South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-22
GOOD SPIRIT At
MASS MEETING
Although Crowd Is Small Pa
triotiSm Displayed Is of
High Order.

Through lack Of proper advertis-
ing the mass meeting at the high
school. following the parade. almost
proved an anti-climax. But although
only a few hundred of the thou
sands who Witnessed and participat-
ed in the parade were present at
the mass meeting, the same patriotic
spirit prevailed and found expires
sion in the inspiring talks or the
speakers and in the applause with
which these talks were greeted
ID. L. GuilfOyle, who presided at
the meeting. gave voice to the gen
eral opinion OF the demonstration
Of the day when he declared IL the
greatest demonstration ever wit
messed in South Bend. Right Rev.
John HAGEN White gave the invoca-
| ton. Rev. G. A. Lippincott, d. d,
made an appeal on behalf Of the
Red Cross and Frank +. Herring
gave the principal address. The
audience joined in a number Of pat
riOtic songs.
Believes Slackers Few.
The atmosphere in which L have
been during the last five or six
hours has made a profound impress
sion on me and l cannot believe that
there are many real slackers among
us at the present time" said Mr..
/ Herring i'm opening his address. Mr..
/ Herring pointed out the significance
of the words of Pres't Wilson when
he said that it was a war of de-
1
scented by the German government
and throughout the speech which
was pitched in a high key of pa
triotism he emphasized the import
; ance of keeping this view of the war
| in mind.
1t was through rebellion against
! English Prussianism that our cOun-
! try came into existence. II was only
! through the cooperation of a small
! body of liberty-loving men in Eng
! land that we were able TO throw Off
! the shackles of English tyranny. In
! lisp we again successfully defended
| ourselves against this English
| Prussianism. In 1861 war was again
I necessary TO uphold the principle
| upon which the majority of our peo-
pie believed the republic was built.
! In 1898 we defeated Spanish Prus-
sianism, and now under this flag up
/ on which there has never been a
stain we go into the world war 10
I fight for the same principles for
which our forefathers bled," the
speaker dramatically declared.
Praises Foreign Element.
Mr.. Herring especially praised the
; manner in which the foreign ele-
ments of the population are respond
ing TO the call TO arms. noting with
particular pride the fact that the
Polish people of st. Joseph county
have furnished 125 out of the III
recruits enlis%-i here. He pointed
TO this as absolute proof that Amer
J lea is in the right in taking up the
! sword at the present time. For"
he said, These Polish and Hungar-
ian people know the history OF their
country. They know of Sobieski
and Kossuth and they know that
America is fighting for what their
heroes fought and bled'
In conclusion Mr.. Herring praised
the leadership OF the president in
the present crisis. appealed to the
audience TO stand by him. and de-
clared that although ne himself had
been among those who had spoke
and voted against him in the last
election he was now inclined 10 be-
lieve that he was wrong and that
the historian of the future in writ
ing Of the present period would put
Pres't Wilson along side of Wash
ington and Lincoln as one of the
| greatest Americans.