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CALLS ON
PEOPLE | TO|A|'WA!||K'E|::|N. ! W!|| 1
I'VE Must Fill the Place of Every
Allied Soldier Killed" He Tells #

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G Washington, May 2s.-7-With agsol-
dier's bluntness, Major General Per-
shing, who will lead the first Ameri-
can troops to the French trenches,
today told America she must awaken
quickly to. a realisationsof what ths
great war means to the country.
"Upon America" Pershing grimly
declared, "is to rest the brunt Of the
terrible burdens to come" !sss3
Pershing was speaking at Red
Cross meeting. He was wildly cheer
ed. :.-..n% 81; I5 ~ .a &
france is under terrific. drain -
said Pershing. "The United States
must meet the deficiencies caused
by this drain. It is the United States
that must rehabilitate France. We
must help her orphans her widows..
"Yet, I am sad to say that. the
feeling among our people is lax. a5
"They do not realize the depth,
the terribleness Of this war. It Is
fine for editorials to be written to.
bring them to- q realization. But
this it not sufficient It ID our duty,
you Of the Red Cross, and we Of the.
army, to impress upon the people
that we are indeed at war.
"America's entrance into the war
is the deciding factor. =,
"The war has not yet been I'M
pressed upon the people out west,. .
said Pershing: "I have just come
from Texas, where they say, "Oh.
well, we haven't lost anybody. None
Of our vessels have been destroyed
and we don't really feel that we ars
at war; < ...sss
II put this question to such men:
DO you realize that we must All tho
place Of every man who is killed
among the allies!" -; q
Pershing told how necessary it b
for those "back home' to send to-
bacco and candies and other gifts to
the men at the front.
Herbert c., Hoover told Of the b
tai destruction Of many villages IN
northern France, the ,destitution
there, and declared the cost Of res
titution would "startle all other than
Americans" He placed the figure
for supplying makeshift relief for
one year to the people in . section
sixty by twenty-five miles at from
z to 100000 ,00e. s.5fY.;sJs.
The orphans and the 600,00 add-l
! ed tubercular persons, he said, offer
another problem.
=; Magnitude Of Task. g.. :.
The magnitude Of the task facing
America in conduct Of the war was
put before the counry's technical
and trade paper editors today BY
cabinet members and others taking .
leading part in preparing the nation.
All speakers predicted the war would
last longer than generally predicted. z
Secretary Lane deplored any feel
ing that America is fighting for some
abstract principle. ..r
eve are in the war;" he said, 10
see which shall exist, combination
of feudalism and science or combi~
nation Of civilization and science.
Secretary Daniels declared that al
though the country faces grave
situation in combating the subma-
rines he believed it would be con-
quered. ..Tr~ ...t .,..t...
sI have the faith and the hope"
he said, "that we will overcome it.
soon. We will have to follow Farra-
quits method and damn the torpe-
does, 60 ahead"
Secretary Baker outlined the
course to be pursued under the 90
Elective draft law. Exemptions, he
said, would not be made by indus
tries, but in individual cases, a.
though most men in some trades
would be relieved of military ser
vice." ~.