Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-16
NO PEACE TILL VICTORY
SAYS SENATOR SMITH
Georgian Here on Business
Asserts. Every Person Must
Help to Win

The war situation has become so Sc
rious that German aggression is
actually threatening the United States.
with the result that every man. woman
and child in the country should bend
his energies to help whip Germany.
Otherwise. there will be no peace.
That was the message brought to At
lanta Thursday by United States Sen
atOr Hoke Smith, who is in the city for
a few days on business. He is stopping
at the Piedmont hotel, where he will
be glad to see his friends.
Discussing the forthcoming session of
congress, which he says will be devoted
almsot exclusively to war legislation
and measures leading to the conserva-
ton of the countrys resources. Senator
Smith said:
Practically everything known in
Washington about the war is given to
the press. Some stories get into the
press that are not even known in Wash
ington. I might illustrate by the re-
cent absurd story about the presidents
private secretary, Mr.. Tumulty.
Conditions Now Serious.
Conditions i'm Russia and Italy could
hardly be more serious. We must all
realize now that every individual citi-
zen has a direct personal interest in
the defeat Of Germany.
II was intensely opposed to our be-
coming involved i'm the war. The bur-
den it would place upon our country,
and upon my immediate constituents:
the sorrows and the sacrifices were so
clear to me. hoped to see them saved
the suffering. But when Germany last
February announced a purpose to sink
our vessels and drown our citizens. and
began doing so. and when Germany
practically invited Mexico to invade
the United States from the south, and
Japan from the west, the war had al
ready begun-there was nothing for us
to do but to fight, and the only way to
fight intelligently is to nght fast and
fight hard.
Il had even. hoped last spring that
the war might be brought to a close by
winter. Germany abandoning all claim
for increa sed territory or indemnity.
but it is perfectly apparent now that
the Berlin-to-Bagdad theory is back of
the German war. and the United States
is threatened by German aggression. L
hope we may be able to stop Germany
before Germany cripples our allies II
we do not. we may have Germany to
fight by ourselves.
Touches Our Liberties
ct urge every individual IN every part
Of the country to realize that although
the war is going on across the Atlantic
ocean. il concerns now directly the lib
critics and independence of our own peo-
pie. If there was any doubt at any
time about this being our war. that doubt
has ceased We must fight or pay
tribute. | see now no prospect of peace
except by whipping Germany. I hope
1 am wrong, but believe I am not.
Now. we must whip this fight as
much by marshaling our resources as
by furnishing men. Those who do not
go to the front can help whip the fight
not in the same way, but in "A way
as necessary. We must have ample food
stuffs-we must have the necessary
money. II is "A patriotic duty to con-
serve the food supply. and each indi-
viduaI must help. We must produce
more foodstuffs and each person with
a piece of land can help. We must
stop the waste. We must save and take
care of what we have made.
This year TO our people has been
most prosperous. ] longed for the high
price OF cotton this year to take our
people out of the hole that the low price
of 1914 placed them in. but they are
waste it,
Helping to whip Germany.
Instead of buying something not
needed. economy and "A desire to save
should control Instead of buying some
thing for your amusement, buy a govern
ment bond. BY doing so you help whip
Germany. and you have something worth
keeping. II will take care of you when
the hard times come later on. and if the
war keeps on they will come. Every
man, woman and child old enough to
think should act chiefly with the pur-
pose of helping whip Germany. They
will all do so if they have information
enough to grasp the situation, for il is
essential 10 their own future.
Few relaize the suffering now TAX
ing place among our allies in Europe.
to deny ourselves that their suffering
may be somewhat relieved; that our 81
diers may be better cared for, and that
we may all be spared hereafter the kind
of suffering which is on Europe today
"Our submarine destroyers have done
spIendidly We have developed a deep
water bomb that is exploded at the depth
of not less than eighty feet, which has
been very effective. l hope we are
making a success of the construction of
flying machines. We have been too slow
in the construction OF transports.
"I regard the war now as one which
the people Of the United States must
as If we were fighting Germany for our
selves"