The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-11-05
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ENEMY AT WORK HERE ;
~ Walter NJ Danburg.
General secretary New Mexico
state Council % Defense.

y u country at war with the most .
. highly organized foe the world .
. has ever known. The gage Of o
battle was thrown at our very .
y feet, and we were compelled TO =
. accept the challenge. To-day our .
y country IN being organized and .
. trained to fight. Time Is prcciousl .
y N " only because our allies in .
y France can In a measure hold =
= back the German armies that .
. we are given n short time within .
y which 10 prepare. The RESPONSE .
. bility hat rests upon every citizen .
. calls FOR an unfaltering courage .
and patriotism. We must gather .
. our strength. The spirit and de- .
. termination with which every .
. man volunteers 10 do his bit may Q
= prove TO be n deciding factor OF .
. the war.
. We are working against time. .
. n against lnsidious pro-Ger- .
. nan sentiment and activity. II .
b. going to tax our resources to .
. the utmost 20 win. From coast to .
y coast. German agents are whis- .
. pering. there Ii no danger" The .
. recent defeat OF the Italian army Z
. should awaken every loyal Amer .
. lean TO the danger confronting =
. our country. We cannot with Z
. safety underestimate the power Z
. OF the German war-mRchine. We .
. must not lose sight OF the fact .
that the enemy Is at work In =
q every state OF the union, melting =
workingmen to strike. destroying =
y grain elevators and food supplies. .
y and doing everything possible to =
y slow up our work OF preparation. .
. We must back our allies to the Z
limit. We must equip our " .
. armies and provide ourselves with I
y the n~eccssaries OF life. To do I
. this. d, is going to AXE all the I
y money. all the food. and al h I
. man power we a muster. Gers
. tain measures are now necessary
y for the public defense. and our 4
. ability and Willingness 10 do team
. work. to conform our every
. thought and action tn our coun- !
y try's need, is an index of our fit I
. ness for self-government.
y New Mexico h an inseparable 4
y part ~ the American union. our
. citizenship has always beer loyal
. We have met every emergency 4
. braveIy. victoriously. Hundreds
. of our young men have been
y called to the colors, From time
. 20 time increasing numbers OF our
. Young men will be called by their 4
o country. New Mexico must make 4
= sure that these men go forth To I
. battle with unimpaired vitality,
. aud clear heads. To make this
. possible we must adopt every
. measure hat VIII promote the
. efficiency and being OF every
citizen.
. The men of New Mexico. pr
. tl,ularly. have "A solemn duty to
. perform. Within a few days we
. viii he called upon to decide the
. liquor question in our state, and
= The state council OF defense can I
. not perform its full duty without I
. making this statement,
. our government has made It a
. crime to sell intoxicating liqors
y tn pen In uniform.
. In the trenches We must have I
. men with - dy hands, who can
. think clearly. and shoot straight,
Q They must have food and muui-
y tiuns.
. At home we need strong men.
. well men. men who can face the
. dayg work with clear eyes.
o II liquor makes men In uniform
o inefficient. II viii do the same to
. men uut Of IL.
. We are mublliging our resour-
y ccs. Every crust of bread Is
. needed. Every dollar must be q
= fighting dollar Every ounce OF
. cnore, must be harnessed.
. Food, money and energy are
. now wasted through the liquor
D traffic.
We feel that 1t Is the solemn
. duty OF every voter TO work aud
. vote for the passage Of the pro-
. hihition amendment at this time.
. We must remember hal our
. country Is al We must re-
. member that rights" personal
. to the individual In times of
y peace cannot he insisted upon
. with safety In times of war. our
. rights" are merged with duties,
. the performance OF which calls
q tor a courage almost sublime.
. Circumstances are such that we
. cannot permit out personal opin.
. ions and desires TO control our
D actions IN matters affecting the
. strength and slfety Of our coun-
q try. We are an soldiers. We
have duties 20 perform. To-day we
. must pay the obligations owing
. TO our government that we may
. preserve our rights ana enjoy
. them when peace shall ONT
. We earnestly urge YOU To call
. YOUR cu-work,r- together and
give them this message. The final
y effort ON election day will be the
. deciding factor Pro German 81
. FOR; in this state H. arOusing the
/. o saloon men to action. The pro-
. German sentiment in Iowa de-
. featod prohibition IN hat state
y The election on November 9th
y Is going to be- o sort OF barometer
hy which the patriotism OF New
I Mexico viii be registered.
We hope YOU will vote and
o . work Tor the passage Of the
; . amendment. organize working
. forces and make the campliEn 50
4, . hot the hottest day IN New Mex
. lean history.
. The German dream ~ world
. supremacy must ne shattered.
. We have pledged ourselves 70
. stick. to fight it out with the