"Lest we forget!" God and country . hostilities, andon November ii, 1918, THE ARMISTICEwas signed, thus ending the most fearful warin history. It was pre-eminently a victory for Americanprinciples and ideals. The tide of battleturned the moment that the Stars and Stripes,borne by free Americans, floated at the front. The flood tide of democracy rose at Cantig-ny, swept onward through Chateau Thierry,Belleau Wood and Soissons, and overwhelmedautocracy in the Argonne. THE ARMISTICE marked the fruitionand world exposition of the hope expressed byAbraham Lincoln at Gettysburg in November, 1863:- ^
"Lest we forget!" God and country . hostilities, andon November ii, 1918, THE ARMISTICEwas signed, thus ending the most fearful warin history. It was pre-eminently a victory for Americanprinciples and ideals. The tide of battleturned the moment that the Stars and Stripes,borne by free Americans, floated at the front. The flood tide of democracy rose at Cantig-ny, swept onward through Chateau Thierry,Belleau Wood and Soissons, and overwhelmedautocracy in the Argonne. THE ARMISTICE marked the fruitionand world exposition of the hope expressed byAbraham Lincoln at Gettysburg in November, 1863:- ^^ That from these honored dead we take increased devotion tothat cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have diedin vain—that this nation^ under God^ shall have a new birthof freedom—and that government of the people^ by the people^for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Long live the United States of America! T HE STRONG PROTECTING* THE WEAK. DECEMBER 2^1823TTie cMonroe T)ocirine TODAY is the anniversary of the birth of theMonroe Doctrine. On December 2, 1823,President James Monroe sent to Congress hisdeathless message, to wit:— The political system of the (European) powers isessentially different from that of America Thisdifference proceeds from that which exists in theirrespective governments. And to the defense of ourown, which has been achieved by the loss of so muchblood and treasure, and matured by the wisdom oftheir most enlightened citizens, and under which wehave enjoyed unexampled felicity, this whole nationis devoted. **We owe it, therefore, to candor, and to the ami-cable relations existing between the United Statesand those powers, to declare that we should considerany attempt on their part to extend their system toany portion of this hemisphere, as dangerous to ourpeace and safety. With the existing colonies or dependents of anyEuropean power we have not interfered, and sh
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