Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-07
SACRED UNION"
Death Of Imperialism,
Says Viviani
French Mission in the Middle
West

Kansas City. Mo, May 6.-The "Sa-
cred Union" of the United States and
the Entente Allies will not be dissolv-
ed until German Imperialism has been
destroyed and the peace of the world
assured
In these words, NJ. Viviani, head of
the French mission and former nre-
mier of France, acknowledged today
the proffered pledges of undivided CO.
operation of the Middle West in the
war. The mission at the western end
of their trip through America, spent
morning here filled with manifesto
tions of the spirit and patriotism of
this section. Thousands Of persons.
waving the French tri-color and Stars
and Stripes, lined the streets and crowd
ed all available space at the religious
Loyalty meeting at Convention hall.
The convention hall audience was told
by M. Viviani that the United States
had not entered the war alone to help
France. but rather to uphold the torch
of civilization and to obtain for the
world ultimate peace. His words We're
greeted with an outburst of applause
that subsided only when Marshal Jof-
fire spoke a few words in acknowledg-
ihCiit VI tHS lHuIlOeTOuS ovation given
to his country and her soldiers
You free Americans so well under
stand why thousands and thousands
Of our children are sleeping their
last" M. Viviani said. You know it
was not because there was in our
hearts the desire to conquer.
you will come not to help France
but TO aid the cause Of civilization
France bleeding and fighting with
many destroyed homes and tombs has
, held the German food that now is GO
ing back. Come to France. you Amer
leans and help civilization and liber-
ty. 1t is the best way, the only way to
insure the peace Of the world"
The former premier's speech came al
the close Of the meeting after Mayor
G. H. Edwards and Governors F.. D
Gardner of Missouri and Arthur Cap
per of Kansas had promised their
states would not fail to do their "Bit. >
Both Missouri and Kansas will re-
main in the fray until the last the
French commissioners were assured
and both are ready now to throw
themselves whole heartedly into the
struggle.
Members Of the commission express
ed their especial pleasure at their en-
thusiastic welcome into this district
because 1t would be from the sur
rounding states THAI much Of the
wheat, corn and foodstuffs must come
to insure final victory over Germany
Papa" Joffre was touched by an Incl
dent that occurred at the breakfast al
the Union station attended by a small
number of representative men. gray
haired woman, whose name was unknown
sent to him by a national guardsman a
letter in which was $50 bill and a note
that he should use it for the relief OF
wounded heroes of the Marine.
Thea meeting Convention hall was q
religious service. partly as a memoria
for the Lusitania. sunk on May Z, 1915
with the loss of more than a hundre5
American lives. All creeds were repre-
scented and one of the most dramatic ell
makes came when Rabbi Bernstein of ST
Joseph, Mo-, declared in his speech:
Il am thankful that the time has come
when l and my brothers, as Jews, may
enter this war, even as an ally of Rus
STA
Members Of the commission announced
today that the Marquis de Chamberon. q
descendant of Lafayette, had left the mis-
sion at Chicago yesterday to take up a
special mission in the East.