The Red Cloud chief., 1918-05-02
Buy a Liberty Bond II You WouId
Show the World Where
You Stand.
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED NOW!
There Can Be No Such Thing as Neu.
traIity on the Part OF a True
American Citizen In This
Great War.
BY RENE e.

II Is a cry for help. What will you
do about Il?
There Is n kind OF man who under
such circumstances says: at is lone
of my business. I am not called upon
TO interfere"
"Such n man calls himself n peace.
loving c~itizen'--a pacifst, to use n
word recently popularized.
hut you know. and know, that he
T. only a coward. His only anxiety Is
TO keep out of danger, no matter ut
what sacrifice Of his manhood.
Even though he knows that his
neighbours wife or child Is being at
tackled he win 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 an
alagous to the breaking and enter.
ing Of a %peaceable mans home by
armed burglars. Theirs was n Grim.
inal enterprise pure and simple.
Later II became manifest that we
were likely to suffer similarly In our
turn. In fact, the same criminals he.
a 10 attack us. They killed u
people-even our women and children.
So, much against our will. we were
at last compelled to Aght. II ever
there was a just and righteous fight,
It Is ours In this war. VIII you per-
sonaijy stand aside, playing the cow.
ards part. or Will you help?
Buy q Liberty Bond.
IF you cannot do your bit with bomb
and bayonet. you can help very I'm
p%Ortant,y by buying a Liberty bond.
Would you prefer to help the kaiser
and his gang of professional murder
prs1 You can do so by refusing to help
your country with your money.
There car 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 n traitor. Which
of the two shall you choose to be?
II you refuse your help, merely
standing aside, you are actually aid
ing the kaiser. You are the accom-
plice, at least constructively speaking,
OF the greatest criminal since Nero
Do you approve of the rape OF Bel.
GUM and the ruthless slaughter OF Its
inoffensive people?
II not, then show It by buying a
Liberty bond.
DO you approve Of the wholesale
violation OF women and the mutilation
Of little children?
II not, then buy n Liberty bond.
Are o In favor OF the poisoning of
wells. of Smelling unarmed and help
less people In open boats, of indis'
Criminate warfare upon ~nonconbat.
antsf
IL 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 in q desper-
ate struggle against barbarism-nay,
indeed. something much worse than
%barbarisin, scientific savagery. 1t is
q fight Of right against wrong.
DO you wish to help the right
Then buy n Liberty bond.
The happiness Of your children apd
of your children's children Is Mt stake
For there can be no happiness without
liberty. and liberty will cease to exist
~ Prussian power achieves the OBJ
1ects for which II is now ~contendlng
One word ore Do you believe In
a life that ls to follow this lifef DC
you believe that your welfare I'm the
hereafter will he influenced by your
conduct In your present state of ex'
~istence2
Then how can you hope for happi'
ness in the next world II, In this
struggle between right and wrong, you
deliberately choose 10 stand with the
Hun murderers against your God?
You are helping them II you stand
neutral" and fail TO help your coun
try.
Make your choice. And, having
chosen. buy n Liberty bond.