Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-12-13
WE CAN AND WE WILL WIN THIS WAR FOR HUMANITY.

We CAN AND WE WILL WIN THIS WAR FOR HUMANITY
Editor Robert Lincoln oBrien Of the Boston Herald
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the tremendous material difficulties to be overcome by
ing us by the extent Of the task we must perform.
80 Starting with deporng Of i, the Civil war as means
through peaceful development the nearer naturally led
up to the question whether some other means than
voived.
1t was in many inspiring and enightening
and yet left with feeling of the impossby
well as the needessness Of the task confronting u.s. Great
ed an sphere IF h and started us wonder
The first thing Americans to determine is that we are
going to master this situation The next step to discover
how The third step is to do it,
war was on and with State after State seeding there was
time for the people of the North stop inquire whether
than war; The chief question at that time was not whether
slavery should be abolished but whether the States should
not stop to count the COST but determined to the
Union. and did save it.
So at this time it is not question who fired the first
oBes authority for putting the responsibility on Russia
Us to
set out with malice aforehough kill helpless and defense
less women and children ships of peace time of
war left no alternative for nation alive of
Ts o ns s
Japan with Germany and with Mexico base to split this
ai n Ss of doubt
. W t americans find any step necessary they nvar
I' for mere at
time put we did not appreciate their necessity until had
Panama: Then we saw we must have st. Thomas harbor
as military and naval necessity and bought the islands
We to vndcate rights on the highways Of the
sea as well as in our own land this war It is true
stance billion dollars SID for every man, woman
average. year We raise 100000 Next year we
propose to raise $17oooooo Of which $1,000 600 will
IN tims Of the United States wealth increases
$4O0OO00,000 every year. How long, he asks the
people stand the stran The speaker left in that high
When epidemic strikes mans family, and his wife
and children laid low does not stop inquire whether
battles the enemy every possible means at his command
regardless Of COST though take of his invested
yearly addition to wealth. might well stop the
The resources Of people of the United States and
our sand estimated from $780,
whether should pay the of defeating Germany or
paying the principal cost of this indemnity
hesitae contribute cheerfuly part We could spend
800 and still have left what had 1900
The we provide for the necessities of
so e on thu this by this fall
yet the big realities Of war save as we read the figures in the
dens to be borne that obliged to thrift
to teach our people to begin to save
really OOlgeQ TO 90 IL 10 WIN THIS war, could
do Germany has done in addition to financing her allies
and providing them with necessities The Germans
necessities The American people not only sefreant
as snG out we nave Vastly greater in all
we can do and again. many times.
With the beginning Of the war A: Barton Hepburn
Germany started the supposton that it be
its banker well it's granary and provide
amuntons and other necessities The estab
shed banks to loan money upon nonpershabe personal
property and every person who had anything given
credit and borrowing standing All forms of paper money
were actually or by convertibiy made legal tender The
expectation of gold and the quoting of gold premium
were made crimes Germany provided additional commercial
land and mortgage banks and there relief banks
to loan to people whose tied compromised
by the war; We have not been forced consider any
of the extreme that would available for US if
necessary.
large part of the money which Editor OBrien showed
must be raised in the United States will be spent
country naturally the Germans have forced by en-
barge and suspension through spend their