Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-05
TS.FACES PERIL,
'BECK'S WARNING
the Nations Back
'Ts to the Wall--Must Go
On or Go Under
nrMANDS PLAIN sPEAKIN
r.,,;cizes Administration for
FAILURE, While Lulling the
people With Boosting

xo,L. April An urgent appeal
"" in,erlcan people to give up their
y m.,ancv ms . with respect to winning
anJ ,o the authorities TO change
nolicy Of telling the people IN eA-
'l.-a,ed terms Of the greatness OF tne
l,sv's resources and depreclating the
'ounuyh 'o-.h of the adversaries of the Allies
afenads last night by James NJ. Beck,
va Attorney General in an address
feFineI - 10 outbursts Of enthusiasm
tnat Isond members Of the Economic
. IhVu'hi ,heir dinner at the Hotel Astor.
co,, Guy !" fell the people that we are
~ ~ win that it Is only a question
hunu ,,o,, wont get results declared
q un" u,y "You have got to say to
W Men Of America. your backs are
iheh Iii Now is the time to go on
10 the wall
n 70 under - ,,,,rd,,, coorgo
AI nod of the Committee on Pub
CresL sarr,ation; :. X Ratcliftc, for
~ THE Manchester Guardian, and
meH ,ns THOMAS, playwright, made
~ for announcing to the people the
'.,b about the war, all the reN'rSes
uuI ir,srica. and all the victories OF li-
soldiers. nj. .,il. ,t,,t ,bo.
,'. of the Allies Is today in more
l,snsrate peril than at any time since
NJ Soys that preceded the Marne.
W aThs Allied armies have sustained the
t,arrihle reverse since the battle OF
EVst - he declared THE terrible
~ rortentous fact Is that in less than
.rser the German armies have re-
-.,ssa ali the territory that cost the
,riss 400 0oO men and four and half
fln,hs of time in 1916, and they are as
r..- 70 the gates Of Amiens, city Of
.r,snse strategic Importance; as tho
,.0sr mart of Broadway is to the Bat
q, Is believed as Il fact that the Ger
u.ns In the West have u minimum
,rnoriority Of 100000 men, and the ap-
r,llipg fact Is that the excess of Ger
,,an man power equals the aggregate
N any army in authenticated history.
~1ad America redeemed the least Of
a, nromise to its brave allies, Hinde-
bnrg's mighty advance would probably
M broken down. We had promised
,Ssm at least 10000 airplanes. \ ma
,ion fbat can turn out 100000 pleasure
ears a year from us l'l'AOlA' HilpA''
-ot have had any real difficulty in
apIdly developing the automobile Of
me- air. Unfortunately we have not
heeuable to ship ten, much less 10000,
alrpanes to Europe.
No one can question the good iutcn-
tons Of our country, but the fact is
mat upon all Our foreign policies ANA
var measures experience has written
Aqt one verdict, Too late . Who now
. ousstions that We should have begun
. 10 prepare after the sinking Of the Lu-
4 stania.
@We firted with the Bolshovild am
srChlsts in Russia until they had filled
1 10 the poisoned chalice of their black
X hachery.
we have wonderful plans for ship
Ding, but in the meantime the tonnage
4 q OwekIlIes is rapidly decreasing ana
. ne aranglehold OF the submarine be-
mmes more terrible.
TOO late God grant that when this
neat ordeal Of battle is over and the
moke which now Obscures our vision
4 cleared away that We will not hnc
Aat the honor Of our country has
4 been buried almost beyond resurrection
and that history shall not write as its
pIaph, Too late