The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-15

New York. April 1l.-Promincnt democrats from all parts of the coun. try celebrated the 17ith anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson at d banquet held here tonight under the auspices of the National Democratic Club. Among the speakers were James W. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany; United States Senators Ollie James of Kentucky, Key Pitt man of Nevada and John w. Davis. solicitor general of the department of justice. Joseph P. Tumulty. sec retaiy to President Wilson brought a message from the president:
 "l have learned with deep eratifi- cation Of the intention of your organi- zation to make it's one thousand mem bers ayailabel in their respective ca pacities ta support the administration in the condurt of the war" wrote
 President Wilson. Certainly this is time when America must use it's force and influence for the vindica- ton of those ideals which give her a .pre-eminent place among the nations .of the world
 Mr Gerard said that at fhe time tha Lusitania was sunk an official of the German government in Berlin told him that the United States would not dare 10 make any move" because there were 5OO,O00 German reseryists
 n America who would rise against this country.
 'i told him something that you may have heard on another occasion about Ia lamp post" declared the former am. bassador. "I told him something more practicable I said to him: Can you point to one single man with an American passport who is serving in your army? There are thousands of men serving in the armies of the .allies of American citizenship. But point out to me one with an Ameri- can passport who is in your army. If you can show me one, I will believe then that the German-Americans are with you
 Mir Gerard referred 10 Sir Roger Easements activities in Germany.
 'I would like to have the Irish. Prussians go with me to the camp at
 Limburg, where the Germans collect. ed 2.5O0 Irishmen and sent Sir Roger Easement to seduce them," said Mir. Gerard. He did succeed in getting perhaps thirty 10 join the German army, but 2,470 remained as all Irish men will, true to their oath and the flag they had sworn to serve. And I should like to ask this small
 band of Prussian1rishmen whether they think they are going to come nearer to home rule for Ireland by supporting the autocracy of Prussia or by getting behind President Woodrow Wilson, who is holding aloft the torch of liberty throughout the world"
 The former ambassador warned Americans against the belief that either starvation or revolution is go. ing to end this war in our favor"
 'The only thing" he declared. that will liberali2e Germany will be revo- lution. As long as they are ruled by few, as long as the military spirit prevails there can be no security and no peace in the world"
 Mr Gerard said he had seen things in Germany which might lead some of the people who still doubt a little
 in this country, to change their minds"
 He then told of being directed by
 President Wilson to make a special
 effort while he was in Germany to secure the return of the Belgians who | had been seized and carried away from their country into Germany. Car
 dinal Farley of New York, he said,
 also had complained bitterly of the
 treatment of the Belgians
 | "When l spoke of Cardinal Farley