New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-08-21
THE WAY TO WIN
E. G. PIPP.N
(Copyright)

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8, The one answer to, the millions Of
fathers and mothers whose sons are over
seas or on the way, to the wives whose
husbands are in the service, is that the
way to save lives is to make our army
so great and big and powerful that it
can and will overwhelm Germany. 4.s !,
This is costing money, much money,
and will cost much more; but the nation
should not weigh the cost when so many
lives are at stake. " ...>s:.lE~
Germany is at war as nation. -.
France is at war as nation. h.
England is at war as nation.
And so America must be at war as a
nation, man, woman and child.
Germany is at the top of her speed.
She is using everything at her command.
She is at the limit of her strength, with
that strength greatly reduced through
the sacrifices of England and France,
but with still enough fighting force
to infict a great deal of punishment
upon the nation that does not 60 over
with an overwhelming strength.
Our preparation should be so great
and so thorough that there will be not
the slightest question ola doubt as to
what the result will be.
To accomplish this we need
Ships, Airplanes, Munitions, MEN,
Propaganda, And Food Always.
was told, by good authority, that
for every thousand men we have in
France we need 1000 tons of shipping
to keep them supplied in food munitions.
1t is not for us as a people to say:
'Let the ship builders do it?''' or ''Why
don't they speed up?" It is for us to
remember that to build ships requires
men and materials, requires money from
the government, and encouragement
to our officials. !
It is for each of us to give that en-
couragement; to let our representatives
in Washington know that we approve:
of a program of building all the ships
possible; to let men working in the yards
realize that they, as we'll as the men in
the trenches, are very important part
of this war, and that in speeding up their
work, in putting in every hour they can
at the building of boats, they are doing
more than serving themselves; more than
merely earning their, wages. they. are
serving the nation by helping to get the
soldiers over there and food and NUM-
lions with which to supply them.
Every man or woman in America
working in. an airplane plant or in
munition plant is also very vital part
of this war. 49,.
We have been taught lessons in air
fighting, through our experience and the
experience of others in France and in
Belgium. -"
No one knows just how the final
victory is coming, but every one must
know what are essentials to that victory.
There must be men in great number along
the battle front. There must be NUM-
lions without limit, so many that our
fighters will never be without. There
must be rush through.
This rush, however, should not come
with the terrible sacrifice the Germans
have made in their efforts to break
through the western front. With plenty
of materials it seems unnecessary that
such sacrifice should be made.
If our generals should find weaken
ing in the German lines at any time, they
can be depended on to take advantage
Of the situation and go through. But
if no weakening should be found, it will
be possible for our air fighters, when
massed in sufficient number and with
plenty of swift flying airplanes equipped
with machine guns, to force an opening
and to make such an attack on the Ger
man lines as to scatter them. Then our
land forces can and will go through.