Evening journal., 1918-12-16

her sons. And when the armistice WAS
signed she had 100000 men under arms.
aud the total number OF deaths Will
reach 100000.
"Thlnk. too, Of her navy. the story
reads like a tale from the Arabian
Nights.
In. the beginning she had a ton
mage OF 100000. a personnel IN officers
and men OF $4,000; when the war end
ed she had a tonnage OF 100000. and
a personnel Of officers and men OF o.
100000.
"And what would have happened 20
the cause we all hold dearer than lifo
had those greyhounds Of the sea re-
laxed their watch2 10 was that Gordon
OF steel around that island that made
the world safe.
Measured by her attainments she
merits large consideration. She main
tanned more armies in the field than
any OF her allies. 10 was her dogged
/ faith i'm victory In the East that led
/ 10 the beginning OF the end, and res
cued from the first time In centuries
/ the Holy Land from the unholy hand OF
| the unspeakablc Turk. the blotch on
| tho map OF European civilization.
"And when one thinks Of the achieve
ments OF her navy as an agency OF
transportation ne is astounded. 10 con-
veyed 100000 men with equipment
and lost but a paltry 200 in all. lt
transported 100000 tons Of fuel, and
100000 tons OF food and other sup
plies. And Of the forces hunting the
German submarines, these assassins Of
+, the sea, IS per cent were British.
"a comparative statement as fur
nished by one OF our special newspaper
correspondents is Illuminating and in
forming.
If, for example, our income tax had
equalled that Of Great Britain in point
Of sacrifice. as based upon popula-
tion, 10 would mean that cut OF an in
come Of 81, 400 we would have 20 pay
$1,000, leaving but Si,9OO upon which
10 live and buy Liberty Bonds and sup-
port other forms OF war activity. The
people Of Great Britain, we are told,
have done this gladly and without a
whimper.
III the American citizen desires 90
know what the British people have suf-
fered in this war. let him remember
that with regard 10 relative population,
the United States would not equal
Great Britain's sacrifices until 100000
lives were lost; until our taxes reached
Ssl00O00O.0OO per year, and until i2,-
100000 American women were doing
the work formerly done by men.
IN the presence OF facts so stagger-
ing and overwhelming none VIII be-
grudge the lion a place at that Peace
Table, and generous consideration OF
her veal.
lesser nations shall sit at that table,
nations that writhed under the CALLING
yoke, the iron heel OF the Hun. Their
voices, TOO, will be heard, and their
claims in tho larger spirit OF the new
/ day VIII receive as large a c0nsidera-
tion as those who number themselves
among the might OF earth.
But the one nation that shall occupy
place there, whose magnificent un-
selnshness has marked her out among
an the nations Of all times, VIII be our
own beloved America, the land Of tho
free and the home Of the brave.
"When our part in this world strife
passes under the review OF the his
t0rian, il will appear that from the
standpoint Of motives we are unique
among the nations OF the earth. Not by
shadow Of imagination could self
Interest, much less, selnshness. be at
tributed 10 the motives that brought
America into the war. We know why
the other nations entered the war, u
was 20 save themselves, America drew
the sword 90 save civilization.
"We entered at the opportune mo-
ment The Allies were war worn and
war weary, they were as Sir Douglas
Haig graphically put it fighting with
their backs against the wall and they
were approaching the point OF ex-
hauslion Suddenly a new force with
nerve and nerve, with an audacity thu
was paralyzing 10 the insolent Hun, en-
tered the fray. A courage robbed Of
fear hurled Itself against the super man
and Chateau Thierry wrote new and
glorious chapter in the history Of brave
deeds.
I'VE cannot enter full upon a recital
OF our part in this world war. Judged
from every viewpoint it stands un-
paralleled IN the mistOry OF achieve
Inent. The CELEBRITY with which our
achievements went forward was at once
the despair and the wonder OF the best
experts in England and France.
take the matter Of ship production
alone and you have a miracle undupll-