New-York tribune., 1918-09-09
Germans Know Americans Can
Lick Them, Says Floyd Gibbons
War Correspondent Tells Audience U. S. Fighters Want
Allies to Dictate Terms Enemies and Warns
Against Teutons Peace Offensive

Floyd Gibbons, war correspondent of
"The Chicago Tribune" who was
wounded and won the Croix de Guerre
on June 4 while advancing with United
States marine at Chateau Thierry,
made his New York debut as lecturer
yesterday afternoon at Carnegie Hall.
His audience was especially sympa-
thetic, for it contained a number of
mothers and fathers whose sons are
buried on the same field where Gibbons
lost an eye and very nearly lost his
life.
In concluding his talk Gibbons
warned his audience against the COM
ing peace offensive to be launched by
Germany He said all their propa
ganda skill would be employed to make
the Allied peoples believe a negotiated
peace is desirable. He compared Ger
many to licked bully trying to escape
deserved and rapidly approaching
punishment.
The American soldier doesn't want
a negotiated peace" declared Gibbons.
"He wants a dictated peace. nego-
tiated peace would not spell! victory
and the American soldier knows it.
SO, resist that cry of 'Kamerad' which
will come from the German nation this
winter. The American soldier has met
the German and knows he can lick him
and, better still, the German k9ows it."
How the 69th Fought
Most of Gibbons's talk was devoted
to the deeds the American soldiers
have performed in battle He won ap-
plause by telling how the old New York
Goth repelled eleven waves of attack
and again when he told about the first
she'll fired into the German by an Amer
lean battery. 1t had been reported at
the time that the lanyard Of the gin
was pulled by edheaded Irishman
from South Bend, Ind. Gibbons COR
rected this. The man was neither Irish
nor red-headed, he said. His hair was
black and he was native of Hungary.
Gibbons, after being wounded, was
compelled to lie out in q wheat field
for three hours under raking fire OF
machine gun bullets. At dark he man
aged to get to a first aid dressing sta
tion and then started to walk to the
rear. He was picked up on the way
by an ambulance and given seat be-
side the driver. 1t was so dark the
machine was preceded by man who
lelt with cane Tor new she'll holes in
the road. Inside the car were three
men suffering agonies with broken
legs. A fourth had a bullet hole
through his lungs. This man knocked
on the partition that separated him
from the drivers seat and when the
driver investigated he found that hi
"blesse' had suffered a hemorrhape
1t was necessary to get the man to q
doctor within a short time or he would
DIE, and the nearest doctor was ten
miles further on.
Men Willing to Suffer
THE driver thought g minute" Glib
bons said, land then put it up to the
three men with broken legs this way:
If this man doesn't get to a doctor
quick it'll be too late. If drive fast
you fellows will suffer agonies. What
shall I do?
THE answer came from three throats
IN chorus:
Drive like helln"
The spondent told of seeing at
The front ar American soldier return
ing to the rear with n bunch of pris-
oners he had captured The soldier
had four pairs of expensive German
held glasses slung over one shoulder
over the other he had like number OF
Luger pistols, also expensive.
The soldiers name," said Gibbons
was Herman Goldstein."
Gibbons described the Masns =,