Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-28
sENAToR KENYON TELLS AUDI
ENcE At WATERLOO or PART
AMERICA MUST PLAY.
AiRpLANEs AND Die
GUNS MAIN FACTORS
Importance Of Air Graft Impressed on
Hearsrs end Speaker Urges lmmsdi.
ate Manufacture Of 10000 PIanss-
High Praise For United States Navy
Must Eliminate lneemp stsney.


ence that hlled the large Waterloo
theatre to capacity, Senator w. s..
Kenyon summed up the situation
abroad in one dramatic statement. Sum
day afternoon, when he asserted.
They are counting on us over there"
This marked the high point in what
is recognized In Waterloo as one Of the
greatest war addresses ever delivered
in this city.
Senator Kenyon began talking at
1920 o'clock Sunday afternoon and held
the 1000 or more Of his hearers SPELL
bound and he was frequently applaud
ed for his numerous, strong, loyal, pa.
triotic utterances.
Senator Kenyon began with a fine
description Of the artillery firing in the
front lines in France, which he recent
~ saw, about nine weeks ago to be
exact. The speaker made reference to
the kaisers announcement Of part
nership between the kaiser and God,
and he said: There is something be-
hind all this tina. we can't understand,
but have not lost my faith in Prov
idence. believe and the American
citizens believe that God is with us in
this great conflict for world wide
democracy"
"GIorifisd Jaekass paeifist."
Senator Kenyon stated that millions
Of men have died In battle or In the
war in the last four years. The war
is costing seventy Ave millions Of dol
lars or more each day. And yet with
all these staggering figures. this IL not
the time for pessimism, and our ideals
should and are holding their place. He
recounted the country's efforts to keep
out Of the present war until there was
nothing to do but to go to war or SUBJ
init to-dictation, the surrender Of the
Monroe doctrine and the occupation Of
Canada by the Germans. 1--WE had to
either fight or rum" he said. "and in
these circumstances every good Amer
lean will fight"
Then the senator compared a pres
emit pacinst with man who tried u
persuade q brute to stop abusing the
pacitists wife, and exclaimed: What
can we do with such glorifed
jackass?"
Spoke Of Recent WransIs.
Senator Kenyon in recurring to the
recent Chamberlain wrangle said: 'The
voice Of helpful criticism. should not
he stified," this in the midst OF high
tribute to President Wilson, Secretary
Daniels and the navy, "but incompe-
.stency ought to be eliminated, whether
ii ne In the army or elsewhere"
He refcrred again and again TO the
higf, efficiency Of the American navy.
SAYING, Let nobody say we haven't
L., vRyN y with tha
navy: with all this wransling, there
against the navy"
"Airplanes and big cannon are goins
to win the war: we can't exaggerate
the Importance Of the airplane," was q
sentence Introducing q description OF
the use Of the airplane in directing ar
tillery fire, which ended with the plain
inference that Senator Kenyon thinks
10000 about the proper number forfthe
United States to build at once.
Being in this war. tho surest way
for us Is to go straight through It." the
senator asserted. For It will cost less
to win Il than for US to lose it." In
closing he said that the United States
can not be bluffed by any talk OF on
forcing peace but that this country
would dictate peace terms whom tho
end finally was reached.
Senator Kenyon IS the third patriotic
speaker to visit Waterloo In the past
five weeks and he came here at the In
yitation Of the Waterloo Commercial
Club, which il giving series OF pa
triotic speeches by persons who have
actually seen the war at drst hand, ana
the address here Sunday afternoon was
certainly ono which has created q
wave Of patriotic sentiment AMONG tho
citizens of this city. Citizens from
Cedar Falls, Hudson. Independence,
Grundy Center. Denver, Marshalltown
and other surrounding cities were here
for the meeting despite the adverse
weather conditions.