Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-31
AMERICA MUST
NOT FAII. The
WORLD TODAY
Charles 3. Hughes Makes a.
Virile Appeal to
Patriotism.
TT IS OUR TURN TO
DEFEND p
Democracy Means More to
Us Today When it is in
Actual Danger.

New York, May SIN an address
lat . patriotic Rad Gross benefit,
Charles b. Hughes told the young men
Of New York to register on June 5 and
be glad II they were drafted into the
army. He drew q great picture OF
what the nations had been doing IN
Europe, OF what France and Great
Britain had done to beat Germany,
ana, pausing q moment as he looked
over the heads Of the 5000 high
school children in patriotic uniform.
said. ..And now it's Americas turn
and America cannot fall" When the
applause. had ceased he said:
Not Mere Exaltation.
1--WE must have something more
than temporary exaltation If We are
to do u part in this time Of crisis:
W. must have that solemn spirit OF
sacrifice, Of willingness to Q this
burden. with a full realization of what
1t means. We must have that real
understanding Of what are he obli-
cations OF democracy, as we'll as its
privileges, II at this time, when 1t is
Americas day, America shall save the
world for democracy.
means in France. Think Of the count
less ruined homes. the decimated
population. the ravages OF disease fol-
J lowing he horrors of war.
How France Stood. for q. s.
Think Of France, standing there,
year after year holding that line, in
trepid, faithful to the last.
"They know what 1t near in
! Poland. Think Of the devastation
wrought there. Think of the herded
refugees.
"They know what It means in Eng
land, although 1t took them long to
fully appreciate what the struggle de-
manded Of them. and we have today a
spectacle such as the world has never
witnessed.
We have Europe almost In sight
Of famine. We have a world shortage
. in our foods. We have a constant ex-
penditure, a terrible expenditure Of
manhood. Of womanhood and of all
: that men and women can produce.
Now 1t Is Our Turn.
"And. now, it is Americas turn.
The question is whether force shall
shall forever be enthroned. The ques-
ton is whether ~expediency and mill:
tary necessity shall be the law, or
! whether, under . Just principle and
with constant obedience to law, all
F: nations, great and small, may pros
per.
ut 10 Americas turn. and America
cannot fail. But II you are to win
this battle, you must realize what 1t
means to enter into 1t. It Is not a
matter Of gift, simply. 1t is a matter
tof' willingness to serve, to do, and to
die for your country and for the. lib
sertfes of the world.
What Deanocreay Means.
democracy means mere than an
opportunity. to elect men to office. It
means more than a free press; 1t
= mama m ora than q frn0 MIA tHrNvNo L. a.
means o than simply an arrange
:ment Of governmental institutions.
Democracy Is life. 1t mean cooper
alton; 1t means capacity for unified
effort; 1t near capacity to defend
and preserve. Democracy te devoted
to peace, but a democracy that can
fight for democracy is the democracy
that will be preserved.
Chance for Young Men.
What can we do? Avoid unnec-
sary waste, spare your consumption
OF those things which are seriously
needed in the world, wherever a
shortage may be. Be active in things
that are useful and save the energies
for other things for some other day.
"Do o know what you can do?
n few days the time Of registration
VIII come. Let no young man in this
country think 1t a dishonorable thing
to he called to serve his country. De-
mocracy should mean hat those
should fight who are best able to fight,
that those should work who are best
able to work: that the man Of skill
should be in h place where his skill
can count; that the women who are
able to work should be in places
where they can work to the best adj
vantage.
Be a Partner in the Enterprise.
DO o want to know what you
can do? Buy a Liberty Bond. wheth-
er the big one or a small one, accord
ing to your q Feel that you are
"a partner in this enterprise in every
way IN which you can possibly be. Do
not think of the men at Washington
as doing something with which YOU
have a very remote concern. It is
your concern. You cannot hone to
prosper II your country fails.
This gathering tonight represents
the splendid cooperative effort under
Inc Red Cross. It represents relief
It representa- binding up tho wound,
OF stricken France. 1t represents the
arm Of help outstretched to Russia,
How an we help? Every man thai
goes to the front must have the sun.
port Of the movement Of the Red
Cross; and We do not want a great
host OF organizations duplicating each
others work, wasting activity, makina
fI0 0peu0S3aIAIS OL oIIOfC at q time WheY
we should have the utmost econom,
Of endeavor. --''
No Day like This in History.
We do want co-ordfnation. WI d,
want corporation, and We are nov
Ihev1pg plans matured by which ali tn,
b~enshcient enterprises Of relief ar,
bound together in q b~usinesslike Or
9anisatton under the auspices OF til,
ReA Gross. - -
NY friends. " have come to {
Hias unlike ordinary days. There ha,
Stbaep no day like this that histor1
s8reeQFas, We are here IN the midst q
Ssthis gFeat crisis. Lat us-Americai
81 and women. American BOYS AM
J letElas-ddp y utmost not simply "a,
Ez!NHsriea. not simply for the Aiiies. bu
ssft1k.et this time of confused yoices =
slfhisa1me oflhorrtble strife. the prinof
M p1es 9 { democracy may be placsd For
SYST upon ~ nnshAksn Foundation.
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