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Show SELF-SACRIFICE. M&i AND MONEY. What will end the war? More money, more man power and self-sacrifice among the American people In a circular sent out by the government gov-ernment an excellent summing up of what is required Is thus presented: We are sending five million fighters fight-ers over there. We can send ten million mil-lion more to back them up. But mighty Russia had as many soldiers, yet Russia Rus-sia now lies shattered under the heel of Germany. The war chest of the allies was full when the first gun belched in Belgium, and it will still be overflowing when the last shot Is fired In Berlin. But dollars alone have never captured ono lone trench. The allies and America are overwhelmingly over-whelmingly superior to Germany in raw resources, and after the first six months of the war Germany lacked an adequate supply of almost every war essential. But has Germany's armed threat ceased to be a frightful menace? The neutral nations of the world alone possess a hundred million men that the allies could utilize for work behind the battle lines. What then will win the war? The indomitable fighting spirit of the American nation; every man, woman and child in the land backing up the United States troops in France, Jta.ly and Siberia. Two Immortal words Cantigny and Chateau Thierry prove the valor and the competence of our American- soldiers; sol-diers; but we must multiply their numbers num-bers by the million if they are to cope successfully with the vast Germanic ; hordes. America's war chest, from which the allies also draw, keeps no great surplus sur-plus on hand; so the Liberty loans must be subscribed, even to keep abreast of daily needB. The United States is the world's greatest storehouse of raw materials; but the war has already demanded enough of one great staple, steel, to tax that storehouse to Its depths. The 'trained workmen and the fast machlnefy of the United States have no equals In high production; but the war "has drawn upon both so deeply, that purely civilian needs must be set aside. We at home, then, can best aid the fighters By fully using levery' expedient to maintain the cheerfulness and the high heart of the men at the front, and of ourselves at home. A sad or gloomy letter to a soldier is a bit of Hun propaganda. pro-paganda. By cheerfully doing without things we have been used to having, but which are no longer obtainable because be-cause of soldier needs-and Investing the money in Liberty bonds. oo |