The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-13
BRITISH AMBASSADOR
PAYS TRIBUTE i. 5
Earl Of Reading. Urges Government
10 Do Utmost in Speech Be-
fore Press Club.
WANTS ARMY OF 5000. 900
saws Those Why Try to Divide This
Country From England Arc Trait
tof~--DecIarcs Newspapers Power
for Patriotism.

Nashin gton. May following tri-
hute to the part which the Unned
states is playing in the world warswas
paid tonight by the British am hasa
dor. the Earl of Reading, in an ad-
dress before the National Press club
Former President Taft. who intro
duced Lord Reading, came out for an
immediate enactment of congress Of
authorization for an army of 900 600.
and more later, in the president
discretion,
We are facing% a crtcis," he said
Send to our hard pressed allies the
definite word that we are going 10
send an army big enough to do the
lob. Send that word to Germany.
Get it on the statute books now in
definite figures that we will send q
ooo,oo0 men. Then after that word
has gone forth, give the president
power to raise more without limit
Those he declared. Irish or
others who aim to divide this coun-
try in its support of Great Britain
are but one breed-traitors."
Earl Reading said in part:
In these times attention is ar
/ tFStftt iI}OIt hV WHAT men 90 iiAu DN
what they say except for the inspired
utterances and declarations of the
great leaders Of thought and policy.
| Powerful as Is at all times the in
| fuence OF the press it is vastly more
! powerful and frausht with deeper re
sponsibllity now, when the vast con-
| course of the peoples of the world are
so vitality, interested in the events in
| Europe, Elation or depression may
| colt
| reused and the heart beats faster as
! the marvellous deeds Of herosm are
/ recounted in Your columns.
| But 10 give this news is only one
| OF the functions of the press. One
! of its chief duties is 10 stimulate pa
! triousm and loyalty and devotion to
! the cause, 70 preserve that spirit
which never doubts the ultimate vic
tory, but never neglects preparation
! to secure it
4 will not dwell tonight on the
/ snlehdtd service rendered to the al
! lied cause by the United states of
! America, al the moment when the
/ American navy is contributing so
/ largely to defeating the submarine at
tacls upon the worlds shipping and
at moment when reinforcements OF
! your troops are being transported
| rapidly and in increasing numbers to
! tHh@ Bl"lI pam wan t44S dilSS III tite
| great battle
! AS time has passed and the vision
( has become clearer, II is apparently
! that this titanic conflict is one in
which you must inevitably have borne
your part, for the struggle is between
/ two systems of government.
You are a great democracy based
on the principles of justice and hh-
erty and this is equally true OF the
British empire We're il otherwise
| il would crumble and die as have
other great empires that preceded il.
We learned our lesson In the past
and today. wherever the union jack
! flies. 1t stands for justice and liberty.
! Whatever criticism may he directed
against British rule it will not
/ think, be denied that it is adninis-
tered throughout its far-fiung domin-
| ions in a spirit Of justice to all.
| lnstancing the justice Of English
! rule in India. Lord Reading said that
when the war started there were but
100000 troops in the British Indian
regiments
/ "Now." ne declared "hy voluntary
enlistments there have been enrolled
| and stand ready to fight and die be-
! side their English cousins between
/ 500 900 and 100000 of midas brave
sons. That is the answer to the cry
of British misrule in InU.a,