The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-04-26
Buy a Liberty Bond II You WouId
Show the World Where
You Stand.
YOUR HELP is NEEDED NOW!
There Can Be No Such Thing az Neu.
tralIty on the Part Of a True
American Citizen in This
Great War.
BY RENE sAcHE.

"Murderl r.
II Is n cry for help. What viii ron
do about IL?
There IL a kind OF man who under
such circumstances says: 1T Is none
OF my business. am not called upon
10 interfere"
"Such a man calls himself peace
loving cltizen"-a pacifist. to use a
word recently popularized.
But you know. and know, that he
IS only coward. His only anxiety Is
90 keep out of danger. no matter az
what sacrifice Of his manhood
Even though he knows thar his
neighbours wife or child is being at
tackled he viii not interfere. II Is
''none OF his AFFAIR" Besides, he him
self might get hurt.
The unprovoked invasion Of Belgium
by the predatory Huns was exactly am
alagous 10 the breaking and enter
Ing Of peaeeable mans home by
armed burglars. Theirs was a GRIM
inal enterprise pure and simple.
Later Il became manifest that we
were likely to suffer similarly In our
turn. In fact. the same criminals be-
gan TO attack us. They killed our
peopIe--eyen our women and children.
SO, much against our will. we were
AT last compelled 20 hght II ever
there was q just and righteous fight.
Il il ours in this war. win you per-
sonally stand aside, playing the cow
ards part. or win you help1
Buy q Liberty Bend,
II you cannot do your bit with bomb
and bayonet, you can help very Inn
portnntly by buying Liberty bond.
Would you prefer to help the kaiser
and his gang OF professional murder
ers7 You can do so by refusing TO help
your country with your money.
There can be no such thing as neu-
trality on the part Of an American
citizen in this war. Either you are
q patriot or you are a traitor Which
Of the two shall you choose to beI
If YOU refuse your help. merely
standing aside. you are actually aid
Ing the kaiser. You are the accom-
pllce. nj least constructlvely speaking
Of the greatest criminal since Nero.
Do you approve OF the rape OF Bel
GUM and the ruthless slaughter OF It's
lnoffensive peopiel
II not. then show II by buying a
Liberty bond.
DO you approve Of the Wholesale
violation Of women and the mutilation
Of little chldrenI
II not, then buy Liberty bond
Are you ia favor OF the poisoning OF
wells, Of Smelling unarmed and help.
less people In open boats, OF indis.
criminate warfare upon noncombat.
Ants2
II not, then buy "A Liberty bond.
You Are For or Against.
You cannot compromise with your
conscience IN this matter. Either you
are for these things, or you are against
them.
Civilization Is engaged I'm a desper-
ate struggle against barbarIsm-
indeed, something much worse than
barharism. scientific savagery. II IL
n light Of right against wrong.
DO you wish to help the rightl
Then buy a Liberty bond.
The happiness Of your children and
Of your ChildreB's children IL at stake.
For there can be no happiness without
liberty. and liberty viii cease 10 exist
II PrusSian power achieves the Oh.
jects for which Il f. now contendlng.
One word more. DO you believe Ia
life that Is 10 follow this life3 do
you believe that your welfare In the
hereafter will be Influenced by your
conduct In your present state OF ex-
isteuce1
Then how eun you hope for happi-
ness In the "next world" n. Ia this
struggle between right and wrong you
deliberately choose 10 stand with the
Hun murderers against your Godl
You are helping them II you stand
neutral" and fail to help your eoun-
try.
Make your choice. And. having
chosen. buy a Liberty bond.
BECAUSE SHE KNOWS