Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-09
Lieutehahts Nash and SkidmOre
Spoke for Victory Loan ut
M. e. Church Before a
Good Audience

Those who failed TO hear Lieut.
Nash on his second visit 10 Baxter
Springs, in the interest Of the Victory
Loan being put over in this cOmmun-
ity, lost an opportunity of the test of
Americanism being placed squarely
before them with no avenue Of es-
cape.
The services were opened by Rev.
Orton who announced "Eventide"
would be rendered by The audience, aS
this hymn was that which was sung
by our soldiers in the trenches in Eur
ope, just before going into battle. At
the conclusion Of the hymn, Lieut..
Nash was presented. After a very
cordial demonstration was ended the
speaker said he had received q tele-
gram from headquarters, telling him
that the Victory Loan drive was lag
ging in Baxter, and to return here. He
could not understand how this was;
why a charge from over the top as
sured when he previously was here
should be classed now in default.
Not once, but perhaps q dozen times,
he went into vivid recital Of how the
war was not over yet; that the Baxter
people had on four other occasions
gone over the top in the purchase Of
Liberty bonds when the war was actu-
ally on, but now they thought it'was
all over with and were peacefully re-
signed; were contented TO see a mil
lion and a half of our soldiers still
over on the other side preserving the
principles of democracy which threw
the country into war. "The war is
not over" he said. "Hindenburg,
Ludendorf and the other German gen.
erals had never Observation-Disclosures
er heard of a vanquished army with
out a surrender Of its generals? We
had the German ships because they
could not use them, but they still had
their army, guns, munitions. Japan,
Russia and Italy were watching Am
erica, and such a thing was removed
from the doubtful coulmn that Great
Britain and the United States would
yet have to clean up the whole Of
Europe"
The speaker made it plain that the
United States was not asking anybody
to sacrifice anything in the Victory
Loan, but at the end Of four years
would be reimbursed four and three
fourths per cent for the investment.
He said from the way Baxter went
over the top in the other loans while
the war was on, it seemed as if they
were afraid that Germany would come
over here and clean US up, but since
the armistice had been signed they
TRANQUILITY went to sleep, forgetting to
close up the deal and safeguard our
soldiers still in Europe.
One of the most scathing rebukes
to the prof. Germans was brought about
when the Lieutenant asked for "hands
up" Of all those who had purchased
bonds in the four other drives. Many
hands went up. Next came the re-
quest for the hands Of those who had
purchased Victory Loans. But few
hands were raised. Then came the
skinning act in requesting the Ger
mans in the audience who had pur-
chased bonds to raise their hands.
Four hands were raised which Nash
characterized as 100 per cent Ameri-
cans. Then viewing the audience
sharply he said there were other Ger
mans there who were only 80 per
cent Americans. He fairly lifted the
hide off of those and declared that
they should not be permitted to stay
in this country; that they were
ashamed Of the name German.
Turning to the farmers the speaker
appealed to them to purchase the
bonds, saying that what the govern
ment should have done when it guar
anteed 1926 wheat, would have been
to made the farmers guarantee the
purchase of bonds.
The fruits of Lieut.. Nash's talk
were not shown until after Lieut..
Skidmore Of Columbus told a brief
story of Hun atrOcity and also made
an appeal for the purchase Of Victory
Loan bonds. Then Nash rushed to the
platform and demanded ''hands up"
from all those who would now pur-
chase Victory Bonds. Out in the aud
ience ten hands slid into the air and
the Lieutenant closed with the state
ment that he intended to revisit this
town, If need be, and camp on the
trail Of those who should not be beg
zed or watched to do their duty.
Iieuk. Frank Brewster, and Mrs.