Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-18
NEED j. S. FULL
HELP TO END WAR
Lord Derby Says America Has
Big Part to Play In Struy-
gle Against Germany.
By United Press.

oV CuteQ lTe8S.
London, May 1S-"This war will
not be over until the full weight Of
America has been thrown into the
scales; not until America begins maxi
Ing war as though she alone faced
Germany. will there be a possibility
of predicting when the end will
come" so spoke Lord Derby. Eng
lands secretary of state for war,
Kitchener's successor And then he
added emphatically: This bigger blow
America Is able to deliver-the soon
er she delivers 1.-THE quicker will
the war end. and the new order of
things be assured"
The United Press correspondent
went to Lord Derby for some express
sion of belief on the duration of the
war and to what part America should
take in the fighting. He found the
war secretary firmly of the belief that
the end is not yet in sight.
America he said, has a big part
to play In this struggle to abolish the
world menace of militiarism. Amer
lea must fight hard. We hope she will
fight quickly.
Germany has reached, IL not past,
the crest of her military strength. She
knows every day she Is weaker by so
many men,"
''she is ready to quit--on her own
terms.
"She is ready to fight q long, long
time yet, before accepting the terms
that the world demo ocracy demands to
safeguard the future.
ut has been and still will be, ter
rible fight. Lord Kitchener, sitting IN
this very chair said it would be n
long war. Not until the English people
felt themselves exercising their full
strength, did they realize how wisely
he spoke.
MAY Americas realization not be
SO long today. Kitchener's message
comes to Americans afresh. l hope
they get that message.
Americans are quicker at some
things than the British" Lord Derby
continued. II believe America will
get a quicker start than we did, IL the
people appreciate the size Of the Job.
"Can the American army be trained
as rapidly as the units OF the British
army-that is-in three months?''
was asked.
There again American quicinese
will probably show itself" the war
head returned. THE fact that the
British are now able to train men In
three months is partly due to their
drillings with seasoned organizations
from the front.
But, L sn0uid say three monlnS'
training in America-plus a certain
amount of necessary training in
France would make the fit test kind of
soldiers from raw material.
The matter of getting a small
American contingent over here, even
earlier. is one the American soldiers
must decide for themselves, but
have no doubt Of the effect 1t would
have on the British. The French are
less stolid and 1t would effect them
even greater"
what about Americans on the Rus
sian front?" Lord Derby was asked.
That is entirely matter for sold
iers to decide. 1t certainly could not
fail to inspire the Russian people.
There is another phase Of this
question of moral effect about which
little has been said. and that is the
effect on the German people when
America actually takes the field.
Think of what 1t means. Many Ger
mans have looked to America as n
sort of heaven. Many have been
struggling for years in the hope of
there. Now 1t will seem
that the gates are closed This effect
on the German people may possibly
be an important single proof that they
are the worst victims of the system for
which they are being slaughtered to
defend.~