The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-10-03


S.m carries banner which bears the
inscription. America threatens to
seno transport Of one-haK million men.
nut II cannot ship them!" Below
uncle Sam are these words: 1T Ia
impossible for America to train and
nj out In time for the European war a
suitable and sufficiently large army
ana provide It with the necessary re-
endorsements" The catchline of this
secuon OF the poster is "Russia's army
OF millions could not down Germany"
ana on the skirt Of the Russian sol-
olers overcoat are printed these
words: Russia used up altogether
fifteen million men In valn!"
On the opposite side Of the poster is
this catchline: "England's sea power
and England's merchant marine have
not decided the warl" Below this
line appears huge figure intended to
represent the English shipping facili-
ties ut the outbreak Of the war, which
bears these words: England went
into the war with twenty million gross
registered tons Of freight space"
Alongside this figure of a ship is 4
drawing designed to show Uncle Sam
carrying the United States tonnage un-
der his left arm. The caption above
Uncle Sam reads: Can America re-
place England on sea7" On the ship
which Uncle Sam carries is printed
this inscription: Three million gross
registry tons" and below that Is an.
other inscription which says: AT the
beginning Of the war America had on.
ly tonnage Of three million gross reg
lstered TONS" Commenting on these
statements, the poster further declares
America cannot increase her gross
registered tons for 1918 by more than
two to two and half million tons.
Our U-boats sink twice as quickly az
England and America can buildl"
The answer Of the publicity burenu
to the two sections Of the poster refer
ring to the transportation Of men and
the building Of ships follows: AT the
moment the bulletin boards Of Ger
many scoffed the possibility Of Amer
lea sending q force to France, there
were already more than million fight
ing men overseas, and transports,
walled about by the American navy de-
flying the cowardly submarines, were
bearing every month hundreds Of
thousands more. The gauge Is set and
the summer Of 1919 will see 4.0OO, 900
fighting American men in France. Nor
will there be q lack Of ships to trans
port and sustain them. The Liberty
Bond buyer 10 fast giving to America
a merchant marine that will be the
peer Of any in the world. America
launched In July alone 635,O11 tons.
Losses to allied and neutral shipping
combined, from every cause. for the
last six months, amounted to 2.O89. 1893
tons.
1.-THE distance from New York to
England. the Boche points out" COM
ments the bureau Of publicity publ
cation, us two hundred times greater
than that from England to France.
from which he spells Opportunity for
the German U-boats.' Pitiful II this
boast in face Of the facts. Instead Of
the U-boat being an unconQuerabls
engine Of war, as the Hun confidently
| expected, II has become the sinking
foe Of fishing smacks and other isO-
lated craft. The vast army Of Liberty
Bond buyers. thirty millions strong,
has built an unbroken bridge over the
Atlantic ocean into the heart Of the
enemy's strongholds. Across this
bridge there are streaming our mil
lions of fighting men. as good us the
world has ever known, munitions and
equipment that have been wrought by
those back home. whose determination
Is that the American fighting man shall
lack nothing that he needs"
As q back handed slap ut the French,
the German propagandists have repro
duced French poster which pleads
with French people to eat less In or.
der that the United States may send
over more man power. The French
poster pointed out that II every per.
son In France would snve Q hundred
grams Of food day that the American
reinforcements could be Increased q
division month. The French catch.
line on this poster was docs France
want wheat or menu ind the German
poster remarks "AlsO the allies are
now beginning to have their doubts ~
In q further effort 10 convince the
German people TINT II will be imI"s.
sIbie for the United States to tr'ns.
port troops to France, the German
section Of the poster says that ten
tons Of freight space ARE required for
every soldier In crossing the water.
The truth 10 that Il soldier requires
lesa than one. hnlf this amount 81
space.
Summing up all the fslsehoods which
the German poster contains. the book
let says: THE War Lord Of Ger
many may have the futile hope that
biz people will devour IN the place Of
food, such statements - the foreeo'
Ing, Fslsehoods. however, are poos
suh.,itutes and are likely to sggra.
>s,e rather than sppeuse when the de-
luded p@opl. Of Germany learn that
every requirement Of the American
soldier will he met by bis patriotic and
unqualified support back home. II q
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