The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-10-04

ties at the outbreak of the war. which
bears these words: England weni
into the war with twenty million gross
registered tons OF freight space"
Alongside this figure of ship Is q
drawing designed to shog Uncle SAN
carrying the United States tonnage un
der his left arm. The caption above
Uncle Sam reads: Can America re-
place England ON scar" On the shiI
which Uncle Sam carries Is printed
this inscription: 'Three million gross
registry TONS" and below that is an.
other inscription which says: AT the
beginning of the war America had on
ly Il tonnage Of three million gross reg
istered tons" Commenting ON these
statements. the poster further declares
America cannot increase her gross
registered tons for 1918 by more than
two TO two and half million tons.
Our U-boats sink twice as quickly as
England and America can build"
The answer of the publicity bureau
10 the two sections of the poster refer
ring to the transportation Of men md
the building of ships follows: AT tho
moment the bulletin boards of Ger
many scoffed the possibility of Amer
leu sending force to France. there
We're already more than million fight
Ing men overseas. and Transports.
walled about by the American navy de-
flying the cowardly submarines. were
bearing every month hundreds Of
thousands more. The gauge Is set and
the summer of 1919 will see 10000
fighting American men In France. Nor
will there be n lack Of ships TO trans
port and sustain them. The Liberty
Bond buyer Is fast giving to America
merchant marine that will be the
peer of any In the world. America
launched I'm July alone 035.0l1 tons.
Losses to allied and neutral shipping
combined. from every cause. for the
last six months, amounted TO 2.0S9,303
tons.
THE distance from New York TO
England. the Boche points out" COM
ments the bureau Of publicity publ
cation, us two hundred times. greater
than that from England TO France.
from which he spells Opportunity for
the German U-boats.' PitIful Is this
boast In face Of the facts. Instead of
the U-boat being IN unconquernble
engine OF war, as the Hun confidently
Toe Of fshlng smacks and other iso-
lrted craft. The vast army Of Liberty
3ond buyers. thirty millions strong.
hns built nm unbroken bridge over tho
11lentie ocean into the heart of the
&0my's strongholds. Across this
~ there are streaming our mil
nGhtlng men, as good MS the
- evef known. munltlcls and
n1out that have been wrought by
l. ~ back home. whose determination
" ~ ths American nghting man shall
- nothing that he needs"
~ . back handed clap mt the French.
~ German propagandIsts have repro
duced n French poster which pleads |
With French people To eat less In or |
der that tie United States may send
bvtr more man power. The French
poster pointed out That II every per-
son In France would save hundred
Erams Of food day that the American
could be increased n
division n month. The French catch
line on this poster was Does France
want wheat or men2" and the German
poster remarks ALSO the allies are
now beginning to have their doubts"
In q further effort To convince the
German people that II will be lmpos-
sble for the United States Ia trans
p0rt troops to France. the German
section NJ the poster says that ten
ons OF freight space are required for
very soldier IN crossing the wnier.
rhe truth Is that n soldier requires
ess thnn one.hnif this amount Of
'pace.
Summing up all the fnisehoods which
he German poster contains, the book
ct says: "The War Lord Of Ger
many may have the futile hope That
lis people Will devour In the place of
God. such statements as the forcgo-
ng. EulStnOpu~s uoNfNttt uit p''f |
and are likely 10 nggrn-
ate rather than nppease when the de-
urcd people Of Germany learn that
very requirement Of the American
older will be met by his patriotic md
unqualified support back home. n
Ingle soldier required ten tons of
reIght space, II would be given him
.nt the truth Is he requires less than
no-half Of that.
"As for Germany's statement that
ven ~ the United Sintes built from
NO and half million gross regis
rrc,I tons In 1918. II would not mean
eliyerancc for the allies. no further
ommcnt Is needed than that by July
7 this year the 2G0.OOOton mnrk
~ Leen passed. If further rcfu-
ttloa Of the Hun boast OF his
-.boa, prowcss were needed. ~ might
Q ,tnied that less than 800 American
NO ers have lost their lives In the
re-, nj war rs n result 81 U-boat at
.rfs"
Closing the booklet Is this striking
notation from Secretary McAdoo:
The Fourth Liberty loan Is the bar
g. witch viii prccede the victorious
1r1ixt Of our army