The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-15

to increase this service four-fold be-
fore we can serve adequately the first
million men overseas.
Prices Are High.
Another reason why it Is going
to cost SO much is that prices are Tar
higher over there for everything than
thew are here and they are constant
" Rising. Apparently this will conz
tinue to be the case for the duration
Of the war.
"Still another reason is the urgency
of the situation. We cannot say we
will do so much now and so much SIX
months from now Where is the
American who IL going to say, Onoer
take your task gradually; by next
wear oyertake the army The Ma
tional War Work council doesn't stand
for that. We want to keep step with
tho need and even anticipate H.
Extreme Devotion to Men.
"Hut I suppose the great reason
why we will spend anything that 10
needed il because Of the extreme de-
votion of these men. One Of the boys
said to me, I have had 1t out with
death That is true of every Amer
lean boy. They have thought the
thing thru and are ready to pay the
put the strain of grandeur in every
one of these boys.
"One of our athletes, q man of foot
ball fame, said, IF I may put 1t IN
football language. the ball is on the
five-yard line in the enemys hanos.
1 don't agree with him for think we
are much further back than that, but
the ball is in the enemy's hand and
it is in a precarious position. A busl-
ness man said to me, I have put over
NV desk this language, Germany Is
winning this war" That puts it just
about as things are and 1t stfrs me as
nothing else does I have never been
allies will win in this war, but we are
going to have to pay far greater prices
than we have realized. We are wise
to expand our operations to this end
We must get more than one hundred
million dollars. We must get over
seas by September at least 1000 more
American workers. of whom about
one-fifth should be women"
Hugh Tribute to Fighting Men.
In the course of his address, DR..
Mott paid eloquent tribute to the high
| character of the personnel Of the
American army.
at know the American army" he
| said. Moreover. since this war be-
gan I have seen every other great
army on both sides of this struggle and
have seen these armies intimately.
with the exception of the Turkish
army and certain armies of the Bal
| kan states, and am free to say that
with the possible exception of the Ca
madam army-and I am not sure
should make that exception-there
| has gone forth to those European
shores, or risen up in those European
isuands and on the European CONT
! nent no body of men averaging as high
| as judged by every test, as this army
of American young men-the flower
| of the manhood and the boyhood Of
| this republic.
ct had luncheon recently with Gen.
| eral Pershing, and with great eager
ness he ventured to say that in his
| judgment. not in the history of man
| kind has there been body of men
averaging higher in personality and
character, going forward on a more
important errand, and animated by
purer motives or higher principles. I
wish the whole American people could
have looked into his eyes and have
heard his vibrating voice as he spoke
with such intimate knowledge and
conviction"
| Urges Rest Activities.
| Doctor Mott urged that activities at
] the American rest camps overseas be
expanded. He told of his visit to AK
les Bains. sometimes called Americas
| "Blighty''
"A man is given seven days leave
at the end of every four months" said
| Doctor Mott. IT understand this time
Is not allowed to accumulate. So these
snen will not be allowed to get home
| Tor their vacations. What a Godsend
1t Is that the 7. NJ. c. A., in co-opera-
ton with the government, is placing
at their disposal for those days eyery-
| thing that 10 best in American life
| everything in the way Of recreation
ana inspiration and everything in the
way OF nerving the men for the great
ordeal to which they return!"
Doctor Mott revealed that GERMANY
mas placed the ban on the z. M. c. A.
Germany has passed the word
ABOUT that We are not to be permitted
to stay In Russia" said Doctor Mott.
some Americans have wondered
whether We should not withdraw the
american secretaries from Russia.
The only other people I have heard
| suggest that were the Germans"
In his address Doctor Mott showed
how the Y. NJ. c. A. was watching
after the American soldier from the
time he enlisted or was drafted III
to and including the day when he
gets in actual fighting The RED
Triangle" man is everywhere to be of
service to his pal-the American SOL
der.
Notable Men Present
Among those present were: e. H
Baker. publisher. Cleveland Plain
Dealer; A. c. Bedford, president
Standard Oil Co.: Edward Box, editor
Ladies' Home Journal: Mortimer l.
Schiff, banker; Richard NJ. Colgate
L. A. Brossett, Cleveland H. Dodge
NJ. H. Dodge, Gen. T. Colman Du
Pont. John j. Egan, of Atlanta; VIM
Fellow Morgan, VIM. Cooper Proctor
OF Cincinnati; Leroy Percy. formerly
United States senator from Missis-
i sippi; William J. Shepherd, Geo. OTIS
Smith, Washington, D. c.; H. H. Tin
ken. Canton Ohio; Rodman Wanna.
maker. Bishop Luther B. Wilson, VIII
liam Sloan. Bruce Barton. James B.
Forgan, of Chicago; Ralph w
HARRISON. of Pittsburgh; E. S. Hart
mes, George W. Perkins, Arthur Curtis
James: Herbert L. Pratt, F. ]. Kings
| bury, S. s. Kiesge, OF Detroit; James
H. Rockhard. of Pittsburgh; C. w
| McAlpin. Cyrus H. Mccormick, OF
Chicago; Alfred E. Marling, Samuel
Mather, of Cleveland. E. B. Leacham