Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-14
CHRISTMAS WEEK NAMED
 LOYALTY WEEK IN STATE
Governor Designates Week From December 23 to December
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Whereas, the State Council of De fense and Woman's Council of De- fense of Arkansas, have requested the Governor to set aside Christmas week, beginning Sunday, December 23, and ending Saturday, December 29th, in elusive, as Loyalty week, in Arkansas, in which patriotic meeting shold be held in each country and each com munity, and,
 Whereas, we need to be impressed by the seriousness of thegreat strug gle in which we are to make the world safe for democracy, to preserve the freedom of the high seas, for the safe export of American staple, agri- cultural and manufactured products, and to rescue the world from the menace of miltarism which threat ems to overthrow democracies, pillage homes, massacre women and child ren in it's wake. and establish the di- vine right of autocracy, not only on European, but on American sofia struggle in which the military mas ters of the world have pitilessly pitted themselves against the common people in their efforts to preserve the sanc- tity of free institutions, freedom of speech and freedom of trade, and,
 Whereas. Our great president, Wood TOW Wilson, in his annual message to the Sixty-fifth Congress, has clearly outlined the aims and objectives which America has in view, and has stated clCarly and emphatically that we must take every necessary step to win this war by mobilizing our troops and givng freely of our resources, and,
 Whereas. Every community in our state and nation needs to be thorough ly aroused as to the great cause for which we are fighting, and the exist ence of Bolsheviki in the United States, as we'll as in Russia, composed of members of the l. w. w. and men who are dwelling in the twilight zone of patriotism, feeling at heart q higher allegiance to Germanism under the guise of pacifism, than they do to their flag;
 Now. therefore, l. Chas. H. Brough, governor of the state of Arkansas, by virtue of the authority vested in me under the constitution and laws of said state, do hereby set apart and proclaim the week beginning Decem- Der 23 and ending December 29, in elusive. as Loyalty Week in Arkansas, and call upon the citizenship of every community in our state to hold patri- otic rallies for the purpose of inform ing the people and stirring them as they need to be stirred. l earnestly request that these rallies be held in the conrthouses, churches and school houses of our state, that in the cities and towns the four minute men volun- teer to address these meetings, and that in our splendid rural communities orators and patriots should volunteer their services to the various county COuncisl of Defense to address these meetings; that the teachers in the various schools of the state, before they dismiss for the Christmas holi- days, make addresses to their pupils, designed to inspire them with patri- otic loyalty; and, that the ministers of every denomination preach ser mon on Sunday, December 23, along patriotic lines, and that the people on this day offer up fervent prayers to Most High God to vouchsafe victory to our arms on land and see, and that during the week at least one patriotic meeting be held in public place in every community In this way, l believe. that un-Americanism ! which i sa negligible quantity in Ar kansas, may be stamped out, and that the so-called pacifists may be left to 1 strut their uneasy hour" without fur ther concern. It is singularly appro- priate that Loyalty Week should fall within our Christmastide, for America is today breathing the spirit of Peace on Earth, Good Will to Man."
 CHAS. H. BROUGH.