Evening star., 1918-01-13
WAR MUST co ON,
SAYS MR.. LANSING
IN THRILLING PLEA
Aims Outlined by President
Must Be Realized, Secre-
tary of State Declares.
COL. ROOSEVELT, TOO,
SWAPS BANQUET CROWD
Asserts U. S. Preparations for Con.
f1ict Must Be Sped to Utmost.
Raps Delay.

maps Deldy.
NEW YORK, January 12-"Until the
war aims outlined by President Wilson
are accepted by the Prussian govern
ment this war must go on."-Secretary
of State Robert Lansing.
america must accept no peace except
the peace of overwhelming victory
Theodore Roosevelt
These two opinions on the United
States part in the world war were ex-
pressed tonight in New York at the
annual banquet of the New York State
Bar Association, when Secretary Lansing
brought the diners to their feet cheer
ing, and at the annual dinner of the
Ohio Society of New York, where the
colonel thrilled his audience by demand
ing that Americas war preparations be
sped to the utmost.
Jules ]. Jusserand, French ambassa-
dor to the United States, also spoke at
the Bar Association banquet, as did Am
bassador Di Cellere of Italy.
We are in this war as republic to
the very end" Secretary Lansing de-
clared emphatically, and his address
was regarded by his hearers as a re-
ply to the comments in German papers
upon President Wilson's address to
Congress. He declared the aims we
seek must be achieved and will be.
Il bring you a message of good cheer
from the National Capital" he said.
In Washington there is cheerfulness
and confidence"
Speaking of optimism as an asset, he
said it has been "our source of wealth
in every task the nation ever under
took" and should be the country's
guiding spirit in the war.
Has Named q. S. Aims.
The President was challenged to
name the reasons why we are in the
war and what we aim to achieve" Mr.
Lansing continued. HE has named
these4 aims and has done so frankly.
without equivocation and very definite
". The statement has not been re-
ceived with favor by the Germans, but
unless we achieve those aims we have
no sure foundation on which to build
an enduring peace"
Secretary Lansing was the first speaker
at the dinner, which was attended by
representatives of most of Americas al
lies in the war. Among the guess were
the Duke Of Devonshire Governor General
Of Canada: the ambassador of Great
Britain. France and Italy: the minister
from Belgium and the attorney general Of
Great Britain. Charles E. Hughes pre-
sided.
Mr.. Lansing toasted all the allies, and
his tributes to their efforts in the strug-
gle to preserve democracy brought ring
ing applause.
Confidence in d. C.
In Washington there is cheerfulness
and confidence, and that should prevail
through the republic Mr.. Lansing said,
in his address. 'If 1 were asked to name
the principal trait of an American l would
say 1t is optimism. Optimism is our great
and power. In every task that this nation
has undertaken optimism has been at the
basis of its success, and here, with the
greatest task that we have ever under
throughout the republic the guiding spirit
of the nation.
THE President was chalIenged a
short time ago to name the reason why
we are in this war and what we aim
to achieve. He named the reasons and
he has recently named the aims which
we seek. He has done SO frankly,
without equivocation and very def
itely. This statement of the aims of
this country in entering the war has
not been received with favor by our
German friends. and yet. unless we
achieve these aims, we have no sure
foundation on which to build an en-
during peace. Unless these aims are
accepted by the Prussian government,
this war must go on. We are in this
war as a republic to the very end.
1.-The aims which we seek are to be
achieved, and they will be achieved
America Never Fails.
America never put her hand to
task but she accomplished it. All we
have got to do is to set our jaws, to
clinch our fists and to go to it with
all our might.
When we have so many of the repre-
sentatives of our co-partners in this
great enterprise 1 extend to them on
your behalf and on behalf of the Ameri-
can people our affection and esteem.
ITO France. glorious France, whose
millions of brave hearts have been an
impassable rampant to Prussian fury
ITO Belgium, bleeding. PROSTATE Bel
gium, who. beneath the heel of the
shall always live.
ITO Britain. dogged. determined Brit
ain, whose stalwart soldiery faced death
in the trenches with a smile.
ITO Italy. Italy with the glorious spirit
of the old Romans. whose armies today
on the Venetian plains and through the
mountains or the north are standing
guard over her ancient shrine.
To Canada, our splendid neighbor of
the north, who has given without stint
her sons and her treasure in the cause
of liberty.
ITO all our comrades in arms, those
that are not represented here tonight
but who stand shoulder to shoulder
with us in the cause of human justice.
Envy Big Neighbor.
.I am sure we are all to be congrat-
ulared on having as our guest this
evening the governor general Of the
great Dominion, but think we can con-
gratulate him on representing a coun-
try which has shown by it's deeds its
intense patriotism and it's devotion to
the right. l have known for twenty
ada's public men. and l have felt fire.
auently in the past that they envied
their neighbor OF the south. Your ex-
cellency, envy has crossed the border
Today Americans envy the splendid
record which has been made by Canada
in this war.
when the roll of honor is made up
on this great conflict ! can hope for no
higher honor for America than that her
name may be written not above. but
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