Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-05-24
As Many Soldiers VIII Go
Overseas as Ships Can be
Found to Carry Them.
IN Opening Red Cross Drive IN Speech
AZ New York. President Wilson
Declares That German Peace
Terms are lnsineene.

New York.-Branding all German
peace proposals as sinsincere," Presl-
dent Wilson, in an address here Sat
urday night, opening the Red Cross
drive, called upon America to make
war to the utmost limit Of her re-
sources and manpower. and declared
that no limit would be placed upon
the number OF men to be sent overseas.
The presidents speech In full fol-
lows:
"Mr. Chairman and fellow country
men:
II should be very sorry to think
that SIr. Dawson in any degree cur
tailed his exceedingly interesting
speech for fear that he was postponIng
mine, because l am sure you listened
with the same intent and intimate In
terest with which listened to the ex-
traordinarily vivid account he gave of
the things which he had realized, be
cause he had come in contact with
them on the other side Of the water.
Lists Two Duties.
eve compass them with our imagi-
natioa-he compassed them In his per
sonal experience and / am not here to-
night to review for you the work of
the Red Cross / am not competent TO
do so. because have not had the time
or the opportunity to follow In Its de-
tail. / have come here simply to say
a few words to you as to what II all
seems to me to mean, and 1t means a
great deal.
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 IL greatly and worthily, showing
the real quality of our power not only.
but the real quality of our purpose and
ourselves. OF course the first duty,
the duty that we must keep In the
| foreground of our thought until 1t Is
| accomplished is to- win the war.
have heard gentlemen recently say
that we must get 100000 men ready.
Why limit 1t to 100000?
Puts No Limit.
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 coyage with every
man and every supply she can carry.
And we are not to be diverted from
the grim purpose Of winning the war
by any insincere approaches upon the
subject of peace. / can say with a
clear conscience that have tested
those limitations and have found
them inslncere. ! now recognize them
for what they are, an opportunity TO
have free hand, particularly in the
east, to carry out the purposes OF con-
quest and exploitation.
Stand by Russia.
EVERY proposal with regard to ac-
cOmmOdation In the west involves q
reservation with regard TO the east
Now, so far as / am concerned, / In
tend to stand by Russia as well as
France.
"The helpless and friendless are the
very ones that need friends and sue
cor, and IL any man in Germany
thinks we are going to sacrifice any.
body for our own sake, tell them now
they are mistaken. For the glory OF
this war, my fellow citizens. so far as
we are concerned, is that 1t Is perhaps
for the first time In history an
unseIfish war. / could not be proud
| to fight for a selfish purpose, but
can be proud to fight for mankind. II
| they wish peace let them come for
ward through accredited representa-
lives and lay their terms on the table
We have laid ours and they know
what they are.
But behind all this grim purpose
/ my friends, lies the opportunity Il
demonstrate not only force, which viii
be demonstrated to the utmost, but tbs
opportunity TO demonstrate character
and It's the opportunity that we hayt
most completely In the work of tht
Red Cross, not that our men do no
represent our character for they do
and 1t Is character which those who
see and realize. appreciate and admire
but their duty Is the duty of force
The duty of the Red Cross is the duty
Of mercy and succor and friendship.
World to be Better.
s'Haye you formed a picture In youi
Imagination of what this war Is doinl
for us and for the world? In my owl
mind | am convinced that not hun
bred years of peace could have knitted
this nation together. as this singl,
year of war has knitted IL together
and better even than that, IL possible
1t Is knitting the world together. Lool
at the picture In the center Of th'
scene. four nations engaged agains
the world. and at every point of van
tage showing that they are seeking
selfish ACKNOWLEDGMENT and agains
them twenty-threc governments repre-
senting the greater part OF the pop
ulation of the world, drawn t0gethel
Into new sense OF community In
terest. psx sense OF community