Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-11
ADDRESS OF
ELLIOTT D. SMITH
Interests and Enlightens Hearers
on It's Aims and
Methods.

The Playhouse WAS more than com
70 rtably well-flcd ~ Zl5 Yesterday
afternoon, " ben the session Of the State
War Conference was called to order ~
the chairman, Day ID Suellenburg.
The Fs,xe, were decorated with Amer
ican hags, and there were etterpd shields
At the front of the stage, and The War
Poster by Ethel PennewilI Brown, the
property Of Deleware College had
prominent place Tho Fort du r nt
band occupied seats on the platform and
row If chairs accomm odated glests
and srcakers
A corps of young lady usherettns
showed the audience " seatg n the par
quette rows.
Tho gathering joined IN singing MY
Country led ~ the land and Rev DR.
Randolph pronounced an invocation,
and Gov Townsend welcomed the del
egates with speech which vas printed
Yesterday. and read The following tei-
egram from President Wilson;
congratulate Delaware upon The
patriotic spirit that has led ~ this War
Conference From the personal contact
among var workers in such meetings
comes an understanding and inspiration
that will soon he reflected in A like en-
thlsiasrn and unity nf purpose among
their fellow citizens and II Is only by the
united and determined efforts of all loyal
Americans that this people will win the
great fight for fair and honest dealings
among the nations Of the world.
Woodrow Wilson.
DAVID : ~nellenhrg, as chairman of the
Publicity committee, ~ introducing the
next speaker DR. r. r. Sherer represent
ing the National Council Of Defense,
sald that the purpose of the meeting Was
20 organize tn serve our own circle, our
0wn City. our own state, which IS the duty
Of every loval Delawarean; earh man and
woman Is part and parcel Of the move
ment. and must he ready ~ sacrifice time
Bnd effort, and assist a awakening the
people
DR. Sherer, in owing his allegiance
70 California paid tribute TO Delaware's
record in war work, but urged that pres
ent, rather than past records, were now
IN question.
Organization and unity Of action are
essential TO the proper working out Of
Federal plans. and it was this condition
that had led hIm to become Field Agent
Of the Committee Of National Defense
a Dollar Year man, and TO visit every
state In the Union IN behalf OF the work.
lie then told Of conditions he found IN
some Of the communities visited, and
aroused laugh by his account ot the
sentiment expressed by a colOred trooper
~ khaki, regarding the effect " hlch would
be produced on the battle line by the adj
vent Of us angry SaXons. A better
situation is predicted, as a result Of war
time activities. between the whites and
the blacks in the South; our netting pot
has not been melting, but the varied ele-
ments are fusIng now, and vail BRING out
one from many pluTlbus unum-
Incidentally he told OF the affection oi the
colured people for the South, and read Al
amusing appeal 70 be taken back py
a plantation hand who had tried the
North and was not suited whit
He then read an imagined Letter rom
a spy" who might have learned the Same
facts which he had observed, and, report
ing truthfully. would draw conclusions
as to the weight this country VIII throw
INTO the conflict
MAY il please your Majesty these
Yankees are a strange folk. They are
the most peaceful people in the world.
and the most fooGshly patient. but thet
possess the traditional anger u The pauen!
man, when fully aroused. For TWO ana
half years thev looked on III the great
contiagratIon IN Europe with tEeir aanls
IN their pockets, ana never even oo1ShJ
a w4terbuckeI Tor their protection. Du1
now, the fame Of practical PATRIOTISM IS
sweeping the country Ike prairie fiTe,
and God help YOU Kaiser BILL, when TINS
backfre meets the tluae oi your war
IL YOU take my advice N9u and Your
FANNY viii cleAr out before you Eet
cleaned out tor have been on a SWING
around the cIrlc, Your Majesty. as these
ldi0tiC Yankees describe &c. There can
be no doubt that Uncle sam has got has
Jaw Set2 as they say The same blood
that fought England twice, ami won stiil
courses through this mighty heart ana
veins Remember his own Civil " Ar.
how hcrcelv and calamity his children
fought on both sides Of the house now
united take 1t from me, Your Majesty.
that the long lines Of blue and gray are
completely melted n q far longer hne
clad IN KHAKI, and that even II YOU break
The French and British lines IN Flanders,
YOU must face an unfhnchIng and uncon-
Querable America
In concluding, the speaker sand Let
lis develop i higher grade Of patriotism,
welcome every foreigner worth while,
and send the rest pacR nome cement our
alliance with England and France and
Italy, VIII scatter our own prouuclallsm
and tuaugurate ncw era
rhe chairman then announced chat,
owing to the meeting 1f the previous
evening which anticipated ia some re-
spects the steps to be taken
No action in the way Of organization
would lie taken at the session, And asked
the attendance of delegates al the Round
Talle conference az o'clock, ana de-
clurcd the session adjourned