Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
j. S. IN THE WORLD WAR
TO RE-ESTABL|SH PEACE
Secretary Baker Emphasizes Right
eousness of Cause-0ther Speakers
Address Defense Conference.

Righteousness of the United States
pa TT icipation in the world war and
declaration that the United States by
reorganization to meet the tremendous
| tasks of war is showing the world that
| a democracy can be efficient We're EN-
phasized in speech by Secretary
Baker at q conference in the New Will
lard yesterday of representatives from
forty defense and patriotic organiza-
tionS.
| after startling statements had been
made by Raymond Il. Price chairman
| Of the committee ON inventions of the
Aero Club of America and vice chair
| man Of the United States Rubber COM
panS. in which he charged the Ameri-
can people with not being alive To rh..
, dangers that confront the government
| Secretary Baker pleaded with the
delegates to preach the gospel of the
| righteousness Of the United States
participation in the war.
Duty of the Delegates.
THE work before You men and wom-
| en-" stated the Secretary. lis to appoint
yourselves missionaries to spread
among all the people definite compre-
| hension of the problems confronting;
| the nation today. The principles in
volved are not new.
We are fighting for the same prin
| ciples thai actuated the struggle in
l.16.' he said. specifically, we are in
| the war for the purpose of bringing it
| to an end-but to the right end. We
are seeking no prestige, no aSgrandizc-
| ment. We want no addition to our
trade or commerce, nor do we seek to
extend our boundaries We have taken
the sword in hand to re-establish peace
with justice.
! THE element of shock no longer
arouses the people of America. We no
longer appreciate the horrors Of inter
national immoralities. the slaughter of
women and non com batants. the killing
of children in their schoolhouses, or by
| poisoned candy dropped from the
clouds The country must be aroused
by an understanding of the issues
In the War to Win.
1.-THE people must be made to under
stand that we are in this war. and that
we are In 1t to win. We are going to
vindicate the fundamental principles
! upon which our liberty rests. Just now
We must mobilize the man power of
| the nation. train them as quickly and
efficiently as possible and mobilize be-
| hind them the moral and spiritual
| forces of the country until We carry
| the war to a successful conclusion.
The reorganization of great ma
ton from the pursuits of peace to the
large and unusual tasks of a great war
| is a tremendous undertaking. but IT is
being done efficiently and rapidly. We
are showing the world that a democ-
| racy may be efficient"
Godfrey Buffers Address.
| Godfrey Butler. spokesman for the
British war mission, told the confer
ence that merciless publicity was the
only hope of democracy when it is
meeting a nation organized to the last
cartridge for carrying on a great war.
ENGLAND had a hard time bringing
home the seriousness of the situation
to the ma asses" he said. THE need of
individual sacrifice was placed before
them at every turn. I believe that the
food and drink regulations had their
incep tion in the desire to make the peo-
pie feel their personal responsibility
THE American people must be made
to feel the gravity of our present situa-
ton. If by any chance the British and
American fleets should be overcome the
entire financial fabric, at least, of the