The Washington herald., 1918-05-19
IT'S WAR TO END,
SAYS PRESIDENT
IN NEW YORK TALK
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forward to a fair and just confer
ence with fair terms.
The greatest opportunity Of the
war is to develop character.
I'm my own mind am convinced
that not a hundred years Of peace
could have knitted this nation to-
gether as a single year of war has
done. Better yet. 1t has knitted the
world together.
The instant free governments rep
resenting the greater part Of the
world, enter into unity, there comes
q new sense of unity in friendship.
People who have been knitted to US
by association are NOW fighting for
their own nations.
Friendship Is the only thing that
binds the world together.
The duty that faces US all now Is
to serve one another and no man can
AFFORD to make a fortune out of this
war. 1t will be a badge of dishonor
and to whomsoever it is transmitted
it will constitute a badge or dishonor."
The President Marches.
President Wilson. marching afoot
at the head of today's great Red
Cross parade must' have had dis
PEELED any possible question that
may have lurked in his mind as to
whether the people of New York
were with him."
He was accorded such an ovation
all along the line as had never be-
fore been given to any President,
and his own appreciation of it all
was as wholehearted as was the
greeting of the citizenry.
The President was the first Of 75,-
900 men and women who marched
under the twin banners of de-
mocracy, humanity and freedom
the Stars and Stripes and the Red
Cross.
'"The Spirit of America"
This is a demonstration of the
spirit of America" remarked Presi-
dent Wilson later as he kazed from
the reviewing stand at the white
clad nurses and others OF the march
ing thousands of which fully third
were women.
No one had expected the President
TO march in the parade. Never be-
fore had a President walked in a
New York parade, it was said. and
when he announced at the last mo-
ment that he would march afoot his
decision was greeted with enthusi-
asm. He drove to Sixty-sixth street
just in time to start at the head of
the procession. He was accom-
panied by Rear-Admiral Cary D.
Grayson. his physician. and Joseph
P. Tumulty. his secretary.
News that the President of the
United States was marching demo-
cratically in the parade spread like
wildfire and Fifth avenue became
congested as never before. On either
side Of the space reserved with diffi-
Guilty for the paraders the avenue
was lined with solid masses Of cheer
ing humanity.
The Red Cross drive for 800, ,0OO, 900
was on with a rush. Uniformed SOL
diers and other workers for the fund
mingled with the crowds, reaping a
harvest of greenbacks. Many a SOL
dier's hands were soon found to be
too small to hold the money freely
donated and his pockets bulged as
he stuffed his holdings therein and
asked for more
The Presidents keen eyes lost few
Of the visible pulse-revealing incidents
as he marched. and they appeared to
stir him as his own self-assumed
humble role as a foot parader stirred
the people.
Here comes the President" sound
ed from thousands of throats and the
ensuing applause drowned out the
music of the famous band Of the
Three Hundred and Fiftieth Field
Artillery (colore6 which marched be-
hind a contingent of Red Cross nurses.
II don't see the President" many
were heard to remark, after they
had craned their necks looking for
an official automobile in the parade.
Their enthusiasm equalled their as
tonishment when they realized that
the gray-haired man walking with
shoulders squared and carrying an
American flag was the nations head.
Arrived at Madison Square the
President paused to shake hands
with Brig. Gen. Dyer. of the New
IOEh uudTuS Ine 8ranQ marshal.
Ascending the reviewing stands he
was greeted by Governor and Mrs.
Whitman. Mayor and Mrs. HyIan,
Henry P. Dawson, chairman of the
Red Cross; Cleveland H. Dodge and
other prominent persons.
A Human Red Cross.
For a hour and a half or until
DR.. Grayson warned him he must
seek some rest, the President re-
viewed a procession typically Amer
lean.
A human Red Cross formed by
nurses clad in red, in perfect step,
alignment and rhythm was a pic
turesque feature of the parade
which was greeted with tumultuous
applause, especially from the thou
sands of spectators in windows.
The white uniforms of Red Cross
nurses predominated among the
many costumes worn by the women.
They shone dazzlinsly in the bright
sun and contrasted pleasingly with
the more sober blue Of the base hos