Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-05-24

frst time IN history, an unSelflSh war.
| Il could not be proud to fight for a
selfish purpose, but 1 can be proud to
fight for mankind.
| IF they wish peace let them come
forward through accredited represent
atives and lay their terms on the table.
| We have laid ours, and they know what
| they are.
SBut behind all this grim purpose,
my friends, lies the opportunity to
demonstrate not only force, which will
| be demonstrated to the utmost, but the
opportunity to demonstrate character,
| and it is that opportunity that we have
most conspicuously in the work of the
Red Cross.
| mot that our men in arms do not
| represent our character, for they do,
and it is a character which those who
see and realize appreciate and admire !;
but their duty is the duty of force.
| The duty of the Red Cross is the duty
| of mercy and succor and friendship.
War Uniting the World.
"Have you formed a picture in your
| Imagination of what this war is doing
| for us and for the world?
in my own mind / am convinced
| that not hundred years of peace
could have knitted this nation togeth-
er as this single year of war has knit
ted it together; and better even than
that, if possible, it is knitting the
world together.
Look at the picture. In the center
of the scene, four nations engaged
against the world, and at every point
of vantage, showing that they are seek
ing selfish ggrandizement; and,
against them, twenty-three govern
ments representing the greater part of
the population of the world, drawn to-
gether into a new sense of community
of interest, new sense of community
of purpose, a new sense of unity Of
life.
sSThe secretary of war told me an
interesting incident the other day. He
said when he was in Italy member
of the italian government was explain
ing to him the many reasons why Italy
felt near to the United States.
Heart of U. S. in italy.
eff you want to try an interesting
experiment go up to any one of these
troop trains and ask in English how
many of them have been in Amtrica,
and see what happens
"He tried the experiment. He went
up to troop train and he said: How
many of you boys have been in Amer
leap and he said it seemed to him as
if half of them sprang up: Me from
San Francisco; me from New York
all over
ssThere was part of the heart of
America in the italian army. People
that had been knitted to us by associ-
alton, who knew us, who had lived
amongst us, who had worked shoulder
to shoulder with us, and now friends
of America, were fighting for their ma
tive Italy.
AssaiIs War Profiteers.
Friendship is the only cement that
will ever hold the world together. And
| this intimate contact of the Red Cross
with the people who are suffering the
terrors and deprivations of this war is
going to be one Of the greatest instru-
mentalities of friendship that the
world ever knew, and the center of the
heart of it all, if we sustain it proper
ly, will be this land that we so dearly
love.
my friends, great day Of duty has
come, and duty fnds mans soul as
no kind Of work can ever find it.
sMay say this? The duty that faces
us all now is to serve one another, and
no man can afford to make fortune
out of this war.
"There are men amongst us who
have forgotten that, if they ever saw
it. Some of you are old enough am
old enough-to remember men who
made fortunes out of the Civil war,
and you know how they were regard
ed by their fellow citizens. That was
war to save one country-this is a
war to save the world
Better to Give Than Lend.
"And your relation to the Red Cross
| is one of the relations which will re-
| lieve you of the stigma. You can't
give anything to the government of the
United States; it WON'T accept it..
There is a law Of congress against ac-
cepting even services without pay.
'.The only thing that the government
will accept is a loan, and duties per-
| formed; but it is great deal better
to give than to lend or to pay and your
great channel for giving is the Ameri-
can Red Cross.
Down in your hearts you can't take
very much satisfaction, in the last
analysis, in lending money to the gov
eminent Of the United States, because
! the interest which you draw will burn
your pockets; it is a commercial trans
action, and some men have even dared
to cavil at the rate of interest, not
| knowing the Incidental commentary
| that constitutes upon their attitude.
"But when you give, something of
your heart, something. of your soul
something of yourself goes with the
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