The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-22
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Washington. March q Special )-7dn time of grave emergency, will Americana rush with patriotic enthusiasm to give their lives for the hqper of the Stars and stripesg
 Representative Kahn oF California, re- publican of German descent. and ranking
 standpat" member of the House com-
 mttee on naval afafirs, shakes his head dismaliy. N
 In effect. he answers that Englkhmen. blood cousins of the majority of Am rican citizens, are displaying the greatest zap titude in responding to the call of nel. g. sity. of their country. He wonders Americans, under the same conditions. would act differently.
 Mir. Kahn insists that Congress not limit the standing army to 10000 men. In sup port of his position. he has acquired a score of English posters, work of art, in the main to prove that England with lite tie success is appealing to the patriotism of its sons. and to intimate that Amer leans would be equally as reluctant to face the cannon of an enemy.
 THE LUSITANIA SINKS
 The posters have been hung on the wall of the speakers. gallery. They furnish a wonderful insight into the home af-
 fairs of Great Britain. They prove that the war department of the United King dom has been forced to resort to> every legitimate means of persuasion in order to keep the English ranks at the front fully equipped. t.t.
 | As stated, these posters are in the main works of art Perhaps the most striking represent the figure of woman, corre- spending to the American Goddess of Lib- erty, standing to the front of stormy sea, in which from the sinking Lusitania scores of women and children are strug- gling in the deep. Underneath. in glaring type, is inscribed: Take Up the Sword of Justice"
 Another poster contains a cynical refer ence to the United States. On a bold front ground appears Americans are too proud to fight. But who would be an |American?" ''
 ARE THEY EFFEMINATE7 Another of these posters shows a little child standing in the midst of shattered ruins, the home of an English family prior to the falling of a bomb from Ger man Zeppelin The child is holding a doll as if this toy is all that remains. to which in love it might cling. Underneath the picture this appeal is made: Men of
 Britain, will you stand for this?' Another of the enlistment cards is . salient and satirical appeal to the mas culinity of the Britain. It presents re- productions of a score of ladies' hats Of modern fashion, and among them. the cap of soldier. Underneath the question ap- pears: Which should Englishmen wear!" Another shows a company of English soldiers in battle array. In the center ia a vacant spot. This space is reserved for you" EnglishInen are informed. There are several insisting that patri- otic Englishwomen refrain from spending money for luxuries. There are urgent appeals that those with only few far things. aid in swelling the loan of the peo- pie to the national treasury. An effec- tive poster presents a shilling, greatly en- larged, bearing down with it's prodigious fContiuued on Pare Threel