The sun., 1918-09-15

Saving by Every In
dividual Is Vital If
the Allies and Our
Boys Are Supplied

keep not only the millions of American
soldiers in France, in Flanders, and on
the Italian front but also our French,
our Belgian and our italian allies sup
piled with fuel. They cannot campaign
without coal, and Great Britain is not
in a position to help them TO the same
extent rs in the past. 1t is up TO the
United States to meet their most urgent
neutrality-suspicious. that have
been figured down to an irreducible mini
mum.
Above all plentiful supply of coal is
needed for the Use of the allied navies AMI
for their mercantile marine. Coal may BIZ
described as their life blood. Without it
the movement of the shipping needed for
the transport of troops, guns, munitions,
army supplies of every kind and food, all
essential to the prosecution of the war,
could not proceed. Insuffieieney spells
delay in the attainment of victory, and /.
is no exaggeration to state that every tom
of coal saved in America from now on
for the soldier boys across the sea, for tho
ships that keep them supplied, for the
Allies, who have been bearing the brunt OF
the fray during the last three and foup
years-eoal saved in response TO the elo-
quent appeal of Marshal Foch-will bring
us hours and days nearer to victory and
the restoration of peace.
Must Sacrifice Luxuries.
That the people in America will have
to submit to sacrifices of luxury and of
comfort even beyond those which they
have already made with such cheerfulness
and patriotism IS unavoidable if We arc
to satisfy the entreaties of Marshal Foeh
SOhe idea of the nature of these sacrifices
may be gathered from the ruling Just
made by the Fuel Administrator of Mas
sachusetts, to the effect that no furnaces
in public buildings of any kind and in
apartment houses and hotels can ba
lighted before the first day of December.
1t goes without saying that this ediet
will be extended to other States, and
whereas it will not much disturb the peo-
pie III the South, those in the North wiz
have to look forward to shivering, if, as Is
sometimes the ease, there is cold snap
and snowfall around Thanksgiving Day.
Coal is infinitely more difficult to do
without than beer and thousand SINH
lar non-essentials. Cold will bring homs
to US more than anything else the necessi.
ties of those fighting for us across the
ocean. Yet even delicate people, aceus- :
toned to live in an overheated atmos-
phere, will be willing to forego warmth
for the sake of those who are giving their
hfes blood on the battle fronts of Europe
Alliss Undsrstand Our Idea.
Among the eobelligerants of the United
States the real reason for the suspension
of the brewing industry in America and
the consequent stoppage of the eOnsump-
ton of malt liquors is thoroughly UNDER
stood and deeply appreciated. The
measure has created a profound inn
preston in France, in Italy and especially
in Great Britain, where the masses are
convinced that they cannot exist without
a certain amount of beer, as it is a sine
qua non to their health and physical vigor
John Bull is apt to judge others by his
own standard. In this particular case he
Is stirred to his very soul by what he re-
CARDS as the American self-sacrifice for
the good of the cause.
1t is widely remarked in the United
Kingdom that great as have been the
offerings of the British people ON the
altar of patriotism in the present war,
they have not found it possible to give up
all their beer. They have submitted to
: reduetisn of its strength and TO the
cutting down of its consumption by some
30 per cent. But the idea of going bone
dry is more than they can bear. And that
is why they are simply awed at what is
being done In the matter by their Amer
lean cousins.
1t is only fair to say that there is solIe-
thing in the peculiar climate of tie British
Isles that renders malt and hop liquors