The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-04-17
WHO WILL NOT PAY THE FULL
PRICE, OF PEACE?
(By Edith C. Johnson)

Within less than one week. that is
on April 21, the fifth and last Lib
erty loan campaign will be launched
in the United States.
AS in all previous Libetry Loan
campaigns, the. women of this coun-
try will be expected to take an active
and vigorous part and in view of the
magnitude of the loan which will
SEQ 100000 1t becomes necessary for
every patriotic woman in the coun
! try to lend a hand in this great and
! last task of the world war.
"Why should the government ask
! for huge sum of money when the
war Is over?" some persons ask.
| In the first place. the war will not
, be over until the terms of peace have
been decided and every enlisted and
drefted man has been returned to
| this country and been given an hon
orable discharge. Until that time we
will be under heavey expense, not so
great as in the past, but still great
enough to demand substantial sup
port and assistance from the civilian
population. The fourth Liberty loan
was subscribed, not only to provide
for future Indebtedness. but to pay
bills incurred during the six months
previous to that time. The same Is
true of the Victory loan. Our govern
, ment must have money. not only to
meet demands of the future. but to
pay war bills that are now coming
due. That is the reason we speak
of the Victory loan as "the price of
peace"
Mothers, wives, sisters and sweet
hearts of men who are still overseas
part of this Victory loan will be
used to bring your people back home
to you. Just as the government was
calling upon the people one year ago
to provide funds for sending hun
dreds of thousands OF men into the
overseas army. so II Is calling again
upon the people to furnish sufficient
money to bring those same men home
to you.
Another share of this Liberty loan
will be used to rehabtI,tate and re-
educate men who have been manned
or seriously wounded and who. on
account of their disabilities. will not
be able to follow their former trades
and occupations. There are thousands
of these men who are receiving vo-
cational training, and while they are
being trained. the army must support
and pay them. With your approval
and with mine. the government
promised every man who went into
the service. that II he should be dis
abled. II would train him for some
new form of usefulness. 1t would not
turn him out of the army to struggle
single handed for an existence. On
the contrary. II would endeavor tb
educate him to make n better living.
II possible, than he had made before.
We must now redeem our promise
and we cannot redeem II unless we
,, loan to the government, by purchas-
ing giltedged securities. such sums as
will enable II to carry on this great
work of justice.
| When on that memorable day of
November II, the armistice was sign
ed. we had placed on French soil,
millions Of shells, thousands of guns,
airplanes. tanks. motors and supplies
of every kind which would enable our
soldiers to give the Hun few more
doses of the same medicine he had
been compelled to swallow at Bel
leau Wood and Chateau Thierry. In
our moments of widest optimism, we
had not dreamed we could be so
fortunate as to end the war so soon
as we did. But. as we found out
later, 1t was the magnitude of our
preparations as well as the efficiency
of our fighting men, that convinced
the nemey of the utter futility of GO
ing on with the war; whereas. II we
had not manufactured and bought
and shipped lavishly, the war might
be going on this very hour. or we
might have had an ignominious peace
with Germany as the victor.
These things we must consider as
we approach the hour for the Victory
Loan. We have achieved that thing
which we longed for. an easy vic
tory and peace. And what paltry
| price II Is we are asked to pay for
| them. when we consider that we came
out of the world struggle as no othei
nation involved in 1t, with compare
/ lively small number of casualties.
with our land undevastated. with our
industries intact. with greater pros
perity and brighter prospects than we
have enjoyed In years.
II Not subscribe this Victory Loan!
What terrible indictment of our
morale. our patriotism. our character
rs a people! II would be tantamount
to admitting. 1--WE gained the moral.
Il political and material victory we
II wanted-but Our sotiis-they are