New-York tribune., 1918-04-21
"A Peoples Heart Must Be
Broken; Force Can Never
Crush Allies Heart
Gen. Pershing Sends
Message to America
we'll Do Our Part; Do
Yours" He Asserts; No
Doubt as to Victory

do our part: do yours" Is the message
from the American army in France to
the American people.
Secretary Baker delivered the mes
sage here tonight at Liberty Loan
rally in his first public address since
hissretnrn from Europe.
ave are fighting an adversary" Mr..
Baker declared, 'who has elected to
make force the centre of his political
philosophy and belief: pure, naked
force. 1t is not the doctrine upon
which permanent and beautiful civili-
cation can be built. But we accept that
challenge as it has been made. There
is no answer except cold, relentless,
adequate force"
A tremendous crowd that packed the
building, to its capacity roartd with
ated the purpose of America and the
Allies.
No Doubt as to Outcome
"When force is divorced from moral
ity," he continued, "there is something
to overcome it. There is no doubt as
10 the outcome"
Turning to the German drive, Mr.
Baker said the people watched the
bulletins from day to daJ and hour
to hour, always with the question in
their hearts: "Will the line hold?"
"The line has been bent the Secre-
tary continued. "Will the line hold or
will it break? p
''The end of this war will not come
when a line is broken. This war can
not note end until a peoples heart is broken,
and those who have loot:eo into the
faces of the people of England, of
France or of Italy, who have looked
into the faces of those refugees leav-
ing territory to be occupied, know that
mere force can never break that heart"
Again the great crowd roared it's ap-
probation.
Mr.. Baker spoke briefly of the events
of his trip along the American lines in
the greatness of the task the country
faces in setting up a new army there,
5000 miles from home, and paid high
tribute to General Pershing and his
officers for the work they have done.
All Allied Resources Pooled
A new industrial civilization, he said,
was being superimposed upon what
France had already built for the war,
and the time was at hand when an
American could so from end to end Of
the lines and touch nothing and see
nothing except that which American
hands had erected to maintain a great
American army.
The aid of France and England and
Italyhad been generous, he said. All
Allied and American men and resources
had been pooled until they were merged
in one great identity. All the nations
had lost their sense of distinction be-
tween what is theirs and what is ours
The common purpose of all to beat
back and crush the German force, he
said, had welded all into one.
Going from the ports where American
troops land to the front line trenches,
Mr.. Baker said, he had seen American
soldiers by the tens of thousands and
under every condition.
"And I found them big and strong
and brave and filled with fine deter
mnation. In all that time saw not
one of whom I was not proud that he
was an American"
An Incident of Battle
The Secretary told of the action of
an American officer who passed along
the front lines on a dark night when
his men we're first in the trenches and
az attack impending. This officer, he
said, patted each officer and man on
the command on the back as he passed
and spoke to them.
Afterward came the raid. It was re-
pulsed brilliantly by these new troops,
undergoing their baptism Of fire.
When it was all over captain told
10 his own emotions. The higher officer
had come to him early in the night, he
said, and, hand on shoulder, had asked:
captain, how goes it here?"
Well" the captain replied.
Good" said the officer. "Hold 'em."
"All night long" the captain con-
tinued, II could feel that hand on my
shoulder saying Hold EN-"
:. Baker Applies the Lesson
Mr.. Baker applied the lesson.
We must put our hands on the
shoulders oil those boys in the trenches
They hear what goes on in America.
they hear what we are talking about.
They learn whether our hearts are as
stout as theirs.
when an opportunity comes for
America to express her spirit as she
always has in this war they heart it,
and II is hand on their shoulder on
tne dark and moonless nights, saying
Hold en-"