Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-04-26
BUY BONDs7
Will Hays of Indiana Gives a Few
Reasons.

marred, if you will, by a discussion
of how men may best bayonet their
fellow men. Yet that is exactly what
we have to do. The business of every
one of US today is war, and every
thing else is chores
This country is no accident. The
hand of God Almighty has been in
the making. Dedicated to the propo-
sition that all men were equal, CON
secrated by the tears and the blood
of the loved ones, it continued firm in
the midst of that desperate rcsolu-
tion, and withstood the shocks of that
awful civil war, until today our shores
have become the stepping stones to
freedom, our laws the very offspring
of justice and our flag an inspiration
to men of all climes.
Must Rescue Mankind's Future
"Today we are living in an epoch
in all the cons of Gods time All of
Europe is in an unprecedented CON
fiict, drunk with blood and the contest
has reached a point where the issue
hangs in the balance land most seri-
ously now does it hang in the bal
ance), and only by the interference
OF this country with its pure motives
and unselfish purpose, only by this
| country going into the awfulness of
! that conflict, can the situation be
saved; only to us is it given under
Gods guidance to go and rescue the
future of mankind Now, if this coun-
try does that, and this country will
do that, then the mission of America
will have been accomplished.
"What are we fighting for? There
has never been a moment since Au-
gust, 1914, when the entrance of this
/ country into this was was not inevita-
BILE. And the duty of all of us is as
clear as the task is stupendous. The
trampling upon American rights by
the Imperial German government was
an expected and necessary step in the
proceedings, and we have gone to
France to fight because the battle is
there to be fought on French soil
first.
Cut on Nurses Hands
"Say, what are we fighting for,
men? The other day on train from
Chicago rode a young woman, intel
| lgent and sweet, sitting with her
arms folded. Opposite, in the Pull
man, a friend saw her get off, and
took the seat where the girl had been,
and my friend said to him, why the
acclaim at the station? What is the
occasion?' This man said, Did you
see the young woman who sat in
here?' Yes he said. Red Cross
nurse just back from Belgium. Lives
here, and all out to meet her Fine
Did you notice her hands? p No, |
did not notice her hands. She sat with
arms folded Yes said the man.
She has no hands; a German soldier
cut off her hands
"What are we fighting for? In an
Indiana city tonight friends have
taken to raise two little Belgian girls,
/ IA and 10 years old, respectively, un-
| dersized, and both of these children
/ pregnant. Just back from Belgium.
"What are we fighting for? BY
the eternal, we are fighting to make
certain that this kind of business can
not longer go on in God Almighty's
world.
Peace by Victory Only
"And we will continue to fight until
victorious American arms have for
ever ended the intolerabla arrogance
of the scientifically trained brutality
! We will have peace-but only a peace
by victory, and never peace by COM
promise bargaining.
what is sacrifice? What is sac
rifice when things like this are at
stake?
More bonds mean less blood Our
immediate duty is the third Liberty
Loan. We must buy and buy and buy
until it hurts, and continue to buy
until it quits hurting. The necessary
expenses of the government are in
calculable. OF all the crimes possi-
| bic of conception, the greatest is TO
send our brave men to give their lives
md then not give them that support
without which their efforts are use
less.
Must Put Soul Into War
"Ah, a little deeper, a little deeper
IN the heart Of every citizen of the
republic / pray God that there may
De engraven the image Of the Stars
md Stripes, and as these awful days
md months 90 by that are ahead OF
as, pray that the image Of that flag
) and the principles for which it stand
shall grow brighter and brighter un-
til the love Of it and them shall be
come as a part Of our being, an in
gredient of our very hearts blood,
For then, and then only, will we know
that our institutions shall not perish
and our country shall endure forever.
for in the love of its people, and only
in the love of its people, is the safety
of the nation. do not appeal TO you
at all from any altruistic standpoint
or ideal, but as practical, successful
men of affairs. Let US put the soul
of America into this wm. IL has not
been touched as yet. Let US have a
little more every day of that love of
country that counts not cost.
"And, as we go about our business
my friends, every day, let US keer
our eyes to the front and let us kcer
: our eyes up because we will need t.
keep our eyes up in this travail ahead
Let us keep our eyes up, on Him.
"'From out whose hands
The centuries fall like grains o.
sand.
Lord, God Of Hosts, be with us yet
Lest we forget, lest we forget. -
. ..s,- q, brofnncu rrtofNoi