The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05
URGES QUICK ACTION
Former AEF Chief Says Ma.
ton Failing In Duty If
1t Does Not Aid
FAVORS CONSUMPTION
Democracy And
Liberty Threatened By
New Kind OF War

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.R-
General John j. Pershing urged to-
night that the United States send
a minimum of so destroyers to aid
Great Britain, asserting that I'VE
shall be failing in u duty Of
America if we do not do it."
The World War commander OF
the American expeditionary forces,
now in his 80th year, said in a
broadcast address that by sending
help to the British, we can still
hope with confidence to keep the
war on the other side of the Allan
tic ocean where the enemies of lib
erty, if possible, should be defeat
ed"
Urging immediate action, he de-
clared:
II say to you solemnly that to-
morrow may be forever too late to
keep war from the Americas. To.
day may be the last time when by
measures short of war we can still
prevent war"
General Pershing's address was
broadcast by all networks. He
spoke from his suite in a hotel
In his 15-minute talk he again
endorsed compulsory military
training for the United States. Ear.
ly this month he sent a letter to
the senate military commit .e ap.
proving the principle of the Burke
WadsWorth bill for ~selective ser.
vice.
Pershing said that it was n O
"~hysterical' to say that democracy
and liberty were threatened.
"A new kind of war;" he de.
clared, sis loose in the world
fought with all weapons, including
treason, and fought most insidious.
ly during what some of our coun-
trymen call 'peacetime.' It is a
Var against the civilization that
we know. It is a revolution against
all the values which we have cher.
ished and which we wish our child.
rem to cherish in the future. 1t is
a revolution which denies the dig.
nifty OF man and which banished
the hope of brotherhood and COM
radeship on earth. We can see it
developing right before our very
eyes. w
1T must be faced with daring
and with devotion. We must lift up
u hearts. We must reaffim our
noble tradition. We must make our
selves so strong that the tradition
we live by shall not perish from
the earth"
Me- BY HulIs
When he had completed his adj
dress, Pershing walked from his
room down a corridor and was met
by Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hull who also are residents of the
hotel.
Hull grasped Pershing's h and
and warmly congratulated h m.
Pershing complimented Hull on the
accomplishments of the Havana
conference of foreign ministers.
At the outset of his address,
Pershing said that he was speak
ing because he considered it a du-
ty.
mo war was ever prevented"
he added, 'by hiding the danger
and by arguing that the danger
does not exist"
He went or to say that the men
best wualified' to know w.. was
going on in Europe, Asia sid the
Western Hemisphere were very
nearly unanimous in believing what
l am saying to you tonight-that
grave danger for us turks in the
present situation"
$50 the time has come" he con-
tinued, when we must rise up as
a united people to make C III
our country's independence a d
our great inheritance of constitu.
tional liberty"
Then saying that "appeasers" in
eight nations had been discredited
with ruin, he declared that t h e
United States must prepare to
meet force with force.
I'VE must make ourselves strong
by building up our army and navy
and the establishment of the prin.
ciple of universal selected service,
which means merely that the men
needed r chosen by lot," he said.
Needs Destroyers
"And I am telling you tonight,
because it is my duty to warn you
before it is too late, that the Brit
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