Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-01
SERBIAN COLONY PURCHASES MANY
 LIBERTY BONDS
Local Members of National Defense League Subscribe to $225O in Third Loan; Pledge List Issued.

Serbians, members of the Warren District Local No. loo. Serbian Ma tiOnal defense league, have subscribed to total of S2250 in Liberty bonds of the third issue, according to the list of purchasers handed yesterday to J. N. Gaines. chairman for this county. The lisJ of pledges was taken at a meeting of the league one week ago, and was compiled and issued after each purchaser had made an initial or total payment.
 Members of the local branch of the Serbian defense league aIe doing ev- efything iE their power to assist this government in the prosecution of the war. In their meetings they discuss war problems and, recently, they en- tertained one of their countrymen, who came from Washington to present to them the value of their assistance in the. third Liberty loan campaign.
 In addition to assisting this goverin- ment they are exerting their efforts to assist the widows and orphans of their own country, and to this end will present soon a drama, the proceeds to go to the national Serbian relief fund.-
 Local Serbs yesterday were proud of the fact that they had already made many of their subscriptions to the loan and had inaugurated a wide campaign to increase these subscriptions before the proclamation of the Serbian min ister at Washington had reached them. In issuing his proclamation L. Michail- ovitch, the Serbian minister, touches the chord of nationalities, and calls on his people in the following words.
 ''The buying of the third Liberty loan bonds will be terminated on May 4, 1918. You all know the meaning and the great importance of this loan; you all expect that this gigantic struggle for liberty and democracy must be brought to a victorious end, and that the best guaranty for victory will be if all and each one of us is ready, Loth at the front and at home. to sacrifice all that he has for the realization of this great aim.
 l"The United States of America, the great and mighty Republic which is a friend of our nation and whose hos pitality we all are enjoying, entered this war to fight for the liberty and the equality of all peoples-graat or consequently, for the lib eration and union of the Serbo-Croato- Slovenian people.
 ''Ths funds collected through this Liberty loan will also be expended for the liberty, security and progress of our own people.
 You undoubtedly know that money, which you will invest into Liberty bonds, is the safest and the best way of investing. The immense financial strength of the United States is the hest guaranty fo rtne payment of the bonds, which are bearing the best rate of interest and affording the safest guaranty.
 Accordingly, the United States are asking of you no sacrifice in offering you these bonds, because the buying of same is in your own best interest. but the Great Republic is expecting all of us that we should give it our full and love, which we really ought to do without any reservation
 Consequently, we Jugo Slavs ought to invest all our savings to the last cent into the Liberty loan, which will so much to the achievement of our ideals. Buy also the war-saving stamps, and there should be no one who would not give all that he has to contribute to the victory. and there by the happier future of our three 
 'L. MICHAIL0vITCH,
 Serbian Minister"
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