Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-06-09
VOLUNTEER LOAN
OR A FORCED
INDEMNITY

1t was not of your choosing that
against the formidable Teutonic au-
tocracies in death grapple. The
Kaiser has willed to conquer and
Americans have no choice but to
fight now that the gauntlet has been
let down, the issue framed, and the
die cast.
The entrance of the United States
into the war Is of the utmost SER
iousness to us and to Germany, for
either we will win the war for the
allied democracies of the world by
our money and our man power, OF
we will lose the war and thus be a
fat source of war indemnities for
conquering Germans who will levy
taxes upon US to pay the entire cost
of their successful conflict.
BY selective draft successive ar
mics of 100000 American men are
to join our assembled feet In the
struggle to save the world for de-
mocracy. Back of every fighting
man there must be dollars. The
president has called for an initial
loan of $2,000,000,000 from the
people with which to win this war.
This Liberty Loan must be taken
up by the citizens, rich and poor,
down to the last man, or the war
will be lost.
The government could conscript
your dollars, compel you to con-
tribute your share of the $4,000
100000 compel your $50 or your
$500 to serve In the ranks of the
Liberty Loan; but 1t has chosen
the volunteer plan of raising this
initial two billions.
Observe the alternative that con-
fronts you. The failure of the Lib
eerty Loan would imperil our army
and might possibly spell disaster
for the allied cause of democracy.
Which Is preferable, to volunteer
your $50, your 500 Of your $500
subscriptions now to back your
country or to court defeat and the
imposition of an imperial levy by a
victorious Germany.
Doubtless we shall always be
able to defend ourselves ashore.
But to redeem our merchant fleets
from the submarine, to redeem our
our trade from pawn, and to redeem
our then stricken allies from still |
further depredations, we will be
Obliged to accept peace on terms of |
an American indemnity. Prussia
would mfwy hrdl fwy fwy fwy fwy
would demand and would
get billions from us.
The nation faces a crisis today as
terrible as 1t did In the darkest
hour of the civil war. Every Am
erican citizen, every man, woman
and child In America is In new
danger. 1t is immaterial whether
this danger could have been avoided. |
1t Is useless to discuss whether
plumbers have been committed.
You are in the war and you are In
it to a finish.
You cannot all be soldiers on the
lighting line. Every soldier at the
front requires four men back of him
1t home, producing munitions, equip
nent, food and money for him.
You can be true hero at home.
You can do your bit as civilian.
Put your dollars In uniform. En-
list your savings with Uncle Sam.
support a soldier at the front by
,uying Liberty Loan bond.
And while you are patriotic, you
AN also be shrewd. Observe how
n helping your country you are
lelping yourself. The purchase of
Liberty bond Is an investment, q
investment, a profitable
Investment.
Get Liberty Loan nest-egg,
roud investment from your current
vage-savings. and tell your neigh 4
'or that you've done your 'bit", ,
hat you've bet that much Democ-
acy will win, that you have beaten
he Kaiser to the levy game. {