Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-05-10
Americasin1Mtar Il: Il. 10 the i, Finish, and
AlIieSsRely on Her for the
Victory.
,U;BoA1 ]: MENACE /! IS GROWING
cdhflictsvill Be Long and Not Easily
Z on-Eritlsh and French Commits.
slonss Urge Early Dispatch Of
ynited states@Troops to =,
~ i. Europe. I
81 EDWARD .w,3ipickAEp..

I America is in the war against Ger.
many to the finish, ,ancordtfi ig. 10: the
verbal pledge given the British and
French coInnissipners by president
{ Wilson and cortling ito, the spirit ot
sdefelalsiiI fluif shown by the goxern.
ments and the people .Andstt singh
Z time. for the entente allies VIRTUALLY
admit their hopes OF victory are now.
founded on the assistance.to be given
by the United 'states:l
This, dependence upon America has
been brought about mainly by. two cir
9cunlstanees--fhe increasing success of.
Gerniany's u-boat; Campaign and The
sdisorganized state of affairs in Rus.
4sia.
Cabinet members ana others fn'high,
splace We're at especial pains during
Hast week to. impress upon'the Amer
iicnn people the fact that the war isi
not to be won easily or sooh. 1--WE
might as well wake up to the fact that
the situatienis serious. dSecretury
Lansing. five don't fight the war
on the, other side said Secretary
Lane, I'VE shall have to fight.it on
1this side Of. the Atlantic" Secretary
Daniels declared the administration is
concentrating its energies on the prob
lem of defeating the German subma-
rine campaign" the gravest menace of
this conflict. "1t is good to. learn, all
SO from Secretary Daniels that Tbsm-
as, A. Edison is at work with rs as,
sistants on electrical and mechanical
devices to. aid in the capture and de-
struction of undersea craft.
Most of the GERMANY G4boats, 1t ap-
pears. are built at Kiel and sent out
from that port through Swedish waters.
Great Britain is now trying to. per.
suade Swedebfo permit her to use these
waters for, the purpose of blocking the
exit of The submarines:
Two, three, even five years more of
warfare is freely predicted by govern.
pent officials, and and they are: gsips.
ahead withgtheir prepare tionss on that,
basis. 1t may well be that the Unit
ed States willshave to draft train and
put in the field greater army than
any that has been raised by any other
country. Every resource of the ma.
ton must be brought into action and
every individuals will be- called ON to
help so far as in him lies.. ~
At the. present wfitingfthe outlook
Is rather gloomy, but it is inconceiv-
able that, once aroused to the great
task before it, America can fail to win
the ultimate victory.
Busy in War Councils.
The. British and French war com.
missioners have been exceedingly
busy in Washington helping to plan
the pert America is to have in the
war. 1t seems TO be agreed that Uncle
Sam shall have virtual control of
the food supplies ..for. the allied
countries. in addition to this we are
expected to furnish much of the neces.
>sary shipping. and start in that line
was made Sduring sthesiS siSSeekssshens III
senate pa sssd sass resdln ntion empo et| y
ing the preaitlsnt tqi3eizs Af onc4 ath3
interiaed German aisldi Aalst} I'm ,bdSte
seysral II these big vaassels .wSfs
promptly turned oyer 1tos osthesAnfes!, ),
AS fiads sbeeh predicte6.s the Brixssh:
and French commissioners, especially
the latter. made as plain rs possible.
without actually advising IT. their be.
lief that's American. army should be
sent to Europe without delay, Bo1l for.
the moral effect and because mere
men really are needed on the -aghtlng
line. 1T is admitted that iAtsnSivs
training can be best oBtA1had back Of
the lines, and It q who'll u pfcbabls
that The arst troops viii 60 over vei1