Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-31

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American comprehension.
Mr.. Connally of Texas. Will the gen.
tleman yield?
Mr.. Michaelson will not yield.
In this connection the following
memorable statement was made by one
of these Americans to the author:
There are in America $4,000 persons
who realize that it is inevitable for the
United States to enter the war with
out delay on your side. But there are
| loo, 100000 Americans to whom the
thought is strange. Our object is to
reverse these figures and to turn the
$4,000 into the 10O000,OO0 We shall
succeed. =" r.
The charges filed by Congressman
Galloway and the statement. made by
NJ. Gabriel Hanoteaux would indicate
if true, that there was a definite and
widespread conspiracy, operating in
the United States to plunge the peo-
pie Of the United States into the war,
and I believe it to be the duty of con-
gress to make an investigation forth
with in the interest Of the welfare and
education of the American people, that
present and future generations may
have insight into the operations of
governments, money powers, and COM
mercial combines, whose intrigues and
corruptions foster and precipttate war.
In addition to the charges filed by
Congressman Galloway and the state
ment made by NJ. Gabriel Hanoteaux,
Sir Gilbert Parker, well-known Eng
lish writer, says in an article on ''The
United States and the war" In Har-
per's Magazine, March, 1913:
From August, 1914, there was a con-
siderable percentage Of the public who
believed that the United States should
in the name Of civilization, have off,
cially resented the invasion of Belgium.
|, Personally, I believe that it would have
been extremely difficult for the United
States to enter the war SIX months be-
fore she did. I was in the United
States for some months on this trip. l
have been from New York to- San
Francisco. was at Washington when
President Wilson dismissed Count
Bernstorff, and heard him do so, and l
am firmly convinced of this, that Pres
ident Wilson committed'his country to
this war at the right moment, neither
too. soon nor too late. He has stopped
up every avenue Of attack by the pa
cifists and jurists and the .pedants and
the pettifoggers.
Perhaps here may be permitted to
say a few words concerning my own
work since the beginning of the war.
Practically since the day the
war broke out between England and
the Central Powers became RESPONSE
BILE for American publicity. I need
hardly say that the scope Of my de-
partment was very extensive and its
activities widely ranged. Among the
activities was weekly report to the
British cabinet on the state Of Ameri-
can opinion, and constant touch with
the permanent CORRESPONDENTS of
American newspapers in England.
also frequently arranged for important
public men. in England to act for us by
| interviews in American newspapers; !;
and among these distinguished people
| were NJ. Lloyd George athc present
prime minister), yiscount Grey. Mr.
Balfour, Mr.. ,Bonar Law, the Archbish-
of Canterbury, Sir Edward Carson
man (the lord chanceLor),. Mr.. Austen
| Chamberlain. Lord. Cromer, VIII
Crooks, Lord Curzon, Lord Gladstone
Lord Haldane, MIR. Henry James. Mr.
John Redmond, Mr.. Selfridge. Mr
Iangwill, Mrs. Humphrey Ward and
| fully hundred others. y.
Among other things, we supplied 36V
newspapers in the smaller states OF the
United States with, an English news
paper, which gives a@eekly review
| and comment of the ffatrs Of the war
We established connection with the
man in the street through cinema pic
lures Of the army and navy as we'll as
through interviews, articles. pamphlets
ETC., and by letters in reply 70 indiyid-
ual American critics, which were print
| ed in the chief newspapers Of the state
! in which they lived. and were copied
by newspapers of other and netghbor-
! ing states. We advised and stimulat-
| ed many people TO write articles; we
utilized the friendly services and as
sistance of confidential friends; we
had reports from important Americans
constantly, and established association,
| by personal correspondence, with in
fluential and eminent people Of every
profession in the United States. begin
ming with university and college presi-
dents, professors and scientific men
and running through all the ranges OF
the population. We asked our friends
and correspondents to'arrange for
speeches, debates and lectures by
American citizens. Besides an
immense private correspondence with
individuals, we had our documents and
literature sent to great numbers of
public libraries, Y. M. c. A. societies,
universities, colleges, historic societies,
clubs and newspapers.
No formal investigation, Of these
grave charges have ever been under
taken by the congress of the United
States to determine their truth or fall
sity. To allow them to go unchalleng-
ed is to cause serious reflection on the
purpose Of the United States in enter
ing the war, as result Of which this
nation is bowed in grief over the death,
manning and ruined health OF hundreds
of thousands of. it's young. manhood,
and the people of our country are bur-
dened with an unprecedented national
debt, with resulting high taxes and liv-
ing costs unprecedented in magnitude
and oppression. -
Mr.. Blanton Well, what does the
gentleman think about it? He Is in
dieting the whole American people.