Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-24
Today Is Liberty Day" for Oppressed
Peoples of the Earth If Americans Do
Their Duty By Buying Liberty Bond
McAdoo Appeals to Nebraskans
to Remember Antilles and
Back Up the Boys
in Khaki.
By w. G. M'ADOO,
Secretary of U. S. Treasury.

washington, oct. This IS Lib
erty day in the United States, made
so by proclamation of the presi-
dent and governors of the 4S
states of the American union. Would
that it were Liberty day for all the
peoples of the world. Let us make
it an ominous day for the German
kaiser. Let us make it the beginning
of the end of military despotism and
inhuman warfare.
A few days ago one of the kaiser's
underSea assassins destroyed the
American transport Antilles, killing
many of Americas gallant sons. The
kaiser must answer for this crime.
He must be made to feel the prick of
American bayonets. Let us remem-
Der the Antilles. Let us never stop
nor falter until this infamous apostle
of brutalized warfare, the kaiser, is
brought to justice.
War Becomes Personal.
To the families of soldiers and sail
ors who were killed on the Antilles
the war was made personal. !"
Today let every American realize that
this is.a personal war between every
American and the German kaiser. The
kaiser has brought it to every Ameri-
can home, whether it be the home of
a German-American citizen or any
other American citizen. The kaiser
does not spare German-Americans, he
fights all Americans and all Ameri-
cans must fight him.
Today the American public is on
trial. The eyes of the world are
upon it-the eyes of the oppressed
peoples of the earth with hope and
expectancy, the eyes Of the military
autocracy, of Germany with outward
contempt but inward fear.
Failure the Kaiser's Victory Y
Our FIRST duty is not only to sub
scribe, but to. oyersubscribe the sec
,ond Liberty loan. If we fail. it will
be victory for the kaiser There is
no reason why we should fail. be-
cause we are the richest people in the
world. > c7 + ~
To accomplish this great task all
must pull together, Z If each does his
part, If everyone. is animated by SUI
perlative love of country and resolute
purpose, we can finance every require-
ment of the government and win this
mighty war quickly and save thou
sands of precious American lives and
a vast amount of American treasure.
= World Safe for Democracy.
1t is our soldiers, our sailors and
our guns that are going to win the
victory, vindicate Americas rights at
home and upon the high seas and
make the world safe for democracy.
The least service of patriotism that
any man or woman who stays at home
can perform is to lend money
to his or her own government on i'm
pregnable security at 4 per cent in
terest.
They risk nothing while the soldier
risks all.
have visited some of the great
camps in the west where thousands
of splendid American young men are
training for the army. They are set
ting an example which the civilian
population would do we'll to emulate.
Our brave soldiers are not only giving
up their families. all their material
interests and putting their lives in the
balance, but they are actually sub
scribing from their meager pay to the
bonds of their own government in
larger amount per capita than the
civilian population.
Destroy Our Credit.
The failure of the Liberty loan
would destroy the governments
credit, undermine confidence, imperil
prosperity and disgrace US in the eyes
of the world. The patriotic people Of
the 48 states of the union must make
such disaster impossible.
When the sun sets on the evening
of Liberty day 100000 Americans
should have registered their subserip-
tions to the second Liberty loan.