SECRETARY HUGHES CRITICAL OF THOSE WHO DECRY FOREIGN PEOPLES & THEIR GOVERNMENTS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On the evening of April 17, 1922, Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes, in address to the Daughters of the American Revolution* Congress meeting here in the Nation's Capital, said...
"The true significance of the recent armament conference is...that there never has been manifested a finer spirit of international co-operation..."
The Secretary thanked the DAR for making the Memorial Continental Hall* available for conference meetings.
Mr. Hughes continued...
"Let it be understood that those who indulge in diatribes against foreign peoples and their governments...are enemies first of their own country."
*Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was founded in 1890 in Washington, D.C. It is a service organization for women directly descended from a person involved in the American movement for independence from Great Britain in the 18th century.
**Continental Hall is located at 1776 D Street, NW in Washington, D.C. It was built 1904-1910 & opened in 1921. The hall was the site of the Washington Naval Conference, 1921-22. It is part of the headquarters complex of the DAR.
SOURCE
"Jingoes Worst Foes of Nation, Asserts Hughes," The New York Tribune, April 18, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
