Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-22
ARE THEY BACKING US UP?'
(Continued from page one.)

UdtN anu ItIl ES dI'Jtl tllt lii.
 Il NIr. Trefz said that the audience lie faced was the largest he had
 spoken to in Arkansas an' N'"e I up we'll with any hc had :pHHcn 10 1 ill his trip turnout the centfal Mc%t. '"rne war is on The great ar
 fensive in the west ,rEobahlN Aas started and we will H,n)N Nthn ' five days whether German. ia try 1 ing to break thru in France and
 where," said Mr. Trcfz in referenen i to the news that the Germans iaI : started q great bomhartlnont on the i Cambrai sector.
 Don't Relax!
 Mr Trefz emphasized the need of 1 mceasing effort and of keeping the l fighting spirit at the highest pitch among the pesiale al holns. Ever, 1 time Germany can get America to ! relax, she has gained groand." said he. We must not allow reports of weakening in Germany and Austria to cause US 10 think that the end i is near. Such reports are deliber ately spread for that very purpose They are invariably followed by a 1 co1lp l'etat such as that in Italy and that in Russia" lie warned against l believing any reports Of internal strife in Germany and Austria and of weakness of the enemy. We must learn, he said. to fight on with the hnll-dog-like tenacity of the British l soldier.
 "We must not only dc our part 1 two or three days out of the week, l but we must Ee in this war seven days out of the week, o2 weeks out 1 of the year and "A hours cut of ev- cry day. Must be in i, to the last 1 man aGld the last dollar said the speaker.
 "We are fighting beast whose ] crimes are heared so higti that the ] only compensation is absolute eX- tinction,' cried Mir. Treiz?" Our 1 boys in France know this. and they l are not coming home latil Ee is con- l rletely beaten unless they come feet first"
 While we are making the world | safe for democracy Mr. Trefz said, we must do our part in making denl- ocracy safe for the world by self discipline. He pointed out the diff :; ference between President Wilson, who, be said holds more power tha nany man not even excepting the kaiser, if he chooses to use it. i But the speaker pointed out this pow CT is not being used: on 1he other hand the people themselves are be- i ing asked to come forward yoluntari- 1 sy and do their part. He pointed out l that the government which has a right to come in and take the son rigHt to fake the food off .Ee pantry shelves if it is necessary to save that son. @f
 Must be LOyalist or Traitor. MT. Trefz said he was no apologist for the administration. He told of how he had fought Mr Wilson in 1 1916. But he said on April 6, 1916 he had stepped behind the adminis- 1 tration and had been there every
 since, as every loyal American
 should be He told of the usa th2' had been made Of criticisms of the ad- ministration by the enemy. He re- lated how he had seen Berlin pap CT in Switrzland with a snreikin9 headline "Finally It Has Come D, telling of revolution in the United States from border to border, of im- peachment of the president by con- <, gross because he had led the country into England's war when the Geople
 really favored Germany, and Of how it had been supported by cleverly compiled clippings from United i States publications.
 q have learned not to try and
 drive an automobile from the back seat" said Mr. Trefz, "aald the peo- pie of this country must learn to leave the running of the Wal to their elected representatives in Washing I ton,"
 Have Done Impossible.
 "We have done the impossible ev-
 cry day since we have been i'll the
 war" said the speaker in describing the immense work done behind the
 lines in Trance in preparatoin for
 the American troops. He explained
 that the army now in France 70.
 quired 5.0O0,000 pounds of material
 to be laid down behind the lines ev- cry day. Ships Ships, That is cur great
 est need',, cried MT. Trefz. He sait
 that when the war started America
 had only seven ships on the Atlantic
 and that our army never could have
 been gotten to France except fol
 the kindness of the Germans il leaving 46 of their best vessels ir American ports"
 Speaking of the army in France l MT. Trefz said he had eaten witt
 them and that they were by far th'
 best fed of the four armies. Ameri can. British, French and German. H,
 said their clothes and eauipmen
 were equal to any despite all report: 1 to the contrary He said that h. . was proud of them, and that al Americans should be proud of them 7 Ally Leaders Praise Sammies.
 In citing the opinions of the al
 lied leaders of America's army MT Tefz quoted remark of Genera Petain, thief (of the
 French armies in the field to al l n,st1 ofs1 %ol1 ot