The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-18
"War Will Not End Until She
Does It'-LOrd Derby.
She Must Fight as Tho She
Fought Germany Alone.
KAISER is WEAKER EVERY DAY
But He Won't Consider Peace
Except on Own Terms.
Americans on Front Now Would
Inspire the Allies. 49,

London, May 1S.-"This war will not
be over until the full weight of Amer
lea has been thrown into the scales;
not until America begins making war
as tho she alone faced Germany will
there be a possibility of predicting
when the end will come"
So spoke Lord Derby, England's
secretary of state for war-Kitchener' s
successor-today. And them he add
ed. emphatically:
1.-The bigger blow America is able
to deliver. the sooner she delivers it
the quicker will the war end and the
new order of things be assured.
America he said. has big part
TO play in this struggle to abolish the
world menace of militarism.
america must strike hard We
hope she will strike quickly"
Here the British war head suddenly
paused, swung about in his chair.
faced the blank wall of his office and
reiterated, as tho seeking to project
his thought across the ocean:
This war will not be over until the
full weight of America has been
thrown into the scales. Her full
weisht"-he emphasized.
Don't let America be misled. Ger
many's active propaganda right now
is directed to that purpose. In every
possible way, Germany is throwing
out the idea that the wars end is in
sight. Germany would like this to
be so
Germany Grows Weaker.
passed-the crest of her military
strength. She knows every day she is
weaker by so many men.
she is ready to quit-on her own
terms.
"She is ready to fight a long. long
haf
that the worlds democracy demands
to safeguard the future.
1T has been, and still will be, a
terrible fight Lord Kitchener, sitting
in this very chair, said it would be a
long war. Not until the English peo-
pie felt themselves exerting their full
strength did they realize how wisely
he spoke.
May Americas realization not be
so long delayed! Kitchener's message
comes to Americans afresh. 1 hope
they get that message"
1t was late in the evening Thurs
day that the interviewer first talked
with Lord Derby. The room was
slowly darkening. The war secretary,
as he spoke these last words paused
and smoked furiously. His face and
form was half hidden. In the haze
OF tobacco smoke and dusk of the
room it was easy for the imagination
to conjure up the piercing grey eyes
Kitchener-who, sitting at the same
desk, fought and defeated British
apathy when that effort seemed hope
less.
Get IL Quick Start.
americans are quicker at some
things than the British" Lord Derby
resumed after moment Il believe
America will get a quicker start than
we did-if the people appreciate the
size of the job"
can the American army be trained
as rapidly the new units of the
British army--that is, in three
months?" was asked.
There again American quickness
will probably show ITSELF" the war
secretary returned. THE fact that
the British are now able to train men
in three months is partly due to their
drilling with seasoned negotiations
from the front.
But l should say that three
months training in America, plus a
certain amount of necessary training