The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-04-18
VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN

cried Enough. and the most mill
taristic, INSCRIPTIONS government on
earth declared itself ready to lay
down arms.
A Was it because the army had been
put to flight? No. 1t was not that
The army itself, under ordinary cir.
cuunstances, might have been rallied.
To be sure, the unspeakable linden
berg line had been broken, but of far
more Importance was the breaking
down Of the morale and faith of the
armies and people of Germany. Their
revolution came next.
Time and again during the long
lighting, year after year, the Allied
soldiers had been pushed back, but at
no time was there present in their
thoughts any question of surrender
ing their freedom through giving up
the fight. Sometimes, even, the line
was broken, but although the days
were dark, hearts heavy, and souls
weary, faith held aloft the banner of
ultimate victory. And then our
soldiers arrived-arrived to cheer and
encourage and to win. They were
the representatives of a great nation
of free men. of workers and savers
determined to make any sacrifice, of
time, of money, of life, that the Right
should triumph. To American bank
ers who handled the subscriptions to
the various Liberty Loans that great
pulsing spirit was evident, so it will
be until no longer the need exists.
When at Chateau ThieIy our soldiers
met the French poilus in retreat, worn
out by the desperate fighting, and
were told by them to turn back be-
cause they could not stand the fire,
our commander exclaimed: "Go back
Why we have just got here, and my
orders are to go forward" And, as
President Wilson said in his address
before Congress, "From that moment
it was back, back and ever back for
Germany"
But winter was coming on, and the
fighting must soon have let up. Those
at home who knew best about the
preparations our Government and
factories We're making prophesied
that the war might end with the
spring campaign, or possibly not un-
til summer. These preparations were
TREMENDOUSLY tremendous that we
wonder that any one who knew their
extent could have expected any army
to have withstood the awful onslaught
which the use of these new machines
of war would have meant. Our OBJ
Ject, however, was no destruction eX-
cept insofar as destruction was
necessary to bring the war to the
earliest possible close.
Our purpose was to complete the
work, and to what end Americans
were ready to subscribe to every bond
that was needed and still are ready
TO Garry ON.
We have tried to find the soul of
Germany-to find whether she had a
soul-with dangerous results. At
least those in power-those who wish
ed a Gust" settlement only in case
that they could not themselves nave
it within their power to make an un-
just settlement-showed no evidence
of having anything akin to soul
We then said to these autocrats who
cared nothing for their country but
only what their short-sightedness
drought to be their own interests,
that we would use "force to the
utmost, but their imaginations were
not sufficiently vivid to realize what
this would mean.
So we set out to show them. Plans
were made to expand our army to
10000, 900 men. We were producing
the materials of war in such ire
mendous quantities as to assure
ultimate victory. Our shipping pro-
gramme and ability to keep up with
the sinking of ships were already the
despair of the submarine sponsors.
Americas big, clearly defined vie
tory program showed Germany the
certainty of her defeat 1t brought
success to the Allied armies even be-
fore the great plans were consumated
1t was the means of effecting the
wonderful saving Of American lives.
The Statistics Branch of the War de-
the early closing OF the war, the lives
of 100000 American soldiers were
saved ,and 100000 more of our own
men are today free from injury. The
total casualties in Allied armies would
have been at least double this. Ever
increasing numbers of our men were
going to the lines, and by today there
probably would have been in constant
action some two million American
sildiers.
But instead they are at home, on
their way home, or coming home soon
War supplies are being diverted,
where possible, to the uses of peacel
Most of the airplanes which are to be
built are being developed along com
mercial lines or for pleasure, and our
ships no longer crawl in the dark
fearful of the lurking submarine.
Wartime factories are turning to the
pursuits of peace Our War-workerc