Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-10-23
Secretary McAdoo Delivers Powerful Plea for Liberty
 Bonds in Little Rock
EVERY RIFLE SHOT
 TOUCHES TREASURY
Wants People Impressed With Magni- tude of Problem Confronting Them and Vital Necessity of Keeping
 Geld Piled UP.

Little Rock, Oct. lS.-Secretary of the treasury William G. McAdoo, d., livered an address in support of the second Liberty bond issue at the Pal ace theatre here at 1:45 o'clock. The theatre was filled to overflowing and the speaker received warm and generous welcome. His speech was 9 marvel of logic and eloquence
 "I have come to you today to dis cuss one of the greatest tasks the American nation has ever faced-a task upon which depends the sue cess of America in this war; task upon which depends democracy in the world; task upon which depends the security of our beloved America, , gerate when I say that, because it would be difficult to express even in superlatives the disastrous conse- quences which would follow the fail ure of America in this war. That prospect is so appalling that we can rot consider it for a moment, and we shall not have to consider it if the patriotic men and women of this coun- try do their full duty. The patriotic men alone cannot do the task and the patriotic women alone cannot do the task-but together they can ac- complish it and save America as we'll as the rest of the world from further infamies and further suffering. That is the task that confronts the Ameri- can people today. It is a task which we have not chosen for ourselves be- cause we tried with all our might to escape this horrible maelstrom that has thrown civilization into chaos and has brought suffering upon man. kind unequalled in the history of the world"
 The secretary made it plain that we are not fighting for altruism; that the war was forced upon this nation and that this nation is compelled to fight for its own salvation not for the salvation of other nations.
 Speaking of the ruthless subma- rine warfare Secretary McAdoo said:
 "But do you realize what it means to sink passenger vessel contain ing a similar number of non-com- batants upon the high seas without notice-a sudden explosion, everyone thrown into the water, no chance for escape. every vestige of human life swept away without tracer
 Therefore, it is that civilization has exacted of every civilized coun- try upon the face of the earth, until this war broke out, the immutable principle of information law that no passenger ship and no unarmed freight-carrying ship, even one of a belligerent power, should be sunk by an enemy vessel until the passengers and crew had been given an oppor- tunity to escape with their lives.
 American citizens, since the out break of the war, have been murder ed on the high seas under the condi- tions I have described to you. Ger many repeatedly has been called to account and repeatedly has assured this government she would desist, and just as repeatedly has she >vio- lated that promise and has proceeded to kill other American citizens upon the high seas."
 Recalling the real reason for the speech, the necessity for the bond issue, the speaker told of how each bullet touched the United States treasury department.
 "Do you realize" said the secretary, "that there is not soldier in train ing camp in this country, nor one of our gallant sons upon the battlefields of France, the shock of whose bullet or the explosion of whose blank car tridge in gun practice, is not trans planted to the treasury building in Washington? Do you realize that there is not dollar paid to the gal lant son of an American mother or father who is in the army or navy of the United States that is not felt in the trasury department? Do you realize that there is not a cent ex- pended upon the activity of the gov ernment that is not drawn from the treasury of the United States, and that your army and your navy and your air fleets and your merchant ma rine and every single activity in which this great nation is engaged is translated from money in the treas ury of the United States? The draft is upon the treasury: everything is felt there as, exactly as. when yon turn on the electric light at any point in this city tho immediate ef- fec it. felt in the coal pile of the par sticulff plant which is prQdilcing that eleetricity -to realise ||||| ||| '|||||; 2