The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-21
OPENS REDaCROSS
DRIVE IN new YORK
Has Tested the sTeutonic Ma
> -tions and Found Them
Insincere, He Says.
.EOPLE FACE TWO DUTIES
,lhe Firstss to Win the War, the
J President Says, and the Sec
= ond is to Win it Right, Knit
+ ting the World Together

ting the World Together,
New tgYork, May 2O.-Opening
it'll speech here the Red Cross
~ 1--WE for a second $lOO,OOO,OO
~ D fund, President Wilson an
bounced the purpose of the United
States to set no limit on its efforts to
win The war,
L ~ have heard gentlemen recently
N say" the President said, that we
must get five million men ready
Why limit it to five million? l have
asked congress to name no limit. be
cause congress intends, | am sure,
as we all intend, that every shin
that can carry men or supplies shall
go laden upon every voyage with
every man and every supply she can
carry"
The United States, the President
declared, will mot be diverted from
its purpose Iof winning the war by
insincere approaches on the subject
r,of peace. II can say with clear
! &sconscience," he said, that | have
.@sted those intentions and have
f9Nund them insincere. / now recog-
'fhf&e them for what they are, an op-
{fporEunity to have free hand. par
ticuiarly in the East, to carry out
!. ,pnrposes of conquest and cXploita-
&Nion. Every proposal with regard to
n pronunciation in the West, in
I Wolves a reservation in regard to the
East. ! intend to stand by Russia
as well as France"
n The statement brought the house
TO its sect cheering.
Gerrs san rulers, the President de-
y clared faremistaken if they think
\ theSp Fled States will sacrifice any
l Body f9r its own sake.
X IF they wish peace let them come
,ANrwa# and Fay their terms on the
bsT9laF We have laid down ours and
~ .k3ow what they are" he said.
s n The twar, the President declared.
n M Var to save the world. The con
hleSShe .saidewin knit the world to-
lB4h&.
Ii spyeili8s on the duty of Ameri-
csnsspfsiseto the Red Cross. the
President declares no man could af-
kford to make money out of the war
~ The Presidents Address.
yA The President's speech follows:
b "Mr. Chairman and Fellow Coun-
trymen: 1 should be very sorry to
think that Mr. Dawson in any de-
gree curtailed his exceedingly inter-
esting speech for fear that he was
postponing mine, because Lam sure
you listened to the extraordinary
vivid account he gave -of things
which he had realized because he
had come in contact with the men
on the other side of the waters
I'VE compass them with our
imagination; he compassed them in
his personal experencea and I am
not come here to review for you the
s work. OF the Red Cross: / am not
ssfompetent to do so because / have
saot bad the time or the opportunity
Sto follow 1t in detail. I have come
mere simply to say a few words to.
Jou do tO WHAT III All seems 10 me to
.ss mean, and II means great deal.
~ Win the War First.
There are two duties with which
we are face to face. The first duty
y is to win the war. And the second
duty, that goes hand in hand with
1t, is to win II greatly and worthily.
showing the real quality Of our pow
er not only, but the real quality OF
our purpose and of ourselves.
'Of course the first duty the duty
that we must keep in the foreground
Of our thought until II is accom-
plished is to win the war. / have
/. heard, gentlemen recently. say that
we must get five million men ready
Why limit 1t to five million?
No Limit on Army. n
Nu have asked the congress- -"
- <. issa -"