The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-24

Judge n. c. Young, state director
| for the American Red Cross, speak
| ing before a crowd Of 800 at the
armory this morning told the imple-
ment dealers of the northwest that
| there is a place in Mexico for those
who do not like the government OF
| the United States and that they had
! better go while the going is good;
81 am an old-fashioned Republi-
can" stated the judge, "but our Pres
ident is our President, ne is me
! President of the people of the Unlteo
| States. Let me say that there is no
politics now. A man who Is not
whole-heartedly behind President
Wilson and this government in TINS
| war is an enemy. We are all soldiers
pow. II is your business ana my
Holden Not Here.
Because Prof p. @. Holden, or chi
cago, was unable to attend, Judge
Young was asked to make the patrt-
otic address at the second day session
of the convention of the North pa
keta Implement Dealers association.
He discussed the program Of Germany
which might have ultimately resulted
in the invasion of the United states.
He told OF the intrigues with Next
cans to invade the United States, ana
made the assertion that the gas
bombs which some time ago confront
ed the troops Of the allied nations
were manufactured in 1911 I'm prep
aration for this world conquest.
There will be no surrender or the
French people, for they know ii Will
mean slavery under the kaiser" saia
Judge Young. Unless we stand
will not win. Let us not deceive our
selves" He defined loyal American
citizen as one who believes in the
principles of the United states. He
lauded the loyalty of the nationaiities
making up the great American people
and said that in the United States
there are men preaching pacifism
who have no German blood in their
veins. He characterized them as enc
mics of the United States.
Judge Young told the implement
dealers and their guests that in the
very room in which he spoke a few
months ago were the members OF Co.
b of Fargo, who volunteered their
services to die for the principles Tor
which the United States stands. There
were fourteen nationalities represent
ed in that company, he said.
Americans Have No Monopoly.
IT want to say that the American
people have no monopoly in patriot
minutes the speaker was applauded
for this statement. Judge Young then
told of going to Captain Colley before
the members of the company left
the number of nationalities repre-
scented in the unit, and that the four
teen represented 1877 soldiers, the 9TH
ers being away when Captain Colley
obtained the information. He stated
that in that number twenty-nine
were Americans and twenty-nine
Morse that the Irish were third and
the fourth highest in number were
Germans. He made the statement
that when the American troops return
"a hot aft HU ne a
soldiers will be the officers of tomor-
Will Have Men.
Our soldiers are going to be our
officers" repeated Judge Young, and
he added, Thank God, we will have
men,"
THE politician who HES himself into
different localities and praises the
Germans for being the only people
and then goes into a Morse COM
munity and lauds the people from the
Scandinavian countries as the hub of
American prosperity and wealth was
upbraided by the speaker. He said
that IL was such tactics that aroused
these people and would kindle the
flame OF unrest.
Lusitanla Act Planned.
Judge Young mentioned the Busi-
tania disaster which claimed the lives
Of LOO non-combatants. He declared
that IL had been planned ahead by
the Germans and that following the
disaster, when the human lives were
thrown into the icy waters, that med
ais In commemoration were distribut-
ed in Germany.
A f. Chamberlain preceded Judge
Young to the platform. Their ad-
dresses featured the morning session.
This afternoon there will be meet
ing of the directors and the commit
teemen. The remainder of the after
noon will be spent in visiting the ex-
hibts at the hotel and on the main
floor of the auditorium. The regis
tration up to the noon hour on the
second day was IT'S. one of the prom
the convention is j. p. French, sheriff
of BMrleigh county, who stated that
he was surprised to see the array of
exhibits and the wealth represented.
Banquet Tonight.
Tonight the implement dealers will
banquet. 1t will be a Hoover sup
per-, according to announcement by
sociation. J. p. Hardy, secretary Of
the Fargo Commercial club, viii be
POSTMASTER. The program says there
viii be some fun and then some more
fun.
Corporal David Griffith and Pr1-
vate Samuel Allison, returned Cana
dian soldiers from the front, interest
ed a gathering of more than 500 at
the armory Wednesday in telling Of
their experiences at the front. Both
were brought to Fargo by the COM
mittee in charge Of the entertainment
for the implement dealers.
Griffith was badly wounded in the
leg and saw some bitter fighting.
He was taken prisoner by the Ger
mans and spent nineteen months in