Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-01-12
STRONG. APPEAL
Sending Large Numbe,,
U. 5. Troops Overseas
churchill at American Lunchso, r.,
Makes Plea for Support Of l...
oy American and British Nation,
Task Still Unfinished

eo' Nioo 'ouaH began his remarks with
plea for support from the America,
British nations OF their leaders He aI
made powerful appea! for the send
OF large numbers Of American soldi..
to Europe.
Il have accepted the invitation o. >.
American Luncheon Club" Mr.. Church
SAID IN beginning. for two principal "a.
sons. First. that we now have arrived y,
the main crisis OF the war: second N,
the great issues of this war can onh !,
satisfactorily resolved by vehement ar;
cffective action of the United States :,
a factor in The conflict
| Tas'< Still Unfinished
! we must put away from our MN,
ak clouds o. illusion. The task sill
unfinished and victory is not vet wo,
1t may well be that the iiercesy shock Ia,
vet TO be sustained and world concusIo,,
of Armageddon have Vet TO be endurs,
1T is a grim fact that there is /.
tween the most moderate and disin;erar
ed statements Of sober minded on .nion
Great Britain and America On the A.
lions OF the Prussian military author.
and the ruling classes in Prussia on +,
other hand. a veritahle abyss which ,
bridge can span At the present time m
military party in Berlin still Is in cor
plete control Of the whole resources -
only of German but of AustrJ-ilungo-
Bulgaria and Turkey. They have no, =.
u he nd l.,,,
victory.
1t is their hope and intention to vim.
cate by force of arms. or. to use the
characteristic expression. by blood 4,
lron,' the action which Germany has
taken during the war and before the ",
and which they believe themselves %,
able of making good i'll the teeth of ho.4
England and the scarcely less hae
America.
They hope and believe that i; i
in their power to emerge from n,
struggle victorious and impenitenr an
with more power. more territory. mo-,
influence and more armament tia,
when they entered into it. FlIrbp
they hope to win for themselves h
their order and class and for The
system of military government. IRE,
tigs and a renewed lease of life and Al
thOrity by proving to the German DO
pie that they have been their sayors
| that they led them through the day
gers of this war and that, by fOowi1.
their guidance and lending loyal adj
hesion to their interest has come ,,|
prosperity of Germany and that hl
ture progress can alone be assured II
it,"
An Immense Responsibility
Mr.. Churchill. addressing himself u
Americans SAID that they had undel|
! taken an immense responsibility
Never in history has so great a }
ton undertaken so great task" u
declared. Your weight is needed vita
ly in this struggle and is needed soon
He added that the allied nations hail
suffered severely and in maintainial|
ten or twelve million soldiers in III
field had as result three or four mil
lion graves.
Come to our aid! Come with al
your might and speed. Pour in yoV|
brave men by every steamer thu
crosses the Atlantic.
Come ir your thousands, but coma
at once to Europe. Build ships, whic|
| alone can support your might ar1
! measurelesS strength. Let whatevs1
tonnage is available be used at III
highest war capacity to carry fn!shI
ed or party finished products raths'
than bulky raw materials; carry stes
rather than ore; shells rather ths1
steel, and explosives rather than then
far more weighty components.
Let the soldiers of France and Grea'
Britain have at their side month y
month in increasing numbers the som
and grandsons Of the men whl
fought with Grant and Sheridan an
with Jackson and Lee"
Mr.. Churchill said that the Brlts1
armies must be raised and older me'
must be drawn from other industna
to take the places of those in mum
ton plants.
women must draw nearer 70 ue
fighting zone and become more heepp
| involved in the stress Of manual VI
Dor. Food must be cut down and raj
| liollIS5 llllI W oDAoii ui' -
able distribution.
THE British armies inthis year jN
opened will have far more poweH-
artillery, a larger supply Of shells a''
a finer equipment in every respect e
pecially of the most costly and imp@|
tant weapons, than they had in an'
| previous campaign-and they ha'|
been well equipped armies in prevlo''l
campaigns drawing on our ri
sources in way that would he jus''|
! fled to win 50 great Il prize, NJ
Churchill continued.
| I'VE have enough in hand to fur1s
| equipment for several hundred tho.
sand Americans in the last details I
military outfit if it We're possible
any shipping arrangements to br"'l
| them to the seat OF war
The German armies released fTo.
! the eastern front by the defeat u
! Russia, Mr.. Churchill continued. az
steadily traversing Germany as f&
as their deteriorated railways W
| carry them and. of course, in supFen
! disdain of their last military CONVEX
| ton. They are on their way 10 w
| west in hundreds of thousands Of INK
with thousands Of guns. The grea't'
| storm of all is gathering. The thuio'
| clouds are banking up minute any
| minute before our eyes. Let US mol ~
, moment lose our unsuitable co"'
dence that right will triumph. !,
| preparations for the reception
| these hordes are not being overoon
| ed. Have good confidence and ilasl'
| by every means to our aid. 50 ',a