The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-20
BISHOP DONAHUE MAKES MOST
TELLING APPEAL FOR THE LOAN

Special Dispatch TO The lntelliC"nc"r.
CHARLESTON. April l".--"Shcll "ut
your cash Or get sh"ll:d out OF your
homes later
That is Tho appeal OF Bishop T: J.
Donahue of Wheeling. made here IN sup
port Of the Third liberty loan campaign.
which has gained = running start IN AL
most every West Virginia city. town
and hamlet. Our navy Is in the war
zone and our boys ar in the trenches.
Patriotism Of the kind that fought the
battles OF Lexington. New Orleans and
Santiago cannot afford 10 hesitate walle
the foreign Zoe Is SubuarInlnE our
connerce and shooting poisonous gases
at our soldiers on the battle mn DC
cause OF lack OF funds with which TO
support them. Unless this war - won
on the battle fields Of EUROPE. 1t Will
eventually be waged at our own door.
according TO authentic Attenuation from
the war dcpar; ment. Therefore. EiSaop
DonahueS appeal strikes homie with
vital force.
The junksrs arc at Americas gate rs
truly as Spain was al the glt" ot Lon
don when Philips armada sailed; or as
the Sarsacen was az the gate OF Europe
when the battlS of Tours was fought.
This foe is more cruel than tenShiS
Khan: moro relentless and terrible than
Attilla and has devoted forty years OF
national life to this ultimate purpose al
conQuering tho world. Again he plea:
Shell up--or be shellSl out!
Bishop Donahue's appeal. while oriel'
carries many salient features ana IS IN
tended TO reach every man. woman anu
child. regardless OF faith or creed. He
says
.~Fhan I am asked about O1r third
JIberty loan, I answer that the sacred
caufse Of the liberty or mankind naS
reached such a stage as TO make ms
loan Of deep and far-reach1nS import
For this great tight Of liberty mas APP
preached a crisis such as the wor1o mas
never before confronted. The tooi gases
Of despotism and rnlitaris1n have caused
III. torch Of liberty to dare and burn
Low indeed! 1t Is a. struggle 70 the
death The scales hang oven and Cen'-
1,s,n- Into the scale OF freedom We
hare cast the flower and the strength
n, our Young manhood: let as throw IN
also our gold out of the pockets OF men.
who were OF born to be slaves and ~hS
would yield up everything. even I've ~
self. rather than bend the knee 10 Ralsef-
ism The colossal struggle now rag us
on the plains Of Picard! may shape sns
fortunes Of civilization for centuries I"
come. II is better to shell up now tsiAti
TO b. Shclled out nt our hot'SS' " sly
our mothers. wives. sisters. daaShteeS
raoed MS women were in Belgium eE
the kafSer's demons in human form. IT
We don't go across with our money anc
men they viii! surely come and turn ms
cir land INTO 4 hcli OF devastation
.1Tor.ov.- w.. mr.. not asked 10 give. put
10 lend. and that upon the best security
in ,he world--thc good faith. credit ana
the ineNhauStiblc resources OF THIS re-
public. III,
.Some,imcS fear l preach. while
but poorly practice. bat not IN TINS case:
{ hay, subscribed 10 the linlii o. III!
resources 10 all Of the ;hr"' loans. l
am merely cntreatinS my follow C't:
zers to do what l have done mES"ti.
-rhe MAJ, or woman or child having funoS
and NOT subscribing now is. IN my )udS
mont. a near traitor. With clear SiSntra
generosity and pa.rrotiSRf we can SURF
win. with sor,!id seltlS!in"ss we MAY ia.'
,nd sink I, ,he level Of slaves. wa!ca
We should deserve to become.