The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-06-01
But AT That America Must
Grid Up Her Loins'
GLOOMY VIEW IS TAKEN
Military Men AtWashington Are
Talking In Most Doleful
Strain
tUnited Press Dispatch.l
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Washington, May 25.-That Russia
lis out of the war as a military pow
er for at least two years to come and
that France is reaching the point of
the exhaustion of her man power, is
an opinion expressed today by military
men at Washington. Great Britain,
they say, still has considerable punch
left, but the time is coming nearer
and nearer, when the United States
must take the main burden of the war
against the central powers The half
million men to be drawn into the
United States during the month of
September, they say, will prove but
a mere drop in the bucket. The United
States, they say, will have to go
whole heartedly into the war in order
to win. The American people, they
say, do not seem to realize the i'm
mense magnitude of the task that is
ahead of them.
Say Truth Is Not Told.
The military men declare that the
true situation on the western front is
not as the newspapers have pictured
it Either the reports have been mis-
interpreted or actual misinformation
has been given The allies, they say
are not making the Roadway against
the enemy that the people have been
given to understand.
The two great vital points to be
considered now are the overcoming
of the submarine menace and the
entry of the United States with her
whole strength into the war. They say
that the last fresh man wins battle
and the last fresh millions are. going
to win this great world war.
They say that the slowness of the
enlistments and the slowness of the
popular subscriptions to the Liberty
loan bonds indicates very plainly that
the American people are far from be-
ing awake to the true situation. They
remark that probably not until Ameri-
can blood begins to flow will the peo-
pie feel the real responsibility that
rests upon them and the real danger
that sonfronts this country as well as
every other democratic nation OF the
world.
Peace Proposals Outlined.
limited Press Dispatch.1
SLOCkuOIul, OWcucu, Mdy hS
Swedish socialist delegates today Nout-
lined their peace proposals. These in
clude the following: The re-establish-
ment of Belgium, Servia, Montenegro
and Rumania as separate and indie
pendent countries; the question OF
the nationality of Alsace and Lorraine
to be determined on the basis of free
popular choice; the establishment OF
general international court OF arbi-
tration, and a general disarmament.
Everybody Will Mix In.
IIJnited Press Dispatch.1
New York, May 25.-The prediction
that South and Central America.
China, Spain, Holland and Sweden
will ali declare war against Germany
was made here today by e. H. Gary
of the United States Steel corpora
ton. "The United States did not de-
sire to clash with Germany" said he.
"We sought to avoid it. The doctrine
of Germany and her allies is that
might makes right. The relations be-
tween nations must be re-established
on the basis of justice. We should all
be willing TO bear our sacrifices cheer
fully. The iron and steel industry will
gladly do it's share"