Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-06
Marshal of France Makes Sec
ond Speech Since Coming
to America; Chicago Labor
ing Men Applaud,
VIVIANl SAYS WAR IS
NOT FOR CAPITALISTS
Former Premier Appeals to
Workmen and Cites What
People of All Classes and
Trades Are Doing in Europe

lev MORNING JouasAL srscr.l ls.ssp w,ra'
Chicago, May 5.---How the French
army, although improperly armed and
ammunitioned, met the Germans on
the Marne and whipped them In 1914
was told briefly tonight by Marshal
Joffre of France in his second speech
in America before $4,000 shouting
men, women and children. After ths
large amphitheater had been filled.
fire destroyed s150,000 building
a block from the meeting. Firemen
muffled the engines and the auditors
um was not alarmed.
Many workmen had been allowed
half holiday to see the famous zig
itors comprising the French mission.
and all the addresses appealed to
them. Marshal Joffre addressed his
wildly cheering auditors as follows:
Joffre's Speech. -
Ladies and gentlemen: am happy
to salute the city of Chicago in this
assembly where all classes of society
are represented. This assembly re-
minds me of France at the moment OF
1914. The Germans had assailed us
in brutal attack, hoping within a
short time to destroy France by many
barbarous blows. The danger was
caught in the act.
"All the French people ran to the
border The farmer, the workman,
In fact all French people were stand
ing at the border. The fight was hard.
but at last we were successful and
stopped the enemy. The battle of the
Marne stopped them completely at
that time. + ~
''Wc were in need OF munitions.
We were IN need of guns and rifles.
Then we took from the ranks of The
army all the special workmen to make
guns bullets and bombs, AMI from
that time tho French army is cont.
prised OF these who fight at the front
and those who make 1t possible to
fight at the front There is the army
at the front and the army In the
shops and factories; and IL Is frcm
the army a. the front and the army
of the shops that bring greeting II
you.
Wcrkmen Modified.
"I bring the greetings of the whole
French army to the population Of Chi
cago and above all to the working
men OF this city. among whom l am
happy to find myself today. All
French workmen are mobilized, and
all working heart and soul In the COM
mon cause; each is accomplishing his
duty in a victorious way I am sure
that all American workmen are one
In heart with their brother workmen
in France and are ready, like them.
to fight for the final vic .ory for de-
mocracy."
When the marshal Of France rose
to speak he was given an ovation and.
despite efforts to quiet the throng, the
cheering lasted seven minutes. Mean
while Joffre stood stiffly at salute,
moisture in his eyes. And when he
had completed and the crowd again
cheered madly, his colleagues of the
commission embraced him and con-
graduated him on the speech.
Viviani Also Speaks.
M. Viviani, former premier and
head of the mission, looked over tho
great amphltheater. smiled greetings
to delegations of foreign-born citizens
Of the city who had attended the
Scouts. who filled an entire balcony.
and made his appeal directly to the
working people.
"CitiZens," he said, IT want for my
first word, coming into this assembly,
to salute your army already under
arri5. l salute your city, represented
by the brothers of those who already
have gone to the coast of France, and
I want to thank and salute, In name
of the French laboring classes. all the
lahoring classes I see before me here
today, who have quit their work to
hear the word of France.
II salute all the workmen. belong
ing to different races, who have come
to this wonderful country-America.
Savs, Russians, Greeks, brothers of
A L. IL f.~ ftn tHd
ence and emancipation of Russia. and
all those who have come to present
US with salutes.
Not War OF Capital.
II want in the name of France, to
take advantage of the opportunity
which has been given me, to answer
one of the greatest calumnies which
have been made against us; that for
a few months we have tried to put
you to sleep, making you believe that
the actual war was a war Of capitals:
that we were fighting to make money.
DO you think IL it were true all your
brothers would have rushed to the
front to fight for the flag? Do you
think the French laboring men and
all the working classes would have
taken the interest in 1t that they did
take? ~
1T is not war of conquest. 1t Ia
not war where France and her al
lies wish to acquire territory. 1t II
a war for humanity and democracy.
That is why, in answer to the call OF
the speakers you have heard here. be-
longing to your own nation. you will
stand together to enter this war tn
help France and her allies to fight to
avenge the soldiers Of the Marne. who
fought for right and justice. You VIII
come and join the ranks of the people
who have fought for three years
against Germany. All the citizens
who are ready to fight for Justice 80
TO the battle fields of liberty. That