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# WILSON OPENS CAMPAWN FOR REB CROSS IN NEW YORK WILL STAND BY RUSSIA America Will Not Be inverted From Its Alms by -Insincere Talk of Peace Which Camouflages Teu- tonic Ambitions in the East—Our Duty Is to Win the War, and Red Cross Helps Us Do It Nobly. The President’s speech follon’s: '‘Mr. Chairman and Fellow Coun trymen: I should be very sorry to think tha£ Mr. Duvieon in any de gree curtailed his exceedingly inter esting speech .for feat) that he was postponing mine, because 1 am sure you listened to the extraordinarily vivid account he gave of things which he had realized because he had come in contact with them on the other' side of the waters. “We compass them with our im agination; he compcssed them in his personal experience, and 1 am not come here tonight to review for you the work of the Red Cross; r am not competent t(A do so because I have ant had the nine or the oppor tunity to follow it in detail. I have cOme here simply to say a few words to you as to' what It all seems to me to mean, and it means a great deal. Win the War First. “There are two duties with which we are face to face. The first duty Is to win the war. * And the second duty, that goes hand In hand with It. Is to win It greatly and worthily, showing the real quality of oar pow er not only, hut the real quality of our purpose and of our««* “Of course the first duty, the du ty that wo must heep In the fore ground of our thought until It Is ne- rompushed Is tu win tho war. I have >"! teatiemea rocoalfy say that wo most got flea milttoa men ready Why limit K ta flea pinion’ *1 hasp ashed the Caagrum af (he Uattad Stales tu cause the Cuugvum tutuuds. I ears, aa wa all lutaud. that ship that eau carry •hell go “Ho had evidently misunderstood Innocence of my own. Rat after all. althoagh there is uo party pur- pot# la It. ha got K right as far as tha world 'party/ to make the whole world democratic n! the settee of community of idterest and purpose, if you ladles and gentlemen could read tome of the touching dispatches which come through official chan nels, for even through those chan nels there come voices of humanity that are Infinitely ^pathetic if you could catch some of those voices that speak the utter longing of oppressed and helpless peoples all over the world to hear something like the battle hymn of the republic, to hear the feet of the great hosts of liberty going to set them free you would know what comes Into the heart of those who are trying to con tribute all the brains and power they have to this great enterprise of lib erty. T summon you to the fcomrade- ship. I summon you this next wetek, to say how rfiuch and bow sincerely and how unanimously you sustain the heart of the world. “If they wish peace/et them come forward, through accredited repre sentatives. and lay their terms on the table. We have laid down ours and they know what they are. Demonstrate CTiaracter. “But behind all this grim purpose, my friends, lies the opportunity to demonstrate not only force, which will be demonstrated tj the utmost, but the opportunity to demonstrste character, and It Is that opportunity that ws have mos conspicuously in the work of the Red Cross. “Hive you formed s picture In your tmaginstlon of whit thlq war It doing for us snd for the world? In my own mind I sm convinced that not a hundred rears V* reace coaid have knitted this aitloa to gether as this single year of war has halttad II together, sad heller even thaa that. If. poeslbte. II Is kalttiag the world together “l^ooh at the plctare. la (he ter of the area# fear aattoae et ed against the world sad at potat of vqataee showing that they are seahlag eelftah agarsn<li»eaieni aad against them tweaty three fMMafcC repveee*«*ag the greater part af the neealetlea el the d’awa together tat# a eew tease of roaimealtf of Interwet. s of eeaiaiaaHf ef on rye a »f aatty af Me WHAT DID THE UD CROSS DO Win m FUST SIN.NMN? Esabllehed infirmaries aad rast tUtionu along all routes followed by the American troops la France. Built canteens for use of French snd Americans soldiers at the front, also at railroad junctions and , In Parle. Supplied American troops with comfort kits snd sent them Christmas gifts. Established a hospital distributing service that, supplies 3,423 French military hospitals and a •ur-^ gleal dressing service that supplies 2,000. . .Provided an artificial limb factory ( and special prints for the manufacture of splint^ and nitrous oxide gas. Established a casualty service for gathering in-, * formation *111 regard to wounded and missing, Opened a children’s refuge and hospital war zone, establishing a medical center and trav eling dispensary to accommodate 1,200 ch'ldren in' the reconquered sections of France." Planned extensive reclamation yrork in tfye in vaded sections of France from which the enemy has been driven; this work now being carried -* out withe co-operation of the Society of Friends and an alumnapUinlt from Smith college Established a large central warehouse in Paris and numerous distribution warehouses at impor- tan points from the sea to the Swisp botril err . for storing of hospital suplies, food, soldiers’ com forts. tobacco, blankets, cslothing, beds and other articles of relief. Secured and operate 400 motor car vehicles for the dffejribution of supplies. , Opened a hospital and convalescent home for French repatrie children at Evian; also established an ambulance aervlce for adult repatrles wh ~are . now returning from points within the German lines at the rate of 1,000 a day..__ Organized a nurses’ service for American army uae. Established 20 dispensaries In the American ar my zone to Improve health conditions in that sec tion before the coming of American troops. Total amount of money appropriated for relief . work ta France, to March 1, $30,034,103. BKlAmM. Erected warehouses aad storas to serve as rea lm of rallef distiibotloa.' Started zacoastruction work In conquered ter. ritory. supplying repatriates with temporary dwall- tags, tools, fnraltara. farm animals aad supplies auaaatUI ta giving theqi * fresh jUrt ja Ufa. Appropriated for the rallef of Belgian children, covarlag their removal from terrltorias dMdr bombardment and tha establishment nnd maintenance of them In colon!##. / Provided funds for the operation of a hoepital for wounded Belgian soldiers and for part of the equipment of a typhoid hospital. . Total amount of money appropriated for relief work in Belgium to March 1, $2,086,131. ^ ITALY. Provided the Italian army with three complete motor ambulance sections comprising 60 ambu lances, 40 trucks and 100 American drivers. J Contracted for ten. complete field hospitals for use by the Sanita Mllitalre and the Italian Red Cross/ Supplied 1,000,000 surgical dressings.- Opened relief headquarters In nine regional dis tricts of Italy. Established a hospital for refugees at Rimini. * Opened a canteen for soldiers at Milan. Planned and made appr'oprfattohs for extensive relief work among the refugees In all parts of Italy. —Supplied more than a million blankets: Total amount of money appropriated for relief work in Italy to March 1, $3,588,826. UNITED STATES. Organized and trained 45 ambulance companies, totalling 5,580 men, for service with American sol- . diers and sailors. < Built and maintained four laboratory cars for emergency use in stamping out epidemics at esn- - tonments snd training camps. Started work of eradicating malarial bearing mosquitoes in the zones immediately surrounding cantonments. * , Established camp service bureaus to look out for comfort and welfare of soldiers In training. Supplied 2,060,600 sweaters to soldiers and sail ors. Mobilised 14,000 trained nurses for care of oar men. Established a department of civilian relief and opened training school# for hons sarrita workers. Planned recreation house# nt all cantonments snd training camps . _ lacraaaod membership from scant half million to approttmately 22.00a.000. Total amoaat of OK>aey appropriated for relief work la Unlfod States to March I. Oi.5i0.000. MUSI n» FKACl TM IKY UN NU«UIB .. CONFIDENT V WINIHNS Germany Bellevea Allies Are Wi /. ' _ r lag for the 1st Newspapers Troops From Will Meai the United Internal Condition Not of the Beot. The situation of the Allied on the Western front grown every week. It is now two since von Hindeaburg hogtli bin boasted “victory offensive** in North ern France, but so far he haa nothing, to show for his operations bnt two positions Mragetlcally unsound nnd m casualty list that has astounded nM Germany. No one in military circles in.l an don or Paris believes that tho Ger mans have been stopped finally, there is s rapidly growing that the enemy much morn severely than hao h thought probable on this side of battle line. The Germans rdly have on# big “poach* It Is equally certain that eagaged ia propariag this | at the present time. Bat Fork. I and Petata are confidant that coming blow will h# parried OR and moro quickly thaa tha flrnl and thoro always remains tho p billty that the Al!iaa may with a drive of thoir own. Infantry flghtiog of 0 wm local asters boa boon tha tho wook on tho Wseism f though both tho trtillory at hue# busily af War told maj «tho nthor day Ho mid whoa ho was in Italy g tho Holloa to him tho mooy hr I to h foots noor to tho I tOtss ***tf yon want ta try an i op to wm imn mono oad*ash m IFfaocOsro mo from Mow York, oh! loose, TVce was eon of tho heart i of Amortm m tho flatten army Fso- ? n' ole that hod hose bnMtod to us t* tsvod oooangot an worn fighting tholf aattso Italy, Every tho roootvation ottb BI^S^S ee tar oe I OSS Vie— * snsnv^^n ^^e son to mnan up naama aa won aa i t^yrimhddn^ hiso. tho Evmmh may nsaioi in miMW I ^ tUe A rstrr from tho ondlonm mtor I ^Frisodihtp Is tho only cement» tr1 - fc “TW hrtitrw end tho frtoiilmi |J ons hAnts rorautty of Ooemon motet rSSefS-lfSrmL ^ ,y hi ths gtao rwto mobs and thoro and soccer and tf any man in Ooe- 1 dogrtvotloms of this ear fes going to M fa .| ^ many tblahs w# are going to mrthiho on# of tho gvootoot inwmmon f toctedioc thot of a thorn now thoy am mlsinhon Inenr know leiw “For tho glory of this war. my j “Mt frtoads, a great dot af doty fellow einsons m so far os so ora. has room, aad doty finds a man's | isorerasd. la that H ta perhaps for seel so no kind of oorh ran tho first time in hfeutory on ouaot ( find it fish eror, I ronttf not ho proof “May 1 soy this 9 The doty that to fight for u s’tftrh porpooe. hut 1 tares aa all now to to serve one on- I con U t*r» ^ i to fistit f**r mssUod , **thrt an.i tu» man can offerd to “That goes to tho root of the mat- * * fortaoa on* of thla mar. 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TWr ban aat miwrM IM i “T »•»*! lo«tnmeatalHy they themselvaa pus^-1 ***** w #v#f . 1 tlrtpatod la settlag ap as the thing j of T* ,,, #rr 0, ‘' which no man was to toarb. heranm fortunes oat the civil war. aad |^ von know how thoy were regarded hr their fellow rlttsens, That was s war to save one country—this Is s war to save the world. of It was the expression | humanity. , Emblem of tliHstlonlty. “We are members, by being mem bers of the American Red Cross of a great fraternity and comradeship which extends all over the world, snd this cross which these ladles bore today is an emblem of chrletian- ity itself.. “It fills my Imagi&at'on. ladies and gentlemen, to think of the wo men all over this country *’ho are busy tonight and busy every night and every day doing tho work of the Tied Cross, ready to curtail the duties of the household in order that they may contribute to fhis com mon work that all their hearts are engaged in. “When you think of this, you realize how the people of the Uni ted States are being drawn togeth er into a great intimate family whose heart is being used for the service . of the soldiers not only, but for the service of civilians, where they suf fer and are lost in a maze of dis tresses and distractions. “And you have, then, this noble picture of justice and mercy as the two aervants of liberty. For only •whfere men are f»ee do fhey think the thoughts of comradeship only where they are free do they think the thoughts of sympathy; only where they are free are they mutnal- iv helpful; only where they are free do they realize their dependence up on onr another and their comrade ship In a common Interoat and com mon necessity. German sebmane* in a wmmpMm haul. * * AH booth there have been many mm or# ronremtag events In Ireland recently, tho now# roroivod from Dnhtta of tho ororote mad ' la Ire land. and of t>nrd French • Tlou tha* rertot# ject# “have entered late t»en•enable l( | cammealaettoe with tho Got wan an- i .m Mny.“ created a oeaoatloa. 1 ho ' days ago dir Edward Carson. creek and want In a negro cabin for ndi. Thnea whu Ini body and the farm handi. had disappear- WRY DO Ml NS DELAY? I xtofi s «n«1 Du firs. “And your relations to the. Red Croat Is one of the relstlons which wll| relieve you of the stigma. You cannot give anything to the Govern ment of the United States; it will not accept it. There Is a law of Con gress against accepting even services without pay; The only thing that the government will accept is a loan, and duties performed. “Down in your h*nrtn you cannot take very much satisfaction, in the l*st analysis. In lendlne money to the Government of the United States, but the interest which you draw will burn your pockets; it |s a commercial transaction, and some'men have been dared to cavi| at the rate of inter est, not knowing the incidental com mentary that constitutes upon their attitude. “But when you give something f your heart, something of your soul, something of yourself goes with the gift, particularly when it Is given in such form that it never can come back by way of direct benefit to yourself. You know there is the old cynical definition of gratitude, as the lively expectation of favors to come. • Well, there is In expectations of favors to come In this kind of giving. • - “And when you give, giro abso lutely all that you can mare and do not conaider yourself liberal In tha riving.* It ron rive with *e?f-arfnla- An ladlaa's View. . tloa ron are not riving at all. You - I kMrt • mott tow lb. other ,0 TO,r ow » *•»«* d„ that wm rtdtnrioa*. tat I. worth | - - - - rotroaratlta horaaM It roatoln. tho A proalaoai BIomt tatar. hoforo r.Z iKmC/.’V". c **** <«*«•* th* roast? la mm am a fbrla^h Ho ,MI ***** Tt rhat bo thopgbt o< It 5ad mm oqM • wma4 a hop! tt lb Ho •o»d h II ttMHtt HMd. Tbo wpm hda spoorh t# tbv ^ m b Mitov af Httl «bo letter to the goverameat that he knew certain persons In Ireland had been In communication with the en emy but It was generally taken to mean some unimportant individuals connected wHb ♦he man who was cap tured after landing recently on the Irish coast In a collapsible boat. The nature of the arrests, taken in connection with the posting of V«ord French’s proclamation, however, in dicates that the persons referred to are the heads of the Sinn Fein move ment and that the government pos sesses evidence against them. ♦ ♦ ♦ 1,000,000 TONS AT WORK Ships Requisitioned by Government Are on the High Seas TJie first million tons of ships completed and delivered to. the gov ernment under the direction of the shipping board have been put on the high seas to help defeat Ger many. A total of 159 vessels of 1,108,- 621 tons was completed up to May 11, according to statistics compiled by experts of the shipping board. Since January 1, more than half of the total tonnage, 667,896. has been dellevered and .the monthly totals have shown a steady Increase. Mott of the ships delivered were requisitioned on the ways or in con tract form, when the United States entered the war. Virtually all are of steal foastrvetion. None of the ships of th# grant wood program has been delivered although forty-atx have been launched duo to dolay In obtaining hoflov# aad other machin ery Tho firm completed wood ship built on contract far th# Is tho Factflc The long delny In renown! of tho German drive In Picardy and Flan ders. Is variously accounted for by officials of the War Department among shorn tt has come to be a subject of animated discussion. Tkj* most generally accepted ex- plarfauNn is that German divisions engAged' in the first phases of the battle were so badly shattered that tt has Waken time to restore them to fighting form. It is apparent, however, that many officials feej that a deeper reason than this underlies the lull. They regard it as certain that only some serious internal cohdltion would cause the German high command to lose the advantage gained by the first rush of the offensive. The value of pressing forward without pause, once an offensive effort is made, is well recognized. That the Germans have sacrificed. During the lull th® strength of the British army is understood to have steadily - increased, French troops have been brought uo and disposed to block the roads and American for ces have been assembled In both of the sectors of attack. It now appears therefore, that when the assault 1« renewed, the Germans will face again well established defensive systems. STILL HOPES FOR CYCLOPS Daalcift Retleveo Big l> for Collier Will Amtou# for ton ta #oa4 #44H ♦h'B c«iun»r*. d!* To m drive taaachod wall under way month* haa boon required to got tha Rret of thaoe troope arrom the aaa and Into position. * Nothing la available af the War Department to Indicate tha Identity or number of tho men in Flanders. It ft probable, however, that the na tional army regiment reviewed re cently'In London by King George te Included. The men, it is noted, are describ ed as being “in training” in the British zones.. That is taken to mean that they are being brigaded wKh British divisions in reserve and will get their final seasoning quickly through this close association with the veterans of Sir Douglas Haig’s army. Unless a great Emergency arises when the German assault is re newed It Is not regarded^as probable that the American battalions will be employed on the first line for some time. «■ jOoFd tho oca T H Secretary Daniels has not aban doned bop* that the big naval collier Cyclope. miMtag since early la March will be heard froe • He said s. off v ^| r g •••id Wod him early lalutlaa af ffcg| Cyrlaps suit rauaaiM on the eeey Urn i aad tho leap af the ship# tv pear wttt mm ho famugaased e#fbr*e!»f fcem hai 1 aatt* the hull these gTigihu tmm #A 'V* ttawd #■ Pee the aa# ram am haa CHARLESTON YARD WORK Senator Tillman Haa Two Tug# Add ed to Program < Having learned that workmen were being dropped at the Charles ton Navy Yard because of lack of construction work to occupy the com plete force on hand Senator Till man says K. Foster Murray in the News and Courier, “called the mat ter fo the attention of the Navy De partment and as a result telegra phic orderx ware dispatched to tho commandant at Charleston to add two ninety-foot naval tags to tho yard'p eqpstrurtioa pragma flays tha “*— “ ““ time to recognise that offensive ta tha Want I ed. perhaps crushed It the problem of oar hold fast that which thoy en and thus keep tho | strife fro m tho toll of the land a task which will grow difficult month, by month, em ly with the advent of Ai troops on the battle line.’*' Germany’s troubles, however, not solely those of von Rffli burg’s drive. The German have not accepted the hvge U Incurred with equanimity, and ia ad dition, the - food shortage agaia la becoming acute, and the labor aRfc* uation, especially dn the non-war trades. Is disquieting. Then Aoocrttb and Bulgaria give continued entt* dences of dissatisfaction otter lies prolongation of the struggle. Indications, too, are multlplyiiag that Germany’s position in the tthtttt is' not only unstable, but actuaff^ threatening. The Ruslan Bolsbevlltt are dissatisfied over the constant de mands made by Berlin, and erpa daily the German attempts to pm» vent the formation of a Slav wasp* In the Ukraine the aituatfon Jw Oven more disturbing to the Cap ■ mans. There is a growing anti-Ger man sentiment because of the re pressive measures practiced by tttfl* Teutons, and to meet this It hao baara necessary to send additional Ger man troops, especially cavalry amdP machine gun detachments froai Rttw- Western front, a move which Oar- many can 111 afford to make at oroscut time. THURSDAY t*