New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12
Gates Below Mason and
Dixon Line Show Unalter-
able Intention to Conquer
Germany; Spirit Is Re-
served, but of Astonishing
Depth
Bv Ralph Block

- has come such long way SINCE
w.. ,bat it is almost bromide to talk
.sort it. Yet there are moments when
hoe come to be commonplace ap-
VIZ - q sudden new light, and the
p'@ ,a, Of war that Secretary of the
w. McAdoo carries with him on
~ ;hsrty Loan tour is common
A,a,s thing made strangely new each
day. 49, fo d;For-
orccs that are more lnoiVio"ai 'n""
" ,bo mass, are pretty much alike
.orrwbere. and there are elements OF
's..,. contained in the continued DIS
s,0sures through the South OF ther
'rolterablc will to conquer Germany
:. i shock because apparently the
" - st.te of feeling Of the American
wv has been covered up these
pep eup.' DAYS bv the sophistries and
mas, masses OF long distance observers ana
ssn;niopated statesmen
III commonplace assertion IN WASH
ton and New York, always ISSUED
-; ,nS an undertone and with sad mead
ssoting. has been for q long time 10
the effect that "out IN the country tne
people are hanging back a0ous Inc
war. 49, sf+h do, NJ Tho
IL. ~, Loan tour. but from all have
Llou' ahle to see in a territory stretch
v ;ns from Pennsylvania to tlorida L
mss,,dn,t hesitate a minute in declar-
wv" .hat. the American people have
ns haen so earnest about any job,
sn ready to put everything on the altar
" 80 cause. as they are in the pres
en- ~ T NOV the West better than I know
-. South. but if the South feels as
dasnjv as its expression seems to andl-
VIZ T can only wonder what the war
.anch of the West must be like.
Little of Tour Staged
.rhoro is always some temptation
a.orast;mate a tour of this kind. 1t
y o ossr enough to mistake programme
N % for the kind that grlts us
sps"th Init the chance Of overest'ma-
.;sa : fortunately lessened by the tact
Nv. 20 little of the tour is staged ana
.snr as The big towns have their
pparades and their receptions ana the!.
rrSssr;nc and their brass bands; pul IL
; = tho little towns that carry the con-
yic.ion with them
0ne.minute speeches by oecietaiS
N.aSoo at wavside stations have many
interesting sides, but more lnteIess-
inc more illuminating and more sum
n ,isi than local color is the lnvali-
ahle reply to the Secretarial appear 'oA
bond buying. -. SATURDAY.
The bond campaign started SATURDAY
and down through the oarollnas 1 az
through Georgia town a1uer &c ,e" &c ;ts
arrived at third, and a hal1' OF i.S
auota some of them promising to doo-
bic the demand upon them. ,e;to
Inst what has developed this defnite
feeling. this disqualification OF an
doubts and all hesitations about Amer.
cas mart in a European war, IL ISM
sssv to saw. The development or
President Wilson's own opinion to the
Nm; s,.u srbare he is for the application
Of force without reservation, may nave
had something to do with 1T. 1he
cumulative effect of German brusa!-
ties. German answering devotion 10
the Solicy of rapine and theft, and the
unmistakable feebleness of the Ger
man democracy and hopelessness OF us
revolt. doubtless have all had their
effect in bringing decision out OF douD''
Hatred for Germany
The plain man who comes down to
the railroad station to see the Secre-
sary of the Treasury does not talk
about these things. He is a human
being. who has his worries, his hopes,
his fears. He feels tentatively about
a 'ot of things. He hopes his wages
will be big enough to allow him to live
in the face of rising prices and rising
taxes He wants an end of war, but
more than all these, and most clearly,
he wants to smash the thing that has
made war absolutely necessary.
1t is beginning to come home to HIM
row in his own terms Of understand
ing. His boys are in it, it touches
him on all sides. Cotton farmers with
long boards. men in the faded gray
Of Charlottesville and Appomatox
women whose faces are thin ana ilneo
but whose eyes are bright, women VINO
dress we'll and have had prosperity ia
give them contentment--every one OF
them responds to one thing in no I'M
certain measure.
Great numbers Of our soldiers may
be annihilated in that great struggle
on the plains Of Picardy," declares Mr.
McAdoo, and there ia a strained silence
silence that seems to move with the
weigh. Of pent-up feeling. 1--WE must
prepare ourselves to face every sac,
iifee. Rivers OF blood may flow, but
AZ stand here | know that the Kaiser
q doomed. 1t is only question OF
iime.o
That has been said some dozens OF
Zines in these five days, and at the
sad OF it there has been such volume
q swelling sound, such roar OF de
aanee, such tumult OF thunder as
aight well shake the foundations Of
eslin.
South Carolina and Georgia were
ards Of flowers and bunting for Mr.
asAdoo. Columbia, S. c.. met the Sec
'sssry with q military escort, composed
mayor General Charles J. Bailey, ir
ssargt Of Camp Jackson, and a grouI
!, French and English officers. Their
..asfe Was Governor Manning, red
smSfed Governor who has five SONS ir
~ hght, some OF them already il
sshee Tney marched the Secrctar,
~ nam Street 20 Il reviewing stant
-, passed whole regiment Of th'
staansl Army before him, followed b,
YysVefy o. field artillery.
E.asn they took him into the State
1sn between living flag Of schoo
sherman left the State House stand
I'll, "nen he went TO the sea, but the,
!" NOV you the shell marks he lief
memory Of his visit.
,sssyannah rushed the Secretary 10 ;
msha-new auditorium, where acme ri,
c.sand people we're waiting for him
.sofgla happeng TO be Mr. McAdoo',
~ STATE. He was horn at Mariatt.