Weekly journal-miner., 1918-07-31

on hurrying men lover there until there are at least 100000 United States soldiers in the field, there is q possibility of smashing Germany into smithereens by the end of 1919. This statement was made last night in his address at the city park by James s. Uimmie) Douglas to the people of his home city.
 Bluff America fails to keep her men moving across the Atlantic, and does not bend the utmost of her energies toward beating the Huns, it is within the range of probability that victory will be delayed long enough 10 enable the Prussians to make use of the vast power of Rus sia against democracy and prolong the war indefinitely, Mir. Douglas said.
 Germany Still Is Strong.
 'The Germans have used their propaganda everywhere and in many effective ways" he said. ''and if given time they can use it in Russia in such a manner as to get the man power of Russia in their armies He point ed out that the United States ap- parently failed to make haste in send ing troops abroad until the return from France of Gen. Leonard Wood, who was the first 10 lift his voice in appeal for vast American army in Europe.
 "Wc people over there last fall couldn't understand why our country was so slow" he said "When we realized how much the fortunes of war were favoring the Germans. Our government was slow-slow, and all the time the Huns were winning vic tories"
 He told of reaching Paris on Sep tember Y, last year. and offering his services to the Red Cross, but at that time there was no available place for him, so he passed the following month and half in making observa- tions. most of which were on Ger man propaganda. This sinister Ger man influence was directed at inspir-I ing peace talk and was very, very clevcrly done.
 How Hun Influence Works.
 This artful enemy propaganda did a great deal to aid the kaiser, he said. Ii was directly responsible for the Russian dcbac1e: hampercd British government. and almost tied the hands of France. It held back Brit ish sanction 10 vesting the command of the Allied army in one man, and prevented France from attaining a condition where it would be safe to. entrust a commander in that coun- try's army to assume supreme leader ship.
 France. from the latter experience. fears the shadow of a dictator, he said. "and the only reason that Clemenccau has been given such wide power is because he is 7S years old. and not likely to live long enough to wrongful1y use the authority be- slowed upon him" Ioffree Is in practi- cal retirement for the same reason.
 Fears Are Dispelled.
 France. though. is learning that such fears are groundlcss. MT. Doug las said. The French people, like the neopIe of the other dcmocracics cn-I gaped in this war. realizes that the placing of Foch in command ot all inc entente Allied and Am~ican ar mics is the best thing that has nap pcned in long time
 Do not become too enthusiastic over thc successes of the allies at the present moment" he told the aud icnce. "The gains now are mere fly snccks We must have two million American soldiers in France by De cember 1. four million by May, and Dcrbaps five million by next summer If this program is followed 1t is nossible that the war will come to a victorious conclusion by the end of next year. It will take heavy grind. ing machinery to smash the prepared Hindenburg lines. and I am told that this machinery is in process ot prep aration.
 We must give the German civi- Hans a taste of what the civilians oi France have endured - give them some of their own medicine. The people of Germany either are respon- sible for the kaiscr's acts or they arc unable to put stop to them, and 1t they are powerless to. change the kaiser's methods, we must put them in condition where they can remedy it."
 The speaker said French officer had told him of the wanton murder ot old men and women of French town by two German avlators. These people. driven from their homes by the Huns, were grouped by the road