The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-14
Some Pleasant Facts

The Liberty Loan of 1917, was a
great success in whatever aspect 1t
Is considered. The Government call
ed for two billion dollars and over
three billion dollars was subscriberfor
by more than four million people. This
large subscription and this great
number of subscribers were obtained,
after a short campaign, from a Ma
ton that as a people were not accus-
bonds. The spirit with which vast
numbers of citizens and organiza-
tions worked to make the loan a sue
cess IS not an Unimportant element
IN making the loan not merely a sue
cess but triumph.
1t should be remembered too, that
he bond issues of other nations were
sold when the foe was either on their
territory or at their very gates. Our
bonds were sold when danger was far
from Us. There was no duress, there
was no hysteria, and there was but
little war spirit. The bonds were
bought in the calm exercise of pa
triotism and sound business judg-
ment after a campaign of education
and information.
Richmond, Va, the old capital of
the Confederacy, bought a Liberty
DO4A0 4O1 ChS1 i've MOL
tana, in the far west, largely exceed
ed its quota of bonds. Little villages
all over the country exceeded its quo
tas as the metropolis of the country
greatly exceeded its. There was
hardly State, city, or community
that did not do the same. Poor crop
conditions, q recent great fire, and
other local causes resulted in two
districts in falling a little below their
allotments, but the large oversub-
scriptiOn everywhere else more than
made up for unavoidable deficiency.
Cities with large foreign-born popu-
lations subscribed as literally as
others.
The united spirit of the American
people, the solidarity of the Nation,
made up as it is of people from ali
nations, has been demonstrated.
A second loan is contemplated
within the next few months The
same things that made the initial
loan of two billion dollars a success
Will operate to make the new one
equally successful. In fact, the infor-
nation regarding Government bonds
and finances now possessed by the
people of the country will make the
placing of the next issue who were
not allotted their full subscription
viii give the new issue a start of more
than a billion dollars, since It nav be
regarded as certain that they viii not
lose the opportunity to obtain the
amount of Government bonds desir-
ed.
Red, White and Blue Book
The Red, White and Blue Book,
Glow the War Came to America -
has been issued by the Committee on
p4Th Inf q
1t is of special interest to holders of
liberty bonds, as they are assisting
IN financing the war It is q docu-
ment all students of this country's
affairs should read.
It's contents are twenty-three pages
es OF Introductory historical matter,
with the address of President Wilson
TO the Senate on January p, 1917,
and his address to the point session
OF the Houses of Congress on April
z, announcing the severance of diplo-.
matte relations with Germany and
asking that state of war between
the United States and Germany be
recognized.
The traditional policy of the Unit
ed States always strictly adhered to,
IN sustaining from any entangling al
tlances and participation IN European
controversies, to set out ably eta
lions OF incidents and documents in
proof
The positions of, the United States
in the summer of 1914 is summarized
as follows:
81 The Monroe Doctrne.-We
had pledged ourselves to defend the
New World from European aggres-
sion, and we had by word and deed
made 1t clear that we would not in
tervene IN any European DISPUTE
50 The Freedom OF the Seas
IN every naval conference our inf1u-
enee had been given IN support OF the