Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-03-28

its thousands OF victims? Is 1t. then,
serious sacrifice to invest ones
money in the Understanding obliga.
lions of ones government in ORDER to
make everlastingly secure the nations
freedom as we'll as the nations prop.
erty?
Our allies fought for us nearly
three years before we began to fight
with them. For nearly that period OF
time the United States profited tre-
mendously, In commercial and in
dustrial sense, by the European war;
Immense fortunes were made; pros
perity pervaded our land. France and
Britain lost millions of men killed and
millions of others wounded. Less than
sixty thousand American heroes sleep
beneath the sod of France. These
men made the supreme sacrifice:
Should we dishonor their memories or
diminish the glory of their service by
pausing in the cheerful performance
OF an imperative duty?
when men undertake to compute
the sacrifices of a war for freedom in
terms of commerce | would like them
to get a vision of some things l saw
not long ago on the far-fung battle.
fronts of France and Belgium. |
would like to take them to the battle
field of Ypres, which will live In song
and story, through time and eternity,
as the most memorable Of which his.
tory will ever give account, There
they might perceive the real meaning
of sacrifice. There they could see
what human heroism endured for tha
liberty OF the race here and the wide
world over. Here by night and day, in
fair weather and foul, fighting their
way step by step, waist deep in mud
and mire, chilled to the bone, these
Incompatible heroes, these crusaders
in the cause Of liberty, fought their
way through incomceivable obstacles
and drove the enemy off the heights
from which the Hun had literally
viewed the Promised Land: Great
God! What a moment was that for
civilization; and how beyond the imag
ination of man to picture human EN-.
uurance and courage so everlastingly
sublime.
'Is there no obligation upon us to
recompense vicarious suffering? Do
we quite fully appreciate the sacrifices
made by these boys for us when we
talk about diseharging our debt on a
commercial basis, in a cold-blooded
way? l want to be sensible in dealing
with the Victory Loan; my own life
has been too hard and too real to even
suggest an excess of emotion. But, as
the question looks to me, we should
not approach it in cold blood. We
have right to invoke the patriotism
of the people, and today it takes a
higher type of patriotism to serve the
nation than was required in the deli
rum of war Upon this | shall conf
IDENTIFY rely; and l here predict that
the response will in no measure dis.
appoint the expectation of those who
set high estimate upon the fine spirit
of the American nation.
The Thanksgiving Loan.
1--WE call this last the Victory Lib
erty Loan 1t is that and more: 1t
Is a Thanksgiving Loan.
There are yet 100000 American
boys in France and Germany who
must be maintained in comfort and
brought home in safety and provided
with employment on their return.
While Congress is writing off the
books $4,000, 600, 900 of authorizations.
for which public funds would have
been expended had not the war SUD
denly terminated, the Government is
still expanding two billion dollars per
month to meet the honorable commit
ments of the country. The honor of
the Government is involved. BeiT3
your government, it is your honor that
is involved and you as part of the
American people Will make response
of which the nation will be proud"
Buy for Victory and Peace
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