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Show NATIONS WANT FINISH FIGHT, SAYSJHERRICK Former Embassador to France Says All Peoples Engaged m Conflict Arc Resolved U S REGARDED AS TOWER Or STRENGTH Gratitude Throughout Eu rope for America's Relief Work; Diplomat Has Written Book By JAMES CBEXLMAN By International Nes Service. CLEVFLAND Ohio Doc 12- The thing that seems to be quite elear and unmistakable said Myron T Her rick ' is that both the peoples and governments of the belligerent Euro pean nations are firmly reeohed on fighting this great war to a finish. Sitting before a roaring log fire in his splendid residence on Euclid Heights, the distinguished embassador who has been withdrawn from Paris in the very height of his brilliantly sue eessful work to make way for an In s stant Bryan politician, seemed the personification of smiling strength and intelligence, a man all keenness power and tact President Wilson declaration to the effect that this world straggle is no child s play and Is not to be halted bv premature peace movements met with a sympathetic response in all the belligerent countries, Mr Her rick continued. 1 "TotAtftg can be etesrer titan that tha prosecution of this conflict to the end does not now depend merely upon the desire of statesmen generals or ruldxs but is the will of the masses of the peoples involved. People Want War how ! ' There may come a change perhaps but just now it is impossible to mis take tha faet that the nations engaged in the struggle are, from top to bottom determined to go on with the war until one side or the other is completely beaten In times of peace the political and social elements of these nations dis pnte and divide but at present they are absolutely solidified in the desire to carry xn the conflict to the extreme end and not to tolerate any sugges tion that peace can be secured save by military force. The attitude of the b later volunteers and the German bo cutlists represents a sweeping change that has taken place throughout war ring Europe. Unless some tremendous event powerfully changes the attitude of the governments and peoples of the nations involved, it seems to be certain that there can be no peace until the war has been fought out to the end. As I have sa d. at any time there may come a change that will open the way for peace through med ation but jut now there is no thought save of peace through war to the bitter end. Everyone seems willing to make the terrible sacrifices involved in a stru gla to the death. Big, Genial Idealist It was hard to realize that the tall, lithe keen man sitting so calmly at his own fires de, was 60 years old or that only a few hours before ha had stood before 6000 of h s friends and neigh bors gathered to do him honor and frantically shouting b s name as a pres idential cand date for 1916 A big gen al open modest man a man or affairs and shrewd hard ex penence a man of ideals but without pedantry or moral affectations a man who showed the iron strength that lies beneath his suave gen al surface at a me when the German army was almost with n s ght of Par s when the French government was suddenly transferred to Bordeaux, when the roads leading out of the French cap tal were crowded with vast multitudes flying southward for safety and when -nhole carloads of fore gn diplomatists were carried away from that indescr bable scene of terror and danger decided to rema n at his post n Pa s as the representat ve not merely of the Un ted States but of the ent re civil zed world No wonder the French mm ster of fore gn affairs congratulated him when he modestly anounced that he would stay at his post in spite of all no wonder the pres dent of France thanked him with deep emotion and only a few days ago conferred the grand cross of the Legion of Honor upon h m wh le ho was still on the ocean on h s way home U S Tower of Stiength Just now the United States is looked upon as a- tower of strength said Mr Herr ck This s partly due to the fact that we are the only great nat on ot involved n the war and that the governments an I peoples so suddenly and terr bly sm tten are deep ly impressed by the great impulse of generous Kwer can s mjathv that is pen 1 ng rel ef and on fort e ery wav perm tted bv the law of nat ons to everv reachable s eno of s ffo g Another th ng that has n a e a deep (Continued on Page Twenty three ) j HICK PREDICTS FIGHT TO II fflflSH (Continued from Page One impression everywhere Is the fact that although the sympath es of Americans are profoundly stirred by the horrors of this war and altho gh a very large part of them are drawn from the present scenes of death and destruct on they hare had the moral strength to remain as neutral as the r government The 1 ght of the flaming log f ra danced in the keen hazel eyes. There came a look of tenderness into the strong face as Mr Herr ck s two little grandsons came romping in from the snowstorm that swept wildly around the great house American sympathy and generosity have made a profound impress on every where in Europe said Mr Hernck But that is not enough It is almost as Important to establsh a reputation for good and orderly management as to d splay our love of humanity The Amer can work for rescue and relief n Europe is now running into millions of dollars. The work s so heavy bo widespread and so complicated that it u 11 absoluteely break down the goi ernment service Relief Clearing House We have organized in Par s a sort of an Amer can relief clearing house for practically all of Europe Its de tailed work will be in Franco n Bel gium and probably in Turkey Sema and other countries as fast as condi t ons w 11 perm t relief to get them. Under this central organ zation in Paris there are to be subcommittees all over Europe Monev food clothing and other necessaries can be sent through the relief re-lief clearing house in Pans to any po n You can send anything you wish through this clearing house and can des gnate the countrv er the partic ular organizat on or place to which or through which jou wish to have it ap plied The mere avoidance of dupli cat on in the rel ef suppl es w 13 probably prob-ably result m a sav ng of 15 to 0 per cent, a tremendous th nr just now when the strain is increas ng We are organizing n "New Tork the same sort of a clear ng house through wh ch all Krs encan contnbu t ons can be f om arded to the Amer can clear ng honse n Par s for distr but on and applet on throughout Ext rope Mr Herrlek aro e from his chair and paced slowly before the blazing hearth He held up n h s hand his book on Rural Cred ts a text vork on the various s" sto ns of furnish ng cap tal to farmers now m operation throughout the world This new book pon which Mr Hernck has been work ing for years, was actually being print ed bv App etons at the very time the German army was expected to enter Pans Here is a tremendous question he sa d The condit on of the worll today with its vivid llnstration of the consumption of national resources em pbaizes the v tal impoitanco the establishment of an adequate r ral sys tem to work n harmonj with tho new f nancial system adopted by the United States I do not, of course refer to tho ' rural banking facilities provided in the new banking law That simply enables farmers to borrow money for a per o i of five years, at the end of which time each loan tails dne in its entirety I mean a co operative system in which farmers can obtain loans at a low rate of interest payable in mm ute annual installments extending say o er tif ty or seventy f ve years i!Jor do I refer to money to be fuxn shed or loaned by the government In my judgment, this great problem can be worked Bafely and successfully by a co operative system of rural banks through which farmers can get loans on perfe tly good security and those who furnish the money can obtain a reasonable rate of interest and absolutely abso-lutely perfect secnr ty for the r pnn cipal Such a system of rural cred ts is as important for the fqod production of the United States ah the improved machinery now used m sowing and reaping crops all over Amer ca. 'If we had in th a country as good rural f nancial facilities as are to be found today In Germany Austria, France Italy and Belgium it would have an effect upon the food produc tion of the country greater perhaps even than that produ ed by the appli cation of machinery to the work of prod cing our crops The provisions for agricultural loans contained in the new bankinglaw do not meet the ease at all. What is needed for agri ulture is a system of long time loans to be tepaid so grad uallv and over such a great period ! of years that farn ers will be able to meet them w thout too great a strain ,upou their resources I wrote this book on rural cred ts in order to show how the problem had been worked out emoothly and sue cessfully m many other countries Each j nation has adopted a Byetem adapted to its peculiar conditions and necessities If the food production of the United States is not to become too small to supply the wants of our rapidly grow ing population it is vital that we, too should at once provide an adequate method of furnish ng financial credits to our farmers. The food supply question is one of the mo"t tremendous and decisive prob lems m the present E ropean struggle. o whether we are at peace or at war our real strength as a nation depends largelv upon agricultural pro duct on and that, in turn depends largely upon the facilities provided to carry on agnculturo as a business. In my judgment the relat on of our food supplv to our population has reached a po nt at which a nation wide svstem of rural credit" must be pro vided and the wonderful systems si readv in operation in Europe furnish abundant matenal uion wh ch we can base rural cred ts 6u table to our own. conditions and needs |