Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1919 — UNCLE SAM’S BILLS MUST BE PAID [ARTICLE]

UNCLE SAM’S BILLS MUST BE PAID

Up to America to Show World That It Does What It Promisee to Do. ’The argument, sometimes hoard, that there should be no need of , another Liberty loan, because the war is -over, indicates there are some persons so short-sighted and unpatriotic that they are forgetting the grave dangers that not so long ago threatened civilization. .s'/ ;* ; ~’ One of the terrors of the past struggle was the frightful havoc created by the enemy on the high seas, which may be illustrated by an Incident, one of ten thousand similar ones. It was told ' by a stranded sailor, a lone survivor of- a torpedoed ship. He related how a German submarine, after sinking the ship without warning, came to the surface and helped to “rescue” the few who were swimming or drifting about in the water. They were permitted to cling to the submarine—ln fact, to find refuge on its deck. An empty rowboat floated by, and the commander of the “sub” ordered the survivors to avail themselves of it, because In five minutes the U-boat would submerge. The rowboat had no oars. There were no provisions aboard, no shelter against storms in this unsea worthy shell. It was hitif-fided with water—salt Watw—which the survivors had to scoop out with their bare hands The captain and his men descended into the Interior of the “sub.” The hatches were closed and gradually the instrument of destruction sank out of sight, leaving the- craft, with Its human cargo at the mercy of the waves. This happened in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. There Is only one thing that san save the world from an upheaval far more disastrous than tiat which we. have gone through. That is for America and the American people to hold to law and order, to abide by free institutions, to rebuild, to succor and comfort those who have beep bowed down by the terrors of organized intolerance. It Is for Us to give more, pay more, do more. It Is for us to prove that a wrong acknowledged becomes an obligation and that America doos whatever it promises to do. This can be accomplished only by patriotically getting back of the" Victory Liberty loan and backing It up to the very limit of our financial ability. Uncle Sam’s bills must be paid and the boys brought home. Until then the job won’t be finished. HELP “FINISH THE JOB.”