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ARMS CONFERENGE MOVE IS INFERRED President’s Speech Consider- ed Most Significant Step on Question Since 1921. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge has made the most_significant move for reductions of armaments since the Washington conference of 1921. His speech at Trenton is a bid world to take counsel anew hope of preventing another competitive armaments. Five years have hardly elapsed since the principal naval powers of the .world agreed to limit their con- struction of capital ships. Since then, inside those same countries, the desire to be prepared at some theoretical time for another possible conflict has started a wave partly of fear and partly of armament competition based on distrust. Mr. Coolidge the world to give for “moral that while tre help some, neith the of in era 1ls on the nations of up both wrmament,” arguing is suflicient to bring about the right state of mind by | nations toward each other. The Pres. ident calls on the peoples of the world to take counsel again, meaning, n urall other international confer ence. 150 of the necessity of making to a common cause and zing obligations for Particular Formula Not Indicafed. upporters of the League will in his general an application that could fit own theories of international co-opefation because the league i the only world organization set up thus far, but the President in hi speech did not indicate any particular formula or institution through which the world could saved from the old system of e of power” and distrust. The same object, tlonal co-operation for peace and duction of armame could be ac complished by a conference of pow. ers outside the League of Nations, and Mr. Coolidge, if pressed for a defl ion ‘of his on speech, would probably i another confer uch & Harding 1s desirable. The League of Nations already has called a disarmament conference, but feeling toward it in the American Senate has been lukewarm. Ameri- can dele have attended a pre Jiminary conference and the work has been dragging on with very little sign of early suc Mr. may have in mind a of Ame United States took when it propc the 5-53 ratio at the Washington conference. The feeling unless the United namely, interna- a is growing here that be marshaled under world will not of the - s as is necessary therefore a | Al for disarmament to which other nations can respond. It comes in the midst of a debate in the American Congress on the upbullding of the Americ at a time when Ame urging that the Un 1l build up to the ratio and when in prelude to a of other power effect other naticns are being accused | of violating the spirit if not the letter hington conference, which t complete its work with respect cruisers and auxillary craft. ss of Mr. Coolidge's ting to the use of “moral ssary corollary to reminiscent of the be made in the midst of und itely after the close of the World War against militarism. Their revival may mean the beginning of another era of moral suasion among the nations of the worle world pe: speeches that u (Copsright. 1926.) BLAZING BUNTING IMPERILS PRESIDENT Fire Brings Momentary Scare Upon Arrival of Party at Trenton Station. Speciai Dispatch to The Star TRENTON, N. J., December 30.—As President and Mrs. Coolidge were leav- ing the Penr nis their arrival at Tren afternoon they were in danger for a moment or so when a streamer of bunting across their pathway caug fire. The flames, which leaped high for a brief period and_ which came dangerously close to the President and his wife, were q kly € guished by one of the S coldiers forming the guard along t ne through which the Presid; and his wife were walk to their automobil Although some little ement wa ecaused, the President and Mrs, Cool- tdge ren cool. The former, his custor calm fashio called directions the soldier engaged in nguish the fire. ake your time. Don't rush be carveful. We are in no hurry,’ President called to the soldier. The flares used by news photogra- phers for the purpose of taking fla light phot aphs of the President arrival ignited the bunting, which re- sulted in this blaze. on late yesterda: and * the 18-Year-0ld Wife- Wants Divorce. Wrennie Maude Davis, 18 vears old, 523 Sixth str southeast, today throuzh ¥ ext friend, Wrennie B. Forrest ht suit for a limited @ivorce from Harry B. Davis, 714 I street southeast. They were married April 28 and the wife charges cruelty uate support. At- v nham appears for Cheerful to the rest of the | He asks | ind covenants can | States does step in | 2nd assume the initiative, the opinion | station upon | e in m ; 'FNING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SDAY, DE(‘EMBER 30, 1926. FVENING STAK, WASHINGTON. D. O, THURSPAY, DRCEMBER % B e PRESIDENT'S PLEA FOR NATIONS TEXT OF PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS ssociated Press. NTON, N. J., December 30.— President Coolidge, addressing the ses- quicentennial celebration of Washing ton’s crossing of the Delaware, spoke as follows here last night. Fellow Countrymen: The season is now well advanced in the celebra- tions of the 150th anniversary of the | opening events of the American Revo- (ution. The year of 1925 marked the passage of a century and a half of (me from the days of Lexington, Con- cord and Bunker Hill and the assump- tion by Washington of the post of commander-in-chief of-the Continenta Army at Cambridge. During the fol | lowing March of 1776 in forcing the | British to evacuate Boston he secure¢ his first military success. In the fol- towing July the Declaration of Inde- | pendence was adopted by the Conti- | nental Congress at Philadelphia. “The early Summer saw nearly 30,000 British, under the command of | Sir William Howe, landed at Staten Island. Coming in contact with some of these forces on Long Island and again at White Plains, the Americans i without success. But Gen. | was entitled to great | credit for extricating his army, which | was then forced for nearly two months to retreat through New Jersey, and crossing the Delaware at Trenton | reached the Pennsylvania shore De- | | cember 8, barely in time to escape | ffrom Cornwallis. Although the Americans were safe | for the moment they had posses n of all the boats up and down th ver for 70 miles, their situation so desperate that Washington thought it might be necessary to retreat into Virginia, or even go bevond the Alle- | ghenies. Al hope of taking Canada was gone. New York had been ] The British had advanced into New | Jersey. Even the Congress had fled from Philadelphia to Baltimore. In- trenched behind the Delaware, with a ragged, starving army; poorl ped. broken in morale, dwindling | through the expiration of enlistments and daily desertions, while the pa- triotic cause was at its lowest ebb, on December 18 Washington wrote to his brother: Had Faith in Cause. *‘You can form no idea of the per- plexity of my situation. No man, I be- lieve, ever had a greater choice of fficulties and less means to extricate bimself from them. However, under a full persuasion of the justice of our cause I cannot entertain an idea that it will finally sink, though it may re- | main for some time under a cloud.’ “There you have the full measure of the father of his country. He faced the facts. He recognized the full im- port of their seriousness. But he was firm in the faith that the right would prevail. To faith he proposed to add works. If ever a great cause depend- ed for its success on one man, if ever a inighty destiny was identified with one person in these dark and despond- ;‘nl hours, that figure was Washing- on. ‘Such was the prelude to the his- jtoric events which, notwithstanding their discouraging beginning, were soon to culminate in the brilllant vie- tories of the patriotic armlies in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of | which the people of New Jersey are {now ~so appropriately celebrating. ! After a series of engagements and re- | treats which can only be character- |ized as defeats, running from April to | {late in December, Washington now decided to take the offensive. While some of his generals supported this | proposal others were doubtful. Col. Stark, who was to be heard from at | the Battle of Bennington in the fol- {lowing August, is reported to have 1:;(1\ ised the commander-in-chief as fol- ow. “‘Your men have too long been ac- customed to place their dependence for safety upon spades and pickaxes. If you ever expect to establish the indépendence of these States you {must teach them to place dependence {upon their firearms and courage.’ Decides on Attempt. “It was finally decided to attempt the crossing of the Delaware from ll-’ex’\n ylvania into New Jersey on | Christmas night, 1776, for the purpose |of a surprise attack on the Hessians | who oceupied Trenton. Orders were | issued to Col. Cadwalader, command ing thre- Philadelphia battalions, to| r nd to Gen. E militia to cross at shington planned over at McKonkeys The crossing has ever since | bey known history. The cold, t, the wind, the great cakes ng ice made the effort well- But for the skill ot 1 regiment of fishermen from Marble- head, Mass., under the command of “ol. Glover, the effort would have ed. The commands of Cadwalader and Ewing were unable to reach the New . shore. Tradition relates tha- Washington said to Gen. Knox, “The te of an empire depends upon this night.” It was not until 4 o'clock in the morning that the little army of 2,500 mien began their march on Tren on. The password was ‘Victory or death.” The storm of sleet was freez- | ing as it fell, the mud was deep, the night was dark. Being told the mus. kets were too wet to use, Washington continued the advance and ordered that where gunpowder failed the bayo aets be used. “About 8 o'clock | nigh impossibl the Amerlca: - |emerging through the storm, surpris the Hessians at Trenton, then a vil- lage of about 800 inhabitants, killed their commander, Col. Rall, and cap- tured bween 1,000 and 1,500 men. It is said that. Washington personally directed the artillery fire. Alexander Hamilton commanded a battery. Jeing unsupported and outnumbered three to one, Washington recrossed the Delaware and again took up his position on the Pennsylvania shore. “It cannot be said that this ranks as t battle, but it was the turning int in the Revolutionary War, at h defense and defeat became of From that hour —are a Winter need, whose AT TRENTON ANNIVERSARY Tuming Point in Revolution Seen in| Offensive Victory of Gen. Washington. U. S. Peace Role Lauded. the spirit of the patriot cause rose. The inhabitants of this region began o remove their loyalist flags and to manifest their open adherence to the American cause. Early on New Year morning Robert Morris was busy wak- ing peovle in Philadelphia, making ap- peals for money to support the army. He secured $30,000, which went large- ly to pay the soldiers, encouraging them to remain after their enlistments had expired. Again Occupies Trenton. “Meanwhile Cadwalader had crossed the Delaware. Learning of his move- ments, on-the 30th Washington again occupled Trenton and drew his lines on the south side of Assunpink Creek, with about 5,000 men. Skirmishers which he sent toward Princeton were driven back by the British commanded by Cornwallis, who encamped on the north banks of the creek, expecting, with his superior numbers, to over- whelm the Americans on the following a Realizing that he could not re. cross the Delaware for the lack of hoats, and that his army was too weak to advance, Washington held a mid night council, at which it was decided to leave their campfires burning and their sentinels posted while the army moved off to the right and marched rapldly around behind the British po- sition. “Just after daybreak heard the roar of W: from Princeton, a do where a sharp en When the Cornwallis hington's guns en miles aw: gement took place. of Mercer and Cadwalader thrown into disor- der Washington rode to the front, ral lied his men and brought victol of defeat. Having routed the British, he continued north toward Brunswick, but finding his men too exhausted to attack the British depot, turned his umy north toward Morristown, where ae arrived on January 7. “By this brilliant action he had broken through the lines of Gen. Howe ond held a position where he could recruit his army and continue the war. ‘Earlier successes,’ says John Fiske, ‘had been local. This was continental. Seldo has so much been done with such slender means.’ On hearing what Washington had ac- for_nphshed, Sir Horace Walpole wrote: His march through our line is allowed to have been a prodigy of generalship. In one word, I look upon a great part of America as lost to this country.’ After this display of valor and succe: Congress hastened to vote more trooy and supplies. Recruits began to ar- rive. The crisis was passed. The way was open to arouse the spirit of the colonies to such a noint that they were able in the foillowing October to surround and defeat Burgoyne at Saratoga. That victory brought the open support of France and led on to Yorktown and independence. Wins Offensive Victory. “It is the relationship of events which makes them important. The capture of a small outpost in a little village by the Revelutionary force of scarcely 2,500 men is not in itself impressivy The night march from the south side of Assunpink, the sur- prise attack on Princeton, the escape of the patriot army through the Bri ish lines, hold a rather trifling place if considered increly as a militar achievement. The colonists had dem- onstrated that they could fight Bunker Hill. But that was more than a year and a half ago, and it was not a victory. Washington had dem- nstrated his military capacity by the successful and almost bloodless siege of Boston. He had shown his strategy in the retreat from Long Island. But here at last he had led an attac of great boldness, had one or two a tions in the fleld, and finally reached his objective. “This was successful offensive vic- tory. He had demonstrated his genius for command. His cause was far from won. He was yet to pass that terrible Winter at Valley Forge and meet the shock of Arnold treachery on the Hudson. But here- after he stood out as a general that | commanded the pride of his country- {men and the respect of their foes. Thereafter every one knew that the Colonies had an army in the field that would fight and could win vie- torles. It was that knowledge and that army which were the entire sup- port of the Revolutionary movement. “We cannot, however, put the main emphasls of these important events on their immediate results. it was not that they enthused the patriots with a new spirit which en- abled them to win important victo n the coming campalgns of 1 The war could have heen lost many times in the following years. It was not even the more distant day of independence, gling, di ered, unrelated egation of Col- mies, alike to fts own domestic s and foreign in- trigue, riotous, Impotent, bankrupt, would scarcely have been worth the blood and treasure expended for a nominal and flecting independence. “The American Revolution was not an accomplished fact until the adop- tion of our Federal Constitution and the establishment under its provisions of an efficiently functioning govern- ment. Unless the engagements at Trenton and Princeton had led in this direction they would have been all in vain and we should not be here assembled to do our reverence to them and their herofc figures. “Washington and his generals are gone. The bloody tracks which their barefoot armfes often left on the frozen ground have long since been washed away. The smoke of the con- fiict in which they engaged has cleared. The civil strife and disorder which followed have been dissipated. But the institutions which they founded, the Governmént which they established, have not only remained, but have grown in strength and im- portance and extended their influence throughout the earth. We can never go to thelr assistance with supplies and reinforcements. We can never lend our counsel to their political deliberations. Rut we can support the Government and institutions which are their chief titleg to the esteem and reverence in which they are held by the common consent of all humanity. 4 “Our country has traveled far since piring days. Our prog. has heen great. Our prosperity heen the wonder of the world Our present-day existence has its dif ficultles requiring courage and re sourcefulness. The political and eco nomic life of the Nation offers ahun dant opportunity for developing the character and Increasing the moral power of the people. 1 believe it to be a grave error to assert that the spiritual force of the men anc women of the Revolutionary period was superior to that which exists in the America of the present. But the: did set for us an example which nc nation can ignore and long exist. “No doubt their desire was as great as ours, if their chance to gratify it was more limited, for an opportun o rean a profit from following own business and living in ¢ and peace. But this was not their supreme choice. They were willing to accord to those rights which they set out in the Declaration of Independence something more than lip service. When they had pledged to the support of those principles thei lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, they demonstrated by thel: actions that they stood ready to r deem that pledge. In order that theh id might be maintained, they did not hesitate to sacrifice all that they had and were “The Colonies of those days ha lttle in the way of accumulate wealth, but by hard work the people on the whole maintained themselves in comfort. Those conditions, as every one knows, have been radically changed. Through the developmen: of our natural resources, our inven tive genius, and meckanical skill tt Nation has become possessed of very large wealth. Such a situation has its dangers. In past history it has usually led first to luxury and ease and later to decline and decay. We do not vet appear to be tending in that direction. While we have a con siderable extent of what might b called luxury, it is not of that de structive nature which has in the past afflicted other people. In a wide measure it is for use rather than dis- play. It makes its appeal to the soul rather than to the senses. Not Given Over to Ease. “With whatever else we may be charged, our sharpest critics do not clalm that this is a nation given over to ease. The fact is that idle ness is no longer fas ble. The American of large possessions has not been afflicted with indolence. Rather, he has been a victim of overstrain and overwork. The class of idle rich in this country has dwindled to such small proportions that it is no longer worth noticing. No doubt it can be said that we have permitted certain types of extravagance, as in the use of our natural resources and in the waste that attends the conduct of much of our daily life, but as nation it does not appear that are suffering an a spread of luxury and ease “The main effort tionary period, it seems to me, was to bestow upon the individual a larger freedom guaranteed by the authority of law. \Vhen the battles were over and the Federal Constitution with its bill of rights had been adopted, when the Federal courts had been ap pointed and the jurisdiction of the National laws was thoroughly estab. lished, the people of this country found themsel: in the possession greater liberties than were enjoyed by any other nation. While our po- litical ideals were in many respects an inheritance, and our political capacity the result of generations of experi- ence, our theory and form of a repre- sentative system of self-government based on the broad doctrine of equality, recognizing that the indi- vidual had rights upon which not even the Government itself could encroach was_something altogether new in the world. #It completely tem of cla: wide the door of opportunity to every: talent. What had neretofore been the privilege of the few immediately became the right of the many. Under the great intellectuar and spiritual awakening which this new conception of human relationship brought about the nation began that rapid develop- ment and expansion which has been 80 continuous and increasing through the whole length of our history. Our fears in the end have proved to bhe delusions, while it has been our hopes that have proved to be realities Success in Self-Restraint. “We have wondered whether a peo- ple left entirely to themselves with no restraints except those which were self-imposed through their own politi- cal action would be able to exercise sufficient self-control to remain eco- nomically sound. We have wondered whether there would be enough se- curity for property against confisca- tory action, so that there could be sufficient accumulations of capital to finance the needs of a rapidly expand- ing Nation with its many require- ments for tremendous investments, to provide it with the necessary methods of production and distribution. We have seen that under a republic, with the great inspiration that it gives to has we. obliterated the old Blackistone’s New Year Corsages $3.50 & $5 Arranged with choiciest flowers, and very special values at $3.50 and $5. a| ; impairment through | I DA &% | sufficient energy and intelligence to | of our Revolu-| of | and caste and opened | private initiative, our acco. A>a- | ments in this direction have surpassed those of any other country. “We have wonilered whether, if the ndividual were left unrestricted, the more intelligent, more resourceful and more unscrupulous would not gather unto themselves o large a proportion of the wealth of the country that they would dominate the great mass of the people by the mere weight and power of money. But some way people of that stamp do not prosper, do not gain real power. We have seen many great fortunes accumulated. But they do not dominate the people. Rather the people dominate them. Their whole tendency has been toward investment for the benefit of the pub- lic. Some of those which stood out as the largest scarcely 25 years ago have been practically all bestowed upon charity, while men at that time obscure and unknown have risen to the highest rank in the wealth of our country. Who can doubt that these results are even now in the process of repetition? As a general rule with us, great wealth has meant great pub- lic service. “We have only to look about us to see that under our institutions these conditions, instead of affording a means of burdening and oppressin the great mass of the people, hav rather afforded them means for a higher standard of living and a great- er degree of prosperity than ever be- fore existed. Under our system the wealth of the country instead of tend- ing to concentration tends to distri- bution. If all the large fortunes in the country were combined, thelr amount in comparison with our en- tre wealth would not be large. The fact is, that the great mass of the property of the country is owned by the people of the country. This is the great outstanding fact in the eco nomic life of America. It cannot be too often stated or too strongly emp sized. Instead of fetarding, our po- itical institutions have advanced and strengthened our economic condition. Prosperity Not Main Desire. “We placing a great deal of emphasis on prosperity. Our people AT it ought not to be their main desire. There are other thing ought to want more not a cause; it is a result based on indolence and eas ce and greed, or on s self-ndulgence. It is the resuit of in- dustry, fair dealing, self-denial and generos It is all summed up in a single word. It is character. If the sountry will put its emphasis on this process and remember to practice these virtues, its prosperity will be- come greater and greater, and the greater it becomes the more worthy t will be of our admiration. A more ff] nt service, one to another, will be the foundation of a greater pros perity and of a stronger national character. “It is never possible to discuss the political institutions which resulted from the American Revolution without realizing that their fundamental cor ception is reliance on the individual The whole system of a self-supporting, self-governing people breaks down both in theory and in practice, unless the individual is of a character cap able of rising to the great dignity of that position. The whole record of American success is traceable to the excellence of American citizenship. To such a people institutions, : are important. Our poli tion, with its representative s and its local self-government, strong _executive authority and inde- | pendent courts, harmonizes our hi | torical background with s c { principles. Yet this el | well wrought out system would be of little avail unless the people supply { make it work. | “Unless that be done there is no ystem of government that can supp! a nation with political salvation | Under our theory the citizen is sov jereign. Whenever he abdicates some | pretender assumes the throne. In {large centers of population this has {often taken the form of what we term |a political boss. The voters cease to | function in their sovereign capacity and turn their power over to some i dividual, who rules in their stead. They thinking and acting for | themselves and permit some one to {think and act for them. They are not | willing to make the form the service which is necessary to | support self-government. { Better izenship Is Goal. “When this condition ex there | may be many palliatives, but there is only one fundamental remedy. Meth | 0ds can be devised under which it ma Ibe more difficult for the political d |tator to remain in power and more easy for the great body of the voters to direct their own destiny. But |under our institutions the only |to perfect our Government is to per fect the individual citizen. It is neces- sary to reach the mind and the soul {of the individual. It is not merely a {change of environment, but a chang 10{ heart that is needed. The power !the law may help, but only the power of righteousness can be completely sufficient. I know of no way that th ' “Turn Over | < Inspeet ! these “Life-time Homes” —noting particularly the big rooms and porches: practically arranged. Some have builtin tvb and shower, and garages. Open 9 AM. to 9 P.M. 7th and Gallatin N.W. In the heart of Petworth $6.950 5th and Delafield N.W. One of the highest points in ‘Washington $7.950 4th and Crittenden N.W. in ught to desire to be prospercus, but | a0 acrifice and per- | can be done save through the influ- ences of religion and education. “By religion I do not mean either fanaticism or bigotry; by education I do not mean the cant of the schools, but a broad and tolerant faith, loving thy nelghbor as thyself, and a train- ing and experience that enables the hu- man mind to see into the heart of things. This has been a long, slow and laborious process, accompanied by many failures and many disappoint- ments. No doubt there will be many more in the future. But those who have faith in the power of the indi- vidual to work toward moral perfec- tion are willing to intrust their destiny to that method of reform. It s that faith which justifies the American con- ception of popular sovereignty. There is no other theory by which we could explain the making of the American Nation and no other theory on which we can hope for its continuity. It was in this faith that Washington crossed the Delaware. “It is true that the world is coming to comprehend the spirit of service better than it ever did before. We ought to rejoice in that conception. But that theory does not run counter to the theory of Independence. The Colonies had been called on to fight the Furopean wars on this side of the Atlantic. They had been required to pay tribute to liquidate KEuropean debts and support the European mili- tary establishment. They had been forced to submit to the regulation and control of their trade for the benefit of European commerce. They deter- mined to resist these unjust imposi- tions and establish their complete in- dependence. They did not then and do not now fail to recognize that they are a part of the civilized world and that they owe not only to themselves but to others great obligations. ~But they were determined then and are determined now to be the masters of their own destiny and the judges of their own conduct. They knew, and we ought to know, that unless we can be American we cannot be anything. Unless we look after ourselves we can- | not look after anybody else. The ob- | ligations of civilization are reciprocal. | The same consideration that we owe | to others they owe to us. Against Militarist Policy. “Washington and the patriots of his day wanted peace. We want peace v found it was necessary to make t sacrifices in order to secure it. innot escape the corresponding s, sometimes for the purpose providing adequate national de- fense, sometimes through interna- tional covenants by limiting the scope of our military forces. I do not be- lieve we can advance the policy of P a return to the policy of com- | petitive armaments. While I favor an adequate Army and Navy, I am opposed to any effort to militarize this Nation. “When that method has been worked out to its logical consequences the result has always been a complet failure. We can render no better serv ice to humanity than to put forth all our influence to prevent the world from’ slipping back into the grasp of | that ravaging system. Truth and faith and justice have a power of their own in which we are justified in placing a very large reliance. Washington could carry on the war because, as he wrate to his brother, he had ‘a full per ion of the justice of our cause.’ It was the final conviction on the part of the British that their cause W not just that led them to abandon their attempt to subdue the Colonies. “In nations individuals have their | counterpart. As we can expect some help from domestic laws, so we can | expect some help from international | covenants. While each represents the | best that humanity can do at this | time, neither in themselves are suffi- cient. As it is necessary to change | the heart of the individual, so it is necessary to change the heart of na- | tions. This has often been referred to as moral disarmament. The mi h ; | take that is being made in its applica- tion lies in the fact that it does not come first. If the world had complete change of heart, complete moral dis- armament, complete mutual under- ctanding, complete sympathy, e | would have little need of armaments and no need at all for international treaties limiting their use and size. 1t because all nations are in danger | from this source that we ought to | provide such artificial barriers as are | possible for the protection of the peace | and welfare of humanity. Wants Nations Trustful. “It is because the spirlt of avarice, ¢ jealousy, of hate and of revenge re not yet eliminated from the hearts | of the nations that it is well for them | to take counsel together that they | may devise means for protecting themselves from these evil counselors, " | that they may deliver themselves from - | their control and come more complete- v under the dominion of benevolence, kindliness, charitableness and goc | will. Altogether too much of intern; tional relationship is based on fea Nations rejoice in the fact that the: have the courage to fight each other. When will the time come that they have the courage to trust each other? “The world has been striving to ad- vance in this direction, to discard the old theory of relying entirely on force and to adopt the method of relying more on reason. W are in danger of a New Leaf” —Stop Renting and Live in YOUR OWN HOME It is one of the soundest, eco- nomical principles to buy a Home—for it means that you will not only save the money that’s now being literally wasted rent; but will require less monthly outlay in the purchase. You cannot make money more easily than by saving it. And you cannot invest more securely and profitably than in a Home of your own. Now'’s the time to give serious consideration to this subject— just at the beginning of a new year. TO DISARM WARMLY RECEIVED (Continued from First Page.) heart of the individual if the heart of the nation is to be changed. The President expressed the bellef that a wider understanding of the spirit of mutual service is growing in the world, but that this does not run counter to the theory of independence. He recalled that in the days of George Washington and the patriots of his time the colonies determined to re- sist unjust impositions and establish their complete independence, but that Americans did not then and do not now fail to recognize that they are part of the civilized world, and that they owe not only to themselves but to others great obligations. Masters of Own Destiny. “But they were determined then and are determined now,” the Presi dent declared, “to be masters of thelr own destiny and the judges of their own conduct. They knew, and we ought to know, that unless we can be American we cannot be anything. Unless we look after ourselves, we can- not look after anybody else. The obligations of civilization are recipro. cal. The same consideration that we owe to others they owe to us.” Turning to matters more intimate and bearing more directly upon the domestic development of the countr; the President warned against attac! ing too much emphasis In this coun- try to wealth and prosperity. He added that the American people ought to desire to be prosperous, but it ought not to be their main desire. In his opinion, there are other things they ought to want more. The Presi dent, however, characterized pros- perity as character, saying that it is not based on indolence and ease, on avarice and greed, or on selfishness and self-indulgence, but is the result | of industry, fair dealing, self-denial and generosity. ‘While on the subject of the Ameri can citizen. the President said that it is never possible to discuss the politi- cal institutions which resulted from the American Revolution without real- izing that their fundamental concep tion is reliance on the individual. He contended that the whole system of self-supporting, self-governing people breaks down both in theory and in practice unless the individual is of a character capable of rising to the great dignity of that position. Key to American Success. The whole record of American sue- cess, he stated, Is traceable to the excellence of American citizenship. He said that our whole system of representative form of government slipping back Into the old The habit and tradition of ages call us in that direction. We cannot establish the new principle unless we are will- ing to make some sacrifices, unless we are willing to put some courage into our convictions. We have met to cele- brate some of the events which cured our independence. are strong enough and brave enough to resist another domination of the world by the military spirit through | is s that | they might rejoice in the glad tidings of ‘Peace on earth, good will toward crifices our own independent action. Thi: the holy season. All humanity F laid aside the burdens of the da, men.' Remembering the that Washington and his patriot army endured for us, we ought not to shrink from sacrifice to make ‘hat inspired vision a practical reality " ADOLPH KAHN President MEMBERS OF AMSTERD. oft.oflalin/ne. formula. | se- 1 believe we | would be of little avall if the people dld not supply sufficient energy and intelligence to make it work. Declaring that under the theory of the American Government the citizen is sovereign, the President stated that the only way to perfect our Govern ment is to perfect the individual cltizen. It is necessary to reach the mind and soul of the individual, he sald. He added that only the power of righteousness is capable of helping. and in his opinion only religion and education could give the citizen a full sense of his civic responsibilities and duties and at the same time give American institutions their full force by allowing inteliigent and direct in tervention of the people. “Ry religion 1 do not mean he continued “either fanaticism or big otry; by education, I do not mean the cant of the schools, but a broad and tolerant truth, loving thy nelghbor as thyself, and a training and experience that enables the human mind to see into the heart of things.” During the course of his address the President referred to the Christ mas season by saying: “This is the holy season. All humanity has lald aside the burdens of the day that they might rejoice in the glad tidings of ‘Peace on earth, good wlill toward e " g Mr. Coolidge prefaced his remarks with an_especially interesting narra- tion of the Revolutionary period lead- ing up to the battle of Trenton, which he described as the turning point in the war, and a recounting of the sub. sequent events, culminating with the surrender of Cornwallls. As for the battle of Trenton, the President said that while it cannot be said that it ranks as a great battle, it was the turning point in the war, at which de fense and defeat became offense and | vietory. From the hour of Washing ton's memorable crossing of the Dela ware, the spirit of the Amerlean patriot rose, he stated. TALKES IS NOMINATED FOR GROTTO MONARCH Stephen H. Talkes was nominated for monarch of the Kallipolis Grotto at the annual meeting in the organiza- tion’s headquarters, 907 Seventh streat, last night. Election is to beld January 27. Mr. Talkes is president of the Feder- ation of Civie Club Executives and sec retary of the Credit Men's Assoclation Others nominated last night were: Arthur M. Poynton, chief justic Harry B. Plankinton, master of cere- mon ph H. Curran, treasurer; E. W. Libbey, secretary: John H Shreve, trustee, and Charles H. Corby | sentine Announcement was made that the | Grotto will hold a dance in the W | Hotel January 19, and that an | style show will be conducted by the | organization in the Arcadia March 31, | April 1 and A beauty contest is to be held to | select the girls to wear the clothes in | the style show. YOU HAVE SPENT YOUR LIFE BUILDING YOUR ESTATE; Spend a day safeguarding it | MAKE A WILL > || Federal-American National A bank with over $15,000,000 of resources ARTHUR J. 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