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Show Statement Hade By Rear Admeral CP.Punkett . - Rear Admiral C. P. Punkett, speak lag from the Sub-treasury building In New York. tor the Victory Liberty Loan pictured President Wilson Btandlng absolutely alone, iils back to the wall. In Paris. "Our president today Is fighting In Pa.riB"almOBt single handed," said the Admiral. "That Is my Idea of what la happening on the other side just now. And' make no mlstako, there la just one-way to change the atmosphere. r Itwe on this side of the ocean were to cable today to President Wilson that this Victory Liberty Loan had been subscribed and over subscribed, his task would be over tomorrow. lie' would win out completely In the work wth which he is struggling now. . f VSomd people OieuV. think the war is over. IMs certainly not over. It is not lover' Until ""Unclo 'Sanf lias 'throv.'n' hRfVm'fl around the Atlantic Ocean, It-Isn't over until that sterling: ster-ling: lighter, that great soldier, Gnu-eial Gnu-eial Pershing cables that It Is over, ,that it Is safe for chlldicn to batho In tho Rhine, that arms havo actual-ly actual-ly bceh laid down. v" The Admiral protested that It wns lncongraus for a military man to stand on tho steps of thb Sub-Treasury pleading for money from Wall street magnates. "Think of a military man," ho said "standing on theso famous steps, ex-1 hortlng Wall street financial giants 'to buy Victory notes. Wo men In uniform know little of and have less i to do with finances. Wo aro con- corned with tho maintenance of law i and order. That's our mission in life. I "During the past few months I havo taken to France representatives of thlrty-nlno different stutea and I am today a prouder American for having mot them. Those boys did their part like men and It was sot as easy a task as Investing In copper-lined copper-lined United States bonds elthor. For tho lite of mo I cannot understand why there is any drive needed to sell these bonds. There ought to be a lino of clamoring investors from hero to tho bridge. Thore certainly tdiould be no need for oration and pleas." |