Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-25
MUST PUT EVERY OUNCE
OF ENERGY INTO WAR
CONTINUED from yrs, Par,

pointed out more arc made available
for transportation of American troops,
and the sooner these troops arc in the
iicid. the Hooncr victory viii come, he
said. Submarines are still deadly
menace, and IL they arc not conquered
more drastic food restrictions will have
to be imposed. he commended. but those
who know tho situation OF our allies
realize that no sacrifice is TOO great
when it is aimed at their relief"
Germany had forty years start on
those she is lighting" said MIR. Hoover.
and she made fruitful use OF those
years. Everything she had was con-
Quoted TO the end that she might fall
upon an unsuspecting and unprcparcd
world and spread her control over the
earth. Working for thc.e years for
this ono purpose. she SO organized and
uobilizod her resources that when the
time came she was able TO put into the
neld and support tho largest percent
age of her population ever so put and
supported b: "A nation. Her system is
wonderful. Il is the biggest and
strongest defense OF liohcnzollcrnisln
MUST ORGANIZE As
THOROUGHLY AS GERMANY DID
10 win inc wa---to defeat Ger
many-wc must organize just as thor
ouGhiy as she did. The Will. the energy
the brains and IN" strength OF our peo-
pic must be rnoSilized and welded into
a machine whose sole purpose is TO be
% destroy autocracy and its evils. This
must be done in spite of our natural
national trait OF criticizinE things VIC
do not understand. but we must under
stand that this is time when criticism
must be constructive or destructive"
Mr.. Hoover spoke for less than an
hour. He made no effort at oratory,
speaking throughout his address In
quiet tone and with the confident air
Of man who knows he has a case
that needs no artificial bolstcrirs 4,
times his tones were not audible 10
those in the rear OF tho hall. and fire.
quent shouts OF Louder" were heard.
bu, the speaker refused to get excited
and speak above conversational tones.
Secretary Nrooman. pleasing nat
ural orator. combining wit with pathos
common sense with rhetoric, followed
Mr.. Hoover. and held the deepest in
tcrcst OF his hearers for nearly an
hour and half He reviewed the large
work already accomplished by the
United States in the ninc months since
/ IL went TO war. and briefly outlined
/ some OF the plans for the future IL.
said America had surpassed Germany
and even itself. several tinca since that
Hateful day when the President sent
his var message 10 Congress. The frs,
surprise came when $1,000, ooo 600 was
voted in war credits, 10 be later in
creased until up to the present time
more than $4,000. 600. ooo-the largest
SUM ever devoted by any nation to any
purposc-had been voted. serving no.
tee on the world that we have come
to win victory for democracy"
BUT FOR OUR INTERVENTION
HUNS WOULD HAVE WON
| The second instance was when "we
surprised even ourselves by adopting
the selective draft law and placing
| lo.too,9o0 young men on the national
honor roll as our nations defenders"
Then came the arrival IF .he navys
ships in European watcrs--immcdiatcly
ready for action-marking the begin
ming OF the submarines end From
that moment. when submarine tolls
amounted TO l2 per cent OF Britain's
total shipping, the menace has been
curbed. with losses steadily growing
smaller. "If we had not arrived Eng
land and France would have been
starved into submission. and we would
now be the ripe plum for pluckins by
Gcrmany's seasoned soldiers
There is no doubt. either, that Ger.
many would have plucked the .,lum.
Right now, but for the work OF our
navy. the Hun and the Turk would BIO