El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-14

lions to whose help we have an
nounced that we intend 10 come.
Let Us Prepare Now.
From this time on let US insist on
an absolute and undivided American
I ism in this land, untempered by any
self allegiance TO the countries from
| which our ancestors may severally
/ unworthy national animosity towards
/ any other country Let us prepare
/ ourselves spiritually, economically,
and in all military and naval matters
] Including as a permanent policy the
/ policy of universal military training
and service-so that never again shall
we be utterly unready, as We now are,
to meet a great crisis. Finally, in the
present war, war Tor liberty and
democracy against the ruthless mill
taristic tyranny of the Prussianized
Germany OF the HOhenZoIlerns. let US
as speedily as possible train our giant,
but our soft and unready, strength,
so that we may use our hardened
might to bring the slaughter TO a real
and final end in the only way honora-
bly, possible by securing for ourselves
anC our allies. the peace OF justice
based on overwheling victory"
Appeals for Red Cross.
IN his appeal for support for the
Red Cross, Col Roosevelt said:
The most important thing is 10
send abroad at the earliest possible
moment a great fighting armE Sec
ond only to the army in the work OF
winning this war comes our Red
Cross. Indeed the Importance Of this
work is so great that the president of
the United States has set apart next
week-from June 1s-25-as a period
for sacrifice and unselfish generosity.
a week in which the whole American
people will be asked TO join in rails
ing funds to enable our Red Cross to
perform its vast and indispensable
duties in this war.
The president has also commits
stoned several of the ablest business
men Of the country as war council
Of the Red Cross, to administer this
service on behalf OF a stricken world.
This war council tells US that 2 fund
Of s1O0.O00,O0O must be raised at once
in order to meet even the most urgent
needs.
Every American Sheuld Help.
Here. indeed, is q summons TO ev-
cry American It Is an enormous sum
of money. but what comfort can We
take in Withholding that or any other
sum Of money II il is needed to re-
lieve the suffering Of our own sons or
the sons Of our allies who are fighting
for all that makes life worth living?
Wounds Bound in Paper.
I'VE little realize what is before rs.
Our sons and brothers Will soon be
going into battle They will be 5000
miles from home, in a land already
wasted by war. a land threatened by
famine, q land smitten by disease
They tell Us that in many cases today
the wounds OF soldiers in France must
be tied I'D with newspapers for want
OF the necessary surgical bandages.
When our own men are wOunded-aS
they surely will be in great numbers
a "a rrp n a IN me-
yet more because we fail to provide
those things which can at least miti-
gate distress2 Surely not, But We
must do II N advance If we wait il
may be too late. Do it nowi
"Our Red Cross must not only care
for the shattered bodies Of our wound
ed men; 1t alone can become foster
parent 70 them in the trying condi-
lions they are sure to face when they
arc conFa1escent from wounds or re-
covering from exhaustion. We shall
soon have and army of 100000 SOL
must have homes in which to rest and
70 be cared for and 10 recover. Thei
generosity OF our whole people mus
make Il possible for our Red Cross
to provide for them.
Aiding the Non Combatants.
In no previous war nave the inno-i
cent non combstants had to bear so ter
rible q share Of its physical suffering.
And II is through our Red Cross that
we can show TO the nations of the
world how the great heart Of the
American people goes out to them in
their distress
France proud, brave, bleeding
from CHASTITY wounds, needs Us sorely
tuberculosis Is raging throughout her
land. Fifteen hundred of her towns
and villages have been razed to the
ground by the calculated barbarity OF
the invaders. Millions of her people
are homeless and starving, bereft even
of the barest covering for their bodies.
OF stoves, Of utensils with which to
ments, of animals-indeed Of the sim
plest elements of civilization And TO
US alone can these people come for
help; we alone have the abundance
with which to supply their direst
needs
Tut Strength Into Russia.
TO Russia, too, we must reach out
our helping hand We little know
what she has suffered and is suffer-
ing. Russia, long obedient to auto
crazy, has not flinched in this con-
flict Her people have had to struggle /
not only to free the world from au-
tocracy, but TO make their own land
a land of liberty. Russia needs all
we can do to strengthen her courage
and to make her feel that we are in
deed behind her. Our armies can do
little for her. Our Red Cross alone
can take into Russia the message Of
hope, Of help, OF confidence which she
so terribly needs. The message must
be practical. II must carry deeds and
not merely words: and it should be
carried at once. Probably never be-
fore were so many people in distress
and agony as in Russia at this very
hour. We can take no more vital step
toward winning this war than to put
renewed heart and strength into Rus
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