Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-25

| paper on which it is printed. l should snow them how easy it Il | to acquire such a bond. How the bank
 will help them How even the mal | without any savings can make con | Nenienr payments from his wages. And I should point out to & selfisl
 man that it IS for his interest to pro
 tect hIs country. If the great building should be destroyed. his shop woult go down in the general ruin. Int safest insurance he can have is tho security of the government that pro tects him.
 Even a greedy man, if he is intelli- gent, will buy, Liberty bondsi But am not addressing selfish peo. pie. I am speaking to American citi- .zens, patriots who believe in the United States. and what it stands for We are living in land of freedom where "a mans a man." where every honest citizen stands squarely on his feet and faces the world without fear where the government provides for him and his .'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"
 We are at war with a government that knows not the meaning of free dom. where nine etenths of the people are in subjection to despotic masters where the man in uniform crowds the civilian into the gutter.
 Freedom Would Die.
 If that government triumphs, free dom will die.
 We are living in land that respects womanhood and childhood. Your wife, your daughter, your sister, expect and re ceive the consideration. due their sex. In America a woman Is respect ed because she is woman.
 We are at war with the power that gave orders for despoiling Belgium and France, that endorsed the Armenian n massaeres, power whose crimes against humanity cannot be paralleled in the annals Of civilization.
 If that power triumphs, or if it even makes peace on it's own terms. mercy and chiva1ry and righteousness will perish.
 We live in a land that believes in peace. in the brotherhood of man. in a right that is higher even than gov ernment itself.
 No Rights Acknowledged.
 Our enemy acknowledges no rights except the commands of his govern ment. no brotherhood of man except under German mastery, no peace but the peace of slavery. He aims to rule mankind by terrorism and inhuman- ity.
 If that aim is carried out, there will be no place for democracy, no hope for the United States. The war lord laughs at democracy, taunts us with weakness, counts us as nothing.
 We have accepted the challenge. With pure motives on behalf of the rights of mankind we have taken our stand. We have begun, already we have accomplished. more than he thought we could ever do. We are in this war to win. And now our coun- try calls on us for the sinews of war Our best friend, our protector. our hope. asks us not to give but to lend a small part of our property. If she asked us to give it all, we ought glad 1y to comply.
 What have you done? What sacri- flee have you made? Have you become a shareholder in the great business of 
 Wants Devotion as We'll.
 Don't imagine that your help is not needed. Our country wants not only your money but your devotion, your determined backing. She wants the kaiser to know that we have a navy, that we have an army and that we have millions on millions of citizens who will see this thing through.
 Your bit is as important to your country as that of any one else. Don't be a stacker.
 The kaiser and his henchmen have long looked for "The Day"-the day when they shall strike at the heart of mankind, when their black plans shall come true. A day will come. but it will be day of reckoning for the pirate and his crew, a day of judg- ment. when the junkers and their lead CT will come before mankind to give a ccount.
 In that judgment our country will take part.
 What have you done to hasten that day? To give heart to(the friends of to dishearten it's foes?
 Think of those who are giving all. Think of the hundreds of thousands who have left their homes to give all their time and effort to their country. Think of them as they face death in the sea. Think of them in the trench es. Think of their determined faces as they go lover the top'' to meet the gun and cannon fire.
 Think of those that will not return. A nd can you be content to do nothing? Will you fail? Don't wait, Act today! Let your voice be heard for freedomi Send the shout of liberty rolling round the world till it reaches the palace Of the mad kaiser himSeIfi