The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
This War Tame Compared to
One That Would Come.
DIR. BurriS A. jenkins Tells of
Americas Inventions.
OUR GAS NEVER WAS USED
French Begged Pershing to
Hold 1t for the Rhine.
Famous Minister.EditOr {
Chamber of Commerce.

Il hope l never live to see another
war. 1 have seen enough of this one.
I never want to see another world
war"
|, In this way DR.. Burris A. Jenkins,
editor of the Kansas City Post and
pastor of the Linwood Avenue Chris
tian church of Kansas City, voiced the
sentiments of all the people of Amer
lea at the noon luncheon at the Cham
Der of Commerce this noon
And with this statement Doctor
Jenkens launched into an enumeration
of a few of the things which would
make the tragedy of another world
war SO much greater than the trage-
dies of the one just finished that this
one would seem as child's play.
Americas New Gas.
American gas was never loosed
against the Hum" Doctor Jenkins said.
THE French said, No, wait until we
For never was such a gas used in
war. The American product-and We
had it on the battle front in quantity
production-would blast the trees and
the soil and men. millions of men.
Only the guns themselves would be
| left
And in the air the activities OF
| America were little in this war. In
the next one-remember we have but
learned our A B C's in this one-the
sun will be blotted out with the battle
planes of America and there will not
be city or a town or village in the
! whole belted world which could not be
| b1asted-men. women and little chill
tdren-from the face of the EARTH
| With this Doctor Jenkins closed the
| vital part of his talk, resuming his
seat at the honor table with a quota
ton from Alfred, Lord Tennyson
prophesying federation of the world
Americas Cap Sheaf on War.
In the first part of his talk Doctor Jen
/ kins asserted that America can right.
claim the honor Of having, put the cap
| Americans belongs the credit of stagin,
the final act--and he declared that in hi
personal opinion Americans should not b
too modest to claim the honor.
1 AS far as saving the world is concerned
Doctor Jenkins gave It as his opinion tina
every nation ~, which HI n was as, engaged In tn
I could and would claim the honor-"an
each one of the nations can with justic
| Little Belgium held the Hun hords a
Liege; at Nnmur and at Antwerp until tn
aTehcn could monfilze and the Britls
across the narrow seas. France can claiI
the honor for her territorials and he
young lads saved Paris and the world q
the battle of the Marne. France furnishe
to the nations of the world the brains an
the. strategy of Joffre and of Foch. He
claim is clear. Britain can point to tn
thin red line of heroes who blocked tn
road to the channel ports at Mons. An
she can point to her grand fleet whic
wiped German commerce from the sea
since the eighth day of August. 1914. 1tal
can point to the Piave. and the other ma
. tions all have their claims.
Tide Turned at Chateau Thierry.
But America can point to Chatea
Thierry, and say that there the tide c
battle turned and gave to the world peace.
Doctor jenkins spoke of the kansa
Reileau wood He smoke Of tha bovs fro, ru
this state in the billets and on the fror
| at st. Mihiel. Nor did he speak in any
| thing but glowing terms of the modes
heroism of the men Of Kansas.