Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
"BUYL|BERTY BONDS
UNTIL IT HURTS"
That is True American Spirit,
Speaker Informs Queen
Theatre Audience.

G. Stanwood Menken, lawyer, thinker,
sociological worker and president Of tho
! National Security League, appealed 10
| the patriotism and good sense of an
audience that filed the Queen Theatre
| last night, 10 aid this nation iri its present
| crisis by subscribing to Liberty Bonds.
| The meeting held under the auspices Of
| the Committee on Patriotic Addresses,
was presided over hy Andrew Gray
I'm commenting on the attitude Of the
public towards the loan. MIR. Menken said ::
"You ought not tn have To be asked To
subscribe to the Liberty Loan, you ought
To beg TO be allowed to subscribe To it,
that's the way all true Americans should
respond To this financial crisis in this
country
Il have heard much about what your
plants and factories and yards are doing
here in war work, and m glad Of II,
There is something that every man,
woman and child here can do in this
struggle II requires ten men back Of the
line for every man III the trenches, and to
subscribe to the Liberty Loan until IL is
a real sacrifice is doing just rs much as to
be fighting in the trenches
"The big question before you people,
said MIR Mcnken, "is what answer you
will make to soldiers returning from the
war halt, lame and blind They will
meet vou and ask YOU. What have YOU
done to help win the war; And what is
going TO be your answer No man can
answer that question IN true American
style unless he can say that he has backed
this loan 10 the limit, until II hurts
GERMAN KuLruR IN SCHOOLS
'In German school books said the
speaker. tho children ARE taught that
Christ shall bc German Christ and that
God has "a special mission for Germany
to conquer the world In 1910 IL was said
that the kaiscr is TO be an agent of God
II he ia it's God different from the God
that We believe in on this continent
''lt was not possible for the Germans
Ia have gained such ideas in decade
Such beliefs have been inherited from the
time Of Frederick the Great. who should
have been called Frederick the Vile
Then read again of the German doc
trlrc of hate that Is being preached
throughout Germany. That there shall be
no prisoners taken, that steel shall hc
thrust through the heart Of rvcrv foe, that
enemies lands shall be ,iesolatcd and that
II is better for one hundred women 10 die
of hunger than that one German soldier
shall suffer lightly
Il read in n German paper where firm
advertised 10 exchange 20 Polish men and
30 Polish women for 80 other work people
Just like YOU would advertise 70 exchange
any ono commercial product for another
we have got 10 win this war. and the
only way VIC can win il is for every man
and woman m this country to 10 their
part We have to deal with force we'll
organized for Germany and its people
have been preparing for this war for 40
years
COT To PREACH WAR.
I'VE have got to talk war, preach war
We Americans don't realize what sacri-
fees have been made by the Allies We
don't realize that Germany hates VS.. you
women. too. just rs much as they hate tho
ArmcnianS and women Of other countries
IN Europe
Don't allow any one TO talk peace To
you except II bc a peace Of victory. The
triumph of American arms ! hate 10
admit If, but Germany has got practically
what she started ont 10 obtain \ peace
now would bc German peace German
peace terms would be for us TO admit 10
the world that wc caused the war and that
NC have he'd to the world That's the
terms they would make us agree and
sign 10.
Il have learned Of what your yards and
plants are doing here. but more is needed.
What IS wanted is the maximum amount
Of rivets 10 he driven.
You had better prepare and prevent
than TO later on repair and repent. For a
long time We have been a shiftless people |
on many affairs We have been living in
q land Of plenty. We must study the
needs of the government more. Only in |
that way can we hope 10 make the |
democracy we seek safe for the world.
We should stand behind the Admins |
tratinn and Cnnrress Y