Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-28

the very ones that need friends ana
succor," the president continued, anu
if any man in Germany thinks we are
going to sacrifice anybody for our own
sake l tell him now he is mistaken.
''For the glory of this war, my fell
low citizens, in so far as we are con-
cerned, is that it is, perhaps, for the
first time in history, an unselfish war.
l could not be proud to fight for
selfish purpose, but / can be proud to
| fight for mankind.
"If they wish peace let them come
forward through accredited represent
atives and lay their terms on the table.
We have laid ours and they know what
they are.
But behind all this grim purpose,
my friends, lies the opportunity 10
demonstrate not only force which Will
be demonstrated to the utmost but the
opportunity to demonstrate character,
and it is that opportunity that we have
most conspicuously in the work of the
Red Cross.
mot that our men in arms do not
represent our character, for they do,
and it is a character which those who
see and realize appreciate and admire;
but their duty is the duty of force. The
| duty of the Red Cross is the duty OF
mercy and succor and friendship.
Knitting World Together.
Have you formed picture in your
| e L., to Anin0
! for us and for the world? In my own
mind | am convinced that not hum
| dred years of peace could have knitted
| this nation together as this single year
of war has knitted it together; and,
better even than that, if possible, it is
! knitting the world together.
Look at the picture. In the center
of the scene, four nations engaged
against the world, and at every point
of vantage, showing that they are seek
ing selfish ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; and,
against them, % governments repre-
senting the greater part of the popula-
ton of the world drawn together into a
new sense of community of purpose, a
new sense of unity of life.
Cites italian Example.
'The secretary of war told me an
interesting incident the other day. He
said when he was in Italy a member
of the Italian government was explain
ing to him the many reasons why Italy
felt near to the United States.
eff you want to try an interesting
| 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 Amer
leap and he said it 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 Italian army. People
that had knitted to US by association,
who knew us, who had lived amongst
us, who had worked shoulder to shout
der with us, and now friends of Amer
lea, were fighting for their native Italy.
Must Serve One Another.
Friendship is the only cement that
will ever hold the world together. And
! this intimate contact of the Red Cross
with the peoples who are suffering the
terrors and deprivations of this war
is going to be one of the greatest in
strumentalities of friendship that the
world ever knew, and the center of the
heart of it ALL if we sustain it prop
erly, will be this land that we so dearly
love.
MY friends, great day of duty has
come, and duty finds a mans soul as
no kind of work can ever find it,
MAY l say this-the duty that faces
us all now is to serve one another,
and no man can afford to make a for
| tune 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 enOugh-tO re.
member men who made fortunes out OF
the Civil war, and you know how they
were regarded by their fellow citizens
| That was a war to save one country
this is a war to save the world.
Should Give Freely.
"And your relation to the Red Cross
is one of the relations which will re.
lieve you of the stigma. You can't
give anything to the government OF
the United States; it won't accept it
There is a law of congress against ac
cepting even services without pay. The
only thing that the government will
accept is loan, and duties performed
but it is a great deal better to give
than to lend or to pay, and your great
channel for giving is the American Rec
Cross.
Down in your hearts you can't take
very much satisfaction in the las
analysis, in lending money to the gov
eminent Of the United States. becaus,
the interest which you draw will burr
your pockets; it is a commercial trans
action, and some men have even dared
to caVil at the rate of interest, no
knowing the incidental commentar,
that constitutes upon their attitude.
No Favors to Come.
! But when you give something O
your heart something of your soul
something of yourself goes with tn,
t gift, particularly when it is given il
, such form that it never can come bacl
by way of direct benefit to yourself
You know there is the old cynical def
milton of gratitude, as the lively ex
peCtation of favorS to come
: 'Well, there is no expectation O
! favors to come in this kind of giving
: These things are bestowed in orde
that the world may be a filter place f
: live in, that men may be Succored. tina
t homes may be restored, that sufferin
2 may be relieved, that the face of tn
= earth may have the blight of destruC
: ton taken away from it, and tina
wherever force goes, there shall g
: mercy and helpfulneSS.
4 Not Respected by Enemy.
!. "And yhen You give, give absolutel