The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-31
In War, the United States
 Must Know It's Man Power
That Is the Reason Each Young Man Between 2l and 3 Is Called Upon to Register June 5-Ony Small
 Part Will Be Called to Army This Year.

realize the necessity of helping to float this loan The banks of the State have risen to the occasion and will offer opportunity for buying bonds on small payments.
 Tt is suggested also that there be at each registration place com mittee of ladies to serve luncheon to the enrolling officers, and to see that each man enrolled has some evil dence of the fact that will be appar- ent to passers-by. A small piece of red, white and blue ribbon, or the blue enrolment card might be pinned on each man. Volunteer Committees to assist in getting men to and from the registration places can also be of great service. Many people will doubtless donate the use of hacks and automobiles for this purpose.
 The people of Arkansas, as yet far removed from the scene of con- flict, pursuing peacefully the daily routine of their lives. wishing only to be unmoIested in the conduct of their affairs, and not having at hand 1 the sources of information possessed by the United States Government, do 1 not realize the magnitude of the cri- sis confronting the nation. We are not at war with Germany because of the sinking of a few ships and the destruction of a few American lives. ' If that were the cause, we would have declared war immediately after the sinking of the Lusitania We entered the war because the President and the Congress of the United States, whom we have chos- en to direct our Government and to conserve our national interests, hav- | ing at their command means of se- | curing information not accessible to the private citizen, became abso- | lutely certain that the question this war is to settle is whether the notwithstanding America-is to be | free, or is to be slave to Germany that German victory over England and France would be followed, as certainly as night follows day, by an immediate attack on America. The question is Shall we prefer to fight Germany alter she has conquered the allies and has strengthened her. self with all the resources of France and England, including the British Navy, or shall we join in while we may have help2
 Germany may be likened to an armed maniac destroying life and properly, who is being held by citi- zens whom he is trying to murder. Should another citizen remain a peaceful bystander, awaiting his turn at the hands of the mad man or should he attempt to subdue the maniac while there is yet time?
 The story of German aggression against America is long and sordid. It includes the filling of a friendly country with spies-there is good evidence that there are at least one | hundred thousand of these in the United States now: if includes the blowing up of factories and the | murdering of workmen, attempts to involve us in war with Mexico and Japan and the dividing up of our territories-in short there is no act of perfdy or hostility which the ] Imperial German government has failed to commit.
 "The Arkansas Council of Defense at Little Rock will prepare within a few days and will send to any citi- zen who may request it pamphlet elaborating on the causes and ob- jects of the war, and what America must do to win it.
 We now call upon all patriotic citizens to assist the registration committee of each county in per l forming it's duties on June 9th; in urging men who are liable to reg istration to do their bit" and in making of registration day an oc- casion to show to the world that the blood of patriots of the revolution still throbs in the veins of Ameri- can freeman.
 Other states will fittingly answer
 the country's call Let the people of Arkansas so conduct themselves that in years to come no descendant
 of ours shall ever have cause to feel ashamed of the star that represents us on the flag which the world has
 learned to honor as the emblem of liberty"
 Signed Lloyd England, Chairman
 Walter G. Brasher, c. c. Calvert
 John c. Futrall, J Marion Futrell | C. w Garrison. John R. Gibbons
 Joseph w. House, Jr. Frank Pace 1 H. l.. Remmel, Frank Vinsonhaler Durand Whipple, Moorhead Wright
 Arkansas State Council of Defense. 1 Approved by Chas. H. Brough | Governor.