Show r Germany Can Y Yet et Win By Herbert Kaufman i 7 have the men we have haye the wealth we have the the cr crops ps to jW vv V V overwhelm the kaiser but there are not enough ships in In existence ex ex- ex- ex r to make them instantly effective Time is wearing a a spiked helmet tM helmet th clock ck and the U- U boat U-boat oat m may y yet see Berlin through Whether this shall shan be rests chiefly i iI I with America I 1 i If the allies allies' drive is halted for lack for lack Jack of foodstuffs and stoppage I bf lof contracted munitions if we stint desperate Rome or impo impoverished er- er I er-I petrograd the he diabolical ia competence of O our lr enemies may yet impress neighboring neutrals and bring Scandinavia and Holland I into the Teu on league e 0 These These kingdoms are today cannily judging the relative vitality of both sides cocking shrewd ears toward the Mediterranean and the Volga checking the cargoes at North sea ports ports ports-in in self defense l laying playing both ends against the middle until either group shall shan have rained gained such as will warrant arr nt a. a safe abandon abandonment lent of r the fence Let the fervor of our preparations let the singleness of our purpose carry across the Atlantic let Atlantic let it tell friend frien an and foe and wavering governments that w we are in the fight to the last man and I 1 dollar committed to arms until international law is reestablished and world world security guaranteed I Strikes delays political brawls dilatory production anti- anti Graft draft agitation premature peace discussions the hoarding of com com- modifies and profiteering will both discourage confederates and stiffen the resistance of the central powers r T TYlis critical hour calls for your mind and ybur money and I Ito to your y ur muscles forget muscles forget private ambitions and profit and loss accounts I Curb your appetite for wheat and meat meat aid aid in in assembling the physical and brain power of the the republic republic dismantle dismantle the closing gong garb garb your heart in m khaki and serve at the bench as you would jn jp the trench Lay bricks mix mortar stoke a furnace to increase I hell vessel and airplane output output volunteer volunteer for shop labor car i iJ J loading hit loading hit the Hun with a hammer a wrench or a trowel if you i cant can't get at hint him h m with a gun There isn't room enough on one earth for a triumphant Hohen- Hohen zollern ollern and anda a free American 1 i 1 f Nothing short of our degradation and humiliation will appease the the aching hate of Germany To fail means to abandon our dream of f trade expansion to surrender foreign markets to pass over the latch the customs house to sweat and moil at to mouth wages wages under the handicap of discriminatory treaties treaties and to pay an an- al indemnity that will pick our pockets for a century i 5 Germany can still win this war I Russian sentiment like a handful of quicksilver will not stay 1 put ut Ivan is more interested in new rights than in old wrongs Italy has broken her teeth her teeth on the Austrian frontiers these few i precious miles gained after three years of appalling travail have been een lost in a single counter stroke and today she faces the tile invading b. b horde Jorde with inadequate artillery short artillery of scraping scraping foal coal oal bins bIOs for fuel to operate arsenals i a II France for want of bottoms to fetch both food and fodder has lias as about determined to slaughter herds and flocks So pressing I ire hie re her needs that we may be forced to load transports with provisions provisions pro pro- visions instead of troops to keep her trained veterans in action The tonnage necessary to sustain green soldiers from this side is at the 1 moment more wisely forwarded to retain seasoned ones at front j 2 Britain and her colonies have reached the peak of their splendid splendid splendid did did support The lion and her whelps have gripped the flank of he he blond beast but cannot quite drag him down S Its It's our turn hr now and God alone knows how long we must suffer and sacrifice and give i i Whoever minimizes the duration of the struggle and thereby i Spreads false assurance only protracts the holocaust t tl l E We Ve dare not count costs lives years until Prussia yields Copyright Copyright 1917 by Herbert an Great Britain and al al' al alother other rights reserved |