The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-03
GIVES NO DETAILS
Of PEACE PLA,.!!
President Says His Trip is
Paramount Duty.
TO KEEP U. S. INFORMED

MIR Wilson Has NO Solution For Rail
roai Problem, But is Against Return
to Private Management ";:.!itt,,::5t;es
ifcations"-Reports Upon State
OF Union.
Washington, Dec. :-lresidcn; Nil-
son delivered his annual address 10
Tn, opening of congress and briefly an
bounced officially his going +" attend
the peace conference.
despite many reports that RrpubIi-
cans or Democrats opposed To his
cul!r~r intended 10 hechle him with
Questions, not ali incident Developed
tu make the occasion different from
former ones.
ihr presidents address, devoted
! IL .cly To ii review OF The stale OF
! the Mon, and more like the old-iine
preside entail addresses of the day be-
| fore Mr.. Wilson began delivering his
! own in person, dis: used the end of
tn. war. The reconS.I ut.tium problems,
litr return of the country 10 Il peace
t.Iuy basis. and. at The end referred
| briefly To the coming trip To E;iinpe.
where. The president said, by means
Of cable and wireless, he would be in
constant and uninterrupted commune
CATION with congress throughout his
absence from the country, which he
! 1 Il. I,
Democratic representative rose and
cheered loudly the presidents am
nouncement of his going Ia Europe,
bur Re publicans generally and some
Democratic senators We're silent.
The presidents address follows:
J Gentlemen of the Congress:
The year that has elapsed since
last stood before YOU To fulfill my con
stitutional duty To give the congress
| from time to time information on the
state of the Union. has been so crowd
ed with great events, great processes
and great results that | cannot hope
TO give you an adequate picture of its
transacting or of the far reaching
I changes which have been wrought in
the life of our nation and of the
world.
You have yourself witnessed these
things, rs | have.
| 1t Is 100 soon to assess them; and
we who stand in the midst of them,
and are part of them, are less quail
fed than men of another generation
will be to say what they mean or
even what they have been.
But some great outstanding facts
are unmistakable and constitute in a
sense part of the public business with
which 1t is our duty to deal.
To state them is to set the stage
for the Legislative and executive ac-
ton which must grow out of them and
which we have yet To shape and de
termine.
i year ago we had sent 145,91S men
overseas Since then we have sent
u. aJO.Il3. an average of 162.542 each
Inonih. The number in fact rising in
May last to 245.951. in June ia 21S.-
$50. i'll July to 800, 1S2, and COZ, hung
to reach similar figures III August and
Septenber-in August 2S9.aIo and in
September 257, 43S.
No such movement of troops ever
took place before, across 1000 miles
of sea. followed by adequate equip
ment and supplies, and carried safely;
art WITH da Msfs 4 n
strange and Infinitely dlfflcult to guarc
against.
In all this movement only 15S men
were lost by enemy attacks, $50 of
whom were upon a single English
transport which was sunk near the
Orkney Islands.
I need not tell you what lay back
of this great movement of men and
material 1t is not invidiouS to say
that back of it lay a supporting or
ganization of the industries of the
country and all of its productive &C
tivities more complete. more thorough
in method and effective in results.
more spirited and unanimous in pu'
pose and effort than any other grea
belligerent had ever been able to eff
feet
We profited greatly by the expert
ence of the nations which had already
been engaged for nearly three years
In the exigent and eXacting business,
their every resource and every eXecu-
tive proficiency taxed TO the utmost.
We We're the pupils. But we learn
ed quickly and acted with prompt
ness and a readiness of cooperation
that justify our great pride that we
were able to serve the world with I'M
paralleled. energy and quick accom-
plishment.
But it is not the physical scale anil
executive efficiency of preparation.
supply. equipment and despatch that
would dwell upon, but the mettle
and quality of the officers and men
we sent over and of the sailors who
kept the seas, and the spirit Of the
nation that stood behind them.
NJ soldiers, or sailors, ever proved
themselves more quickly ready for the
test of battle or acquitted themselves
with more splendid courage and
achievement when put TO the test.
Those of us who played some part
In directing the great processes by
which the war Was pushed irresiStibly
forward to the final triumph may now
forget all that and delight our
thoughts with the story of what our
men did.
Their officers understood the grim
and "Hartfng task they had undertak
ell and performed with audacity, eff
firiency. and unhesitating courage that
touch the story of convoy and battle
with imperishable distinction at every
turn whether the enterprise were greal
or small-from their chiefs. Perish
Ing and Sims, down to the youngest
lieutenant.
And their men were worthy of them
-Such men as hardly need to be com
nanded, and go TO their terrible adj
vA.-=---ra hlithnlr and with the quick
Don't. wait unit! your
cold develops Spanish
Influenza or pneumonia.
Kill it quick.