The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-10-16
As WELL IS
BLOOD AND STEEL,
IS VICTORY PRICE
ogRmANv's WAR CHEST At SPAN
| pAU KEEP WAS READY
| WITH ARMY.
OUR CHEST IS BEING FILLED
What Could Our FIchtera Do II the
Liberty Loan Failcdf

/ BLOOD ana steer aLc gOiu WIN wars
and not the least of these is gold.
There Is a tower in Berlin, the Span
dau Keep. where fora generation boz
fore the year 1914 Germany was hoard.
ing the yellow metal that was to
launch her imperial effort at conquer
ing the world. The hoard long since
van.sh in the red furnace Of war and
loan after loan has been raised In Ger
many in order 20 carry on the conflict.
Germany had the trained men, the
blood OF the nation; she had the steel
end she further increased her steel re-
sources BY Immediately selling the
great iron-miaing sections Of France
as well as Belgiu but the gold, the
credit, has lad to be found as the war
moved along.
When Germany can no longer raise
or force loans, or plunder conquered
countries, the war will end in a Ger
man defeat. Blood and steel are help
less without it.
Gold Is Vital Here.
! Our own Y: preparations would
never have moved had it not been tor
the modified credit OF the nation.
Without American gold the Allies
must have faltered. " the country
could no longer raise the money to
carry on the war all the training camps
would be deserted, our ships would lay
at the docks, The American navy would
gather rust in quiet waters and the
American army, overseas, would face
starvation. Our cannon would fall
quiet for lack of shells, our rifles
would be empty. The Huns could mas
sacre the American troops at will
That is what it means when we are
asked to subscribe to Liberty Loan.
That is the real meaning Of the Fourth
Liberty Loan. Our armies must be
kept in the field. Our navy must be
kept at work and our transports and
freighters must pillow the seas with
men and munitions and food. That is
why the buyer of Liberty Bond is
actually backing up the men who are
with Pershing.
/ The blood and the steel have gone
overseas and the dollars. or what the
dollars will buy, must follow them
and keep following them.
Not an Idle Phrase.
BUY a Liberty Bond and Back the
Boys Over There" is not an idle
phrase. Every word of it is full of
solemn meaning. Picture to yourself
the despair that would overtake every
American in France If he knew Lib
erty Lean had hopelessly failed, that
his relatives and friends were no long
er willing to buy bonds that he might
live and fight on!
The rifle in his hand might as well
be a broken stick. His bayonet might
as well be burnt match. He would
realize that, no matter what he had
done. how be had fought. how many
American graves there were on the
hills Of Franee-that the war was lost,
that there was nothing but mockery
back of the American front
That was what. in q measure, hap.
pened to the Russian armies when the
loose+ongued revolutionariss seized
the government. The support Of the
army was gone. Here IN America, 5000
miles away from the star shells THAI
spot the night and the shrapnel buysts
that spangle the days. we ape called
upon 70 supply the gold that Is TO back
the blood and steel. The Fourth Lib.
erty Loan is the eah for Americas
gold, for the gold that must be a part
of the combination of men. money and
iron that makes and stiffens aruiss
and makes or breaks nations.