Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-10
LANE TELLS
WnERfb0ND.
MONEY OF.
PUbL|CC0ES.

44dllAlCu.
Addresses Large Audience
at Pinney Theater and His
Appeal for Funds Accord
ed Hearty and Repeated
Approval.
There can be no such thing as fail
ure in this war said Secretary of the
Interior Franklin X. Lane. Victory
lies not in the fibre of our boys, in our
vast resources, in our greatness as a
nation, but in the fact that we are
right We can win and we will win.
In our hearts we know that the things
we fight for are the things best worth
preserving"
Thunderous applause from the aud
fence which packed the Pinney theater
last night, expressed approval of the
telling statements made by the cabinet
member.
Secretary Lane brought home to the
people of Idaho the probable results
of a German victory. What will hap
pen to Idaho if Germany wins this
war;" he asked. you are 5000 miles
removed from the seat of the fighting,
but YOU are close to the Canadian
border. No man can tell when YOU
pass from one country to another Not
a rifle guards the 5000 miles of divid-
ing line. Suppose the British navy
is swept from the seas and the central
powers are victorious. Might not Ger
many say. You may make Belgium
and Serbia independent; France NAV
have her colonies and the provinces for
which she is contending but give us
Canada so that we may never again
be at the disadvantage of having to
strike at America across 5000 miles Of
water
IF Germany pursued her policies
she would line the border with SOL
diers and with guns. You would go
to bed to dream the same fearful,
dreams that have terrorized the people
Of France for the past 40 wears"
orMocpncv op rn,,,ee
ne peop'e Vi 'Ills country must De
i'solute anu SCH -SdCiLlclhs' 1hey
mus ne NHIins 10 give thelr ploou
anu '"elr "ealtn' sala the secretary
VI '"eE may look LOT the DAY not far
on "hsh we shaL return TO the prln-
clpie Oh empires 10 the Things we
ioush' against IN li'o'
In seholhg your boy TO the front, In
s'N'hs LiloheA 10 'ha' grand organiza-
,'oh, 'he heu ross IN puAHnS hoerty
pohds' you are doing nothing that is
n"O 'or Tue welfare or SELF, SAID Mr.
Lame nou can DE tlshtlng by raising
crop by buying liberty bond, or
d! Ieils IN the trench. NO matter
Where you tight' you Il never be sorry
ana the "orld VIII he better off
ne position OF the United States as
a world power was APPLY stated by
secretary Lane. He directed atten-
'ioh TO the fact that 1t had been the
pan OF inns country to live by itself,
TO raise IT'S own crops and to develop
LOT l's own posterlty. This was the
I'aSo'lapie CONCLUSION, SAID ne, ne
fore the day OF the steamboat, the
wireless telesraph' the aeropiane and
the many othef nineteenth and TWEEN
'ieor century aeNeiopnents'
Inc united states cannot live an
isoiatea NE Our minds must be en-
iarged TO see the significance of Lon
TOXIC at the mead OF Geographic dis
patches. You cannot longer think in
terms OF BOISE ana ldaho. You must
thlnk IN world terms. You must learn
10 see anu UNDERSTAND our relation to
All the hatiohs OF the World. Isolation
is no longer possible Inc dream of the
aaEs Oh ora is shattered
men 'he wool from ldaho sheep is
SOFA IN the markets or Belgium and
the prnnes from the orchards of the
no'se Nai'eS are consumed IN London,
INC oniteo states must take its po-
s',,on IN the FANNY OF nations.
secretary Lane pointed out that the
ohl'eo states was forced TO take its
s'anu IN 'i'e Iahiiy OF nations and that
IN .Iis war lne country STANDS for the
rish'' 'ne same as IN every other war
IN Wnich Ihe na'lon mas ever been en-
gagged