New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-08
ALLOW AMERICANS
RIGHT TO CHOOSE
NEW YORK NEWSPAPER CLAIMS
VOLUNTEERS WOULD SUPPLY
NEEDS.
PRESENT CONTRIBUTIONS IN
MEN is SUFFICIENT FOR
ALLIES.

The New York American of recent
date printed the following in it's editorial
columns: .. .-.--
We believe then that the youthful
army of the American Republic should
not be transported to France against
it's will. We believe that upon call for
volunteers the answer would be sufficient
ly abundant to fill all the Government S
needs, and the requirements of the
Governments allies.
We believe that in the magnificent
contribution our country has already
made to the battlefelds of the western
front of Europe, it has given all that the
necessities of The Allies or the Safety
of our own country at this time justifes
it in giving.
Not Needed On Battle6elds.
We believe that when we are giving
countless millions of our money to the
sinews of the European war that when
we are contributing tons of our foodstuffs
at a time when foodstufs are almost
priceless, to the physical sustenance Of
England and France and Italy and
| Russia-that when the whole genius
of our country in invention and in.
cu;try and mechanics, in engineering
on land and sea, is being laid freely anc
!avishly at the service of those with
whom we are fghting-we ought not
to be asked or expected to add to this
colossal store the lavish TRANSMISSION Of
blood from the veins of our country tc
the battlefields of Europe, which do not
absolutely need them.
| According to the best information
which this newspaper possesses the
Allies are by no means outnumbered
upon the western fronts. With the
reserve millions which England has
left at home, and which she is not likely
to need for her own defense, there is nc
probability that the Germans fronting
Haig,, and the Germans fronting Petain
will be as numerous as the French, and
English who are holding the lines Of
battle there. :'.... .. ..-..,.,s.. !:
= Let British Slackers Help. i I
We are quite sure that if to these
allied soldiers shall be added the 100000
English slackers who have lodged their
country's needs, and are now fourishing
in inglorious ease in this country, and to
these the other levies which Canada
under CONSUMPTION and Australia under
CONSUMPTION could add, the allied armies
upon the western front will far out
number the Austro-German armies with
whom they are graphing.
1t seems so reasonable to urge that we
do not need at this time to send more
troops than we have already arranged
to send to the battlefields of France, that
the President of the United States surely
ought to see it himself, and ought to
stand behind the self-protecting pro-
position not to levy any larger volume
of our military resources for this sacrifice.
1t is stated now that with the regular
army and National Guard already slated
for France, there will soon be much over
100000 men under Pershing's direction
between the battle lines of the French
and English armies.
Opposed by People.
This newspaper is firmly convinced
that four-ffths of the American people
would vote against adding arbitrarily
to this contribution of blood the splendid
volume of'our young manhood, unframed
and undeveloped, now doing their bits
in the preparatory concentration camps
of the Republic.
The volunteers will fill every possible
need of this hour, and knowing that
under dire necessity he can call to the
front even of France two-thirds OF a
million of men, the President ought now
to be willing to satisfy the heart and the
Judgment of the country by making
further service in those bloody shambles
matter of choice and not matter OF