Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-13
President Declares People Of
Country Do Not Realize Suf-
ferings and Sacrifices That
Are Before Them.
STRUGGLE FAR GRAVER
THAN WAS CIVIL WAR
Appeals to All Americans to
Contribute Funds to Organ.
ization Whose Work Is One
of Mercy.
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Washington, May 12.-President
Wilson said in public address here
today that the struggle against Ger
many means grim business on every
side Of it, but that America had put
| its heart into the task and would re-
spond as united nation to the call to
service.
| Speaking at the dedication of Red
Cross memorial for the women of the
civil war. the president predicted that
the present struggle not only would
| obliterate the last division between
the north and south. but would wipe
out any lines either of race or asso-
ciation cutting athwart the great body
of the nation"
This new union. he said. would res
suit from common suffering and
sacrifice for the unselfish cause Of
| freedom and democracy.
| War for No Profit.
| We look for no profit" he said:
/ We viii accept no advantage out OF
this war. We go because we believe
the very principles upon which the
American republic was founded are
now at stake and must be vindicatedr
Former President Taft introduced
| MIR. Wilson as "the nations leader in
the greatest war in history, a war
whose sacrifices we cannot realize.
Secretary Baker formally presented
the memorial building to the Red
| Cross society and the presidents ad-
| dress was made in accepting 1t as hon
| orary head Of the society The build
! ing a handsome 100000 structure
hnfit hV tha r,a MT
ed to both the women Of the north and
the south,
| After the exercises. the president
and Mr.. Taft reviewed about thous-
and members of the ''women's volun-
teer aid corps" led by Mrs. Hugh L.
Scott, Mrs. Newton d. Baker and Mrs,
Josephus Daniels. as vice chairmen.
| The Presidents Address.
| The president spoke as follows:
| at gives me a very deep gratifica-
tion az the titular head of the Ameri-
can Red Cross to accept in the name
of that association this significant and
beautiful gift, the gift Of the govern
ment and OF private individuals who
have conceived their duty In a noble
spirit and upon q great scale. II is
significant that 1t should be dedicated
to the women who served to alleviate
suffering and comfort those who were
in need during our civil war; because
their thoughtful disinterested, self
sacrificing devotion Is the spirit which
should always illustrate the services
of the Red Cross.
"The Red Cross needs at this time
more than 1t ever needed before, the
comprehending support of the Ameri-
can people and all the facilities which
could be placed al its disposal to per-
| form its duties adequately and effi-
cently.
Great Sacrifices Ahead
II believe that the American peo-
pie perhaps hardly yet realize the sac
rifices and sufferings that are before
them. We thought the scale OF our
civil war was unprecedented. but In
comparison with the struggle into
which we have now entered, the civil
war seems almost insignificant In its
proportions and in its expenditure Of
treasure and blood And. therefore. II
| s matter OF the greatest importance
that we should at the outset see to It
that the American Red Cross Is
eouirped and prepared for he things
that lie before II. II will he our In
strument to do the works Of aIlev,a.
ton and mercy which will attend this
struggle. OF course, the scale upon
which it shall act will he greater than
the scale of any other duty that it has
ever attempted to perform.
| Must Have Much Money.
ut Is in recognition OF that fact
that the American Red Cross has just
added to its organization small body
of men whom it has chosen to call It's
war council. Their first duty will bc
| to raise great fund out Of which to
draw the resources for the PERFORM
ance of their duty and do not believe
that 1t will be necessary to appeal to
the American people to respond to
their call for funds, because the heart
of this country is in this war. and IL
the heart OF the country Is In the war,
its heart will express itself In the gifts
that will be poured out for these
humane purposes.
Nations Heart in War.
II say the heart of the country 10
In this war because 1t would not have
gone into it IL its heart had not been
prepared for 1t. 1t would not have
gone into it IL 1t had not first believed
that here was an opportunity to ex-
press the character Of the United
States. We have gone In with no spec
ial grievance OF our own, because we
4 have always said that we were the
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