The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-21
OPENS RED CROSS
DRIVE IN NEW YORK
Continued From Page 1.)

1T together,s and better evenkthan
that, IL possible, it is knitting the
world together. -
Look at the picture. ~ In the
center of the scene four nations en-
gagged against the world, and at
} every point of vantage, showing that
Jthey are seeking selfish aggrandize-
ment, and against them twenty
three governments, representing the
greater part of the population of the
world, drawn together into a new
\ sense of community of interests, a
new sense of community Of purpose,
a new sense of unity of life.
Interesting Incident.
'The Secretary of War told me an
interesting incident the other day.
He said when he was in Italy mem
Der of the Italian government was
explaining to him the many reasons
why Italy feels near to the United
States.
If you want to try an interest
ing experiment go up to any one of
these troop trains and ask in English
how many of them have been in
America and see what happens
He tried the experiment He
went up TO a troop train and he said:
. How many of you boys have been in
American and he said il seemed to
him as if half of them sprang up.
Me from San Francisco;me from
New York; all over. There was part
of the heart of America in the Ital-
ian army. People that had been
knitted to us by associations. who
knew us, who had lived amongst us.
were fighting for their native Italy. .
Friendships Ties.
Friendship is the only cement
that will ever hold the world to-
gether And this intimate contact
of the Red Cross with the peoples
who are suffering the terrors and de-
privations OF this war is going to be
one of the greatest Observation-Disclosures
of friendship that the world ever
knew.
My friends, great day of duty
has come, and duty finds mans
soul as no kind of work can ever find
it.
May I say this? The duty that
faces us all now is to serve one an
ether and no man can afford to make I
a fortune out of this war. There are
men amongst us who have forgotten ]
that if they ever saw it, Some of
you are old enough, / am old enuogh
to remember men who made for
tunes out of the civil war, and you
know how they were regarded by !
their fellow citizens That was
war TO save one country this is a k
war to save the world.
Loans and Duties. 4
And your relation to the Red
Cross is one of the relations which
will relieve you of the stigma. You
cannot give anything to the govern t
ment Of the United States; it will
not accept it. There is law of con 4
Eress against accepting even services
without pay. The only thing that {
the government will accept is a loan
and duties performed. II
Down in your hearts you cannot
take very much satisfaction. in the 1
last analysis in lending money to
the government of the United States, {
but the interest which you draw
will burn your pockets; il is a com
mercial transaction, and some men
have even dared to cavil at the rate {
OF interest, not knowing the Incl
dental commentary that constitutes
upon their attitude.
But when you have something of
your heart, something OF your soul,
something OF yourself goes with the
gift, particularly when il is given in h
such form that it never can come L
back by way of direct benefit to
yourself. You know there is the old /,
cynical definition of gratitude, as the /,
lively expectation of favors to come.
Well, there is no expectations of IA.
vors to come in this kind of giving.
"And when you give, give abso-
lutely all that you can spare, and
do not consider yourself liberal in
the giving. If you give with self
adulteration you are not giving at
all, you are giving to your own
vanity. s.