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WHY WE ARE AT WAR
WITH GERMANY
LECTURE NUMBER TEN
A Series of Lectures By Ephraim Douglas Adams, Executive Head
of History Department, of Leland Stanford Junior University
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“The object of this war is to deliver the free peoples of the world
from the menace and the actual power of a vast military establishment
controlled bv an irresponsible government, which, having secretly planned
to dominate' the world, proceeded to carry out the plan without regard
either to the sacred obligations of treaty or the long-established practices
and long-cherished principles of international action and honor; . . This
power is not the German people. It is the ruthless master of the German
people. ... It is our business to see to it that the history of the rest of
the world is no longer left to its handling.”—President Wilson, August
27, 1917.
DOLLARS OR BOYS.
The three great needs constantly put forth from Washington
are: (1) food conservation to aid our Allies; (2) men; (3) money.
The first, the Food Administration Bureau is attempting to secure
largely by voluntary efforts. The second has been placed by law
on a compulsory basis of draft. The third will be compulsory by
laws increasing present taxation to the extent of about one-quarter
of the annual exependitures in the war; but three-quarters must be
provided not by voluntary gift, but by voluntary loans.
The ease with which the draft of men was carried through,
the quiet acquiescence of America in it, when advised by America’s
self-chosen leaders, was a magnificent proof of the essential patri
otism of our people and our confidence that we are a truly demo
cratic nation. We trusted our advisors because we had ourselves
elected them. Now we must trust them with our money and we
must be ready for sacrifices. This war can not even be begun to
be won until the people of America realize that sacrifices of all
sorts, but especially of men and money, are inevitable.
Popular opinion seems to think we have already given much.
Let us be honest. What have we given? True, we are preparing
to give men and machines, and are spending money in preparation
but our spending is as yet but drop in the bucket compared to what
our Allies have been spending for three years in defense of us.
For that is what they have been doing—defending the world, and
so defending us. We have been lending them money, at a good
rate of interest. They do not ask us to give, even now. All that
they expect is that we shall bear our burdens, as they are bearing
theirs, in this war for the future of humanity and for safety.
Look at a few facts of Great Britain’s effort—not at grand
totals, but at facts applied to the individual. In the last British
War Loan there was a total of $4,350,000,000 in cash subscriptions
which means about $100 per person—men, women and children.
(The best that Germany was able to do in her last loan was $30
per person., To equal Britain’s effort America, after she had been
three years at wa", would have to subscribe $10,000,000,000 in a
single loan. Through taxation, interest on loans and higher cost of
living, it is estimated that every Englishman with an annual in
come of $2500 gves $750 to support the war. One reason for this
high cost is that Britain began the war without properly appreci
ating its financial burdens. It was the “Business as Usual” cry
that prevented the pourng out of money at first which, if then
given, might have meant a saving for England later, and especially
a saving of English lives.
This war can not be won without sacrifice. Let no one think
it. If Germany wins, or even makes a draw of it, our future sacri
fices will be many times greater. Let no one deceive himself as
to that. Right now we are pouring out boys—getting them ready.
We must pour out dollars to equip them, but most of all, to fur
nish them witn tne instruments oi war mai tneir lives mav nut uc
lost by being put Up as man power against machinery. Many of
our boys will die; but some we may save if we are ready to spend
the last dollar of our resources in giving them the tools with which
to make a fair fight.
Right now it is dollars and boys. In some ways it is a ques
tion of “dollars or boys.” This is no abstract generalization. It
is a question for YOU to answer personally, with serious though
of what money YOU have available. Every dollar held back for
mere luxury, for non-essentials during this war, means a greater
chance of the loss of a boy—it may be of your boy.
If you have no boy in service, and hold back your dollars, can
you look your neighbor in the face when he looses his boy? If
you do hold back, where do you think you are going to stand in
your neighbor’s estimation when this war ends?
ALL AMERICANS CAN SERVE
Every man, women and child in this country, who wants to
serve the country can serve it and serve it in a very simple and
effective way, Secretary McAdoo says. That service is to lend
your money to the government. Every 25 cents loaned to the
government is a help at this time and practically every man, woman
and child by making some trifling sacrifice, some denial or a
pleasure, or giving up some indulgence, can render the govern
ment that support.
Every 25 cents will do something to help a wounded American
soldier, wounded fighting for the American people and American
liberty. Every cent loaned the government contributes something
for the safety and strength and success of our soldiers and sailors,
equipping them, maintaining them, clothing them, feeding them,
and giving them artillery and ammuntion and all things needed for
their efficiency and triumph.
The secretary of the treasury says this question is before every
American—“Are you willing to help the fighting men of our nation
and in helping them to help yourselves? Are you willing in help
ing them and helping yourselves to make liberty supreme through
out the world and to make the atrocities, the infamous and un
speakable crimes against civilizaton committed by Germany im
possible forever in the future?”
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BRITISH TO BUILD
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300,000 HOMES :
AFTER THE WAR i
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A law prohibiting construction! i
work of all kinds in the United s
Kingdom went into effect soon after «
the outbreak of the war, and since (
that time no building operations i
have been allowed the cost of which i
would exceed $2,500. This does not 1
effect construction work undertaken t
by the government or buildings
erected under special license for war
purposes, but the complete cessation
of the construction of residences is
now resulting in a decided shortage
of homes, especially marked in dis
| tricts given over primary to the
: laboring classes. It is held that dur
ing the war these condition* will
have to be borne, but the govern
ment is fully alive to the fact that s
immediately after the close of hos- t
tilities a comprehensive program i <
must be undertaken to solve the i
housing problem. t
State to Build 300,000 Houses
The technical committee set up
by the national housing and town
planning council has now submitted
its interim report to the local* gov
ernment board. The commitee took
as a basis of its inquiries the state
ment of the president of the local
government board that 300.000
houses for the working classes
should be built by the state in Eng
land and Wales alone. This esti
: mate does not cover the pressing
I needs of Scotland. It is said that
in order to carry out this program
! the organizing ability of at least
I one-half of the employers in the
| building trades and the labor of 400,
j 000 men will be required. The com
mittee points out that if 200,000
urban and 100,000 rural houses are
erected, this will do more than to
make up for the shortage of new
[ houses directly due to stoppage of
building during the war and leave
untouched the general housing prob
lem with overcrowded dwellings in
town and country.
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Better Houses Recommended.
The report says that it will be nec
essary at the close of the war to
ask the tenants of the new houses to
pay higher rent than those current
before the war. For this reason
the houses must be made attractive
to be well worth the extra rent
charged.
It is recommended that the gov
ernment should furnish money for
these projects only when the gen
eral plan of the housing estate or
area meets with the local govern
ment board’s approval. The areas
should be laid out on modern town
planning lines, and the number of
houses per acre in urban districts
should not exceed 12. Recreation
grounds, play-grounds for children,
and open spaces should be provided.
No house should be more than 300
yards from a playground, which
i should be accessible without cross
, ing a main road. Local authorities
I should have power to exclude heavy
j traffic from the residential streets,
and it is further provided that resi
i dential streets may be narrow, but
1 main roads should be sufficiently
! wide to accommodate all traffic.
Looking Ahead for Material.
The report also calls atention tc
the fact that the supply of brick:
and stones for 300,000 houses is f
question of considerable importance
though it is not regarded as an in
superable difficulty. At present th«
brick-making industry throughoui
country is not in a prosperous con
dition, and it was pointed out thai
some action should be taken foi
keeping the brickyards in efficien
working order so that large stock:
of bricks will be available at th<
close of the war.
TELEPHONE GIRLS TRAINING
! FOR U. S. SERVICE OVERSEA
Women with a fluent knowledge
of French are being trained in San
Francisco, New York, Chicago, and i
other cities to go to France as tele
phone operators, is the statement of
the chief signal officer of the Signal
Corps. They will not be sent over
in one unit, but ordered to go In
:roups from time to time.
The members of this unit will wear 1
standard uniform which they will j
urnish. The Signal Corps finds it |
lecessary to lay streess again upon 1
he fact that no wives of officers
r enlisted men will be accepted and
hat applicants must be able to speak
ioth French and English perfectly, j
ipplieations from women, preferably j
>etween 23 and 35 years of age j
Hio are physically fit and who an-,
wer the language requirements,
hould be sent to the Chief Signal ^
)fficer of the Signal Corps, Room «
126, Mills Building Annex, Wash
ngton, D. C. No information can
ie given as to the locality in which
he telephone grls will be stationed.
fo makeTtrip
10 THE ARCTIC
Once more the famous little power
chooner Bender Bros., of Seattle, is j
o defy the perils of the Arctic
cean, voyaging first to Point Bar
ow- and thence 450 miles eastward j
0 remote Herschel isalnd. Sheathed
a iron bark, she will sail July 1. s
If all goes well, the little vessel,
eteran wayfarer of the North Pa
ific, Bering Sea and the Arctic ^
.•astes, will arrive home in October
!ut to be on the safe side she will ^
arry two years’ provisions for offi
ers and crew.
On the run to Point Barraw, the
essel will meet Stefansson, the ex
lorer, bound out from the Arctic
1 the power schooner Polar Bear.
The Bender Brothers was charter
d for the Arctic voyage from the
iuskokwim Fishing & Transporta
ion company of Seattle by the Hud
on Bay Company. She will car
y the United States mails to Point ~
•arrow, but otherwise she will have
nly Hudson Bay Company’s cargo
-200 deadweight tons of groceries,
oal matches coaloil, explosives and
ther general merchandise, the
reight including nearly everything
i that line. She will load at Van -
ouver.
The Hudson Bay Company was in
orporated in 1670, and the contract
eads that the charter is made by
The Governor and the company of
He adventurers of England, com
tonly known as the Hudson Bay
ompany.” a phrase that gives a
ouch of picturesque historic color
ig to the contract.
From all indications, the Bender
Irothers is the only vessel to enter
He Arctic this year that will ven
ure to the eastward waters. From
eattle to Herschel island via Nome
nd Point Barrow the distance is
,700 miles. Consequently the stout
ttle ship will travel a total of 7,400
tiles on the round voyage.
Traced on the chart, the voyage
epresents an enormous horseshoe of
•regular shape. The schooner will
ail westward to Unimak Pass, thence
orthward to Nome, and Bering
Itrait and into the Arctic, where she
rill shape a curving northeasterly
ourse to Point Barrow, the most
ortherly land on the American con
inent. Thence the voyage will take
er on a southeasterly course to
lerschel island.
Emil Palmblom, manager of a log
;ing camp at Freshwater Bay, was
ecently arrested on the charge of
laving venison in his possession,
rhe deer killed were last year’s
awns. He ple£td guilty and was
ined $100 and costs. The meat
yas sent to the Pioneer’s home at
iitka.
Deputy Marshal Gerharty and
irisoner Sam Sullivan, recently made £
he trip by dog team from Iditarod ^
o Tanana. Sullivan was sentenced j •
o seven months in jail for theft I
ommitted at Flat last summer.
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sea. If you have, or if you know of any of your friends hav
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