Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-19
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ARMY OF AMERICA
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Now so far as | am concerned /
intend to stand by Russia as we'll as
France
CA voice from the audience inter-
rupted with God bless you,")
The helpless and the friendless
are the very ones that need friends
and succor. and IL any man in Ger
many thinks we are going to sacri-
flee anybody for our own sake | tell
them now they are mistaken.
For the glory OF this war, my fell
| low citizens, insofar as We are con-
cerned, is that It Is perhaps for the
! firse' time in history an unselfish
war. ] could not be proud to fight
! for n selfish purpose, but / can be
! proud to fight for mankind. Ii they
wish peace let them come forward.
| through accredited representatives.,
and lay their terms on the table.
| We have laid ours and they know
what they arc.
Chance TO Demonstrate Character.
But behind all this grim purpose,
my friends. lies the opportunity TO
demonstrate not only force, which
will be demonstrated to tho utmost,
but the opportunity 10 demonstrate
character, and 1t is that opportunity
the work of the Red Cross.
| Not that our men in arms do not
represent our character, for they do
and 1t is character which those
who see and realize appreciate and
| admire, but their duty is the duty
of force. Tbs duty OF the Red Cross
is the duty OF mercy and succor and
| friendship.
Have YOU formed a picutre in your
| imagination of what this war is do
ing for us ana for the world? In my
own mind ! am convinced that not a
hundred years Of peace could have
knitted this nation together as this
single year of war has knitted 1t to-
gether; and better even than that,
if possible. 1t Is knitting the world
| together
Friendship Worlds Cement.
Friendship is the only cement that
| will ever hold the world together,
| And this intimate contact of the Red
| Cross with the peoples who are suf-
fering the terrors and deprivations
Of this war, Is going to be one OF
| the greatest instrumentaities OF
friendship that the world ever
knew and the ccnter OF the heart
of II all II we sustain II properly
My friends, great day of duty
has come and duty finds mans
soul as no kind OF work can evci
find It, May say this: The duty
that faces us all now is to serve one
another and no man can afford tC
make a fortune out OF this war
tThero are men amongst us who have
forgotten that, II they ever saw it
Some of you are old enough--I an
! old cnough--to remember men who
made fortunes out Of the Civil war
and you know how they were re.
garded by their fellow citizens THAI
was a war to save one country-
this is a war 10 save the world.
Give All You Can Spare.
And when you give, give absolute
iy all that you can spare and don't
Egpnsider yourself liberal in the Civ
ing II you give with self-adulauon
you are not giving at all. You are
giving To your own vanity; hut IL you
give until IL hurts then your heart
blood goes into u.
And think what we have here, We
! call il the American Red Cross. hut
/ it ts merely a branch Of a great in
/ ternatioual organization which is not
! recognized 10y the statutes Of each of
| the civilized governments OF the
/ WI W. buN II IL recognized by inter
! national agreement and treaty as the
/ recognized and accepted instrument
! tality of mercy and succor. And one
| Of the deepest stains that rests 'upon
| the reputation OF the German army
is that they have not RESPECTED the
| Red Cross. m
That goes to theToot Of the mat
| ter. They have not respected the Inv.
stumentality they themselves partici-
| pated In setting UP as the thing
| which no man was TO touch, because
it was the expression OF common hu-
manity. We are members, by be-
ing members of. the American Red
! Cross. Of greas fraternity and COM