Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-06
WAR DECLARED ONE
 YEAR AGO TODAY Whole Country Asked To Celebrate National Win The War Day.

One year ago today the United States ceased to be a neutral nation By entering the war we tacitly pIedg- ed the Allies our fullest measure of support. They needed men hundreds and thousands of them, and we are sending them. They had to have food hundreds of thousands of tons, and we have been sending it. The Huns are battling to break the French front,
 Their need is greater today than it has been at any time since the war cloud first broke. They still need men but they must have food. We can send millions of men, inexhaustibie supplies of ammunition but they will be of no avail if we fail to support the troops over there and the. people behind them. If the food fails them, they will fall. The whole country is asked today to celebrate f'3sNational Win the War Day" Its observance has a two-fold significance. It may be observed as the first anniversary of our entry into the war, of .thanksgiv for the pro- gross we have made 5elss if. may Be made 8 day upon which we pledge and repledge our efforts thoughts and sacrifice that, we may, be able to ex- tend the Allies the fullest possible of measure of assistance.
 We know now that never have the Allied nations faced a grimmer strug- ] gle for existence than confronts them today We know that only to Am erica may they turn for assistance. So great has been the toll of the U- boat that every ship must be made to work at full capacity. Every .ves- sel must make the greatest possible 1 number of trips, travelling to the near est source of supply-America. If the
 source of supply fails them it means kthat their ships must go farther from 4 the scene of conflict It means a dim
 unition of food, And that means an Iapproach to tarvation-failure defeat
 The strength of those people over
 there depends solely upon us. Starv- ing people cannot uphold their arm ies. And ths armies. even if they ars 1 fed. cannot be kept in the field if the
 men know that privation and wan- are added to the suffering back home The knowledge that the women anc children were starving would rob then 1 of the spirit which has maintained their determination to stand unyield
 ing before the onslaughts of Prussia.
 We must face the fact that there il ! not in this country enough food t
 meet the actual necessities of Europ
 if we maintain our normal consunp } tion. We must feed them but "
 have left in. America only the amount which would normally be consume
 before another harvest. We can ex port only what we save. If our say ings are small, Europe will be un derfed-the war will be lost.
 : The greatest need in Europe toda : is for wheat. As long ago as the frs of last December we had exporte our entire wheat surplus. So gray
 has become the situation, that toda - it is no exaggeration to declare that h r who wastes a slice Of wheat bread
 actually endangering our chances fe Q victory. Our wheat consumption mu: 3 be cut to 1 1-2 pounds per week. reduction of 50 per cent. This is ' military necessity and should be view 3 ed in no other light.
 Q National Win the War Day"-maE f! it a day to pledge greater assistanS 2 and greater sacrifice. Across the SC Il they need badly the four princip e staples we are being asked to save 5 meats wheat fats and sugar. B, Il most of all they need wheat. Was
 it, and we are wasting lives.