New Britain herald., 1917-06-09
INVASION OF CONNECTICUT
 IF GERMANS WHIP BRITAIN
Red Cross Speaker Solemny Asserts This State Will Be Among First to Be Attacked By In-
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 To further the interest in the cam. , paign to be held the week of June 1S to 26 to raiae $10.000.0O0 for Red Cross relief work and $3.000,000 for Y. M. c. A. camps, a meeting was held in Masonic hall last evening at which Dr. Charles R. Brown was the principal speaker Although the hall was not crowded to any considerable extent. those who were there repre- scented fair share of the wealth of New Britain. President W. F. Brooks of the New Britain branch of the Red Cross presided. He spoke briefly of the work that the Red Cross is doing and then called on E. M. wis( -tman. president of the Y. M. c. A. direo- tors, who told what the money raised for the Y. M. c. A. will be used for. The next speaker was c. F. Bennett, chairman of the finance committed for New Britain in the coming cam paign He told about the Red Cross meeting which he attended two weeks ago in Washington. He said that New Britain need not become discouraged at the size of the amount to bs raised here and thatif everyone joined hands and pulled together he wal sure the amount would be, forthcoming. Presi- dent Brooks then introduced as the principal speaker of the evening Dr. Charles R. Brown of Yale. X sum- marixation of his address follows:
 "'We are face to face with . great crisis. We are not thoroughly awakened to the fact that we are at H> k~ . the sword and unless the allies can hold back the enemy until we are thoroughly awakened, we will be 1t the mercy of God.
 Prussia is down and out. Itkly has done nothing but hold back . few Austrians and at the present h but marking time. Belgium resisted in q heroic and unselnsh way and un- doubtedly saved Paris but is now . liability rather than an asset. Rou- mania and Serbia, too. are helpless. Only two great nations, by the process of elimination. gre left. They arc France and Great Britain and the former is practically exhausted. This is no hystericals talk for have bean at the front and witnessed with my own eyes some of the engagements that have taken place. Great Britain has a great navy, . great army and great credit and will have to bear the brunt of the burden but owing to tho fact that most of its possessions are situated on islands where 1t is hard to reach them with food and muni- tions, 1t, too. h seriously msnacsd by the German submarine campaign which up to the present has not been successfully combatted.l I repeat, ws fn <~ Ca AAA crisis.
 If Germany succeeds in oonquerinG England and in conhscat1ng her nest we shall see them on ou., own shores. And the first place they will strike in Is Connecticut. Why7 Because Of the fact that this is . misunderstanding state and at present is turning out . good share of the munitions made in this country. They will come right here to the city of New Britain. am not speaking hysterically but in the gravest Aanner. I am not letting my own thoughts influence me in making this assertion but am replying upon the opinion of the highest military authorities at Washington We arc face to face with . very great crisis
 T depend . ureat deal on the statements made by Herbert c. Hoover. who Is . personal friend of mine. He Is . self-made man. Work ing his way through college he has come to be known as one of the greatest mining experts lh this coun- try and has now given his services to America to help in the sreat national task. He has been abroad con- with conditions in countries In which vRfAv Nu ha3A &NH NHe~ in all probabilities that the war will last from two to hve years longer. He made this statement on May 10: Germany was closer to winning the war in tho last three weeks than at any time during tho conflict We are face to face with . worry great crisis.
 There arc . great many men of wealth who are willing to help hnan- cdally, there are as great many ship builders who are willing to turn over their ships and mon and everyone seems willing to do his hit.' But the world reserves . full measure of ap- preciation for those young men who offer their services so willingly, who are sent to the front, spend their time in the trenches and go forth to be shot when told.
 Military authorities tell us that for every man that goes to tho front ffve must remain at home. This is easily seen. He must have . gun, and when that one becomes useless he must have another: he must have muni- tions; he must have clothes; ho must have . surgeon to fix up his wounds: he must have Red Cross nurses and all the surgical dressings that he may he properly cared for; he must have the ambulance to carry him from the Held of battle to the hospital: he must have money for himself and his de- pendents for he is rendering an in- dfspensible service and hero is where we who are too old to 90 to war and