Evening star., 1918-04-29
TARD|EU SAYS j. S.
MEN co IN STREAMS
French High Commissioner
Declares Frenchmen of
America Fulfill Duties.

NEW YORK. April 2s.-Andre Tar
United States. declared in a liberty
loan address here last night that the
Frenchmen of America ARE fulfilling
their duty and paying off a debt by
buying bonds.
You are fulfilling a duty and paying
off debt" he said. because If this
victory results first from our effort
during forty five months, it is the ef-
fort of America which will enable US
to win this victory in the way it must
be done. l mean, to make it a decis
i've and a complete one.
by the hundreds Of thousands the
soldiers OF America now are in France
and every week brings to our shore a
new stream Of khaki-clad boys.
THE instruction of this Army has
has been organized, in France as well
as in America, on the basis of gaining
a maximum of results within the short
est possible time. The Secretary OF
War. in full accord with me, is taking
now the last measures which will speed
up this instruction.
THE first twenty American divisions
landed in France will find there. ready
for them, all the artillery of various
calibers which they want. The follow
ing divisions will carry over guns and
try. This manufacturing. already
started, will grow fully effective in due
time.
Praises Liberty Motor.
"At this very moment the last tests
of the liberty motor will soon he over.
The liberty motor ranks among the five
best motors in existence for bombing
or exploration afrplanes. Before the
autumn thousands and thousands of
mn nf will SNa fp
Europe.
|. lat present. following Gen. Per-
shings generous offer, your soldiers
are in line in several sectors OF our
front. and arrangements made to al
| low OF the immediate use of all units
as soon as arrived.
ION our coasts and on the British
| Goa st the Amerivan Navy is co-operat-
ures of submarine losses, on a steady
decrease for the last three months.
have given evidence Of their common
"At the same time the great effort
you are executing to help your as
soclates is going on.
You have lent them. for the last
ten months, over five billion dollars
I'm March almost one million tons
| Of cereals hundreds Of thousands Of
tons of steel. Of cast iron. of copper
| of powder, have left for Europe.
"If in the present battle we have
been enabled to move so speedily our
| divisions on trucks. all over the front
of our gallant British allies, from
| Montdidier to Ypres the reason Is that
from January to March. thanks to ar
rangements made with the shipping
board, we have been able to ship over
| to France hundreds Of thousands Of
| tons of gasoline"
100000 Casualties.
NJ Tardieu declared that, out Of the
$500, 900 men mobilized in the French
| army, 1900. 900 have been killed and as
many more either MANNED or taken
| prisoners.
| Despite such great losses" he said,
'at the beginning Of tho present battle
| we were still holding two-thirds Of the
western front.
When our gallant British allies had
to give way to the leisurely and power
| fully prepared thrust of the enemy and
| to move back from st. Quentin to Mont
dfdier our army was ready to 1ll the
gap thus opened on our left and to re-
establish the liaison between tho French
and the British army.
For days our regiments, armed only
with rifles and machine guns, a. tho