Evening star., 1919-04-20
last WAR LOANS
SUCCESS ASSURED"
Secretary Glass So Declares
at Cleveland in Firing
Opening Gun.
NEW YORK MAKES PLANS

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, April Gear
ter Glass, Secretary of the Treasury,
in an address here tonight to approx
imately one thousand Cleveland bank
erS, manufacturers and fourth federal
reserve district loan workers. opened
the victory loan campaign in this dis
trict by saying that the entire coun-
try is ready and that the success of
the last war loan is assured.
The Secretary was given an ovation
when he arose to speak. Secretary
Glass in firing the opening gun of
the campaign laid emphasis on. the
fact that the soldiers had done their
part to save America and the civilized
world from the Hun menace and that
it was up to the stay-at-homes to
finish the glorious work.
Must Back Up Soldiers Work.
'"The work of our boys must be
backed up. and the way to do it is
to put the financial shoulder to the
wheel and put over this loan" he
said. "A world is to be rebuilt" he
continued. should we pause and de-
bate as to who should rebuild il? No,
Efne enterprise should be started
right away with the whirr of mills
ami the din of a thousand essential
industries should spread to the ut
term ost parts of the land.
The American people should sup
plement the patriotism of war by the
patriotism of peace. The foremost
obligation is the duty of guarding
jealousy the honor of the nation.
The war is over, in a sense, but j
decline to believe that the American
people are Indifferent to the honorable
commitment Of their government or
would diminish the splendor of the
nations ach hevement by an exhibition
of avarice in time of peace. Four lib
erty loans have been foated and moth
ing nor anybA,dy can shake my faith
in the purpose of the country to COM
plete the splendid structure of ma
tional credit by making this last loan
a great SuccesSy'
Exto1s ValoZ of Americans.
The valor of the American soldier
was eXtoIled, the work of the soldiers
relief societies praised, the magnitude
of the victory and its meaning set
forth. and then the sh eaker ended with
these words:
The honor of the government is
involved Being your government it is
your honor that is Alvolved, and
know that the appeal OF the American
government to the Am erican people
will meet response of which the ma
tion will be proud"
Secretary Glass will review a mon-
ster victory loan military parade here
tomorrow.
Big Preparation in G&tham.
NEW YORK. April 19@Elaborate
preparations for opening the victory
loan campaign were completed here to-
night with the announcement that ac.
tual note selling would Begin shortly
after Sunday midnight at the '1irgonns
Forest" in Times Sqaure. d miniatur,
reproduction of the famous American
| fighting sector, where Gov. Smith
after making an address, will punchaSe
. the first victory note.
Brig. Gen. Cole of the 26th iNew
England) Division, and other notables
will speak. Seventy-siX booths at the
same time will be opened in prominent
| hotels and other points of public as
Semblage for the sale Of the notes.
On Monday there will be a parade
and celebration at Victory Way" AT
Park avenue plaza, where 'Pershing';
| own band" will play and there will be
! songs and exercises by school children
! and addresses by prominent men.