The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-28

The sorrow Of this war will not disap-
pear until cottages are rebuilt, farms are
put under cultivation, and fruit trees
are replanted. cities must be restored
and the opportunity must be afforded 10
those who have suffered the severest
penalties of the war to return to their
peaceful occupation with some hope OF
contentment
"In part, we are charged with rails
ing money to win the war, a greater
conception Of our work In to make our
people realize the bitterness Of suffer
ing that others have felt. Then, when
the day comes, our people will be GLAD
to direct their energies TO q great mis-
sion OF mercy.
This 10 the message Of the Liberty
Loan Committee to the people OF TINS
district. They have not failed us In the
past. and will not do 70 nowl"
The singing OF The Star Spanglsd
Banner" by Mr.. Mccormack came AZ
the conclusion Of Mr.. Strongs address,
| With the last note thunderous applause
was ringing through the auditorium
again, an encore 20 hearty tnat mr.
Mccormack was compelled to sing Two
more numbers, when PershinEs men
| Go Marching Into Picardy" and nnally
George N. Cohan's latest patriotic out
l
the fact that the President Of the United
| States was to follow Mr.. Mccormack
kept the tenor's admirers from applaud-
| ing him into encores unnumbered
| Chairman Strong took but few MIN
utes to introduce President Wilson 70
the expectant audience.
| strong Presents President.
| Germany and Austria" said Gov
Strong, In presenting the Chief Exccu-
tive, .'havo made many vital mistakes
but their browning achievement In STU
pidity was in their mis1udsment OF tne
people OF this country. They must nave
analysed our character by some ntei.
lectual formula which. -they use Tor a
study OF the German mind. What they
should have used was a 'stethoscope, and
they might thus have discovered the
American heart.
April 6, 1917, this country entered the
war. not az a military nation, not WIFI
a great army and navy. but with q
moral force that 10 greater than either
And what We are doing now comes from
that heart which Germany failed TO dis
cover. Great armies and -ereat loans are
being raised, ships built ana the business
Of the nation reorGanized for war.
| II DelHk oOho shc cP'A - ~
righteous crusade And In the same
spirit our nation II taking world leader
ship for humanity. and it4s again In thi'
same spirit that the war will be won.
I'VE have been led through a maze Of
dlficulties into the presence OF a greater
and nobler nation. We have discovered
that the altr,iisH. of;America can survive
the brutalising effects OF war. And this
great conception OF an unselfish people
and Of a nobler America has been re-
vealed to us by the unerring vision OIL
the President OF the United States"
President Wilson arose then to the
accompaniment OF applause that was Of
the rafter shaking quality. The Presi
Dent began then the address which II
printed in full elsewhere. and through
out the speech his sentences were punc'
tuated with the noisy approval tina
showed the hearts of his hearers were
one with his. The programme came &c
Ia close with tho rendition OF Sousa,s
Liberty Loan March" whereupon. at
ter the President had gone. the loar
workers filed homeward TO act as much
rest as possible before wading into thu
Liberty campaign which will occupy al
their time in tho weeks to come.