The Washington times., 1918-07-07
Kaiser Please Take Notice
A Little Advance Information of What Is Coming OF
Over the German Boundary.


Jefferson Franklin, Washington and all the rest of you
great old men who started the work. look down and see
how it is spreading
You fought to give independence to few people hv-
iuo on narrow strip of American territory along the
Atlantic Coast
Now those whom you established as people, having
guread their power from to leap across the
ocean and celebrate gigantic Independence Day over
there
Having started out to make the Fourth of July an
International holiday Uncle Sam is very broadminded,
4upartial he has his fireworks for the little and
The big at home BE has good cheer that his ships
take to his friends, the Allies.
And he actually, on this July Fourth prepares one
vszy large set piecefOr the distant city of Berlin
That especial Berlin set piece is the launching Of eighty
nine ships day-every ship built explicitly to carry
fireworks to Prussia to carry food for those that are
shooting off fireworks IN Berlin's direction
Jefferson and Washington and the others lived to see
he Fourth Of July celebrated in manner that seemed to
than impressive What would they have thought some
one had said to them: In single year old Uncle Sam
win lend to bis friends in Europe SEVEN THOUSAND
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to be spent for gunpowder,
dynamite cannon and other freworks-snd for the edi
fcation and education of Prussia and her ruler?"
And what would those ancient gentlemen have thought
had they been told that besides lending thousand mil
lions to friends across the water would spend twenty
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millions more give Prussia appreciation Of the value
Of democracy and idea Of real Fourth Of July ceebra
lion as the United States understands it?
Prussia viii please understand that what has been done
thus far not that been prepared for her in the way
Of Independence Day fireworks.
The eighty ships launched carry armies against
her beginning little celebration arranged for
the great day.
The quarter of million Americans that stand between
porio fba hmm dradt
there just beginning of what will be sent to show
that this country takes the Fourth of July with its gorf
cation of human liberty SERIOUSLY.
The power of this country has scarcely begun to
Il thus far like great rock that being loOsened at the
top of mountain Our munitions factories, shpyards
training camps loosenng and starting the power Of this
land
Wait till it gets really started wait till the rock
crashing down at full speed from the mountain top.
Then Prussia will know something about the nation
whose men, taken prisoners were nsOenty exhibited in
the glass cage at Cologne
Before this war is over Prussia and her GAN Highest
win realize that the American specially is fireworks and
real fireworks such as you see in the sky
Fireworks are of two kinds There frecrackers,
pnwheels sizzers, torpedoes-used on the ground
And there the rockets and bombs that beauy the
, air-usuaIly saved for the last
Gan Highest" you have still to enjoy, and you will
enjoy, AER0PLANES, rockets and bombs
You will in the sky the frework carriers coming
AND EruSSlan peasant SWOLLEN
and brutal officer will those carriers with aerial dyna
mite ework-and hundreds Of thousands of your people
win feel them.
The air is open and the real Fourth of July celebration
from this country will be sent to Prussia through the air.
Big flying machines, carrying dynamite and bombs
that weigh ton will attend to factories and bridges and
railroad stations.
And smaller machines, carrying tiny bombs will dis
tribute what may be called gentle rain Of dynamite fire.
works Hundreds of thousands of explosions each its
voice big little will say "Dont you Prussians think
IL To OH
est and get back to peace and safety once more?"