The Dermott news., 1918-10-03

not decided the war! :" Below this
line appears huge figure intended To
| represent the English shipping fHciii-
ties Mt the outbreak OF the war, which
bears these words: England went
I into the war with twenty million gross
registered tons of freight space.
Alongside this figure of snip j.
drawing designed 10 show Uncle sam
carrying the United States tonnage an
der his left arm. The caption above
Uncle Sam reads: can America re-
place England on sea- On the snip
which Uncle Sam carries is printed
this inscription: Three million gross
registry tons" and below that Is an
other inscription which says: Al The
beginning OF the war America had on
ly Il tonnage of three million gross reg
iStercd tons" Commenting on these
statements, the poster further declares
America cannot increase her gross
registered tons for 1918 by anore than
TWO Ia two and half million toils.
Our U-hoats sink twice Is quickly aS
England aud America can build :,
The answer of the publicity bureau
to the two sections of the poster refer
ring To the transportation OF H'en AMI
the building Of ships follows: Al The
moment the bulletin boards 81 Ger
many Scoflcd the possibility OF Amer
lea sending Il force To France. there
were already more than million hStit=
ing men overseas, and transports.
walled about by the American navy de
tying the CoWardly submarines. were
bearing every month hundrcas oil
thousands more. The gauge IL SCI aud
the summer of 1919 Will see 4.ete,e"
lighting American men III France. Nor
viii there be Il lack of ships "a trans
port and sustain them. HE Liberty
Send buyer Is fast giving to America
Il merchant marine that wih be The
peer of any in the world. America
launched in July alone 63a,oli tons.
Losses 10 allied and neutral shipping
combined, from every cause, fsr thu
last six months. amounted 10 2,9N9,33
tons.
The distance from Nv lefh u
England. the Eochc points out com
mc1s tie bureau ot publicity puhh=
cation. ~ two hundred times arrnter
diam that from England 10 France.
FROM which h. spells opportunity for
the German boats itudH - this
boast in face of the faet-. instead af
The [ boat being - uneenQaeraeie
engine al var rs TIE Hun confidently
expected. il has become the Sinking
foe of fishing smacks and other $50.
lated craft. The vast army al Liberty
Bond buyers. thirty millions strong.
has built an unbrokru bridge OYER the
Atlantic ocean Tito the heart ii he
feuemy's stran-AaId~ Across this
bridge there are streaming our mil
lions of lighting men. = good II Tie
world has ever known munitions aud
equipment that have been wrousht II
those bach home whose determination
is that the american lighting ulan stail
luck nothing that hc needs.
As II back handed slap NJ Tho Prcneh.
the German proPagundtStS have rVpro5
duecd II French poster which pleads
With French people Ia eat less ia or-
der that TIE United Stntc~ may send
over more man power. The Ircnch
poster pointed out that II every pei
SON in Franco would save a hundred
Grams of food day that tho American
reinforceaculS could he increased II
division Il month. The French catch
line on this poster VAS "poes France
want wheat az uea - and thu German
poster remarks Also the allies ur"
uow beginning To- have their Doubts -
In a further effort - convince the
German people that II MIL b. impas
sille for the United States To trans
por; troops IL France, tae German
section 81 TIE poster SAYS that ten
tors ~ FIRE sht space are required ter
every soldier in crossing the water.
Tie truth Is that Il soldier requires
less than oHe-half ibis amouat II
space.
Summing ur all thc faiSchoods Which
The German poster contains. the hook
Ia. says Tho War inrd % Ger
many may have The futile hope thai
his people Viii deYour in the place of
food. such statements rs the fsrcge-
tu.. FalsrheodS. however. are poor
substitutes and are likely u asgra-
fate rather than appeuse wllsn The 81
lr,lcd people 81 Germany leura that
t,,ty requirement Of the American
soldier VII be iact hy his patriotic and
unqualified support bnck home. II IA
single soldier required ten tons 81
freight space. II would hc glyea him
But the truth Is he requires less than
aHc.half ri that.
~ for Germany's statement hat
even If the United States built from
Two and half million gross regis
tcred tons in 1918 it would not mean
dciverance for the allies, no further
comment is needed than that by July
If this year the 2,oou0oton mark
has Ecen passed. II further rcfu-
taton of the Hun haust OF his
T-hsat proMcss We're needed II ruight
lee stated that less than 800 American
soldiers have lost their lives Ia the