New-York tribune., 1918-10-16


lutely essential work. is that of th,
fighting men at the front, and nothins
else can take its place. 1t is our bust
ness--the business of the men ant
women who are left behind--in ever,
way to stand back of these men.
i, People Should Buy Bonds
Therefore, it is our business to put
through the Liberty Loan. The way to
accomplish work for the nation is to do
the thing that is next, and at this time
the thing that is next is to put through
the Liberty Loan and thereby. to give
Uncle Sam the means of sending the
amplest reinforcements to our men
overseas and furnishing them with the
cannon, the tanks, the airplanes and
machine guns indispensable to their
efficiency. This is in very fact the
Liberty Loan, and all LOVERS of liberty
should take part in it-from the high
est to the lowest, from the richest to
the' poorest-every one should sub
scribe to his ability. -
1--WE must make the bondholders and
the people interchangeable terms.
When this war is through every young
man of good health wins has not been
in the army and navy and sought hard
[ to take part in the fighting will have
something to explain, and every man
and every woman who can raise IS will
have something to explain if he or she
has not taken part to some degree in
loaning to Uncle Sam the money neces-
sary to carry on the war.
II make my appeal as matter Of
patriotism. But, mind you, I am not
asking you to make any sacrifice. This
is one Of the occasions where service
does not mean sacrifice. Every one who
invests in the loans adds to his own
economic strength and benefits himself.
1t is a good thing for Uncle Sam and
it is a good thing for the bondholders.
The investment is made on the best Sc
curity in the world, for it is absolutely
safe unless Uncle Sam smashes up, and
if Uncle Sam smashes up we will, all of
US, smash up anyhow, and SO it won't
matter what becomes of any of us.
No Peace Without Surrender
Owe must put this war through as
speedily as possible, but we must be
prepared to fight it through, no matter,
if necessary, how many years it takes,
to our last dollar and to our last man
until we win the peace of overwhelming
victory, and we should accept no peace
not based on the unconditional sur
render of Germany and her vassal
/ allies.
"That is our pressing immediate duty,
and we cannot perform it unless we also
perform the other duty which is both
immediate and permanent, the duty Of
insisting that in this country, in our
citizenship, there should be 100 per cent
Americanism through and through and
that no man shall have part or lot with
US unless he is an American and moth
ing else, and unless his fealty to the
United States and its flag is whole
hearted and without mental reserva-
tons of any kind or sort. Then. where
this is the case and where the man has
thus made himself in soul and body an
! American and nothing but an American,
it is a gross infamy to discriminate in
any shape or way for or against him
because of where he was born or the
land from which his forefathers came,
any more than because of the creed
which he processes.
Must Be 100 Per Cent Americans
"These are the two sides of the
shield of Americanism, and it is equally
disloyal to the true spirit of American
ism to mar either side of the shield.
We have a right to demand of every
American citizen that he must be an
American and nothing else. In return,
if he is an American and nothing else.
he has the right to demand-a right,
mind you, not as a favor-that he be
treated exactly like any other American
and that there be no determinations
against him because Of his birthplace,
! his creed or the land from which his
| forefathers came.
/ "The Americans in whole or in part
Of German origin owe it to themselves
to take the lead unhinchingly, un-
promisingly and without any men,
tai reservation of any kind or sort in
this great contest against the dreadful
brutality, rapacity and treachery of the
Germany of the Hohenzollerns.
Must Bring Germany to Knees
"Our whole effort must be to bring
Germany to her knees and to put a
stop once for all to her threat of. world
dominion, and to do this we must insist
on unified citizenship here at home.
'There is room in this country for
loyalty for one flag, the American flag
and therefore no room for loyalty for
any other hag-and still less for the
black flag or the red flag
There is room in this country for
but one language, and that must be the
language of the Declaration. of lnde-
pendehce and Washmgton's Farewell
Address and Lncoln's Gettysburg
Speech-the English language.
"Some of the best and most honor
able American papers have been pub
lished in German. | wish to see them
continue, but l wish to see them as
rapidly as possible published in Eng
lish, and the press associations must
help in this by giving them every ia
cility as newspapers printed in English
which they now enjoy as newspapers
printed in German.
1.-THE language of our clubs must be
English. + am glad that. the Lieder-
kranz will keep its name,, for I have
always believed that the American club
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