Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1919-05-22
OUR MEN WHO ARE
STILL OVER THERE
DEMAND SUPPORT
EUROPE CANNOT BE ABANDONED
UNTIL THE FIRE is UNDER
CONTROL.
MONEY MUST BE COMING
Last Chance to Do All We Neglected
to Do While the War
Lasted.

1t is mighty easy and very pleasant
to consider that the val is over and
done and that there is nothing more
TO be done except TO welcome the re-
turning soldiers and write histories
Of the battles.
In most respects the war is over.
The peace conference is concluding its
labors. Its decisions will doubtless
be final.
But-the war isn't over for a lot
Of people. How about the million
Americans who are still over there?"
Is the val finished for them? Aren't
they just az much a part of the Amer
lean army, just as much our defenders
as they were when they formed a part
of that living wall that stood between
US and the Hun bayonets a year ago?
These men are on duty in France.
They are on duty in Germany and in
Russia. Their task was to stand
guard until the treaty is signed. They
will stay longer if necessary for they
are soldiers and have sworn to remain
at their post Of duty and under or.
ders. They are a part of the world
forces that are watching until order Is
restored.
And the war isn't over for the mil.
lions Of Americans in America until
We have met all its demands that we
can meet, We have a big part of the
responsibility here. There is a duty
that must be done at once. We have
a balance to meet, a balance on ac-
count that must be paid.
The Americans oyer on the Rhine
are paying in time Ind services. A
year ago they were paying in time. ia
danger, in services and in hard fight.
ing. Here at home we have the easier
part Of it. All We have to pay is our
money and We are not giving that. We
are loanlng, not giving, and We are
getting a very high rate of interest
on the loan.
At that our money for the Victory
Liberty Loan is needed just as badly
as Uncle Sam needs soldiers along the
Rhine. Services and money, they ara
both needed.
Until the Fire Is Out.
We do not want to leave Chrome
until the fire is out, or at least well
under control. We don't want a half
victory that may cause Us years Of
trouble in the future. Europe must
nave time to come tO her senses after
The raving mania that has been hers
for more than four years. 1t is neces.
sary TO hold Bolsh"yism in check, to
put an end to laWlessneSs and 10 re.
store normal conditions as nearly az
possible. We don't want 10 leave un.
til quiet is restored. We emDhatically
do not want TO be going back to DO
the job all over again within a few
years.
OF course, all this is costly. Not n
lives, but in money and time. No man
can say how long il will be Necessary
for Americans to aid in maintaining a
hard-won peace. But whatever NAV
be necessary we may rest assured that
our own welfare and that of the world
demands ii.
We can't shirk our part of the work.
From the day we entered the war we
were obligated to it. pledged and COM
mitted to bear our share of it. We can
not permit Uncle Sam to get the y
tation of a gutter" We know that
he needs several billion dollars more
TO carry on what he has undertaken.
1t is our part to furnish this money.
The Victory Liberty Loan offers
those of us who have not done all
We could in the winning of the wal
a chance to make up for what we
might have done. And il will be the
last opportunity that will come this
way. The Victory Liberty Loan is the
last of the great issues that will be
popularity subscribed. 1t is now or
never with the American who is not a
holder of Liberty bonds.
We came through the war with small
loses. We We're not a battlefield as
some of our allies were. Our indus.
trial plants and mines have no been
burned or wrecked. Not an acre OF
American farm land has been overrun
by an invader. If there ever was a ma.
ton that was able to buy bonds the
American nation is able.