The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-04-25
Buy a Liberty Bond II You Would
Show the World Where
You Stand.
.:.'OUR HELP is NEEDED NOW!
There Can Be Nc Such Thing as Neu-
trality on the Part Of a True
American Citizen In This
Great War.
BY RENE RAcHE.

Murder! I"
1t is a cry for help. What will you
do about Ii?
There Is a kind of man who under
such circumstances says: 1T IL M
Of my business. I am not called upon
10 interfere"
"Such a man calls himself a peace
loving citizen"--a pacifist, to use a
word recently p~opularixed.
But you know, and / know, that he
is only a coward. His only anxiety Isl
to keep out OF danger, no matter at
what sacrifice Of HIS manhood.
Even though he knows that his
neighbours wife or child is being at
tackled he Will not interfere. II Is
none OF his affair" Besides, he him
self might get hurt.
The u~nprovoked invasion OF Belgium
by the predatory Huns was exactly ain.
alagous to the breaking and enter
ing of a ~peaceable mans home by,
armed burglars. Theirs was a Grim
inal enterprise pure and simple.
Later 1t became manifest that we
were likely to suffer similarly In u
turn. In fact, the same criminals be-
gan to attack US. They killed our
reorie-c-ea cur women and children.
SO, much against our will, we were
at last compelled to fight. IL eve
there was a just and righteous fight.
It is ours In this war. win you per-
sonally stand aside. playing the cow
ards part, or will you help?
Buy a Liberty Bond.
IL you cannot do your bit with bomb
and bayonet, you can help very i'm
p~ortantly by buying a Liberty bond.
Would you prefer to help the kaiser
and his gang Of professional murder
ers? You can do so By refusing to help
your country with your money.
There can be nc such thing as neu-
trality on the part Of an American
citizen In this war. Either you are
a patriot or you are a traitor. Which
Of the two shall you choose to be?
II You refuse your help, merely
standing aside, you are actually aic-
ing the kaiser. You are Il accom-
plice, at least constructively speaking,
OF the greatest criminal since Nero.
DO you approve OF the rape Of Bel
gium and the ruthless slaughter OF Its
inoffensive people?
II not, then show II by buying a
Liberty bond.
DO you approve of the wholesale
violation Of women and the mutilation
Of little children2
IL not, then bny a Liberty bond.
Are you In favor OF the poisoning OF
wells, Of Smelling unarmed and help
less people In open boats. of indis-
criminate warfare upon noncombat-
ants7
IL not, then buy q 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 a desper-
ate ~strnggla against harbarism--nay,
indeed, something much worse than
barbarism, scientific sayagery. 1t Is
a fight Of right against wrong.
DO you wish to help the rightf
Then buy a Liberty bond.
The happiness Of your children and
OF your chIldren's children Is at stake.
For there can be M happiness without
liberty, and liberty will TO exist
IL Prussian power achieves the es-
jects for which II Is now contending.
One WORT more. DO you believe fl
n life that Is to follow this life? Do
you believe that your welfare In the
hereafter will be Influenced by your
conduct In your present state OF ex-
Istence?
Then how can you hope for happi-
ness in the next world II. in this
struggle between right and wrong, you
deliberately choose to stand with the
Hun murderers against your God1
You are helping them IL you stand
neutral" and fail to help your coun-
try.
Make your choice. And, having
chosen, buy a Liberty bond.