistice dajeaparade. "Centralla will
mean to the legion what Bunker bill.
Gettysburg and Chateau Thierry mean
to the nation. At these places th
spirit of America met the enemy and
triumphed. Here, in Centralia, the
spirit of the AiXerican Legion" like
wise met the enemy of our country
and triumphed."
As representative of nearly 2.000.000
members of the legion D'Olier laid
wreath of flowers on Grimm's grave.
In the crowd were Grimm's old friends
in Centralia and friends of Dale Hub
bard, Ben Casagranda and Arthur
McElfresh. who also wjre slain. These
fellow-townsmen and fellow legion
naires of the 'lead men nodded their
approval as their commander pledged
the body of ex-service men to con
tinued opposition to the enemies of
the country that bore from within.
D'Olier came here this morning
from Portland. Although he is mak
ing an exhausting seven-weeks' tour
of the far west in legion interests, he
naisted on 24 hours being spent in
this town where legion bluod was first
spilled.
D'Olier Speaks at I.nncbeon.
Frank R. Jeffery. commander of
the Washington department, accom
panied D'Olier and his party from
Portland. They were met by A. S.
Kresky, ex-commander of Grant
Hodge post of this city. Mayor T. C.
Rogers and heads of the various pa
triotic and civic organizations.
D oiler spoke briefly at a luncheon
given by the Centralia Rotary club.
With Centralia held In the minds
and hearts of every member of the
organization as the shrine of the
American Legion it would have been
impossible for me to have made this
western trip without visiting your
city," he told the rotarians.
A conference with post command
ers of this district followed the lunch
eon. Dan F. Coulter represented
Willapa Harbor post of South Bend
E. W. Fuller, Hyde Harlow post of
Elma; Virgil Baker, Alfred William
Leach post of Olympia; Russell E.
Carothers, Guy Rathbun post of Kel
so; H. V. Collins, Hoquiam post; V. F.
Stieglitz, Aberdeen post; L. E. Wilke
son. Edward B.' Rhoades post of Ta-
coma; Dr. Rowland L Atcheson, Mon-
tesano post; D. G. Abel, L. R. Fiscus
post of Chehalis; Lloyd B. Dysart
Grant Hodge post of Centralia, and
Walter Toy, Buford Rockefellow post,
Winlock.
Parade Route Followed.
After- the conference, the com
mander and his party were taken in
automobiles over the route of the
tragic armistice day parade. As the
representative of all the legion mem
bers, D'Olier was shown where the
parade of Centralia boys gathered at
the park, moved north on Tower
avenue and retraced its steps. Points
of vantage, from which the "wobbly"
sharpshooters fired into the ranks
were pointed out to him, as well as
the hall from which the Inmates at
tempted to flee and the wooded path
that Wesley Everest took as he fled,
firing back at his pursuers.-
Then the party went to the ceme
tery. Centralia is not a large town
and its leisure class probably is pro
portionately small. It is an American
city of busy aspect, intensely mod
ern and wide awake. Yet, as the
commander's party moved to the
burial ground it was augmented by
a score of automobiles and more than
100 spectators on foot. ;
. Crowd la Sympathetic
It was not a curious crowd, but a
sympathetic 'one. Evidently, it appre
ciated what the head of the legion
appreciated that here was the first
clash of the ex-service man with his
inherent foe within the country and
that here he first exercised the re
straint that the constitution of the
legion urges.
As the Montesano legion band
played "Nearer, My God, to Thee" and
as the legionnaires and townspeo
ple gathered about the graves, there
was borne to the onlooker reminis
cences of similar scenes in the simple
villages of France. Over beyond the
snow-capped mountain he could see
the valleys of the Vosges where the
grateful and gracious French etood
with streaming eyes as a fallen
friend in olive-drab was lowered into
his grave. So it waa that nine
months .after the first anniversary
of the Armistice, the war spirit of
exaltation of sacrifice for the flag,
lived again for a moment in an
American community.
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quiet in the streets or their own home1
town.
"The event is too close for us to
appraise it truly the perspective is
not yet right but we are beginning
to appreciate the significance of Cen
tralia. "We remember and the memory of
legionnaires is doubly sharp that
here in this American town ex-service
men were foully murdered by un
American forces. We. who were dele
gates at the first convention oi in
American Legion in Minneapolis, re
call the dramatic tenseness when the
news was received.
"The ink was scarcely dry on the
words of the preamble of the consti
tution of the American Legion, pledg
ing us to uphold and deerid the con
stitution of our country, to make right
the master of might, to maintain law
and order and to transmit to posterity
the nrincinles of Justice, freedom and
democracy, when the legion men of
Centralia proved how sincere was the
stand of all legion men for law and
order. .
"While in the service it was not
what we said. but. rather what we did
that Interested our countrymen, and
so It was that what we eald at our
first convention carried conviction
throughout the land because backed
by the righteous deeds of the legion
naires of Centralia. Here if was that
Homage Paid to Memory.
"I come here to Centralia today in
double role, said D'Olier. "I am
here as national commander of the
American Legion and also as a plain
American citizen, but with the single
purpose of paying homage to the
memory of these four men who died
a truly in the service of their coun
try s ' if they actually had fallen
on the battlefields of France."
"Officially, I come here as to the
shrine of the American Legion,. hal
lowed by our first martyrs, because
Centralia will mean to the Legion
what Bunker HilL Gettysburg and
Chateau Thierry mean to our na
tion. At these places, the spirit of
America met the enemy and tri
umphed. Here, In Centralia, the spirit
of the American Legion likewise met
the enemy of our nation and tri
umphed.
"As a plain American citizen I come
to thank God that those who served
during the great war. more than
4.000,000 strong, and who offered their
lives to their country to protect her
institutions from the foes without,
now stand united as civilians and will
as faithfully protect those same in
stitutions from the foe within.
Murderous Blast Recalled.
"Tt is only nine months ago that
the first anniversary of the signing of
the armistice was being celebrated
here in this town when a murderous
blast was fired into the peaceful ranks
of parading legionnaires at the very
moment when they were rejoicing
that they had come through the perils
of the war and had found peace and
the nation learned that the legion not
only professed high ideals, but lived
up to them.
"It was Centralists sorrow to bear
this tragedy, but it was Centralia's
honor to show how lofly were the
ideals of - ex-service mer. and how
sacred their pledges.
"These four men Grimm, McEl
fresh, Hubbard and Casagranda
died as heroically as though they
had made supreme sacrifice 'over
there. Indeed, it is harder to fight
the battles of peace than to serve
when animated by the exaltation of
war.
"these men win be the beloved
martyrs of the American Legion. It
is not what we say today but rather
what we do tomorrow ttat will show
how m lief- wa annreriatA tho sacrifice
they made. !
"It is fitting here today we should i v
renew our pledge of patriotism and ' a
devotion to law and order and serve fi
notice on the forces of anarchy that
more than 4,000.000 ex-service men. , (&
who fought and defeated the foe i
without, are now eworn to fight to A
the death the foe within, who would t Q
worn liijuiy i u uur n. i t: u iiisliiu
tlons. Our inspiration shall be
fense based on fairness and j
martyrs and the restraint shown by
their outraged comrades. By dedi
cating ourselves to the defense of
our flag and all that it means, a de
we shall prove that our comrades,
in France and Centralia, have not
died in vain."
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Soap should bs used rery carefully
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