The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-23

they do, and It is a character which
those who are and realize appreciate
and admire; but their duty is the duty
of force. The duty OF the Red Cross
is the duty OF mercy and succor and
friendship.
War UnIteS America.
Have you formed a pictAre in your
imagination of what this war is doing
for us and for the world? In my own
mind am convinced that not a nun
dred years Of peace could have knitted
this nation together as this single
year of war has knitted 1t together
and tetter even than that, il possible,
1t is knitting the world together.
Look at the picture. In the center
OF the scene-four nations engaged
against the world and at every point
If vantage showing that they are seek
ing selfish aggrandizement, and,
against them, 20 governments, repre-
senting the greater part of the popu-
lation of the world, drawn together
into a new sense Of community of in
terest, a new sense of community Of
purpose, a new sense of unity Of life.
"The Secretary Of War told me an
interesting incident the other day. He
said when he was in Italy a member
OF the Italian Government was ex-
planning to him the many reasons why
Italy felt near to the United States.
IF you want to try an interesting
experiment go up to any one of these
troop trains and ask in English how
many Of them have been in America
and see what happens
He tried the experiment He went
up to a troop train and he said: How
many of you boys have been in Amer
ica? and he said it seemed to him as
If half of them sprang up:
"'Me from San Francisco; me from
New York; all over
There was part Of the heart OF
America in the Italian army. People
that had been knitted to us by asso
/ citation who knew us, who had lived
among us, who had worked shoulder
to shoulder with us, and now friends
of America, were fighting for their ma
tive Italy.
Friendship is the only cement that
will ever hold the world together. AnC
this intimate contact of the Red Cross
with the people who are suffering the
terrors and deprivations of this war i!
going to be one of the greatest instru
mentalities of friendship that the
world ever knew, and the center of the
heart of it all, if we sustain it prop
eIly VIII be this land, that we so dear
ly love.
my friends, great day of duty has
come, and duty finds a mans soul as
no kind of work can ever find it.
Profteers Are Scored.
May say this? The duty that faces
US all now is to serve one another
and no man can afford to make a for
tune out of this war. There are mer
among us who have forgotten that il
they ever saw it. Some of you are ole
| enough am old enough-to remem
Der men who made fortunes out of the
Civil War, and you know how they
were regarded by their fellow citizens
| That was war to save one country
this is a war to save the world.
And your relation to the Red Cross
is one of the relations which will re
lieve you of the stigma. You can
give anything to the Government O.
the United States; it won't accept it
There is law of Congress against ac
cGpting even services without pay
The only thing that the Government
will accept is loan, and duties per
formed; but it is great deal better t.
| give than to lend or to pay, and you
great channel for giving is the Amer
ican Red Cross.
Down in your hearts you can't TAX
very much satisfaction, in the las
analysis, in lending money to the Gov
ernment of the United States, becaus
the interest which you draw will bur!
your pockets; it is commercial trans
action, and some men have even dare,
to cavil at the rate of interest, no
knowing the incidental commentar
that constitutes upon their attitude
The Good Of Giving.
But when you give something O
your heart, something Of your sou
something Of yourself goes with tn
spirit, particularly when it is given Il
such form that it never can come bac
by way Of direct benefit to yourself
You know there is the old cynical def
netion Of gratitude, as the lively e1
pectation of favors to come
We'll, there is no expectation Of fl
vors to come in this kind of giving
These things are bestowed in orde
that the world may be a filter plac
to live in; that men may be succored
that homes may be restored; that su
fering may be relieved; that the fac
OF the earth may have the blight G
destruction taken away from it, an
that wherever force goes there sha
go mercy and helpfulness.
And when you give, give absolutel
al. that you can spare, and don't COZ
slider yourself liberal in the giving.
You give with self-adulation you ar
not giving at all, you are giving t
your own vanity; but If you give unit
it hurts, then your hearts blood goe
into it.
Red Gross Is Worldwide. g
"And think what we have here! W
call it the American Red Cross, but
is merely branch Of a great .intern'
tional organization, which is not onl
recognized by the statutes of each {
the civilized Governments OF the worlt
and is q recognized and accepted IL
strumentality of mercy and succo
And one of the deepest stains ths
rests upon the reputation Of the Ge
man army is that they have not II