New-York tribune., 1918-09-27
Suffragists President to
Blocked, Look Answer Enemy
Io La Toilette In Loan Speech
Wilson's Address Tonight
Will Open Big Bond
Campaign

President Wilson will make a Liberty
Loan address tonight at the Metro
poiitan Opera House, which is expected
| TO be q reply TO The recent utterances
Of German and Austrian statesmen on
:he subject Of pexce.
The srecch Of the President will be
che last gus OF the preliminary loan
! hombardment. The next and last warn
ing the city will receive will be the
shrleking of the great alarm sirens
-o-morrow night to announce to the
country for fifteen miles around that
it is Liberty Eve and Victory Eve.
AS the response Of the American pco-
I pie to its governments request for the
| biggest sum Of money any nation has
ever sought. will be the answer to Ger
man propagardists' reports Of dsrup-
ton and warlaziness in the United
states, so the Presidents address. it
is thought, viii be direct answer to
Chancellor Won Hertling's plant to the
Relchstag that the American President
Fad ignored the Chancellor's "accept-
ahcc IN principle" OF the four Wilson
Prerequisites TO peace
Ticket Demand Heavy
Every one of New York's 5000 600
earnestly desires to hear the President
speak tonight, if the demand for tick.
cts made on the Liberty Loan Commit.
tee at 120 Broadway, yesterday is -
criterion. The telephone switchboard
at headquarters, which is connected
with slxty-seven trunk lines. was un
able to handle outgoing calls durinc
most OF the day because incoming
calls OF seekers after tickets monon-
ollzed the service. A steady stream Of
personal callers flowed into the Offices
OF the loan managers all day for the
same purpose, and all Of them were
'oid That no tickets were yet available.
The Liberty Loan Committee cx.
planned that the meeting at which Mr..
wilson is to speak is essentially y
gatherlng of workers for the loan. and
that IN this Federal Reserve District
there arc $4,000 loan workers and only
5000 seats in the Mctropoltan Onor.
House.
Workers Get Preference
In tho distribution Of tickets +o.do,.
~ was announced, bona iidc workers
"a Eel the preference in all instances
'ec-presldent Marshall. it was an
nouhced last night, will be the princ;-
pal speaker at the dedication of thc
Altar Of Liberty" at Madison Souaro
Garden tomorrow at noon.
Inc doors at the Opera Housc will
open at $50 o'clock tonight and ad-
mission will be by ticket on]v Th,
audience Will sing "America." and then
Benjamin Strong. chairman of .hn
Liberty Loan Committee and governor
ol the Federal Reserve Bank. win OK
PLAN how this district purposes 70
raise its quota of $500 900 600 in tho
next three weeks. John Mccormack
viii sing "Thc Star-Spanglcd Banner"
""hen Pershing's Boys Go Marcbinr
Into Picardy" and "Whcn You Como
Back 1hcr :he President will make
his speech
Ny. Wilson conferred with Secretary
Lansing yesterday, and it is believed
al the canital that he discussed phases
OF the international situation upon
which he Is likely to touch Because
OF the Importance which attaches to
the address. advance copies for the
press have been withheld.
Quotas Already Subscribed
lmpatience to get started in the cues,
Tor Subscriptions marked the attitude
OF solicitors FOR the loan, who are now
thoroughly organized for Intensive
work. Eeports 10 the Treasury Depart