The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
M AD00 CITES
ISSUES OF. WAR
Secretary, Placing Bonds on
Sale, Urges Loyalty
to Country.
By w. G. M'ADOO.

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! For the purpose of equipping with
| arms. clothing and food, our gallant
| soldiers who have been called to the
field;
| Maintaining our navy and our va
liant tars upon the high seas;
| Providing the necessary means to
| pay the wages of our soldiers and
sailors and, If the bill now pending in
the Congress passes. the monthly al
lowances for the support of their de-
PENDENT families and to supply them
with life insurance:
| Constructing a great feet Of mer-
chant vessels to maintain the line of
| communication with our brave troops
in France, and to keep our commerce
afloat upon the high seas in defiance
of the German Kaiser and his sub
marines;
Creating a great fleet of aeroplanes,
which will give complete supremacy
in the air to the United States and
the brave nations fighting with us
against the German military menace;
and for other necessary war purposes,
The Congress of the United States
has authorized the Secretary of the
Treasury to sell to the American peo-
pie bonds of the United States bear
ing 4 per cent interest. with valuable
tax exemptions, and convertible under
certain conditions into other issues CT
United States bonds that may be au-
thorized by the Congress. The Off
cial circular of the Treasury Depart
ment gives full details.
There Is now offered to the Amer
lean people a new issue of 5000, ,OOO,-
900 of bonds to be known as the Sec
| I wi
in such denominations and upon such
terms that every patriotic citizen will
have an opportunity to assist the gov
ernment by lending his money upon
the security of United States gov
ernment bond.
People by thousands ask the Treas
ury constantly how they can help
the government in this war. Through
the purchase of liberty bonds every
! one can help. No more patriotic duty
can be performed by those who can
not actually fight upon the field of
battle than to furnish the govern
ment with the necessary money to
enable it to give our brave soldiers
and sailors all that they require to
make them strong for the fight and
capable OF winning swift victory
over our enemies.
We fight. first of all. for Americas
vital rights, the right to the unmo-
Tested and unobstructed use of the
high seas, so that the surplus prod
ucts OF our farms. our mines and our
factories may be carried into the
harbors of every friendly nation in
the world. Our welfare and prosper
ity as the people depend upon our
right of peaceful intercourse with all
the nations of the earth. To abandon
these rights by Withdrawing our
ships and commerce from the seas
upon the order of a military despot
in Europe would destroy prosperity
and bring disaster and humiliation
upon the American people.
We fight to protect our citizens
against assassination. and murder
upon the high seas while in the peace
full exercise of those rights demanded
by international law and every in
stinct and dictate of humanity.
E We fight to preserve our democratic
institutions and our sovereignty as
a nation against the menace Of n
powerful and ruthless military autoc-
racy headed by the German Kaiser,
!. whose ambition is to dominate the
world
4 We fight also for the noble ideal of
universal democracy and liberty. the
right of the smallest and weakest ma
tiCns equally with the most powerful
to live and to govern themselves ac-
Cording to the will OF their own
people
We fight for peace. for that just
and lasting peace which agonized
and tortured humanity Graves and
which not the sword nor the bayOnet
Of a military despot, but the supre-
macy of vindicated right alone can
restore TO a distracted world.
To secure these ends / appeal to
every man and woman who resides
upon the soil of free America and
enjoys the blessings of her priceless
institutions to join the league of
TatriOts by purchasing liberty
bond.