The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-24
Address Of Former Congress-
man Following Big Parade
Saturday
Advises Send Five Million Men
To France to Fight
Germany
Orator Asked His Hearers Not
To Indulge In Hun
Hatred
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
ST. Paul, Mimi, May 20.-A drive
to raise $3,625, 300 in Minnesota, Mon
tana, North Dakota and South Dako-
ia for the Red Cross, that its work of
humanity may continue was opened
officially in the northwest today.
This represents the northwest's share
of 100000, 900 to be raised in the ma
ton. State quotas are Minnesota,
$685., 500; Montana, $303, 500; North
Dakota, $407, 500 and South Dakota,
$3.50, 600.
John Leslie of Minneapolis, who d.
rected the Christmas membership
drive, is in charge of the work, for
the entire division. State leaders
are E. w. Randall, former secretary
of the Minnesota state fair, for Min
nesota; George Southit, Sioux Falls,
for South Dakota; Judge N. c. Young,
Fargo, state director for the Red
Cross and Harry c. Wilbur, executive
secretary of the state organization,
for North Dakota; and e. c. Day,
feiend, TOR vi Montana.
Organizations for every county in
the four states have been perfected.
Regiments of solicitors today started
their work. Each county in the four
states is given certain quota. This
is again subdivided to meet the pos
sibiIities of each city and township,
this being the plan that was used in
liberty loan subscriptions.
Various communities were early in
reporting their optimism today. One
of the brightest reports came from
Redwing, Mimi, where Chairman
Foote of the local committee there
"Some people want to know when
the war will end" said ]. Adam Bede
OF Pine City in his address after the
Red Cross parade Saturday after
noon. l believe the struggle will be
over one year after America has s.
100000 men in the service and not
before. We must not be foolish and
suppose that after the next German
drive the war will be over if the
Teutons fail to break through. The
kaiser has won nine or every ten
points he set out to get. He has a
great middle European empire and
will not relinquish his hold in a
minute just because he fails to break
through the allied line on the west
ern 'front.'"
cat the present time," declared Mr.
Bede, "there are 100000 men un-
der arms in the central empire al
the present time. This struggle will
not be over in minute. We CAM
except it be over when the kaiser
is but sixty miles from Paris with &
good share of Belgium and North
ern France in his possession. Amer.
lea must wake up and prepare fol
ten years of war if necessary, prepare
to fight to end that will guarantee
F, lasting peace at any cost or any sac
rifice."
Scored Present Day Extravaganza.
The speaker scored present da!
extravaganza and waste and warned
America that we must get down to ;
war footing in our homes if we arr
/ to maintain a fighting force at TIT
! front. He stated that great prob
lem is faced in caring for war or
phans, that thousands die for lack o
care, and pointed out that every TIM
| / tire blew out for an autOist, he hal
lost the equivalent of the lives o
,triplets,-three orphans could hav
been saved FOR that amount.
| This is no day for fOOlishness,
declared Mr.. Bede, NOR is it tim
i for gloom. We must become cheer
full and serious. We must cut dow
needless expense, save man power a
well as money and throw every eff
! fort into winning the war. Englan'
and France were licked before we en-
tered the struggle and we cannot fai
orselves nor our allies. We must figh
to a finish that will guarantee tn
rights of civilization"
The remarks of the speaker wer
chara cteriZed by his usual humor an
wit and the large crowd assemble
] was in good humor during the en-
tire speech. One of the big hits MI
IBede made was when he compare
the kaiser and his translation Q
| Scripture.
/ "There is a certain passage wher
| the Nazareue said: 1T is L. said tn
speaker, "but when we translate thi
into German it reads, 4 am it, an
this is the kaiser's motto at the pres
ent time. We are fighting group @
militarists who are hoping to domin
ate the world and take from us tn
principles of government whic
make us the greatest nation in tn
world"
| Despite the horrors of which tn
people hear and the feeling that
around, Mr.. Bede implored American
not to indulge in Hun hate" H
said that we were fighting to free tn
4 Germans as well as ourselves an
that the end of the war would find
J new type of people there, peopl
t responsive to the ideals which hav
been ours for many years.
! Kicked Divine Right Out of Georg'
1--WE wasted a century hating Eng
q land because we thought we had tw
wars with that nation. We reall
never had war with England; "
, simply kicked the Divine right out
George III a couple of times an
England has grown more democrat
<.x,c,. c;poa uTo haven't tivna m hal