09/14/1919
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"They impudently denied us the use of the high seas and repeatedly executed their threat that they would send to their death any of our people who ventured to approach the coasts of Europe."
"We meet to celebrate Flag Day because this flag which we honour and under which we serve is the emblem of our unity, our power, our thought and purpose as a nation."
"This flag under which we serve would have been dishonoured had we withheld our hand."
"They are themselves in the grip of the same sinister power that has now at last stretched its ugly talons out and drawn blood from us."