The New York herald., 1921-03-19
PERSHING PLEADS (,
FOR AMERICANISM
TO GREAT THRONG
Madison Square Meeting
Stirred to Enthusiasm as
He Says Outlaws Must
Pay for Misdeeds.
ASSAILS PROPAGANDA
No Foreign Born Must At
tempt to Determine Amer
ican Policy Because of Old
World Prejudice.
ASSAILS PROPAGANDA
TWO OVERFLOW MEETINGS
LittletOn Declares 1t Is No
Time for SteriliZed Neutral
ity-Wishes for O Peace
Made at Potsdam.

Mdut dt L OtsudlH.
| The all American mass meeting in
and around Madison Square Garden
I last night was a tremendous dem n
stration Of that brand of patri Jtism
which IS pure. undiluted and un-
adulterated. Its success was unquali-
! fed and unhyphenated III MI the
lavish spread of color only one tiag
/ was displayed--the Stars and Stripes.
For once not even the ensigns Of the
Allies shared In the decorative
! honors.
Fifteen thousand persons had
poured into the oval of the old Garden
before the Police and Fire depart
ments at Z 40 closed the doors against
all comers. From floor 70 topmost
/ gallery the arena was packed 10 en-
pacity almost an hour before the meet
ing was scheduled to begin. or the
10000 who, the police estimated, We're
turned away, about one-haf fingered
TO listen 10 speakers who addressed
them from two improvised stands in
Madison Square.
Ii was the procession OF gold star
\ mothers that aroused the first over
h whelming cheer Of the evening as they
entered the arena. With much diff
Guilty the Victory Hall Association had
7 -. 80
who had given their sons to their
country. They We're assembled from
all parts of the State Under the es-
cort Of detachment OF Distinguished
Service Cross men they marched into
the Garden behind a brass hand at
z 80 o'clock.
Legion Banners Dipped.
Each mother carried golden
starred flag. At their head was Il
larger ensign of black. bearing In let
ters OF gold the inscription: "Our
Boys Gave Their Lives" In its pres
ence score of banners Of the several
posts of the American Legion were
dipped reverentially. The Garden
rang with cheers as the mothers fled
into the rectangle of reserved seats
held for them directly In the centre OF
the arena. As most of them still
wore mourning weeds the parallelo-
gram wns patch Of black In the
more gladsome hues OF bunting sur
rounding them.
Gen. Pershing. who alone shared the
highest popular honors with the Gold
Star Mothers and the group OF dis
abled veterans. some Of whom were
carried into the meeting tenderly ny
their attendants, arrived az s:15. APP
plause greeted his soldierly figure ~
he was recognized ascending tho
speakers platform. The whole vast
audience then rose and stood, a spon-
taneous tribute OF respect. until the
General OF the armies OF the United
States bowed his acknowledgment
The General was the Inst speaker
and none Of those who had preceded
him awolte greater enthusiasm. He
said this meeting seemed 20 him es-
pecially timely. Certain Influences"
the public mind and efforts are being
made to weaken the ties that bind ~
70 those who fought IN the great war
for the same principles for which We
fought"
After sketching American achieve
ments IN the world war and PREVIOUS
conflicts. Gen. PershinE continued
In the world war your army nob,y
represented everything you stand fo-
as. shoulder 70 shoulder. / carried you-
nag 70 victory Two years have passed
land what II to-day Are we "a forres
the vows of yesterday IS the wunto1
destruction of France rn4 Belgium ard
or the seas to be condoncde shall subtle
propaganda again lift it, poisonous head
70 weaken our friend ships7
"spirtt OF American
THE answer 81 that the prlnciY'r~
FOR which America fought are i'm
mutable. and the Allies beside whom
We fought are our friends. America
shall remain steadfast n her attitude
against aggression and VII insist that
outlaw nations oe held 20 ful. respous-
bility and pay The full penalty ~ their
\ inisdeeds TO the end that II she future
y All nations may know tnc cost of such
I crimes against civilization.
The General said he harporcd no
4 spirit of animosity toward people OF
\ foreign birth or lineage
There we're with me IN the Philip
/ pines, In Mexico and in France thou
sands Of foreign born men hardly able
70 speak our tongue who had In their
hearts the true spirit of Americanism
| and the devotion 10 make the suprems
sacrifice. We want all of Ike spirit To
feel that ours Il land Of equal op-
! portunity.