The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-21


 | of the world might be preserved | The dinner was given by State Director Crawford Johnson and Vice State Di- rector DonneIly of the War Savings com mittee, Field Marshai J. Frank Rushtol and the generals of the allied armies to the Rainbow division and the commit tees who did such splendid work in the recent Red Cross drive in the towns and mining communities of Jefferson county, for the purpose of discussing the Wai Savings drive now in progress The band from the Boys Industrial school at East Lake played several patriotic selections.
 MINERS PATRIOTIC Field Marshal Rushton, presiding, in- troduced Carson Adams as the first speaker. MT Adams spoke of the work of the committees at the mines in the re- cent Red Cross drive and of the results they obtained, saying that the miners are just as patriotic as any other class of people and that the only thing needed to key them up to the highest pitch is Ia proper presentation of the matter to them. He said they had not had the opportunity of hearing the able speakers that so thoroughly aroused the people of Birmingham, but in spite of all that they had subscribed pore than half of the quota of the entire county. He called the names of the visitors from the min ing and industrial districts. those whose names he called standing at his request
 Dr. George Lang, executive secretary of the Alabama council of defense, made A strong appeal for the War Savings Bonds, stating that this is the first time in the history of the world when the men of the communities meet together to learn of their dependence upon each other; that they were coming to reallze their mutual dependence. Not so long ago, he said, France was divided into small communities, but war broke down artificial barriers and united France, that the Vienna council of 1915 distributed the map of Europe, set off the Balkans in such a way that war was inevitable.
 DEMOCRACIES OF WORLD
 "yyben President wilson said we would make the democracies of the world free, he said, ''he spoke no fine language, put a language that the heart understood.
 s"The things that we are going 10 do are going to help our all1es-Eng land the mother of democracy, some or whose pages of history might nave been written differently, but wherever the Union Jack goes there goes heerty and protection.
 England's navy saved us for nearly four years. he said. Belgium at LieSe stopped the Germans three days an1 saved France, and France saved Us and now America is going to the de- fense of Belgium and France.
 WOMEN'S ALLOWANCE
 Mrs. H. H. Shell, general of the Rainbow division. told of the plans of her army for helping to put this campaign over. saying that they wsre handicapped, however, in that they were restricted to soliciting among women only and that many of the eriu allowances by their husbands and had no money with which to buy bonds.
 Field Marshal Rushton thereupon is- sued an order that the Rainbow di- vision be received by the allied armies with open arms and that husbands set tie regular allowances upon their wives
 Sergt. Harry Brown of the Canadian army related a very pathetic story Of French woman, whose four sons had been killed in battle, two at Ypres and two at Verdun, and whose husband mad been killed by the Germans, whe stayed at the rest billet and prepared coffee for the soldiers, shaking hands with the boys as they started out for the front trenches and waiting for those whom they relieved, shedding si- lent tears for the missing. but through it all retaining spirit of faith in the armies of the allies. It's the spirit If France and of England and of America that will win the war: the spirit back home where mothers and sisters and sweethearts bid their loved ones good I by, knowing that within few hours or few days they may be killed or wounded.
 APPEAL FOR HELP l State Director Johnson made an appeal for help in putting Alabama over in this drive. Tt can be donc.'' he said, land it will be done. The l states quota is $4S,000.000. That sounds big, but it is just s20 for cach | person in the state. and that is not so 1 big. He said the time has come when 1 the fellow who does not respond to the 1 call of his government will have to | get out. '"rhis bond is the only thing ] in the world you can buy and know that in 30 days you can sell it for moro l than you gave for it." was his closing l authorization