Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-14 | Page 12 | Cantigny-Chateau Thierry - Liberty Loan

Z Cantigny Chateau Thierry l . Liberty Loan i ' Three great tests have been put upon America, and out of two of them she has come with illimitable glory. ' Holding America more cheaply than they had held Great t Britain's "contemptible little army,"" crack German troops stag- j gered back from Cantigny in hurt surprise. That village had J figured as but an overnight stop on their drive to Paris. Instead it marked the beginning of the German retreat from the western- most edge of the Picardy salient. f) At Chateau Thierry Germany was again disappointed in real- V; 2 'zin8 uPon ner ferm hopes of a break-through to Paris. Ameii-i Ameii-i y can troops, fighting the best German divisions off their feet, hu- n miliated the crown prince by stopping his men in their tracks, Of ' one American battalion that went into action !4oo strong, 28o i men alone escaped death or wounds. ts It was this exhibition of wildcat courage and two-fisted fight ing that brought France to its feet, sure that long deferred hopes of victory were .about to be realized, certain that her allies' hearts were as strong as their numbers were great. ; How will America emerge from the third test, the raising of O the six billion dollars of the fourth Liberty loan? Some communities, like our fighting men at Cantigny and . Chateau Thierry, subscribed the limit of their quotas instantly the campaign was opened. Some doubled their quotas In the first ip week. O Others, like no American fighting men abroad, have faltered. ft . The country as a whole did not subscribe a third of the loan in O the first ten days of the campaign. Some parts of the Twelfth i federal reserve district made poorer records. tt. Where is the blame? Certainly not in lack of ability. Can it , 1 be in the lack of fighting heart? ? When every man of us gets his head out of the clouds of approaching victory and subscribes his limit of fourth Liberty bonds, the loan will be easily accomplished. & If YOU have not subscribed YOUR utmost limit, YOU have not the right to cheer the deeds of the fighting man who is your ft proxy on the western front. , O DON'T MAKE EXCUSES, MAKE SACRIFICES. .