Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-24
AMERICA WILL SET NO LIMIT
ON HER EFFORT TO WIN WAR
Says President Wilson In Red Cross
Speech In New York City
save the world.

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save the world.
And your relation 10 the Red
Cross is one of the relations which
will relieve you of the sigma You
can't give anything to the government
of the United States; 1t won't accept
il. There Is a lar OF Congress
against accepting even services with
out pay The only thing that the GOV.
ernmant viii accept Is loan, and du.
ties performed; but 1t Is a great deal
better to give than to lend or to pay
and your great channel for giving Is
to the American Red Cross.
Down in your hearts you can take
very much satisfaction In the last
analysis, in lending money TO the
government of the United states, be-.
cause the interest which you draw
vii burn in your pockets; It is a com
mercial transaction, and some men
have even dared to cayil at the rae
of interest, not knowing the ineden-
tai commentary that constitutes upon
their attitude
But when YOU give, something or
your heart something of your soul,
something of yourself goes with the
gift, particularly when it is given in
such form that It never can come back
by way OF direct benefit to yourself
You know there is the old cynical def.
milton Of gratitude, as The lively ex.
pectaton Of fayors to come.
well, there is no expectation OF
fayors to come in this kind Of giving
These things are bestowed in order
that the world may be restored; that
suffering may be relieved; that the
face of the earth may have the blight
of destruction taken away from It and
that wherever force goes, there SHAH
so mercy and helptulness
Give to the Limit.
And when you give, give abso-
lutely all that you can spare and
don't consider yourself liberal in the
giving If you give with seltaduia.
ton you are not giving at all, you
are giving TO your own vanity but II
YOU give until it hurts then your
heart blood goes into It
and think what We have here
We call il the American Red Cross
but It is merely a branch Of a great
international organization, which is
not only recognized by The statutes q
each Of the civilized governments Of
the world but il is recognized by in.
ternationa agreement ard treaty as
the recognized and accepted instm.
mentalitt OF mercy and succor And
one Of tho deepest stains that rests
upon the reputation Of the German
army is that they have not respected
the Red Cross.
THAT goes to the root OF the mat.
ter They have not respected the In.
strumentality they themselves partici.
pated in setting up as the thing
which no man was to touch. because
It was the expression Of common hu.
manity
We are members by being mem.
bers Of the American Red Cross. OF
great fraternity and comradcship
which extends all over the world and
this cross which these lads bore To-
day Is an emblem OF Christianity It.
self.
1T fills my imagination, ladies and
gentlemen, to think Of the women all
over this country who are busy to-
night and are busy every night and
every day doing the work of the Red
Cross, busy with great eagerness to
find out the most serviceable thing
TO do, busy with 4 foregetfulness Of
all the old friyolities Of their social
relationships ready to curtail the du.
ties of the household in order that
they may contribute to this common
work that all their hearts are engaged
in, and in doing which their hearts be.
come acquainted with each other.
And YOU have. then, this noble pic.
ture OF justice and mercy as the two
servants Of liberty. or only where
men are free do they think the
thoughts of eomradeship only where
they are free do they think the
thoughts of sympathy; only where
they are free are they mutually help.
full; only where they are free do they
realize their depend upon one an
other and their comradeship in a corn.
mon interest and common necessity.
Il heard story told the other day
that was ridiculous, but 1t is worth
repeating, because 1t contains the
germ OF truth An Indian was enlist.
ed in the army. He returned to the
reservation on furlough. He was
asked what he thought OF IT,
He said: No much good; too
much salute not much shoot. Then
he was asked: Are you going back?'
Yes Well, do you know what you
are fighting for?' Yes, me know;
night to make whole damn world demo.
cratic party.
"He had evidently misunderstood
some inocent sense Of my own. But
after all, although there is no party
purpose in Il, he got It right as far as
the word party; to make the whole
world democrats IN the sense OF com.
munity of interest ard of purpose.
and If you ladies and gentlemen could
read some OF the touching dispatches
which come through official channels.
for even through these channels there
come voices of humanity that are in
llnitely pathetic; If you could catch
ne