The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-07-21
PASSING OF BUCK
HABIT OF PEOPLE.
SUBJECT WAS HANDLED BY
=, JoSEPHUS DANIELS
SPOKE AT THE SANDON
In Evening Former Navy Secre'
tary Discussed United States
In World War

In the years of the war the
world lived for service to its fell
lowmen and country but now it lives
and plans for selfish interest, both
national and individual" declared
the Hon. Josephus Daniels to his
audience at the Sandon theater yes
terday afternoon. This mighty
republic said Mr.. Daniels.
throughout its entire history has
had the favoring of almighty God.
But there have been great leaders.
who were willing and anxious to
take the responsibility, which today
one seems to want. Today all the
officials, all officers are busy trying
to put the blame for some failure up
on some one else. In plain slang
terms they are passing the buck"
If a certain proposition is not looked
on favorably by congressman, and
they do not pass il as they have
pledged TO do. then the blame is put
on the executive department, which
in turn passes 1t back. Andrew
Jackson was the first real American
president to stand up and shoulder
things which could happen to Am
orleans is to have some great ply
stefan invent a serum which when
injected into one would make him
proof against passing the buck.
Praise Lloyd George
Great praise was given to Lloyd
George, who if all the great lead
ers during the world war. still re-
mains at the helm. But Great Brit
ain suffers also from our national
disease, for the English nation has
been passing the buck on the Ger.
man reparations question, and
have been doing 1t for years with
the world suffering from the con-
ditions.
In closing Mr. Daniels plead that
We agaip take the ideals of unself-
ishness and helpfulness which we
I had during the war, that we let
them be our national watchword
and that we take the responsibility
which rightfully belongs to every
one in helping this nation TO still
keep the favor Of Almighty God"
Biggest Mistake In Late War
The biggest mistake of the war
was that the German ports were not
bottled up at the beginning instead
of six months after the United
states III APP II 1O4i "o~S
the declaration of Former Secretary
OF the Navy JoSephus Daniels with
spoke TO a small audience at the
Sandon theatre yesterday after
noon and evening in connection with
the showing of the film entitled the
Battle of Jutland depicting the join
ing in battle of the German high
seas fleet and tae Grand feet OF
England.
The, secretary used as his topic
the Navy During the War" Mr..
Daniels explained the responsible
ties of the navy in the greatest
tory and said that in all the two
millions and more of men trans
ported to France, there was not a
single life lost among troops who
were carried on an American ship.
Old Animosities Wiped Out
The speaker, a North Carolinian
himself, said that there no longer
exists the old animosity between
north and south and said that it
has taken out late wars to cement
the friendship of the two great sec
tons as it has never been before. He
said that at one time In the his
tory of the United States the term
Yankee applied only to the natives
of the state of Maine but use of the
term spread through the last was
until a Yank may hail from any
state in the Union.
Secretary Daniels followed nc
course and made no particular point
in his evening address but kept his
audience entertained with a run
ming story of incidents of valor and
courage displayed in the naval
service, paying particular attention
to the mine fields of the North Sea
which were sown by the United
States sailors and again swept af-
ter the war.
The speaker was introduced by
Professor J. A. Hancock Of the
Mnakato State Teachers college.