Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-28

U" holu the icdu, therefore inns
and this place has something 10
Oh tho Liberty iouu and or every
,rcte effort OF patriotic cndcavor.
ny are We asked al this time TO
cribc to another Liberty loan And
must wc respond; why is it right.
j why is it necessary? The two
tons arc really orc. for it is right
use II is necessary. To the ncccS-
our recent newspapers have borne
ttul testimony. How nearly. in the
I'll just past. the war has come to
aS lost because wc haN" not sent
help more promptly Is ono II
Bthings VIC shall not know, and had
II not know, until it Is all over; bat
ono OF us can guess what II would
!, meant IL a million trained ami
.ppcd American soldiers could have
wn their weight into that swayiuE
lc line: or 100000. OF the 1000. 600
arc told We must send before the
victory is Won
BiLCH a WAR
MEN MEAN MONEY
such war Al this, men mean
cy !, costs s5.GOp TO train. equip
arm ono American soldier. Non
tary expenses arc represented a
Bunting TO An equal sum, s." each
rican soldier who's. weight -
WI into tho lighting nc. means
Expenditure of ten thousand Alncri-
dollars. II sounds like a great deal.
tho figures arc official. W. stay
Jomc folks can form little idea of
complex and how exactinE modern
attic warfare Is. II would be
r. wanton murder e our best and
bravest, murder Of our own dear
TO send them into that infcruU
anything but tho best md rlost
plcte equipment. What served Il
1, lighting man in the days Of the
War would be worse than useless
one little itcpl heard four days
man Who hal been IN the
i chcs three years, and has come
c wounded stIll TO serve as 10 can.
ard him say that he Mas win the
adam troops when tina. first deadly
c CT gas overwhelmed them At
es and that nc. and the others who
1 through It. had TO wet their fan
shirts In tho mud OF the ucnches
tic them over their faces, AMI even
many died gasD!ng in the most
.iblc agonics. 50 NOW every SOL
must bc ready with his gas mask.
one costs, hcN said $500 Each
icr carries two. so that one item
MS ST. and there must be yet
.rs IN rcser:c. So your $50 Liberty
j Will not quite coup TWO soldiers
II gas masks, but almost-lt i
c1uivalent--sC bu" IL and ,hink
perhaps II may save two OF our
thcvillc boys. two Of the BOYS whose
8 are on that flag. from the mos;
-!blc Of deaths, save them 70 strife
liberty. and save them 20 come
< home
ST SEND An ARMY
EQUIPPED FOR VICTORY
lie certainly do not wan. the saw
OF any American dollar TO send
American hey TO his death. Neither
love nor oar loyalty will permit
o place him a the mercy OF :. thor
hly equipped foe who has no mercy
are not sending them out as sheen
the slaughter, but as an army
Tipped for victory. am sure that
Il represents the absolutely un-
|ngcablc determination OF the Amer
h people.
nd ~ should indeed II must. In
early stages o: the war the issues
G shroudcd in mystery so far AZ
were concerned. Nothing was moro
mon than question as to what
war was about. Vast amounts
f. written in te newspapers and
|c of II even approNimatcd the truth
NC know i, now. No doubt tho Ger
II rulers knew from the nrs;--ycs.
years before the first blow was
ick: but we have comc TO know I,
IS az the fun terror OF their pur-
e has been uafo dcd in sequence of
uinan DEEDS. II was right for
erica 10 hold a!oo. in those earlier
IS. The moral issue was not clear
us. and We had no right TO plunge
until we ware sure. until the whole
pie way sure. that right and
ntcousness called us 20 arms. The
lr was not yet comc-but. after tho
sc OF nearly three years it did come.
VIC heard the call and answered
rs ono man: ard we have not fall
I'd and We will not faltcr.
CES STEADFASrLN SET
TO DUTY AND TO SACRIFICE
.ftcr three years of His earthly min
y. during wh.cl. Jesus lived with
enemies in such peace as lie might.
! hour came to him, and lie knew
as He had known whcl lie with
" from earlier conflicts that Ills
'r was not Vet cone: and our text
IS us: Ana IL came - pass, when
time was come that Hc should he
civcd UP. lie stcadfastly set His
c TO go 10 Jcrusalcm.''
md so now the American pcoplc has
adfastly SGT its fact toward duty
sacrifice The hour has come: the
10 is clear and beyond disputc. i,
become openly Il matter n right
wrong. and tho right must and
II prevail.
has been said, and truly. that no
r Is justiiiablc except war or de-
lsc: but this is war Of dcfcu.c.
arc defending our very rational OK.
nee. for II cannot be doub,cd that
would be impossible for such a ma
as ours L" Eve in the same world
h victorious Germany; and yet
re are two other larger and better
VS. In which il is Il war OF defense
defense In which there can be no
sibic faint of selfshness or of fear.
IL is war OF defense not ONLY Of
selves, but VIC and our allies stand
the only bulwark Of the weaker ma
rs against the insatia bic world hum
OF the Tcuton, and we stand as the
cndcrs of those ideals and aspira
rs in whi"h alone the world aan have
oc--thc ideals which are the trans
on into terms of human life Of the
ching OF Jesus.
COMPROMISES
AND NO TURNING BACK
nd therefore is our face stcadfastIy
10 go to Jerusalem. there en- he
compromise and 10 turning back.