The Raymer enterprise., 1918-05-23
|WHYLIMIT ARMY
/ TO 100000?
TRANSPORTS ALONE TO MEAS.
uRE SIZE OF U. 8. FORCES
lover THERE" SAYS WILSON
ASKS AID FOR REOCROSs
DECLARES NO LIMIT TO ASSIST.
ANcE AMERICANS WILL GIVE
FRANCE AND RUSSIA

New York, May 2l.-Opening with
speech here Saturday night the Red
Cross drive for second $l00, 600, ,00O
war fund, President Wilson an.
nounced the purpose Of the United
States to set no limits on its effort to
win the war
The United States, the president de,
clared, will not be diverted from its
purpose Of winning tha war by insin.
cere approaches on the subject OF
peace from the Teutonic powers.
Their proposals, he declared, spring
from desire to have free hand In
the east. II intend to stand by Rus.
sia as well as France he said.
The presidents speech follows:
"Mr Chairman and fellow-country.
men: ! should be very sorry to think
that Mr.. Dawson in any degree cur.
tailed his exceedingly interesting
speech for fear that he was postpon.
Ing mine, because | am sure you lis
tened with the same intimate intent
with which l listened TO the extraor.
dinarily vivid account he gave OF the
things which he had realized because
be had come in contact with them OIL
the other side Of the waters.
Two Duties to Face.
I'VE compass them with our imag.
nation; he compassed them in his
personal experience, and did net
come here to review for you the work
of the Red Cross; am not competent
10 do SO because have not had the
time or the opportunity to follow 1t in
detail.
u have come here simply to say a
lew words to you as to what 1t all
seems to me to mean, and it means q
great deal.
| There are two duties with which
We are face to face. The first duty
Is to win the war. And the second
duty. that goes hand in hand with 1t,
Is to win it greatly and worthily,
'howing the real quality Of our pow.
or not only, but the real quality of our
purpose and Of ourselves.
"Of course. the first duty, the duty
hat we must keep In the foreground
ef our thought until 1t is accomplished
Is TO win the war. have heard gen.
slemen recently say that we must get
100000 men ready. Why limit ii to
100000?
No Limit Fixed.
Il have asked the Congress OF the
United States to name no limit be.
cause the Congress intends, am sure.
rs we all intend, that every ship that
san carry men or supplies shall 60
laden upon every voyage with every
man and every supply she can carry.
And, We are not to be diverted
rom the grim purpose Of winning the
war by any insincere approaches upon
he subject OF peace. can say with
clear conscience that have tested
hose intimations and have found
hem insincere. now recognize them
Tor what they are, an opportunity to
have a free hand. particularly in the
East, to carry out purposes OF con-
luest and exploitation.
Every proposal with regard to ac.
,ommodation in the West involves a
reservation with regard to the East.
Nov. so far as am concerned. |
intend to stand by Russia as well as
France"
A voice from the audience interrupt.
ed with:
God bless you."s
I THE helpless and the friendless are
the very ones that need friends and
succor; and If any man in Germany
thinks We are going to sacrifice any.
body for our own sake, tell them
now they are mistaken.
For the glory OF this war, my fel.
low citizens, In so far as we are con.
cerned, Is that 1t is, perhaps, for the
first time in history, an unselfish war.
could not be proud to fight for a
selfish purpose. but can be proud to
fight for mankind.
III they wish peace, let them come
forward through accredited represen.
tatives and lay their terms on the ia.
BILE. We have laid ours and they know
what they are.
Explains Red Cross Duty.
"But, behind all this grim purpose,
my friends, lies the opportunity to
demonstrate not only force which will
be demonstrated to the utmost, hut
the opportunity to demonstrate char.
acter; and 1t is that opportunity that
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