Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-06-14
UNITED STATES WILL NEVER TURN BACK UNTIL
PEACE IS MADE SECURE FOR THE woRl D

Address Of the Secretary of War be- I,
fore citizens of Georgetown and mem. |
bers of the Georgetown Citizens |
association at Montrose Park. George
town:
My Friends and Neighbors: AS 1
sat here on the platform for the few
minutes before this meeting opened.
looking at this beautiful park with
Its fine old trees, and saw the set
ting sun and heard the laughter of
children, there arose inevitably in my
mind a sense of the profound and al /
most indescribable contrast between
this and any other country in the !
world. All over the United States to- !
day meetings something like this are
being held. Fathers and mothers are
escorting their sons to the places of
enlistment; and the young women OF
every community, filled with pride in
the encouragement of a duty. which
always makes woman an inspiration
TO man in an hour of trial, are 60
ing with the young men to the places
OF enlistment, and beautiful and
spontaneous things are happening.
This morning when one of the
young men in my office went to en-
list and after standing in line for
some 20 minutes across from a row of
houses, suddenly fresh-looking
NOnDp Girl Hragg.I IN u.l,i,, ,.l
without any suggestion from anybody,
raised window in her home and then
played The Star-Spanglcd Banner"
And when she had finished those
young men in line responded with ap-
plause to express their sentiment.
And all over this country of ours you
can hear the laughter OF children at
play.
Our life is full and rich and varied.
Our old and young alike have had a
full life. And if you select any other
country in the world to draw your con-
trast from words fail you.
Babies Lives Trampled Out
; II is said that in Poland there is not
J now living q single child under five
years of age. Even the babies are
trampled out OF existence and lost in
the alternate advance and retreat Of
thos" herdcd people as they seek to
escape an advancing adversary
picture that anyone might draw OF
Roumania or Belgium or Serbia.
Countries in which boys the size OF
these boy scouts are all that are left
to bear arms little fellows and 10.
saw picture just day or two ago
OF child in the Serbian Army at the
end OF l0mile walk carrying a mans
'musk"t-just stepped out OF cradle
into the ranks. And If We take all
. countries Of the earth, We find priva-
ton and sorrow written everywhere.
Now, this war is costing the world
I at the present time something more
than $60.OO0,OOO every day, and some
thing more than 10000 lives every
I day. And the sacrifice and the slaugh
!; ter have gone on day after day witt
solemn certainty and with an increas
ing uncertainty as To the end OF il
all.
!: set Gain Above God"
This Is not the place in all likeli
; hood for mo to describe what | be
iicvc To be tn" cause of it: and yet
I if am permitted TO put that cause in
I a sentence, il IL because certain
; group of nations have set themselves
!; above God, set national aggrandize
mcnt and aggression above national
; righteousness and fair dealing. As a
! consequence OF that, we have wit
& messed an increasing savagcry of war
z so that il is no longer question o
!: even the most modern science in tn,
p art of warfare. with an aim and pur
|. pose 10 amcIiorate its severity and
; protect the innocent, but a complet,
: surrender 10 the bestial. As they
/ have it now. il is no longer "A contest
I of bodies of men against bodies OF
|. men. II is no longer an open con
4 flict upon fair plane, where genius
I and strategy and courage work out {
: national problem But II is, in par
{ at least. the assassination by sea ant
{ casual slaughter by air. and the KILN