Washington, Nov. 12.
President Roosevelt, in an Armistice Day speech yesterday, declared he was seeking a road to peace which would be better than that achieved in 1918. Shortly after placing wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery, the President briefly addressed the centennial ceremonies at the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington by telephone, "There is nothing inconsistent in saying a word about peace at the anniversary of a great school of arms," he said. "In our history, the two have always had some connection. We never had the illusion that peace and freedom could be based on weakness. Now we need a new and better peace; peace which will cause men at length to lay down the weapons of hatred which have been used to divide them and to forego their murposeless ambitions which have always created fear—ambitions which, in the long run, serve no useful end.
"We seek a language in which neighbour can talk to neighbour; in which men can talk to men; in which common, homely, human instincts, which are found in every man, may reach expression through the elimination of fear.
"I have sought and still seek in all simplicity to try to find a road toward this peace. It must be the goal, not only of men trained to arms, but of all of us everywhere whose dearest desire is quiet peace under liberty."—United Press,
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