The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-24
President Opens Red Cross Cam.
paIgn With Speech at
New York.
FOR ARMY OF 100000 UP
Executive Asserts America Will Con-
t'nue to Send Troops to France
Until Germany 10 Defeated
Asserts Huns Peace Talk
Is Dishonest.

New York, May 2O.-President WILL
son in his speech on Saturday open
ing the Red Cross drive for second
SloooO0,OOO war fund, announced that
the purpose of the United States Is
to set no limits on its efforts to win
the war.
Il have heard gentlemen recently
say, said he, that we must get s.
Oo,ooo men ready. Why limit 1t to
o,ooo,ooo? l have asked congress to
name no limit, because congress in
tends, am sure, as we i'll intend, that
every ship that can carry men or sup
piles Shall go laden upon every voy-
age with every man and every supply
she can carry"
The United States, the president de-
clared, will not be diverted from Its
purpose of winning the war by insin-
cere approaches on the subject of
peace.
Dwelling on the duty of Americans
to give to the Red Cross. the president
declared no man could afford to make
money out of the war.
The audience was composed of dis
tinguished men and women, most Of
whom have been leaders In the work
of the Red Cross.
Text Of Presidents Speech.
The presidents speech in full fol-
lows:
"Mr. Chairman and Fellow Country
men-I should be very sorry to think
that Mr.. Dawson in any degree cur
tailed his exceedingly interesting
speech for fear that he was postpon-
Ing mine, because l am sure you
listened with the same intense and in
innate interest with which listened
to the extraordinarily vivid account
he gave Of the things which he had
realized because he had come In con-
tact with them on the other side of
the waters.
I'VE compass them with our imagin-
alton he compassed them in his per-
sonal experience. And I am not come
here tonight to review for you the
work Of the Red Cross.
II am not competent to do SO be-
cause I have not had the time or the
opportunity to follow 1t in detail.
II have come here simply to say a
few words to you as to what 1t all
seems to me to mean, and 1t means
4 great deal.
Won't Limit Army to 5000, 900.
"There are two duties with which
We are face to face. The first duty
Is to win the war. And the second
duty, that goes hand-in-hand with 1t,
Is to win 1t greatly and worthily
showing the real quality Of our pow
er not only but the real quality of our
purpose and Of ourselves.
"Of course, the first duty. the duty
that we must keep In the foreground
Of our thought until 1t is accomplished.
y to win the war.
II have heard gentlemen recently
say that we must get 100000 men
ready. Why limit 1t to 100000?
II have asked the congress Of the
United States to name no limit be-
cause the congress intends. am sure,
as we all intend, that every ship that
can carry men or supplies shall 60
laden upon every voyage with every
man and every supply she can carry.
Peace Offers Insineere.
"And we are not to be diverted from
the grim purpose of winning the war
BY any insincere approaches upon the
subject of peace. 1 can say with a
clear conscience that l have tested
those intimations and have found
them insincere.
II now recognize them for what
they are-an opportunity to have a
free hand. particularly In the East,
to carry out purposes Of conquest and
exploitation.
Every proposal with regard to &C.
commodation in the West involves a
reservation with regard to the East
Now. so far as l am concerned, I in
tend 20 stand by Russia as well as
Trace."
IA voice from the audience inter-
rupted with: "God bless you'll
1.-THE helpless and the friendless are
the very ones that need friends and
succor, and II any man In Germany
thinks we are going to sacrifice any
body for our sake, tell him now they
are mistaken.
"For the glory of this war, my fel-