The state herald., 1918-05-24
why LIMIT army
TO 100000?
TRANSPORTS ALONE TO MEAS.
URE SIZE OF Y. 9. FORCES
LOVER THERE" SAYS WILSON
ASKSAID FOR REDCR0S
DECLARES NO LIMIT TO ASSIST
ANcE AMERICANS WILL oIvE
FRANCE AND RUSSIA

HsRtNSe HGNS n0OStN
New York. May 21.-opening with
speech here Saturday night the Red
Cross drive for second 500. .000. 900
war fund. President Wilson an.
nouneed the purpose Of the United
States to set no limits on Its effort to
win the war
The United States. the president de-
clarsd. will not bs diverted from its
purpose OF winning the war by insin-
cere approaches on the subject Of
peace from the Teutonio powers.
Their proposals, he declared, spring
from . dssirs to have q free hand In
the east. II intend to stand by Rus
sis ~ we'll a. France" he said.
The presidents speech follows:
Mr. Chairman and fsllow.country-
men: l should be very sorry to think
that Mr.. Dawson In any degree our
tailed his exceedingly interesting
speech for fear that he was postpon.
ing mine, because 1 am sure you lis
tened with the same intimate intent
with which l listened to the extraor-
dinarily vivid account he gave Of the
things which he had realized because
he had come In contact with than on
the other side Of the waters.
Two Duties to Face.
We compass them with our imaS.
nation; he compasssd them In his
personal experience. and 1 did not
come here to review for you the work
Of the Red Cross; am not competent
to do so because l have not had the
time or the opportunity to follow 1t in
detail.
Il have come here simply to say q
few words to you a. to what It Ill
seems to me to mean, and It means q
great deal.
There are two duties with which
we are face to face. The first duty
II To win the war. And the second
duty. that goes hand in hand with II,
is to win It greatly and worthily
showing the real quality Of our pow
er not only. but the real quality Of oul
purpose and Of ourselves.
"Of course. the first duty. the duty
that We must keep In the foreground
Of our thought until It IL accomplished
10 to win the war. have heard gen
lemen recently say that We must gei
100000 men ready. Why limit Il q
100000?
No Limit Fixed.
Il have asked the Congress Of the
United Stntes to name no limit be
cause the Congress intends. am sure
as we all intend. that every ship that
cab carry men or supplies shall 20
laden upon every voyage with every
man and every supply she can carry
And. we are not to be diverted
from the grim purpose OF wipning the
war by any insincere approaches upon
the subject Of peace. l can say with
clear conscience that / have tested
those intimations and have found
them insincere. ! now recognize them
for what they are. an opportunity to
have 4 free hand. particularly In the
East. to carry out purposes Of con
quest and exploitation.
Every proposal with regard to &C
commodation In the West Involves q
reservation with regard to the East.
Now. SO far as ! am concerned,
intend to stand by RussIa as well al
France"
A voice from the audience interrupt
ed with:
God bless you!"
The helpless and tho fricndlsss are
tho very ones that need friends and
succor; and II any man In Germany
thinks we are going to sacrifice any,
body for our own sake. tell them
now they are mistaken.
For the glory Of this war, my fol.
low citizens. In 80 far N We arc con.
ccrned. IL that II is. perhaps. for the
first time In history. an unssifish war.
could not be proud TO fight for a
selfish purpose. but can be proud to
fight for mankind.
IF thcy wish peace. lot them come
forward through accredited represen.
tstives and lay their terms on tho u.
bic. We have laid ours and they know
what they nrc.
ExpIsIns Red cress Duty.
But. behind all this grim purpose,
my friends. Hos the opportunity to
demonstrate not only force which will
DO demonstrated to the utmost, but
the opportunity 10 demonstrate char.
neter: and II 10 that opportunity that