The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-09
Third Liberty Loan Drive
Speakers Inspire Forces OF
Allied Armies On to Victory
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nails in the heels of his boots to say
how we shall conduct our business and
tell us what we shall do? No longer
than it takes us to supply the money
to buy munitions of war, to feed and
equip our armies. for just as soon as
we do this it is going to end
Mai Raymond de Cernowitz was the
next speaker and in his broken Eng
lish made most attractive by his
French pronunciation, he greatly i'm
pressed his hearers with his country 5
appreciation of America and of their
endurance and determination to stand
to the bitter end.
Birmingham is not only on the map
with the French, but it is in the heart
of France. Our boys over there know
Birmin CHAM. / love Birming ham,' said
Major Cernowitz
QUESTION OF ARMIES
1T makes no difference about few
villages, a few towns; the changing Of
a few of these in the line today does
not count in the final outcome IN
France. / know General Foch person
ally and | know that he has the situ-
alton well in hand. 1t is now a ques-
ton of armies, and tie is preserving
his for the counter attack, and when
he strikes you will then know why
- ~
he was right. l have the. utmost con-
fidence in the British army and in the
courage of Your soldiers. We will win.
Ihe big gun that they are bonn
harding Paris with does not matter. to
cur women and children. They do not
care for it. 1t was not made to kin
men with: it was made to kill WON
en- and childrR, and that is a SAM
| pie or the German lSultur. But the Ger
mans do not know of the courage OF
our women
But we must have money to carr,
/ on the war We do not care If it carrie,
on three, six, nine or II months, or two
| three or rive years-we don't care fo,
we are going to win this war with Tho
ailies-with YOU
GUNNER is CHEERED
/ Field Marshal Rushton announcer tha
there was naval gunner in the aud;
ence who had aimed the gun on the Irni
ted states destroyer Sampson that hat
| sent. down one German submarine. n
\ was made to stand up, and when the 70
cllerous cheering had subsidized Marsha
Rushton announced that his name wa
John Myatt Norton, relative of Mari
! Amigh. Gunner Norton spent ~ month
in British waters, and is here on brie
! furlough.
! Chairman Coffin was the next speaker
and he was greeted with unstinted an
plause when he announced that Birming
ham had already subscribed s., 600 o
the 100000 allotted her to buy of tn
third Liberty Loan
/ Il want to present the large Libert
| Loan flag which wyou see hung to tn
Loan honor flag which you see hung t,
4 the rear of the speakers stand here to tn
! about the size of a table napkin, and
am sure that we will win it, so I an
offering this one now SO as to have i
ready to hang up LATER said Mr. Coffin
amid enthusiastic cheers
1 Chairman Coffin stated the bushes
side of the campaign, combining his re
marks principally to facts and figures
concluding with the statement, dow
IN my heart | know that Birmingham
will raise 100000 600 for the third Libert,
Loan and will put Kaiser Bill where h
can't skate, for how in he'll can hep
Captain Hirsch Of the French mis-
SION spoke next, and the figures that HI
/ quoted to his hearers were a revelation
to Birminghammers.
i 1T is customary when French arm
officer addresses an audience of ladie
and gentlemen that he greets them a
lsuch, but | am going to say brother
and sisters, for we are both daughter
and sons of a revolution our colors an,
cur notices are the same We stand TO
liberty, justice and democracy, gov
ernment for and by the people,
| SOLDIERS OF CIVILIZATION
The line on the western front is prac
tically unchanged from where it stoo
three and one-half years ago. following
the battle Of the Marine, and France ha
in her fighting lines today 1,00o,000 NOR
linen than she had at that time. Whel
this war will end depends upon you
There is no such thing now as soldier
of France, England or America, we ar
soldiers of civilization. There are no neu
trails. they are either for us or agains
us, and If there are any among Vol
who are not for you and your allies