The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-30
j. S. ARMY MEANS
A FULL VICTORY
FOR The ALLIES
French High Commissioner
Says Guns Are Ready for
20 Divisions.

NEW YORK, April 30.-Andre Tar
dieu, French high commission to the
United States, declared in Liberty
loan address here last night that the
Frenchmen Of America ARE fulfilling
their duty and paying off a debt" by
buying bonds.
IF this victory results first from
our effort during forty-five months, it
is the effort of America which VIII en-
able us to win this victory in the way
it must be DONE" he declared. Il
mean, to make it decisive and COM
pleted one.
by the hundreds of thousands the
soldiers of America now are in France
and every week brings to our shore a
new stream of khaki clad boys. The
instruction of this army has been or
ganized, in France as well as in Amer
lea, on the basis of gaining maxi
mum of results within the shortest
possible time. The secretary of war,
in full accord with me, is taking now
the last measures which will speed up
this instruction.
THE first twenty American divisions
landed in France will find there, ready
for them, all the artillery Of various
calibers which they want. The follow
ing divisions will carry over guns and
ammunition manufactured in this coun-
try. This manufacturing, already start
ed, will grow fully effective In due
time.
THE last tests of the Liberty motor
will soon be over. The Liberty motor
ranks among the five best motors in
existence for bombing or exploration
airplanes. Before autumn, thousands
and thousands of motors of the type
will be used In Europe.
AT present, following Gen. Per-
shing's generous offer, your soldiers
are in line in several sectors OF our
front, and arrangements have been
made to allow of the immediate use
OF all units as soon as they arrive.
ION our coasts and on the British
coast the American navy is cooper
ating with the allied fleets, and the
figures of submarine losses, on a
steady decrease for the last three
months, have given evidence Of their
common activities.
AT the same time the great effort
you are executing to help your asso-
ciates is going on. You have lent them,
for the last ten months. over $4,000
100000. In march almost 100000
tons of cereals, hundreds OF thousands
of tons of steel, of cast iron, of copper,
of opwder, have left for Europe.
III in the present battle we have
been enabled to move so speedily our
divisions on trucks all over the front
of our gallant British allies, from
Montdidier to Ypres, the reason is that
from January to March, thanks to ar
rangements made with the shipping
board. we have been able to ship over
to France hundreds o thousands OF
gallons Of gasoline
M. Tardieu declared that out of the
10000 men modified in the French
army, 100000 have been killed and
as many more either manned or taken
prisoners.
Despite such great losses" he said.
"at the beginning of the present bat
tie we were still holding two-third of
the western front.
when our gallant British allies had
to give way to the leisurely and pow
erfully prepared thrust of the enemy
and to move back from st. Quentin to
Montdidier, our army was ready to
I'll 1.-The gap thus opened on our left
and to re-establish the liaison between
the French and British army"