The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-04-12
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We Americans believe we will win
this war. but this alone will not
bring victory to our arms. Put
forth renewed efforts to aid our
allies for in so doing we are help
ing ourselves.
If Germany brushes France and
brings Britain to her knees Ameri-
ca will have long hard fight to
retain her liberty. German victory
would mean German occupation of
Canada. That would mean Ger
man garrisons stationed along more
than three thousand miles of our
northern border.
How would you like that?
And then; if the United States
should win at all the victory would
come to an almost exhausted ma
ton after years of suffering, death,
devastation, poverty. How do you
like the picture?
cross the Atlantic with large
army. Why not? Having crushed
France and Great Britain, Germany
would take over the British and
French navies and land her troops
/ on the St. Lawrence river. Germany
could easier land troops in Canada
than the United States is now land
ing troops in France. Think it
over and then read the balance of
this article.
One year ago today the United
States ceased to be a neutral ma
ton. By entering the war we tacitly
pledged the Allies our fullest meas
ure of support. They needed men,
hundreds of thousands of them
and we are sending them. They
had to have food, hundred of thou
sands of tons-and we have been
sending it.
Their need is greater today than
it has been at any time since the
war cloud first broke says Charles
Hebberd, food administrator for
Washington "They still need men,
but they must have food We can
send millions of men, inexhaustable
supplies of ammunition - but they
will be of no avail if we fail to sup
port the troops over there and the
people behind them. If the food
fails them, they will fail.
"The whole country was asked to
celebrate National Win the War
day." the 9th of April. It's obser-
vance has a two-fold significance. 1t
may be observed as the first ami
versary of our entry into the war,
Of Thanksgiving for the progress we
have made. Or it may be made a
lay upon which we pledge and re-
pledge our efforts, thought and sac !
'ifice that we may be able to ex-
END the Allies the fullest possible
measure Of assistance.
I'VE know now that never have
he Allied nations faced grimmer
struggle for existence than con-
ronts them today We know that
My to America may they turn for
assistance. So great has been the
oil of the U-boat that every ship
aust be made to work at full ca
acity. Every vessel must make
he greatest possible number of
rips, travelling to the nearest source
+ supply-America. If the source
f supply fails them, it means that
heir ships must go farther from
ne scene Of conflict. It means a
lmlnuation Of food. And that means i
n approach to Observation-Disclosures, ?
efeat r
THE strength of those peopIe t
yer there depends solely upon us f
tarving people cannot uphold their t
rmies. And the armies, even if t
hey are fed, cannot be kept in the
Ield if the men know that privation a
nd want are added to the suffering +
ack home The knowledge that t
1eir women and children were starry e
lg would rob them Of the spirit t
hich has maintained their deter
lnation to stand unyielding before fl
ie onslaughts of Prussia. a
We must face the fact that there S