Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-04-26
Buy a Liberty Bond II YBu WOuIv
Show the World Where
You Stand.
YOUR HELP is NEEDED NOW!
There Can Be No Such Thing ps Neu-
traiity on the Part Of a true
American Citizen In Thu
Great War.
BY RENE sAcHE.

Murder r
1t Is a cry for help. What WIFI you
do about it2
such circumstances says: 1T is none
of my business. / am not called upon
to interfere"
"Such a man calls himself a "peace-
loving eitizen"-a pacifst, to use a
word recently pOpularized.
But you know, and l know. that he
is only a coward. His only anxiety is
to keep out of danger, no matter at
what sacrifice Of his manhood.
Even though he knows that his
neighbours wife or child is being at
tackled he will not interfere. It is
none of his afair." Besides, he him
self might get hurt.
The u%nprOvoked invasion of Belgium
by the predatory Huns was exactly an
alagous to the breaking and enter
ing of a p~eaceable mans home by
armed burglars. Theirs was a Grim
inal enterprise pure and simple.
Later 1t became manifest that we
were likely to suffer similarly In our
turn. In fact, the same criminals be-
gan to attack us. They killed our
peOple-even our women and children.
So, much against our will, we were
at last compelled to fight. If ever
there was a just and righteous fight,
It is ours in this war. VIII you per
sonally stand aside, playing the cow
ards part, or will you help?
Buy a Liberty Bond.
II you cannot do your bit with bomb
and bayonet, you can help very i'm
~portantly by buying a Liberty bond.
Would you prefer to help the kaiser
and his gang of professional murder
ersY You can do so by refusing to help
your country with your money.
There can be no such thing as neu-
trality on the part Of an American
citizen in this war. Either you are
a patriot or you are a traitor. Which
of the two shall you choose to be?
II you refuse your help, merely
standing aside, you are actually aid
Ing the kaiser. You are the accom-
plice, at least constructively speaking,
of the greatest criminal since Nero.
Do you approve of the rape Of Bel
GUM and the ruthless slaughter Of its
lnoffenslve peOple7
If not, then show 1t by buying a
Liberty bond.
Do you approve of the wholesale
violation of women and the mutilation
Of little chlldren7
If not, then buy a Liberty bond.
Are you in favor of the poisoning of
wells, Of Smelling unarmed and help
less people in open boats, of indis
crlmlnate warfare upon noncombat'
ants2
II not, then buy a Liberty bond.
You Are For or Against.
You cannot compromise with your
conscience in this matter. Either you
are for these things, or you are against
them.
Civilization is engaged in a desper.
ate struggle against barbarism-nay
Indeed, something much worse than
barbarlsm, scientific savagery. 1t is
a fight Of right against wrong.
Do you wish to help the right
Then buy a Liberty bond.
The happiness Of your children and
Of your children's children is at stake
For there can be no happiness without
liberty, and liberty will cease to exist
II Prussian power achieves the OBJ
jects for which it is o cOntending
One word more. Do you believe II
a life that is TO follow this life? Dc
you believe that your welfare in the
hereafter will be Influenced by YOU
conduct in your present state Of ex
lstencef
Then how can you hope for happi
ness in the next world" If, in this
struggle between right and wrong, vol
deliberately choose to stand with thu
Hun murderers against your GOd2
You are helping them If you stanC
neutral" and fail to help your coun
try.
Make your choice. And, having
chosen, buy a Liberty bond.