Show PR PRES IONI IDENT GIVES IV NW NEW PLEDGE TO FRANCE Troops wi Will l Be Sent Across S Sea in Ever- Ever Increasing Nu Numbers bers to Make World Free FreeBy FreeBy FreeBy By Stanley r M M. Reyno Reynolds ds International News Ns ys e Service Staff Correspondent N. N June 14 W 1 r United States Stites troops are tobe tobe to tobe be poured into iii fanc in everI ever- ever I i increasing nu numbers bers 4 until the I forces of freed freedom are are made over over- wh whelming elm ing This was vas tIc tl d gl en n today by President It it a. a cablegram to President Poincare replying to lo the latter's te feU ps on the tho first anniversary ry of ot G nl G nJohn John J. J Pershing's Arrival In ut 4 t Hl J s sIn In III it Vt F o d unhesitatingly un un- un- un hesitatingly for or peace with victory ry MESSAGE OF PATRIOTISM The message was tho the outstanding feature of ot the capitals capital's celebration of ot Flag da day It read as follows I Your tel telegram of ot yesterday was certainly conceived in the highest and most generous spirit of or friendship and andI I 1 am sure I 1 am expressing the feelings of ot tho people of or the tho United States as aswell aswell aswell well as my own when I say It H Is 13 with Increasing pride and gratification that they have seen their the forces under General General Gen Gen- eral Pershing moro more and more actively cooperating with the forces of ot liberation liberation libera libera- tion on French soil It lt Is their fixed and unalterable purpose purpose pur pur- purPose I pose to send Hend men mon and materials in I steady tead and increasing volume until an any an temporary inequality of ot force Is en entirely en- en overcome and the tho forces of ot freedom freedom free tree dom ma made e overwhelming for tor the they are arecO cO convinced that Is is only by hy victory victorr that caco can be bo achieved and the worlds world's affairs settled upon a basis of or enduring Justice and right PERSHING SENDS GREETINGS It is a n. constant satisfaction to the theto theto them to know that on this gr great at enterprise I Continued on Paso Page 3 I I PRESIDENT Continued from ro n Page 1 1 I they are In close and Intimate cooperation cooperation tion with the people leople cf France I Backing up the presidents president's confidence enc in the outlook was the tho message of or Pershing to Poincare made public bj by bythe the tho war department It read Allow me sir to thank you ou for the kind message yc you i sent me on the o oc occasion og- og casion caslon of the first anniversary r of the arrival of or United States troops ii In France The enthusiastic reception which Paris gave us a year ear ago has haq been extended since then to the United States army by all your our people Today Toda our armies are united In af affection at- at and resolution and full of ot confidence confidence con con- for the final success which will wll crown this long struggle for liberty lIbert and ci civilization Flag day was celebrated here in Impressive im impressive impressive Im- Im fashion Under the shadow of ot tho the Washington monument thou thousands ands of government clerks war workers and anc soldiers paraded before the president and participated In patriotic exercises Though present the president did not notI make an au address I WAR SECRETARY SPEAKS I I Secretary of War Val Baker who presided presided presided pre pre- sided saId sold In ordinary times our fla flag represents represents the tho traditions of history and the aspirations of oC our The number of Its Us stripes Is the number of at the original states the number of or Its stars the number of ot that tha mightier and larger constellation which now makes up the United States ItIs It ItIs Itis Is always to us the tho emblem of or our pa patrIotic patriotic patriotic pa- pa attachment of the nation and an ao exhibition of ot the ideal purposes purpose and the high moral foundation upon which we wo believe the nation should rest But in th these so se times the tho flag has ac acquired acquired ae- ae a new meaning to us all alJ Men are fighting under that flag now on foreign soil soli and as we look upon the flag here today we can convey with our glance Into Its folds some of ot the ap approval approval approval ap- ap and some somo of oC the devotion we wo feel for tor those about whom it Is to be bo wrapped In that foreign country countr after the they have paid the tho last full measure of at devotion to the Ideals which that flag typifies FLAG BRIDGES OCEAN I I It is th therefore especially appropriate ate in the tho midst of oC a great national crisis and era of or this sort that we should assemble thus In public and andI give to the flag and the thing It represents represents tho the dedication of a new devotion devotion devo devo- tion those of us on this side r remembering remembering mem- mem bering In affection those on the other side those on the other side making common cause with Americans everywhere everywhere every every- where soldiers at home and soldiers abroad having the common purpose to place that flag flag- and keep It where our forefathers Intended it to be In iii the ver very forefront of oC civilization characterized char char- b by adherence to high ideals and devoted to the loftiest causes which can engage the affections and activities of ot mankind CANNON TO ANSWER Solicitor General John W. W Davis Dayl of ot the tue department of ot Justice who made the principal address said In part The time has como come wh when n we are challenged to vindicate Indicate and defend our Inheritance Instead of at Independence we are Invited to accept the orders is issued issued issued is- is sued b by a foreign sovereign for our liberty we wo are arc asked asket to substitute tho the rule of or a military despotism as a re reward reward reward re- re ward for tor our gift of at asylum our unity Is to to- tobo bo be destroyed b by seedy seeds of ot discord and disloyalty sown by German hands Our opportunities are ore to be bo circumscribed circumscribed circumscribed circum circum- scribed b by the tho envious greed of ot those who begrudge to all others a n place Inthe in inthe the tho sun while out of or our very er abundance abundance abundance dance Imperial Germany German seeks to re recoup recoup ro- ro coup tho the frightful cost of at her mad ad ad- venture Is It for such uses as this that all these gifts gItts' havo have been bestowed upon Jus ls Are HAre these tho the things our flag in future future fu tu fu- fu ture years cars will s symbolize l Let t the answer come from the mouths of at the United States Slates cannon which will reply reply reply re- re ply 1 In our b behalf h |