Evening star., 1917-06-01
Appeal Made for Speakers.

THE work of the Washington liberty
| loan committee is principally OF an
educational and publicity nature. we
are greatly assisted by some OF our pest
citizens in volunteering to speak be-
| fore audiences wherever we are aple
| to assemble them, and this work mas
been productive Of much good On the
other hand, there are NUMBER OF VOL
unteers who we find willing to assist,
but are otherwise engaged just at the
time they are most needed.
.Our committee needs speakers - not
necessarily orators-who will aid US In
giving the liberty loan the widest pos
sible publicity by personal work IN
five or ten minute talks. Our commit
tee, composed of Mr.. Poole, MI. Iholr,'
Mr. Saul Mr. Allies and MIR. Thompson,
are working day and night to fuinli a
most arduous task-a task we are slao
to fulfill-but we need and must nave
the active, hearty cooperation OF the
press and every citizen of the District
of Columbia and at the same time we
are not at all unmindful of the assist
ance already given US In many oi-
Outside of the fact that it is a duty
to subscribe to the bonds now oelns
offered, 1 am sure that many, many
people will esteem it a great privilege
We are about to assemble the larsest
land and naval forces ever known IN
our history and the flower of our youth
are to offer their services-yes, more
than that, their Hves-and does II not
behOOye
in his or her power to save every NE
that is offered? Surely there are many
wives, fathers. mothers, brothers, SIS
ters, or even children, who Wouid give
all they have to spare thh il1e OF 'neia
loved ones, and If l mistake not, the
greatest help they can render TO ac-
conplish this purpose is to aid our
government by subscribing to the
liberty bonds and forcing with mlshty
speed, the coming OF hberty. M, ooo
.srhe authorized loan of $5.O00.000 00,0oO
Is the largest financial transaction ever
known in the world, and the sa,ooo.9uo,,
900 now offered should be SUBSCRIBED
SO quickly that the next issue VIII De
anxiously sought for. A large over,
subscription to the present of1erlng VIII
go before the world with a most im-
pressive effect, and doubt not put
that our enemies will stand in awe at
the successful conclusion of this stu
nendous financial undertaking.
Is Patriotism ArousedP
.1 fear that our patriotism has not
been as sufficiently aroused as 1t has
been in our allied countries by the
losses and suffering of their noble
armies. and, indeed, l slncereiy nope
that it will not be necessary to await
some calamity, but that our citizens
will rise as one great army and accept
the y-privilege-which the Secre-
tary of the Treasury now oners: am
true American citizen there Is full
measure of patriotism, and this is
readily shown by desire on the part
of thousands to offer their services to
our country, but there are many mil
lions of people who have not and prob
ably will not be permitted to join the
ranks of our glorious and ever victori-
GUS army and navy, and who ought TO
| ioin the army of bond buyers, for our
fighting forces can accomplish very lit
tIe without the financial support which
| they must have. The success OF the
| loan will be measured more by the
numbers who subscribe than by the
amounts subscribed.
ssrrhe first war loan offered by Eng
| land. in November, 1914, had about l00,-
900 subscribers, whereas the last loan
offered by England had 5,2S5,000 sub
! scribers, and, in addition to this in
crease of 5,1S5,000, there were about
| Z. 900 900 additional subscriptions to
| what are known as war savings certifi-
Gates.
Regardless of the conditions sur
4 rounding these subscriptions, we can
well afford to show our patriotism in
l equally as effective manner, and to ac-
| complish Washingtons share in doing
| so our committee has adopted the slo-
| gan, "a liberty bond in every home"
| and every banking institution of the
! District of Columbia stands ready to
| help us accomplish this by agreeing to
loan any one s45 on a fifty dollar bond
or $50 on one-hundred dollar bond, at
i3k per cent interest, the loan to be paid
| Off in monthly installments. In addi-
| ton, every banking institution will
give safe-keeping facilities to any one
purchasing up to $1,000 of bonds. and.
further. the banks will open at various
| times in the evenings to receive sub
scriptions and answer inquiries of those
| desiring to subscribe. These facilities,
so generously offered by the banks to
the public, have placed within the reach
of all the opportunity to show their pa
triotism..