Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-08
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 war 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. 49,. -...
In most respects the war Is over.
The peace conference is concluding its
labors It's decisions will doubtless
be final
But--the war isn't over for lot
OF people. How about the million
Americans who are still "over there?"
Is the war finished for them? Aren't
they just as much a part of the Amer
lean army, just as much our defenders
a. they were when they formed a part
of that living wall that stood between
us and the Hun bayonets a year agof
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 II necessary for they
are soldiers and have sworn to remain
at their post Of duty and under or
Gers. They are part of the world
forces that are watching until order 10
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 40
count that must be paid.
, The Americans over on the Rhine
are paying in time Ind services. A
year ago they were paying in time, in
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 loaning, not giving, and we are
getting a very high rate Of interest
on the loan.
At that our money fo1 the Victory
Liberty Loan is needed just as badly
as Uncle Sam needs soldiers along the
Rhine. Services and money, they are
both needed.
Until the Fire Is Out
We do not want to leave Europe
until the fire is out, or at least well
under control. We don't want q half
victory that may cause US years OF
trouble In the future Europe must
have 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 Bolshevism in check, to
put an end to lawlessness and to re-
store normal conditions as nearly az
possible. We don't want to leave un.
til quiet is restored We emphatically
do not want to be going back to DO
the job all over again within q few
years.
OF course, all this Is costly Not IN
lives, but in money and time No man
can say how long it will be necessary
Tor Americans to aid in maintaining q
hard-wOn peace. But whatever may
be necessary we may rest assured that
our own welfare and that of the world
demands It,
We can't shirk our part of the work,
From the day we entered the war We
were obligated to 1t, pledged and COM
mitted to bear our share of it. We can
not permit Uncle Sam to get the repu.
tation of a gutter" We know that
he needs several billion dollars moro
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 war
chance to make up for what We
might have done And 1t 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 It is now or
never with the American who is not q
holder of Liberty bonds.
We came through the war with small
loses. We were not battlefield as
some of our allies were. Our indus
trial plants and mines have not been
burned or wrecked. Not an acre of
American farm land has been overrun
by an invader. II there ever. was ma
ton that was able to buy bonds the
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