The Colorado statesman., 1918-05-25
President Opens Red Cross Cam
paign With Speech at
New York.
FOR ARMY OF 5000, 900 UP
Executive Asserts America Will Con-
tnue to Send Troops to France
Until Germany Is 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 d second
S1O0,0O0,000 war fund, announced that
the purpose of the United States is
to set no limits on it's efforts to win
the war.
Il have heard gentlemen recently
say" said he, that we must get o.
100000 men ready. Why limit it to
100000? l have asked congress to
name no limit, because congress in
tends, l am sure, as we i'll intend, that
every ship that can carry men or sup
plies 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 l 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 L am not come
here tonight to review for you the
work of the Red Cross.
81 am not competent to do so be-
cause 1 have not had the time or the
opportunity to follow it in detail.
Il have come here simply to say a
few words to you as to what it all
seems to me to mean, and it means
d great deal.
Won't Limit Army to 100000.
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 it,
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 it is accomplished,
Is to win the war.
II have heard gentlemen recently
say that we must get 100000 men
ready. Why limit it 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 go
laden upon every voyage with every
man and every supply she can carry.
Peace Offers Insincere.
"And we are not to be diverted from
the grim purpose of winning the war
by any insincere approaches upon the
subject of peace. L 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
free hand, particularly in the East,
to carry out purposes of conquest and
exploitation.
Every proposal with regard to ac-
commodation in the West involves
reservation with regard to the East.
Now, so far as l am concerned, l in
tend to stand by Russia as well as
Frace."
Ia voice from the audience inter-
rupted with: God bless you."]
1.-The helpless and the friendless are
the very ones that need friends and
succor, and If 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 fell
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