Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08
OUCH ITO BEEAsf'.
TO RAISE 4 LOAN 4.
TWICE As LARGE
COME POSSIBILITIES 70 THINK or
WHEN VICTORY sALEeMAN
APPROACHES YOU.
DO A LITTLE sUPPOsINC
euppose the Kaiser Were Debating
Peacs at Paris at This
Time.

WAan the Victory Loan solicitor
looks you up during the campaign you
might think Of the following possibili-
ties, OF these things that might have
happened In the war.
Suppose for Just minute that the
PrusNan guard had run over the
American marines at Chateau-Thierry
and Bolleau Wood. That they had
reached Paris and dictated the terms
Of peace.
Suppose 1t were Won Helfertch and
Won Bernstorff and Emperors Wilhelm,
Charles and Ferdinand who were in
Paris today debating the terms around
the peace table '-."
II SO. would north France be free
OF the Hun? Would King Albert be
back In Brussels helping his country
to get started again?
Would Rumania be proudly standing
OF the Bolsheviki, reorganizing itself
in its ruins and making . place for It.
self in the near eastI
II the Hun had won would broken
Serbia be gathering her people from
Greece, from Corfu, from Italian
islands and French territories and
coming back into devastation that -
worse than Belgium at tts worst1
Would Italy be bringing back to
Venice the art treasures that have
long been the Enarvsls Of the world9
Would France be 1ubilating over the
return Of Alsace-Lorraine? Would
EnEland's battle feet Be floating over
harbors filled with German subma-
zines? ..
II the Hun had won there would be
NO allied troops on the Rhine. But
there would be hundreds Of thousands
Of allied prisoners slaving under Hun
taskmasters.
Would Russia DO tree to carry out
whatever there 10 in the myriad minds
Of that maddensd country! Would
America be talking after-thevar prob
EIems and planning to 90 out after for
eign trade and insure American pros
pertty Tor > generauon?
Wouldn't It be more likely that We
would be preparing to raise $4,000
o00. 900 indemnity. as the kaiser told
rs we would after the war; Wouldn't
We be preparing as feverishly as We
could to fight another and 4 more ter
s1ble and probably . losing war just
as soon as We possibly could?
Would the whole world be watching
the peace table with the hopeful In.
terest and the sense of freedom II
now has? Would there bNauy rejoicing
anywhere in all tho world today except
IN Hun LAndi
Do you think the kaiser on the day
Of victory would have forgotten his
plans and dreams Of q lifetime for
world domination? Not II that person
had retained his mind, he would not
have forgotten.
Not Time % Fersst.
We haven't come to a time yet when
We can afford to forget dat the kaiser,
had planned q snug little earth oil his
ewn, which should be HE to do o. he
pleased with. He hoped to uve many
years and watch the once free peoples
Of the world carrying their contribu-
tions and taxes, their yaasom money
ana their indemnttiss to his doors.
It cost the allies something to ESCAPE
Ill this. 1t cost untold lives. a world
of suffering. the shadow Of. sorrow
Tor years and about @l0e. 900. 000, 900 in
money to escape the tate that Kaiser
Wilhelm had planned for them.
| E211t ~ MAJ xpo4th nrA<s "a -.
cape the net Of the conQueror. OF
oourse. We haven't finished paying got
nor VIII We for many = long year.
Uncle Sam will have to add few bill.
lions more to hts part Of the cost, and
that II the reason for the Victory lad
srty Loaz
| II you. want to know who 10 re-
sponsibles for this Fi1tA Loan, simply
turn your thoughts to the katser. He
started It all over four years ago and
the world has long since adjuagsd him
- the criminal.
Rsmember just the same that the
independence of America AID your own
personal freedom are mlghty, cheap at
the price you are paytng even u you
should put every dollar1 you have on
earth into the Victory Libsrty Loan
We can be thankful that here In
Americas We have ESCAPED with q slight
blood toll. Over In Erepe they have,
bought loan on loan. one after an
ether. till the count was wsu nigh lost,
and they number their, dead by hun,
dreds and thousands where We number
ours By tens.
Digging In and ratAingA q Liberty,
Loan twice as big AZ the Victory Loan
ought t. be high apr1yilegseand q
i thing Of ease and, Quichnsss compared
with what the batters1 allies who
stool BY " have undergone.
Lanor's hostso will rally tosths sup;
lport IT the VictoFy Liberty Lean, IN
the usual solid array. The rs0cnstruS-
ton psrtod h quite % important - tho
periods Of preparation and battle. On
the quickness and thoyoughnssa Of le,,
eonstrnctionl our prosperity dspsnds,
The Victory loan wll hasten Dc 81
lenrn Of normal good times. re 's.> 4