| OCR Text |
Show Hi LIEHll r STROtlG PATRIOTIC APPEAL Lieutenant Paul Perigord and Dr. Guy Stanton Ford Delivered a Telling Message on the War and Stirred the Hearts of the Large Crowd Which Attended from Central and Southern Utah French Officer Given an Ovation Resolutions of Loyalty Adopted Unanimously Prominent Men from Every Section of Utah Were Present Excellent Music. The following resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising ris-ing vote, and manifests the spirit of the people of Utah. We, the representatives of the central divisions of the war workers of the State of Utah, in mass meeting assembled,, unanimously endorse and adopt the following resolution: . In view of the well-established, historic fact that the central empires of Europe wantonly and wickedly forced the peace-loving nation of the United States to take up arms in the defense of the natural and constitutional rights of her patriotic people and because be-cause of the fact that our allies, across the Atlantic ocean who have endured the horrors and hardships of years of bitter fighting fight-ing against a ruthless and brutalized foe, are calling to us for food, " i . munitions, agencies and instruments of war, .brave and 'strong men to assist them in their heroic struggle for the triumph of . : Liberty and right, and spiritual aids and comforts that brothers I ; i in arms have a natural and legal right to receive from comrades who have an abundance of these precious resources ; be it, therefore there-fore - Resolved, That we pledge ourselves and all that we have and are to the support and advancement of this holy military crusade against this splendidly organized and deeply entrenched despotism. We modestly and fearlessly declare that gracious and beautiful beauti-ful Queen of the West is loyal and patriotic to the goddess of human liberty, and that she is conscious of the fact that nature and her God, did not create her that she might exploit her physical and aesthetic, charms, but that she might become a winsome and efficient agency of social service. What she has done is a mere suggestion of what she is capa-' capa-' r ble and willing, to do. Her gold and silver, her costly robes, her precious jewels, her life-sustaining fruits and grains; all these will be found available whenever the representatives of her government gov-ernment desire to call for them. But this is not all. The most precious prec-ious of all her gifts the life blood of her brave and patriotic sons, will be poured out like water upon the stones of, the altar of sac-. sac-. rifice, and with a contrite spirit and a broken heart she will kneel at the shrines of her faith and call upon the Lord God of Hosts to deliver her country and its allies from the blood-stained hands of their" heartless and inhuman foes. The war conference held In ,Provo I Saturday was attended by many representative repre-sentative citizens from different parts of the county, and from other sections of the central division for war work; the inspiring talks by ILieul. Paul Perigord Peri-gord and Dr. Guy Stanton Ford were greatly appreciated. The speakers were frequently applauded, and especially espe-cially did the description of war conditions con-ditions and the expression of appreciation appreci-ation of America's part in the war by Lieut. Perigord cause bursts of ap-plp.use. ap-plp.use. At the evening meeting, when Lieut. Perigord was introduced, the audience arose and cheered the speaker. The visiting party, consisting of Dr. Guy Stanton ford. .Lieut. Perigord, L. H. Farnsworth, chairman of the state council of defense, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Jos. S. Glass and A. N. McKay, general gen-eral manager of the Tribune, came from Salt flLake in an auto by way of Bingham and arrived at 1 o'clock. They were entertained at luncheon at (he Hotel Roberts Among those attending at-tending the luncheon were Bishop T. N. Taylor, vico chairman of the state council of defense; Arch 'M. Thurman, county chairman of the cpuncil of defense; de-fense; Mayor LeRoy Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Allen and Bishop Jos A. Buttle, President Walter P. Whitehead, White-head, of the Commercial Club, and Postmaster A. 0. Smoot. The afternoon meeting began at 1:30 with Arch M. Thurman presiding "America" was sung by the audience led by Prof. J. IR. iBoshard, and Murray Mur-ray K. Roberts bang "The Flag Without With-out a Stain." Chairman Thurman explained the object of the meeting to create among the people a spirit of support for the war and measures necessary to win the war, :.. (Lieut Perigord was introduced as the first speaker. He 'said that he knew the people were devoted to the caus of liberty and that the war will be won. (Won because the world is not ready to go the kaiser's way and wot ship the kaiser's god. "'Made In Germany," but will" go the way of America and of all people who believe in liberty and justice; he knew the war will be won because he believed in God and because he believed In America, which has never failed in anything it has undertaken, and because be-cause of .the knowledge of the spirit of devotion actuating the boys at the front, who are willing to die, but will not surrender. He knew the war will be won because the world is progressing progress-ing towards greater liberty and jus-tie, jus-tie, and this makes it necessary to win the war and defeat the autocracy Germany Is trying to Impose on the people of the woild; this would not be an injury to the German people, but a blesKlng in helping them to serve greater liberty. iHe spoke of the responsibility re-sponsibility of the people at home, which. If less spectacular, is not less Important than that of the armies in the field; he urged the people to respond re-spond to the best of their ability to every call, as the war will be won sooner if an earnest effort is made by all the people. He paid a beautiful tribute to the Stars and Stripes and the principles for which it stands, and spoke eloquently of the love between the American ci-d the French peoples, which would grow and Increase and become the beginning of a !ovu and sympathy that will bring about universal uni-versal brotherhood and universal pace. The war must be won; to lose it means slavry, and the American people will never submit to slavery. |
