Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-10
YANKEES UNITED
IN WORLD WAR,
SAYS AUSTRALIAN
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dent.
Wilson Master Statesman
Everything else, the actions, the
talk, and the manners OF the people
when relative TO the war indicated to
me that the Americans are enthusiast
tic. One must admit that President
| Wilson has united all classes and all
nationalities under the one standard.
given them one slogan and one aim
and they are ready to follow him to
the end of the trail. | am a Republi-
| can in politics and always have been
but | regard President Wilson as a
master statesman, man greater than
| even Lloyd George of England.
Britain under Lloyd George has
done wonders during the war. but
nothing TO what America has done
in the few months she has been in 1t
under Wilson.
And another thine-the United
States is far better prepared for war
than most people believe. During my
visit, ! learned great deal in regard
to Americas progress in preparedness.
I was surprised and so would you be
were you to learn that there are thou
sands more men in France from the
United States than the figures that
have been given out, that hundreds Of
thousands have volunteered for the
army and navy without waiting for
the draft, and that America todsy has
as many men In France as Australia
has put into the war since the start.
Il cannot give you figures because
that would be betraying condolences,
but ] can assure you that even the
average American civilian would be
surprised were he to learn the actual
number of Americans in uniform in
France today.
The United States will give the
world an object lesson in quickness of
preparation, in this enthusiastic and
energetic way of doing things. The
draft, Of course, was another great
shortcut and while / have always OPP
posed CONSUMPTION in Australia the
draft in America appears to be the
fairest and most democratic method
Of raising national army to conduct
the war. ..~s. >.
Il was disappointed in America in
only one respect-and that was when
she rejected Theodore RooseveIt's
army. While Col. Roosevelt is a per-
sonal friend of mine and l may be
accused of favoring him because of
my friendship, nevertheless, believe
that he is the greatest man living to-
day and better known in more parts
of the globe than any other human be-
ing. He has tremendous following
and at the head of an American army
in Russia would have worked wonders.
l readily see the position of President
Wilson and that he feels the admins
tration must carry out its measures in
its own way"
King O'Malley is returning to Aus
tralia to spend his declining years in
rest. No more politics for him, he
declared. Born so years ago on Can.
adam territory, he always said that
he lost the presidency of the United
States by 80 feet. The home of his
father stood exactly that distance from
the state line Of Vermont. --.
At the age of two, O'Malley's parents
moved to the United States, settling
in New York City. There O'MaIley
received his education and his early
banking experience. Thirty years
ago, his physicians gave him I'D as a
hopeless case of consumption and ad-
v1sed him to pick out a coffin. In
stead, the future minister of home af-
fairs, at that time clerk in the Broad.
way bank, decided to immigrate to
Australia. He chose Queensland for
his new home and there threw himself
into politics and business to forget his
illness. He was given the title of
The Yankee" because of his radical
ideas and progressive business meth.
DDS. E7--7'. -
In 1896 he was elected to the South
Australian state parliament, and five
years later was sent to the first fed |
eral state parliament Since that time
he has been actively engaged in Aus.
tralian politics and for two terms
served as minister of home affairs, one
OF the highest positions In the AustraH- |
an government and similar in some
respects to secretaryship of the in.
terror in the United States. He re-
signed his position last year because
OF political differences between him.
sell and the prime minister.
During his political career he faith
cred the Commonwealth bank, an in
stltution without capital but today with /
100000 in deposits and SIS. 0O0. 900
OF reserve funds. He also fathereu
and put through the scheme for the
federal capital city which is being de.
signed and built by an American archi.
tect. He also backed the idea of the
trans 'Australasian Railway which lad
peen talked OF for years but which I
unoer the direction Of O'Malley was
gwen Its first impetus. He was the
minister OF works under whom the
iirst sod for its construction was
turned.