New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

mendous audience began to cheer and
stamp their feet in approval.
"At last Germany has made clear to
all in the countries of her enemies
that there is no peace and can be no
peace so long as Germany is possessed
Of military power.
"Her Interpretation of the Brest-
/ Rumania has undoubtedly shocked
Europe more than any one thing she
has done, and has put beyond the scope
Of question the treatment she will &C
cord any and all when she is possessed
| of power.
Allies Are Confident
GAS the result Of this now universal
feeling one hears no talk of terms of
peace, of Alsace-Lorraine, of restora-
tion of Belgium or of indemnities. It
must be admitted that the military sit
| uation on the Western front is serious
and that the next few months undoubt-
edly will be the critical months of the
! war, as Germany is hurting, at all
determined, if possible, to divide and
smash the armies before we can get
there in force.
CONSCIOUS of this, / can say that l
have never left Europe more confident
of the final success of the Entente, and
have never known the morale as high
all along the line and back of the line
as it is to-day"
Revertir" te tho w"'k abroad of the
American Red Cross, Mr.. Dawson said:
II am violating 40 confidence when
Pershing, the leading members of his
medical staff and the doctors and sur
geons all along the line, without ex-
ception, stated to me that if the Ameri-
can people had any appreciation of the
Importance of the service which the
American Red Gross had rendered to
our forces, and of that which they
would be called upon increasingly to
render, every American man and woman
would demand by their continued and
liberal support that the work should
be developed even more broadly to
meet the extraordinary and unforeseen
conditions in France.
Big Things Red Cross Does
"Colonel Ireland, chief surgeon of
| the American expeditionary force, said
| to me just as I was leaving for home:
! 'Thc Red Cross has done three or four
single things, any one of which would
! fully Justify all of its endeavor of or
ganization and expenditure of money.
| For instance, the Red Gross, through
ttS TGSedTCH department., ID cuIlIcly IC"
sponsble for discovering the method
Of transmission of, and thus the road
to tho prevention of, trench fever, one
of tho new and most serious diseases
incident to the war, and one which has
baffled the experts. The British re-
gard it as second in the order of dis
eases which deplete its forces.'"
To demonstrate that the American
Red Cross's efforts to relieve distress
among the civil populations Of Amer
ica's allies abroad indirectly aid our
own soldiers, Mr.. Dawson said
"There are two battles being waged
to. day by the Germans in Europe. One
against the soldiers in the front line
trenches and the other against the
civilian population back of the line
The one is as we'll defined and planned
as the other. The purpose of the fight
behind the line is to break down the
morale of the civilian population to
such a point that they will importune
their governments for peace. To-day
from the English Channel to the Swiss
border, and from the Swiss border tc
the Adriatic, behind the lines the
American Red Cross is organized tc
carry on this fight against the Bocho
as no other agency in the world. 1t is
doing it under the highest type OF
American men and women in the field
working day and. night, and is realizing
success in its undertaking which has