Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1919 — GLAD TO PAT GOST OF PEACE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GLAD TO PAT GOST OF PEACE

; Millions of Lives Saved by Vast Military Preparation of Our Government. FOE KNEW AND QUIT COLD These Life-Saving Bills Must Be Paid and the Boys Brought Back to the Country They Love, ~ .t. **T4»e price of prtif e," of which the Victory loim is Nut .1 purl, is target hut not nearly so large Ms it ttuttltl have been bud thy «■«r '>,.<•(, fmrjdtt to the annihilation of , the (>entmn armies ais our military h-odei-s-believed would he necessary Had ;li»• tvnr hisied ns loti" as ’hose . leaders anticipated. littnniHl millions mure of t!»<*:r allies would bave, b"et! called upon- to pay the supreme sacrifice." ' 1 • Flint they were not forced to give their lives is in no small treasure due to our government's. prt partitions to' ‘ ernfsh-d'fiP'cnenty enmpl «-»'♦*! if; ’T?4ii i . 'iudusp >. .as. well as. the man-■p<r> , ,vpij. of tile (■: iidi «;’■ <.!!cti"iibl tl'b gcVeinmeiu service, and a greyt war machine 'vtiscreated .which the ticrtm’.B. general; starT s:jw meant' cc-inplere nnnihitatton for their forces if ihey fought on, so thuy quit. There were in France wlu'ti t! 11- armsfiee was sign'd. U.(M111. 1 Tfi officers and melt —wearing Rte Ftiited S ales ittriforin. In die states tjierf* were more than ).r*t'(i^ l dt) mere in .training or awaiting shicnrrit o\ ■rs -ns.- This army Imd 1.500, no: 1 rifios and (HKT ronttd- of :te"rt>:i:ito n in France when tin■ artnisti was - .med. There were -221.0 •mi -i additional rounds on Noels i';i mutt-"to France at this time. ' These figures do. no deal in anythin' ; but .infantry equipment. Smokeless .powder was, being delivered at lint roe of 4.s<Ri fit v. > ;< ;nds a r 'Wt’tP'Kd'ti'iie! 1 1 1 j.J'WtTifif«itfi^vrs itt dm rale of ti.!RH»(KKV poumis. \V Nad on hand, wlien the war ehrsjd.. till toe- of mustard frtts. etiotitrh to load -Hb.tXßi shells ; ’ f »f*4 tons of plios"enc. .">ll tons of (•hloropioidn, titut •< tis ', r f liite phosfdiorous for inn nd • hinnim. diw:', •mis of lantdc ttdfa !:!o • d- . ; :a! I'-.’t .!otis pf_ flUltdilUi. IctJ ael l lm idc, Vde, hml enougll ffas to stnothm - tin. ’ t-Jcriiinh army. <>n the dalensiye sid fie. "overnim ttt hr>d devi Ntjycd the be.. . ;.s mask !;!!<■'.;;. am! had j:r«.diP’-ed "i.OST.GOO of ,1 liem. Wt- had Nuilt ‘J.OTO ten-ton cat fjiiltar Mactofsnrnd. l.dSd 15-ton machines so < at —amt' —i le-re —were — 15. tit to more of 'these under const rue-, tiori when the war ended: They had

demmi.strated their ability to drag ihe heaviest mortars, howitzers and titles over any terrain, no matter how badly cut up or how wet. Ten thousand Ford “baby” tanks equipped ,witb two Ford engines, would have been on the front line by the t ime the Victory Liberty loan is to be floated. They, would have been supported by thousands of the French , “whippet” type tanks and the big 35ton American, tanks driven by Liberty' I motors. We had u France and in use at the army at home, 57,<’>07 trucks of two, three and five toys capacity, 11,476 ambulances. 18,375 motorcars and 29,421 motorcycles. - Our merchant marine was growing at tlie rate of 400.000 tons dead weight per month when the war ended, and we were turning'out about 10.000 airplane engines a week, with planes to carry them. German spies found tills out. German spies knew that the li-bont had failed because of the barrage of mines that the British and American navies had strung across the North sea. German spies sent word to the general staff that in spite-of'their best efforts to check the Americans m> the home base, they were'outgeti niled. -S.. tile German staff learned that the Americans had thrown their unlimited resources inter the scales with tin- allies, and the German stuff turned "yeiluw” and quit. That mighty preparation of which the above is but a fragmentary tale, is the reason why the Victory Liberty loan Is ttie last of the war loans. Had ; the war gone on there would have : been a fifth, a sixth, a seventh, an eighth loan —loans until the German hordes bad been crushed and sent back t into the heart of the fatherland. The need for these waa eliminated by the mailed fist of. our great preparation, which supplemented the gigantic efforts pilt forth by our allies. “Let us,- then.” as secretary of the treasury has said, “with thanksglv- j Ing to God that we were spared any greater price, meet the Inmnrahle com- • mituienls of our government commit* 1 ed In behalf of the freedom of the i world.” '