The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-28
By w, ], BOLES

Blrmln2naH lIlNlUClbic diACo armies enter upon national War Sav- ings day imbued with the spirit that never admits defeat. At the luncheon in the ballroom of the Tutwiler hotel yesterday at 1 o'clock, the reports ln- dicated success all along the line. The quota for city and county is large, but it is not impossible, and what is not impossible the allied armies, with the valuable assistance of the Rainbow di- vision, always accomplishes.
 When Field Marshal J. Frank Rush. ton had called the assemblage to or der. after they had given proper at- tention to the edibles in front of them, he called for Gen. John Sparrow who reported. among other things, that W. H. Messenger had subscribed for 5000 of Savings Bonds for himself and 5000 for each member of his family. He also announced that in honor of the great victory of Italian soldiers on the Venetian plains and the Italian army in Birmingham, which leads in the campaign, spaghetti would be on the menu at the luncheon today.
 The Wilton sisters, who are on the bill at the Lyric theatre this week en-  eral violin and piano selections and a vocal duet.
 Mrs R. F. Johnston, responding to a request of Field Marshal Rushton, re- ported that 34 counties in the state had active organizations of women's committees that were making house to house canvasses and, working in conjunction with the council of de- fense, were accomplishing much in the way of securing pledges. She said that from 150 to 250 girls were selling stamps at the booths in Birmingham every day and that their daily safes averaged s2000.
 GOVERNOR O'NEAL
 Former Gov. Emmett ONeal. intro- duced by Field Marshal Rushton, made a stirring and patriotic address, say ing that Germany left the United States no other alternative but to en- ter the war.
 Our people are loyal to the country and to the President" he said, be cause they know it is not a war for territorial aggression, but war to protect international law and to pre- serve the independence and freedom of this country. At the beginning there was noisy minority that wanted peace at any price, who said our peo- pie should not take passage on ves- oSio Ol pCAiiS Ci CHl IdllOIS SdllInG the high seas; there was a widespread and powerful propaganda intended to de- ceive our people and control our Con- gress. but every American patriot WAS on duty, and when they let it be known we would mercilessly deal with treason to the flag, the propaganda ceased, and when war was declared the President had united country be- hind him.
 PROTECT OUR RIGHTS
 We entered the var primarily to protect our rights upon the seas and to protect our rights under interna. tional laws The President has said that no nation can last that does not protect its citizens wherever they be. whether on land or on the sea.
 The Germans promised not to sink any more ships without first giving pas sengers and crew chance to save them selves, and no sooner had the promise been made than it was violated. Every protest from America brought a promise from Germany not to repeat the out rage, yet it continued to send noncom- batants to death on the seas in viola ton of its promise, and of every inter- national law It was savagery. inhuman That's what Germany did from March. 1916. till January 31. 1917.
 This country was confronted with the
 
 iating surrender of her rights on the high seas.
 FORFEITED HONOR
 "Submshsion would have forever de- stroyed our commerce and caused tho products of our fields to rot. We woul,i have forfeited our honor and the re- spect of all nations. When we declared war We had standing army of only S0,- 900 men. Germany, through 70 years of preparation, had everything ready. Her factories, her railroads. her men of sci | ence, her materials all had been mobil- | ized for war. Her purpose was to mas ter the world. Against the 80.00O Ameri- can soldiers Germany had an army of 6,000.O00 highly trained men. We had | 5000 miles of sea formed a barrier that | tacking us.
 Then on June 5, 1917, 100000 young | men marched up and registered for serv- ice in our army, and when they meet | on the battlefields Hindenberg's legion | aries will find themselves overmatched | by our untrained, but valorous soldiers 1
 These young men are fighting your battles, They are depending on you to | back them up. It's your duty to see that ! they are provided with the food and 1 equipment that rich nation can give them, and if necessary we must con- | script every dollar of our wealth and see | to it that our flag does not go down in l defeat.
 SIN OF FAILURE
 We must not commit the unpardon- able sin of failure. What could we say