Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-18

for this war;
See. Lane Lands Women
One of the most telling points made
by Secretary Lane was that the serv-
ices of women. as shown by what they
had done in this war. muststill be uti-
lized in times of peace. He said that
women had been the main influence by
which the youth of the nation had been
stimulated and lead to give their
hearts TO the cause i'm which the coun-
try had been engaged. and they had
also done work along lines and TO a
degree that had before seemed impos-
sible He pointed to the various or
CARNATIONS of women and the wonder
full work they had done along so many
different lines.
Another telling portion of Secretary
Lanes address was in regard TO the
things which this nation had done
which before the war had been thought
out of the question, merely because
some other nation had apparently been
able to do them in better way than
we had He gave as examples the fact
that we had shown that all our nee
essary nitrates could be produced cleo
trically from the air, and that supply
of potash, sufficient for the whole
needs fthe nation, had been wasted
from the chimneys of our factories.
See. Daniels Speech
I Following is the full text of the
speech made by Secretary Daniels.
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over" but those of us who are in Off
cial position know that while the fight
ing has ended, the problems growing
out of the war are more complex and
more difficult of adjustment than the
conduct OF operations by civilian adj
ministrators. We had organized plans
for the successful prosecution of war.
They were well in hand, with full
speed ahead as the watchword; every
body enlisted. and everybody eager to
serve and to sacrifice. With the sign
ing of the armistice there was relaxa-
ton of effort and differences of opinion
as to readjustments attendant upon the
difficulties that are inseparable from
going from a war basis to a peace
footing Many seemed to think the
boys would all be home by Christmas,
that by some magic all the munition
factories could be turned into agricul-
tural implements over night, and bust
ness as usual in Normal times would
at once supersede the only business of
winning the war we had thought about
for more than a year and half On
the other hand, others who had cal
culated and planned upon at least an
other year of war are finding II not
easy to reduce the war forces and war
agencies. One thing we should all un-
derstand: II will he at least a year,
it may be two years before we can
come back to normal conditions, and
we will be fortunate IL conditions
abroad make rehabilitation possible
at so early date IL required year
and a half. with ability to contract
with British ships to help carry two
million of soldiers to France. Even
if there was no need for soldiers over
seas,-and that need is APPARENT
would be. fine organization that could
land them home in a year. Naval
ships have been turned into transports
TO help in this big job, and men in the
naval service are being rapidly
brought home. But some ships and
some men must stay until permanent
peace blesses the world.
Big Task Yet Ahead.
sBut a more complicated duty than
demobilizing armies and navies is the
rehabilitation of war industries. the
changing of plants making munitions
and doing these necessary things with
into factories for weapons of peace,
out injury to business and without de-
nying employment to willing labor
which had worker faithfully and done
its part to make victory possible We
had entered into contracts for all the
war weapons the country could pro-
duce, machines and men were turning
them out with celebrity that proved
Americas capacity and readiness to
do whatever its people were called
upon to perform. You could not stop
these machines Immediately, and yet
it was a waste Of public money to go
on making guns and projectiles and
mines when we had more of them than
storage could be provided.
The authorities at Washington, in
vested with large powers for war, did
not hesitate when the armistice was
signed to voluntarily diyest them
selves of these powers and lead the
way by which business would flow in
natural channels. Your democracy
gave power Of autocracy for war pur-
poses. Those upon whom such powers
were conferred exercised them solely
for the common good. and FASTENED to
hand them back to the people without
a scintilla of abuse or hint of scan
dal We have conducted the greatest
war in history and expended more bill
lions than ever before dreamed of and
not dollar of the peoples money has
stuck to the hands of those entrusted
with its proper expenditure. Soldiers
and sailors have been well fed and
well clothed. industry in factory and
farm have received just returns, labor
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