Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-05-10
WAR SITUATION
WILDLY PORTRAYED
.,aont Wilbur of Stanford Delivers
po,,erful Message on Needs of
the Present

u pr Raymond L. Wilbur, president
10 II Leland Stanford, Jr, University
0. and direct representative of the food
\, .ar,inistration, delivered one of the
rs ,oct convincing and Illuminating
q, ,rooches heard this year on the real
"A conditions confronting the allies at
.ho nresent time He emphasized es-
es Oeclally the need for facing the issues
IA 90 they are and not attempting to
ed oonvnce ourselves that conditions are
In any brighter than they really are.
,al Tho politicians and the newspapers
nd have attempted to make things look
n. rosy for the people in the belief that
m thew could not face the conditions as
raj hev are. President Wilbur spoke,
It d. part, as follows.
lev I'VE haven't had the international
nd Emind. We haven't grasped the
ed kcbanges in Germany. There is a new
up generation in Germany that is max
Ire Ling it impossible to consider her as
rtb member of the civilized nations, 1t
the ks this that is making the measures
Ing EaOpted necessary. 1t is this that has
ing made President Wilson. after trying
fOr a year to arrive at a peace by di
JOl hspOmacy, say that the only way to
re deal with Germany now is by force.
ID Lloyd George has said the same
thing
ter The universities and the colleges
al d the country are doing more than
oks ssN other agency to win the war now.
and Ills to be contest of brains and the
who ben who will do the thinking are be-
tho ing trained in the colleges at the pres
nlw Esnt time.
on The great question is now wheth-
Th Ia the allies can hold the line until
zoos Ee get there to help them. If it
we're Jacks instead of bending there is no
81 Sing what will happen to us.
bort ii The problem is not to lose the war
through selfishness, but to win it
an through sacrifice. We must fight
cam with food if we are to win. America
TAX pan not fail on the food program in
mort The next four or five months. She
and Els 100000 bushels of wheat be-
each And the schedule now.
: Il! 1T is not somebody else's job. It
+ yours; 1t is mine. The men who
side Pre- fighting and dying are not talking
lg peace. They are merely asking for a
llege fhance to see this thing through"
DR.. Wilbur spoke again Tuesday
before the chamber of com merce. He
yals eealt with the war situation in gen
and era in so far as it affects the gen
high fial public. He called attention to
he TACT that the great national fight
ag program includes the fight not
e0ne on the western front, but in the
AM ROmes, the offices and on the farms
'ne American people. I'VE must
N Of n conduct our homes and our bust
play. reSSes and adjust our affairs in that
not psAher that will result in the maxi
lege an amount of good to the western
sCOg FOlI' ne said. DR. Wilbur severely
Uni f"algned the man why buys a new
score ea'Omobile when the old one would
T. the man who buys new machinery
"eh the old could be made to run
gran tuO'ner year, the person who eats
with 'Ou which should be sent to the
e et suing men, and the woman who
acitt "S clothing that contains materials
A''n could be used for war rur-
0'es' After full year in the
- ~ ne said, I'VE can still play only
I MINOR part in the great struggle
al nave talked too much in terms of
II'alS and have too closely followed
q : pan of pleasure as usual"