New Britain herald., 1918-06-28

tow that this government has putI It's shoulder to the wheel, as the champion of righteousness and is arming itself against the terrors of the world, it asks us, each and every one to be an American patriot. To be patriot you must sacrifice some thing! A patriot is one who loves his country and zealouslv supports its authority and interests.
 'As a means to attain our great end of winning this war. our govern ment must have funds with which to work. So it asks us to buy Liberty BoIfds This doesn't mean we, are to give our money but rather tor loan it at interest. Someone through ignor- ance might say, I had rather be sure of my money and have it in cash. But think; the money you hold now is made by the same government that makes the Liberty Bonds. If your Liberty Bonds are of no value neither is the money you hold. But the money you hold is stacker money and you arc slackers for holding it. United States Liberty Bonds are the best investment in the world and of fer the best securities.
 Think what our position now 1 world. Think what it means as re- gards our duty to our ancestors. Adopt what Abraham Lincoln said at Gettysburg to today, and put it into words that imm ediately apply to us.
 Three years and eleven months ago Germany brought into this world a aew theory, she is conceived in might and dedicated to the supersti- ton of German Kultur. Now we are engaged in this world war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure.
 Now we are met here to think of this war. We are met to dedicate our lives to that ideal of those who gave their lives that this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper we should do this.
 The government doesn't ask us to dedicate the lives of those who died that we might live, we couldn't do that, but we can dedicate ourselves to the struggle for human liberty which they began. The city will little note the things we say here this morning, but it will long remember thel things we do here! Let us say that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain: that this nation shall, under ! God, have a new birth of freedon; and that the government of the people, by the people and for the | p8ople shall not perish from the earth. Our honor to our ancestors should X >prompt us to do all we can But far greater than that duty is our duty to our own boys in France. If any of you here who have sons or brothers fighting lover there'' should find that he died because he lacked some necessary implement of war which circum stance occurred through the lack of funds wouldn't you feel guilty? Shouldn't we all feel guilty? We, who live in luxury. If we give every cent we have you cannot form an equation for what will compare with the supreme sacrifice of lfe.''
 What is the Liberty Loan? It's the rife and helm and it's bayonet, it's shovel and shard and shell, for the soldier boy in the olive drab, out there on the edge Of hell. It's the soaring wings of the whirring planes that battle on high alone. For the lcs1 who is daring over there it's the good old money from home.'"
 speech by Bernard Kranowitz.
 Somewhere in France this morn ing, q young man whom you know is Iving in a trench, thinking of home. How. long will he be there? That depends upon you and me and, the 3resi of the people back here in this courtry those who constitute the ormy behind the army.
 tAt this very. hour in France, the Huns are firing their shot and shell at the American boys and fierce ar sTiiery duel is going on. And so, while we are sitting here all comfort aaIn, wei! fed and secure, our boys are s;anding, o"cr there, knee deep