Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-13

could In helping them In their efforts
to Increase tho efficiency OF their in
dustries so that they could hold back
the German army and possibly defeat
them. In 1915 England was in a very
sad way. | was I'm England when
the Princess Pat-Canadian regiment
was literally cut to pieces You
know they went I'm a full regiment OF
2,4OO men and came out with less
than l50 men and eight officers and
most OF them were wounded. | was
talking to n young Canadian officer
from Montreal. who used TO be
salesman and therefore worker in
civil life, and he told me that they
had run out OF ammunition. that the
artillery had run out OF shells, and
that they had to crawl out on their
bellies leaving approximately 2.SOO
men behind dead and missing. They
; even had to witness one OF their Off
GERS crucified before their eyes
And what was happening in Eng
land? large shipment OF munitions
that | was assisting on was completed
and ready TO ship and could have been
used and should have been used in
this very battle-upwards of 300,0 900
pieces of munitions entirely COM
pleted-with the exception OF small
firing pin. l was told that they could
I ilbl pt utllNtItu III less tndn tnfee
weeks for the reason that the work
men were taking their usual summer
holiday Think OF that, While their
own brothers and sons and relatives
were undergoing the hardships and
tortures OF hell and the very nation
was in danger.
And now we are in this war and
this convention is going to give the
anSwer SO far "a you are concerned
70. 10 A
allies and last, but not least To the
emperor OF Germany. And | want to
say to you that so far as we have
gone the answer is on the side OF
Germany. We are still washing our
dirty linen and we have not as yet
settled down to "a realization OF our
condition. The German propaganda
is abroad in the land and many be
numbered among your delegates
And why not? They were in the
house Of parliament in England: they
were in the duma OF Russia; they
were in the chamber of deputies OF
Italy; they were in the chamber of
deputies in France. They had Greece
by the throat and IL such Is the case,
why should they not be in our own
legislative bodies, national, state and
municipal halls? II there. why not
here? And il here, how are We going
to know him? He won't tell us. We
can only judge by his actions aid how
he approaches this great problem OF
winning the war.
1T matters not what a man claims
as a reason for justifying the retarding
or holding back of our war activities.
We insult stand on results, whether
any man or any body OF men who
assume to get in the way of results,
of winning this war for democracy.
conservation and humanity, is on the
side of Germany regardless OF his
method OF reasoning may be.
'Do you imagine that under Ger
man RUE you could possibly have the
rights you now have under democ-
racy? Ask any man who has come
from Germany. Ask him why he left
Germany. He will tell you the an
swer If he is honest. II We continue
to argue among ourselves as to the
right and wrong OF this principle and
that principle and If We continue try
ing to satisfy our personal ambitions
and our pocketbooks at the expense
of our national efficiency, what will
we say when our boys return from
France? How are we going to eX-
cuse our negligence to them when
they return legless. armless and eye
less or they return at AID? knowing
that the reason for 1t was that we
failed 10 back our boys at the front.
That the boys very father refused for
some reason or other to make him
another shell TO shoot or another bay
onet 10 defend himself or refused TO
load a sufficient amount OF food sup
pies on ships so that he could be fed.
or refused 20 build ships so that the
food and clothing comfort, even medi-
cal supplies might be carried to him
to tell them? How are We going to
square ourselves with him. and how
are We going to square ourselves with
our conscience7
Personal disagreement here or
efforts to take advantage of this war.
either by capital or labor, is un-
American