Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-04

mol decided the Whr DeloW l'''
line appears huge figure Intended 10
represent the English shipping lnc''i-
Ties NJ the outbreak Of the T&"' when
bears these words: "l5nsand went
into the war with twenty million gross
registered tons Of freight space,
Alongside This figure of ship IS
drawing designed to show lhcle sam
CARRYING the United States tonnage uli'
dor his left arm. The caption above
I'nrle sam rcnds. can America re-
place England on sea-" ON the sup
Which Uncle Sam carries Is prlIl'e"
his inscription; "rhrce million gross
irgiS,ry tons" AMI below that Is hh
other inscription which says: "At the
beginning of the war America lnd on
~ II Tonnage of three million gross reg
islprcd tons" Commenting on t'eS'
statements. the poster further hec'hT'H
America cannot increase her gross
registered tons for 1913 by more IMAM
two To Two and u half million tons
oar C-bonts sink twice as quickly rs
England and America can bulld
The answer Of the publicity bureau
TO the Two sections of the poster rclef'
ring to the transportation ol men anu
the building Of ships follows: AT me
moment the bulletin boards OF ter
many scoiIcd the possibility OF Amer
lea sending force to France, 'h'rc
were already more Than million tight
ing men overseas, ANA transports
walled about by the American navy de-
fying the coWurdly submarines, were
hearing every month hundreds 81
| thousands more. The gauge Is set anu
the summer of 1919 will see i,OOOtNW
| fighting American men Ia France Nor
will there be lack of ships to trans
port and sustain them. The Liberty
Bond buyer is fast giving to America
n merchant marine that Will he inc
peer Of any In the world. America
launched In July alone G3o0ll tons
Losses to allied and neutral shipping
combined from every cause for the
last six months. amounted 10 2,OS'lJE
tons.
"rhp distance from New York 10
England. the I,oche points out, com
mcnlS the bureau of publicity publ
cailon "ls two hundred times greater
than that from England TO France,
from which he spells Opportunity Tor
the German u.bonts.' Pillful Is ms
boast In face of the facts. Instead oi
the l'-bOnt being an unconqnerabIe
engine of war aS me Hun confidently
expected. II has become the sinking
foe of fishing Smacks and other $50
lated craft. The vast army of Liberty
Bond buyers. thirty millions strong.
has built an unbroken bridge over the
Atlantic ocean into the heart of the
cnemys strOngholdS. Across this
bridge there are streaming our mil
lions of fighting men. rs good rs inc
world has ever known. munitions ana
equipment that have been wrought by
those back home, whose determination
Is TINT the American fighting man SHAH
lack nothing that he needs.
As back handed slap AT the French,
the German propagandlsts have repro
duccd French poster which pleads
with French people 10 eat less In or
der that the United States may send
over more man power. The French
poster pointed out that II every per-
son in France would save a hundred
grams of food day that the American
rpinforcemcnts could be Increased Il
division n month. The French calcll-
line on This poster was Does France
want wheat or men, and the German
postcr remarks Also the allies ar"
now beginning to have theif doubts
In n further effort to convince the
German people that II will he impoS'
Sihlr for the United States To trans
mort troops TO France, the German
section of the poster says that ten
tons Of freight space are required for
every soldier In crossing the water.
The truth Is that Il soldier requires
less than one-lalf this amount OF
space.
Summing m all the fnlsehoodS which
the German poster contains. the book
| let saws: "rhe War Lord of Ger
: many may have the futile hope that
his pcople will dev0dr in the place OF
, food, such statements ms the forego
, Ing. Falschoods, however, are pool
substitutes and are likely TO nggra
!, vate rather than nppease when the de
!. lulcd people of Germany learn thai
every requirement of the American
, soldier will he met by his patriotic ant
: unqualified support back home. II
, single soldier required ten tons oI
freight space, 1t would be given him
, Rut the truth is he requires less thar
, lne.half Of that.
D AS for Gcrmany's statement thai
n even If the United States built from
. two and n half million gross regis
o tered tons in 1918. II would not mea'
u dpllverancc for the allies no furihe'
comment is needed than that by Jul!
: of lhiS wear the 20O0,Oo0-ton mari
: has been passed, If further refu
i tatiun of the Hun boast of hi
n U.brat prowesS We're needed II nigh
: he stated that less than 800 American
: soldiers have lost their lives In tn
: present war as u result Of U-boat nj
Y tacks.'
" Closing the booklet is this strikin
+ qrotation from Secretary McAdoo
e "The Fourth Liberty loan is the bal
!. lage Nhch will precede the rictorou
thrLS. of our army"
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