The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 6, 1918, Page 1

lee | ‘THE critical condition of the allies i fighting, 2 as 5 they a are, fe, practically” on af 4 1 the defensive, is sufficient argument why you should invest your money jj, __ | | LODAY in the Third Liberty Loan. The measure of our needs has grown]} — | since we e entered the war. ar. The measure of « of c our sacrifices must grow also. ie L "=| The Seattle Star [==> EE: VOLUME 20 _ twit! GHT EDITION ____ PRICE ONE CENT Simms int THEN SHALL WE WIN In the world war one year--and yet, ied wat, aati all our stupendous achieve-_ i ments, all our out-pouring of billions, TODAY we are further from victory © || than a year ago. We are in fact nearer--dangerously nearer--an actual * || defeat at the hands of the Huns. : We have performed wonders in military preparation. We have doubled he | IK our original program. ' We have accomplished far more than our Allies” ‘expected of us---ten times more than the kaiser feared of us. 4 But we have met demand after demand only to see more gigantic q “i demands heaped upon us month by month. 4 A year ago the kaiser’s wolf-gray armies faced an unbroken circle of ostile iron. His people were feeding on cow-beets and straw bread. Today, see the change! More than half of that iron circle has faded away. Danger of starvation ~ | for his people is past. Ten thousand square miles of fertile lands have fallen : i] into his grasp. AND NOW HIS HELLISH HORDES ARE STABBING | = AT THE VERY HEART OF FRANCE. 7 UI We must face the truth unflinchingly. Our administration must face | ‘| facts. It must shed its cloak of complacency. Self-satisfaction, self-praise 1 have no place in our program now. It avails us nothing to boast of our — ‘| achievements, big tho they are, when despite those achievements defeat 7 ‘i looms before us. : It’s time for us to get mad--war mad--time to put iron in our souls. Then shall we win.