"Von sire unprepared, t.ut you have
esources for modern warfare greater
halt any nation in ti:? ? world. War
^ nut merely an ail':-1: of numbers:
ill t if it were, wlief> in the world
an he found a r viliv.e.l united eoni
111 iiity of 1 nn.niii'i.nun , nt- nt> d 11 -
sens'." Numbers. if alio,, are nothing;
lie\ are mere food for m. lorn weapons
f butchery. Von have additional
untitles, however Tho in i wealth,
liere is courage, there j- revolution,
lie re are natural material resources,
liere is the inventive mind, there i
tie organizing power to turn all Mm >?
real gifts to account and to m.-ist
hat no collateral object divert from
lie supreme effort
st\ti:s i'(issi;.ssi:s
<ii ai.itm:s ok i? iti-:.\T\i-:s*
"Those are the qualities that make
nation great in war or peace. Those
one can deny that the 1'nited Slates
ossesse:- in ahumlauee Therefore,
tough unprepared as we weto. > ? ?:i
!<? |ne|iare,| in spirit. The re. ill
hi he fully assured, as encouraging
? your friends and as startling to
our enemies as was the creation of
io great liritish army.
"1 wonder, however, whether it i
ossihie for you or any man adequate!)
[i measure all that this wat mean.- to
lie world at large. It beggar.1 deser^p
ion, the imag ina t ion Magge- under
lie load. The attention of the major
western front, with ;i glance now and
then toward Russia an?l Turkey. To
take in all this war moans requires
historical knowledge and imagination
not given to every man
"L'pon (lie fate of the v ir ih'pcnils
whether the Arabs shall he able to
shako off Hie oppressive rule of the
Turk. Upon it depends Asia Minor.
