Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-05-25

&@@AA%U meHTu g6nLlemen recently
say" said he, that we must get 5000,
900 men ready. Why limit it to 5000,
geo? I have asked of congress tC
name no limit, because congress in
tends, am sure, as we all intend, that
every ship that can carry men and
supplies shall go laden upon every
voyage with every man and every sup
ply she can carry"
The United States, the president
said, will not be diverted from its
purpose by insincere approaches on
the subject of peace.
81 can say with a clear conscience, u
he said, that / have tested those in.
tentions and have found them insin.
cere. / now recognize them for what
they are, an opportunity to have a
free-hand play in the east, to carry
out purposes of conquest and exploita.
ton. Every proposal with regard to
accommodation in the west involves a
reservation in regard to the east.
intend to stand by Russia as well as
by France" The statement brought
the house to its feet cheering.
German rulers, the president de-
clared, are mistaken if they think the
United States will sacrifice anybody
for its own sake.
They wish peace, let them come
forward and lay their terms on the
table. We have laid ours and they
know what they are" he said.
The war, the president declared, is
a war to save the world. The con-
f1ict, he said, will knit the world to-
gether.
Dwelling on the duty Of Americans
to give to the Red Cross, the presi-
dent declared no man could afford to
make money out of the war.
The presidents speech in full:
"Mr. Chairman and Fellow Country
men: / should be very sorry to think
that Mr. Dawson in any degree cur
tailed his exceedingly interesting
speech for fear that he was postpon-
ing mine, because I am sure you lis
tened with the same intent and init
mate interest with which / listened
to the extraordinarily vivid account
he gave of the things which he had
realized because he had come in con-
tact with them on the other side of
the waters.
rive compass them with our imagi-
nation; he compassed them in his per-
sonal experience and | am not here
tonight to review for you the work of
the Red Cross; l am not competent
to do so because l have had no time
Or the opportunity to follow it in de-
tails. l have come here simply to say
a few words to you as to what it all
seems to me to mean-and it means
a great deal.
There are two duties with which
We are face to face. The first duty
is to win the war. And the second
duty that goes hand in hand with it
is to win it greatly and worthily,
showing the real quality of our pow
er not only, but the real quality of
our purpose and of ourselves.
"0f course the first duty, the duty
that we must keep in the foreground
of our thought until it is accomplished,
is to win the war. l have heard gen.
tlemen recently say that we must get
&C 10000 men ready. Why limit it to
5,0v9,000?
81 have asked the congress of the
United States to name no limit, be-
cause the congress intends, | am sure,
as we all intend, that every ship that
can carry men or supplies shall go
laden upon every voyage with every
man and every supply she can carry.
Must Win the War.
"And we are not to be diverted from |
the grim purpose of winning the war
by any insincere approaches upon the |
subject of peace. / can say with a
clear conscience that / have tested |
those intimations and have found |
them insincere. now recognize them
for what they are, an opportunity to
have a free hand, particularly in the
east, to carry out the purposes of
and exploitation.
Every proposal with regard to ac-
in the west involves
reservation with regard to the east.
Now, so far as am concerned, in
end to stand by Russia as well as
France
A voice from the audience inter
'upted with God bless you"
The helpless and the friendless are
he very ones that need friends and
Iuccor; and il any man in Germany