Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-04
AMERICANS NEEDs
WERDUN SPIRIT"
Victory Will Come by I'm
grudging Support of Gov
ernment Says Brooks.
SHOULD OBEY Mr.. HOOVER
Food Regulations Are Easily
Avoided If One Is Lack
ing in Patriotism.

stratlon u Brooks, state food nd
minisrntor. put II squarcly up To the
people of Tulsa last night to make
the sacrifices the administration H.
asked ~ them I'm the conservation -
the food supply
Have you got the courage to lac
phtriotic9" he asked nt the conclusion
of his speech at the First Preshyter
ian church II was lsr. Brooks fit~
visit to Tulsa since his appointment
as food administrator and IA large
crowd was out To hear him.
III YOU haven't the spirit to carry
out the policy of food conservation,
there's no use Of my talking TO you as
to details" he continued. There are
"A thousand ways In which you can ~
around the foou regulations. II. after
the appeals that have been made by
tho president and by Mr.. Hoover. you
are unwilling 10 make -the sacrifice
II is useless for me to appeal to
you"
lie asked what sacrifices the peo.
pie OF Tulsa are making. You are
disturbed because you get only one
spoonful Of sugar instead OF the three
you used to have he said, Have
you got the spirit OF the French 90
Aud he told Of n message from France
sometime ago when IL was reported
that sugar famine existed In the
northwestern part Of the United
States In which thespeople OF FRANCE
asked that shipment of sugar 80
them he not made because they did
not want their American friends TO
suffer
Have you got the spirit Of the
French NJ Nerdun. when they said.
They shall not pass p
The food administrator discussed
war conditions at length, giving most
OF his time to description OF the
atrocities the Germans have cotQ-
mtted In the territory they have cop-
quered and OF the vast wealth they
have stolen I'm France and Belgium;
how they have denuded those coup
tries Of everything Of vHiue, leaving
men, women and children To atarve.
He depicted effectively the starvation
Of the people of Poland following the
invasion Of the Huns.
The man who talks peace NJ this
time is the most dangerous man -
the world" he declared we are In
this war to establish peace but IT can
not be done until Germany is whipped
ana forced 10 1ve- up the countries
she has outraged. Any kind OF con
ciision now would not mean peace
After establishing her vast empire Of
Mittel Europ It would be only "A ~
years until she would make war on
us We are fighting for "A peace that
viii be worth having. that viii place
Germany on terms of equality with
other nations and not as their mas
ter
lie asserted that II the kaiser could
effect peace now without surrender. .
what he has captured II would mean
that l45. 0O0. 900 people In the coup-
trios he now controls would be his
slaves
The most priceless thing In lie is
liberty and Tor that America " fight
ing whatever the cost however
much blood and treasure II mny
necessary To sacrifice. the liberty Of
America must bc maintained.
Mr Brooks closed with an appeal
To the people OF Tulsa to give the
ungrudgIng support In
every phase OF the war conservation
policies You should not only DO
what the president asks hc said
but you should do more than he
asks"