New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1918, Page 5

| | | _One Hundred Million Dollars. ~ UNLIMITED FORGE - OFMENFOR FRANGE President Wilson Declares Power of Nation Is in the War New York, May 20.—Official assur- ance that there is to be no limit on the number of Amerlcan soldiers sent to France was given Saturday nt by President Wilson in the Red President opening Cross campaign in New York Wilson spoke to nearly 5,000 people and was frequently in rupted by waves of applause that ewept over a thrilled audience, Russia is not to be deserted, Pr dent W protected He also said that he all son declared, and will be from German autocracy. had conscienti- ously examined so-called offers of enemy governments and had peace tound them to be insincere President Wilson's address follows: “Mr. Chairman and fellow men: I should think that Mr. gree curtailed country- be very sorry to Davison in any de- his for mine, exceedingly fear ti inter- esting speech at ho postponing listened was because [ the interest am sure S5 with same intent and intimate with the he gave of which T listened to extraordin vivid weeount the things which e had realized because he had come In with them on We ation contact the jde of the them with our passed them in ence, and I am not aight to review for the Red ross; 1 to do so b time the In detail Ih 2 few all means a other water imasgi his comy he com experi- here to personal come the not compete not had the follow it vou am have or opportunity to simply to we come here to words to you to me to great deal with which The dut And the second nd in hand with eatly and worthily quality of our power the r auallty onr purnose of elves con the first duty. wo st keep in thought win the war. I men recently 8,000,000 men to 5,000,000 15 wh m and Th seems two to face first is to win duty, that to win the only wa it, is it real but and not of or duty that foreground omplished is heard must limit, onr the the until it ha that say we ready. Why it No Limit to Manpower, “1 have asked United cause the sure. as we all intend, ship that can carry men or shall go laden upom every vo with every man and every supply can carry. And, we are not apt diverted from the grim purposc the States to cong intends, that ever supplie age he to be of | proaches i | I but “our winning the war by any insincere ap- upon the subject of peace. can say with a clear conscience that I have tested th intimations and have found them insincere. T now rec- ognize them for what they are, an op- portunity have a free hand, par- ticularly in the ecast, to ca out pur- poses of canquest and exploitation. “Every proposal with regard to commodation in the west involve tion with regard to the ¢ oW, so far as I am concerned, I tend to stand by Russia ad France.” A voice fram rupted “God reser 5 in- well a audience the inter- bless you!" “The helpless and the very ones that need friends and succor; and if any man in Ger- many thinks we are going to sacrifice anybody for our own sake, I tell them now they are mistaken. For the glory of this war, my fellow-citizens, in so far as we are concerned, is that it is, perhaps far the first time in history an unselfish war. 1 could not be proud to fight for a selfish purpose, I can be proud to fight for man- kind. If they wish peace, let them come forward through accredited the table. We have laid ours and they the tabe. We have laid ours and they know what they are. “But behind all this grim my friends, lies the demonstrate not only will be demonstrated to the utmost, but the opportunity to demonstrate character, and it is that opportunity that we have most conspicuously in the work of the Red Cross. Not that men in arms do not represent our character, for they do, and it i character which those who see and realize appreciate and admire, but their duty is the duty of force. The duty of the Red Cross is the duty of and succor and friendship. War Welding World Together. the friendless arc purpose, opportunity fo force, which nercy Have vou formed a picture 1n vour imagination of what this war is doing for us and for the world? Tn my awn mind I am convinced that not a hun- cace could have knitted ther dred yea this nation tog has knitted even 15 this single year of war it together, if toget and better than, that, possible, it is knitting the at the pic scenc four world, hov world u In the nations engaged against the at every point of vantag: that they sceking selfish Look | of the e | greatest | sustain indizement, gainst them overnments the greator part the the drawn tog commun representing population of ther into a new of interest, a new of purposc, a new life. The secretary interesting incident other da He said when he Ttaly a member the ment was expli reazons why United States ‘I experin troop trair ¥ of them of world se ol sense of community of unity told mc of of an was in Italian govern- nir Italy felt near to the to try nd ask n ave been in America happens. e tried experiment. He went up to a train and he said How many bhoy have been in Americ: said it scemed to him i them sprang up, ‘Me f cisco; me from New Y There was a America in the that had been ciation, who you wan an interesting ent of lish how and om ork i Fre Ttalian knitted know us, army, to Poople by had ug who the | troop | of you | are he | you f half of | heart blood goes into it 10 him the many | of 1 over. | We call it part of the heart of|but it i rely ¢ ~h a lived t of i world I Chris | gentlemen | h | their comradeship tere | worth | the germ | He i vou | after amongst us, who had worked shoulder | to shoulder with us, of America, were native Italy. “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. And this intimate contact of the Cross with the peoples who are suf- the terrors and deprivations of this war is going to be one of the instrumentalities of friend- the world ever knew, and center of the heart of it all, if we it properly, will be this that we so dearly love, “My friends, a great day duty s come, and finds a man’s soul no kind of can ever find it. “May T say The duty us all n to serve one an- and no man can afford to A fortunc out of this war. There are men among who ten that, if they e saw it of you are old ‘\’!»u;:h 1 enough, to remember men fortunes out the Civil war, vou knaw how they were regarded their fellow citizens. “That was a war to save one coun- try—tt war to save the world And your to the Red Cros is one of relations which will r lieve yvou the ma. You can't give anything to government the United tat won't accept it. There law of congress ainst accepting even service out pay. The only thing that government will accept is a loan, duties performed; hut it is a great deal bhetter to glve than fo lend or pay and your t channel for giv- ing is the American Red Cross. Down in your hearts you 't take very much satisfaction in the last anal in lending to the of the United States heeat terest which you draw pockets; it is a tion, and some stooped to cavil est, knowing mentary that attitude. and now fighting for their fering ship the that of this? W us have Some of and by is relation th of st the I { to in si money the in- commercial transae- men have the rate of inter- incidental constitutes at not the com upon Giver Reccives Uappiness. it when vou give, something of heart, something of vour soul something of yourself goes with the particular that it gift, when it is given in such rin never can come benefit to old ‘the come. fa- ing. of direct 1 B cal defi yours ou know there is the tion of gratitude lively expectation of favors to no expectation of vors fo « i place nccored, world )t men may tore tha the face blight of moit therc the destruction that whereve nd en hat i 3. n helpfuli mercy “And Iutely don't iving tion a ah: W 1 a and all consider If you vourself lber ith self in aduin 1, you but your g 1o vanity give own un it hurts, then “And what Ameri Red think the here! Cross, great which i the statutes governments we have international orga only recog the ion not ed civilized by cach of am old | who made ! NO PENSIONS PAID with- | the | and | vernment | will burn vour cven | friends | i those Red | land | that | forgot- | their | | that ind | if | ! siding | the | Res of the world, but it is recognized by international agreement and treaty, as the recognized and accepted in=- strumentality of mercy and succe Aud one of the stains that rests upon the reputation of the erman army is that they have not ted the Red Cross. hat goes to the root of the mat- They not respected the in= trumentality they themselves par- ticipated in sctting up as the which no man was to touch, because it was (he expression of common humanity. We are membe by ing members of the American (% of a eat fraternity and coms- ship which extends all over the and this cross which thesa toda emblem ianity itself fills my imasginatio to think of the country are deepest ave be- rac dies bore is an and all dies omen busy to- night and of the Red rness to thing of social €It ov th nd 1y who are busy cvery doing the work with a great the vice: busy forgetfulness all t ivolities of their , rcady to ~curtail the 1 household in order that may contribute to this common < ,hat all their hearts are en in, and in dolng what their prompted other very d O find busy out ble mo to do, with relation s of they become h think of thi people of the vou the bein s, you United into heart of togeth wh the service only, but for the where they suf- maze of dis- are drawn r family for cat intimate used soldiers not service civilians, for are lost in a t and distraction. And you then, this noble picture of justice and mer:y as the two servants liberty, For only where men do they think the thoughts radeship; only where they free do they think the thoughts svmpathy; only where they are free » they mutually helpful; only wh they are free do they thei depend e upon one and a in- the fr of are realize another common ne and common T heard a story that was ecessity. told the other ridiculous but it is repeating, hecause it contains of truth. An Indian was enlisted in the army. He returned to the reservation on a furlough. Ie was asked what he thought of aid ‘No much good: too much salute: not much shoot. Then h was ked re you going back? ‘Yes.! ‘Well, do you know are fighting for ‘Yes, know fight to make whole damn world safe for democratic party.' He had evidently misunderstood some in- nocent of my But there is no party it right as far day me sentence all, although purpose in it, he got as the word party’ to make the whole world democratic in the sense of community of interest and of purpose, and if vou ladies and own. tlemen could read some of the touch- | through | ing dispa official ct which for even through there come voices of are infinitely pathetic catch some of those the utter longing ind helpless peoples all the world, to hedr something like the Battle Hymn of the Republic, to hear the feet of the great hosts of liberty going to them free, to set their minds free, set their lives free, set their children free, vou would know what into the heart of those who are trying to contribnte all the brains and power they to this great enterprise of liberty. I suihmon you to the com- radeship, I summon you in this next Kk to how much and how neerely and how unanimously the heart the world.” tehes nnels, channels humanity that if you could voices that of oppressed come speak over set comes ave we say you sustain of VETS IN FOE'S LAND Uncle Sem Finds 371 Men in Germany on Rolls W pen Austria ey front reason war or May ~United States living i Germany and who have been drawing mon- the American government by of their in the Civil for other have had their allowances cut hecause of their residence territory yment of pe be re ned until p declared, Con- ess has although allow- those allied in shington, 20 101 rvices reasons off encmy ns will not told, been sent v the and & unces are siding in rmany lands. 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