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Show American Honor at Stake EDITORIAL. ' . At This time the eyes of the entire worlds Ind especially Germany and of America's allies, are upon the United States. This is because not only of the importance of the words which have been of may be uttered by the chief executive of this nation in relation to the war and the peace proposals made by Germany, but by reason of the intense interest in the result of the fourth Liberty loan. The failure of the people of America to respond to the fullest extent to the appeal of the government for financial assistance in this, the most crucial period of the world struggle, would inspire as much renewed hope in Germany for eventual success as the winning of a battle. . To the same extent It would dishearten the people of the countries with which America has joined forces in an effort to dissipate dissi-pate the shadow of Prussian militarism that has been cast upon the entire world. It, would mean that America is weakening that it is' not backing back-ing up its words with financial deeds and Is'not backing up its brave young patriots now on the fields of battle. It would have a tendency to resjlore the morale of the Pruv sian hordes, now being driven back toward the Rhine, and also it would have an equat tendency to lower that of the American and allied soldiers after thousands had given up their lives in a successful success-ful effort to turn the scale of battle in favor of world liberty. In addition, it would verify, in a way, .the accusation once made by Prussian military leaders that Americans were dollar worshipers, wor-shipers, because of the fact that at the most crucial period of the struggle they place their handsn their pockets and keep them there, nursing the money needed by the government to insure a complete victory over the world's enemies. . . ' Peace is within our grasp, but not securely. It is not time to turn Implements of battle into those of peace, but rather it Is abso-lutcly abso-lutcly necessary, if victory is to be made certain, to turn dollars into Liberty bonds, to the discomfiture of the Hun barbarians and the encouragement of our brave boys "over there." |