El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-28

Seventy-five leading business men
of FL Paso were hosts at a luncheon
Monday noon in the Sheldon hotel
grill to Dr. Newell Dwight Hills and
Lawrence Chamberlain. who spoke
during the morning at the Texas
Grand theater on the Liberty loan.
Virtually every Il PasO industry and
profession was represented at the
luncheon. The chamber OF commerce
and the FL Paso Clearinghouse asso-
citation arranged the function in
honor Of the Liberty loan champions.
The grill room was lined with
American flags and the affair was
chuck full OF patriotism
Speakers Summed Up.
DR.. Hills and Mr.. Chamberlain
were the only speakers at the
luncheon They made q brief resume
of the addresses they had delivered
earlier in the day at the Texas Grand
theater- James C. McNary, one OF
the men most active in the Liberty
bond campaign, acted as POSTMASTER
at the luncheon. The two guests left
here this afternoon on the Golden
State limited for Los Angeles, where
they viii deliver lectures on the
Liberty loan.
First National Speakers
This is the first time that men Of
national reputation have talked to Ell
Pasoans about the Liberty loan, and
the occasion produced more real
patriotism than has been shown thus
far here The enthusiasm displayed
was not less remarkable than that at
the meeting in the theater-
Give Our All, He says.
I don't want my boy or girl TO
live under the domination OF the
Germans if they win this war" DR..
Hills declared at the luncheon If
the allies win. France and Great
Britain and little Belgium and the
United States can rule the world for
500 years in the interests Of democ-
racy and freedom. for they viii con-
troll over half the population OF the
world and three-ffths OF the agricul-
ture of the world. but IL Germany
wins. il Will rule the world in the
interests of autocracy and its iron
heel Will be upon the neck OF your
children and your children's children
las Belgium was the buffer state
between France and Germany. so
France, Belgium and Britain are the
buffer states between Germany and
the United States Let them be
crushed and next our streets and our
farms will run with blood Germany
has already printed maps with Ger
mania written across the face OF
what is the United States and Canada,
the G starting at Florida and the
ending on the turtle rmost northern
boundary Of Alaska"
Germany's False CIaims-
He said Germany is a great nation
Of system. but that II is using its
system. not for the betterment OF its
people. but 10 crush weaker nations
and extend the world empire of the
ollerns. He said Germany had I
received tribute for giving great poets /
and musicians to the world, but de- I
clared that none OF these-Wagner, /
schopenhauer, Schiller and all-were |
Germans They were all either Poles (
IT Jews, he said
The doctor said that this was a war I
for the freedom OF commerce. We are I
lot a powerful nation in every sense
aid he. "and II is silly for US TO say 1
10. We have but six percent OF the I
ships of the world; England controls
36 percent. Ninety-fOUr percent of
The shipping OF the world is controlled
outside of the United States"
DR.. Hills Cheered-
When DR.. Hills closed his speech
with the declaration that Americans
mould rise as one person and say
we not only subscribe this five bill
ion dollar loan, but we offer every
ent of our 30 billions Of income year
y and our every boy and girl to fight
his German monster" the audience
ose to its feet as man cheering
or the doctor. Many rushed forward
% grasp his hand and congratulate
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