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Show Clffll?!IP"Wlp,,wllm'(nffll!tHlin!?'!lnlffl!IIlT'l'ffi!W,rH''ni BniiiimmtiniiiiiiniiiimimiiinimiiimMW gf . '. '' ' ' ' '.. ..' ' t .- ..'' : - ' . ' . -. ."........ By Herbert' kaufman .-"V v:-v.;:4V'--" H y ....... ... . -m :. ..v j j 1 - ! v ,T7t)UR subscription to the Red Cross is a pro-H pro-H h 1 : test against the violation of Belgium the p sinking or" the Lusitania the submarining of un- . . protected merchantmen; against the introduction -.of poison gases, liquid fire and other abomina- tions into modern warfare; against the bombard- M ment of venerated monuments, the enslavement fH . of noncombatants, the despoliation of bereft H ' women, the poisoning of wells and barbarism in H V ' general; against Borgian diplomacy and interna-j interna-j -.. tional treason; against the existence and spread of !' . - systems that favor despots and threaten democ-j democ-j "- ' .','raciesl ... ." ,;- , , ., .', . This 'struggle will decide whether benighted g .. . -t classes or enlightened masses sffall be supreme. H ; ; , German victory means a universe subservient -g to the dictates of Berlin German control of com- M merce under forced treaties, the terms of which -: ' ; I will drive competition from foreign markets and j even open our own doors for her products upon g such terms as she pleases to impose. II " ' . II ' German success menaces American business and labor alike: if we cannot defend our trade, we cannot extend it. Denied free outlets for our goods and handicapped handi-capped everywhere by a favored nation clause, in- ' dustries will stunt, untold numbers of skilled workers will have no means of ; employment, wages win drop and an era of ruin and depression beyond the measure of experience will follow upon the draining of our. reserves to meet an indemnity in-demnity already set at "on$ hundred billion dol-. dol-. lars. The Red Cross appeal is an insurance pre-., Tniumit guarantees the means to protect our boys- to go onward to maintain conditions and position. , V - .. V If we lose this war,. you will .lose all that you hold dearest: all the passes to opportunity issued with your birth and naturalization certificates. '' Conquering Germany will be a confiscating Germany a bitter, vindictive, impoverished foe: Cepyrtght, 117, ay Herbert Kaufman. Great Battel) and all ether rihu rcaarvad. s ' - i . . . f -y . - f . - . a . - , I .. llilMiiillM . ; ; , ' - ' ; ' - l x hungry to replenish its exhaustions and vent its j j hates upon us, the richest and now the most de- 1 j is tested of her antagonists. . 1 Should hell's will prevail and the Turco-Prus- j I sian league triumph, the stocks and bonds and j "houses and lots and private enterprises and " i misered savings held dearer than the safety of the j I motherland, will be loot for the Kaiser and the ' Sultan. Teh million men have just been registered . for service in your defense. . God alone knows how many of them will be mangled, blinded and slain to keep you and your ' possessions safe. You are asked to give to the Red Cross until it hurts, to equip and sustain them in their glorious glori-ous undertaking. ' '' The Red Cross is a summons to duty a call to silver Minute Men a cry for volunteer dollars an appeal to the loyal wealth of America. JIJIlilUHUMHMMIHIMIHHWlaWlHMMIllUMHW HMiniMiwlw..n.... - A ' |