Evening star., 1918-04-18
lnytains sne word has sver known be-

Even the trained ofloefs Of the regu.
lar armies have 70 be schooIsd ever. to
meet cpnditions that are ufiaas on the
Mistakes are still likely to be made,
for 1t II human to err, but with this
eTeat country fully aroused to the aw-
ful fate which the world is fighting to
avert. these necessities are going to be
supplied. Perhaps not for some months
to coms will our Army In its. full
strength and effectiveness be ready to
take up the real battle with the Hun.
But America Will see that It is made
ready and fully equipped for its task.
sohdly Behind President.
Tho country is like stone wall be-
hind the President, said Mr.. Taylor, in
paying tribute to the loyalty OF the
people as q whole. But the time is
here when we must have but two Glasses
Of people here w4hen we must have but
two classes in this countryside pa
triot and the traitor-and the traitor
must be dealt with as only traitors
should be.
In reviewing the sights and incidents
trenches Mr. Taylor said the reports
show that the Germans are capturing
this city and that city in Belgium and
France. But they are not taking cities,
he declared.
"They are plowing through tangled
gun-lashed and corpse e-cursed lands
that once We're thriving cities and beau
tiful landscapes. but are so No longer.
When they capture these cities today,
they capture nothing but this"
He spoke of the frightful losses sus-
tanned by the French armies during their
more than two years Of gallant defense,
almost alone. He said there isn't fam
lily in France that is not mourning the
loss of loved one; indeed, every woman
n ia
courage and determination OF that people.
the most remarkable In Christendom, he
said. is not shaken and has never wavered.
He said it had taken England two years
to awaken fully to the demands OF the
war and to get '.ito it properly. but she
was there now to stay to the end.
Tribute was eloquently paid to the gal
liant fighting of the British troops and
especially the Canadians now going on
daily in the terrific battles with the Hun.
To surpass British Record.
The United States, he said. would sur
pass that record in getting ready. We
were peaceful and peaee-loving nation
when war was declared In August. 1914.
There were thousands of our people who
could not comprehend and who were
pacific in their aims and disposition.
Even our Regular Army, compara-
tive handful, was but the most minute
nucleus of what Is needed. But In
spite of all this, he said. the people
throughout the land were waking UP,
with all which that meant. ana that in
a few months at most America would
be ready to give full ana honorable
account of herself.
At the close of the address the au-
dience. composed almost exclusively of
newspaper men, arose ami cheered the
speaker again and again.
A musical program supplemented the
chief address of the evening. to which
laxe kp-s1 tf~ a. 1>.y
Miss Agnes Whe1an, Miss Richie Nc
Lean, Miss vioal Scfippert. Miss Ruth
Baxter. the Lyric 41ee Club. compris-
ing Walter ]. Lane. D. Austin Howard,
8 Theodore Howard. Ambrose Durkin,
Eof. George Herbert Wells, Sergt.
Trumpe. from Camp Meigs. with Will
liam T. Kelly, as aecompanist; viii
liam T. Piersor, who sang the new war
song, Garry On" his own composition,
to the words of Philander johnson !:
Newton Hammer, r. j. Gedner. Walter
]. Lane. Leopold Hoff, vielinist. and J.
Donald Smyth in feats of prestidigita-
tien.