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paying means no sacrifice of never be missed. 3 ght for real liberty. Your liberty is threatened? Have bit And your little folk will live under ; ve must fight or pay. War --the part of a man or the tile would be a shame beyond 2 Every man has his part in part of a shirker. TO shirk at- this Back in a Bavarian town eleven hundred men were called to arms. orning, and when the roll was d to their names. The other country. || Sometimes we say it with a half question in our We must. ¢ The British and their Allies must win, That is what we say. voice. Sometimes we say it as if we were encouraging ourselves. But there need be no question about our winning, except this-- are we doing our share? ; : Britain' can and will win, if her people are loyal to her. Britain can and will win if we do our share. "It's a long way to Tipperary. It's | along way to go." 'Many of our brothers will drop by the way. The others must press on. ~ Are we helping them? : This is not a moving picture show. It is war--our war, "Many us cannot believe it. We read of it in a sort of horrid dream. It is fac away: 'But it's terribly real to the Belgians--to them "everything is lost "but horlor, And they have a double portion of that. Ne words ean ex- press their heroism. They did everything to save our lives and liberties. Honour to them is real--not a thing to prate about, - but something hat they were willing to give their lives, to uphold. - Is our honour costing us us anything? We shall soon have Ww opportunity to show what we consider our honour worth, FRIGHTFULNESS GLORIFIED Ledding papers in any country pretty accurately express the ideals of the people. Read carefully what the Cologne Times has to say about the burning of Louvain and other wanton deeds of destruction and cru- elty. Then think if we want such a people to reign over us: "We all made one fundamental principle clear, for the fault of the individual the com- te they rejoiced that' their : men had been honored to oi fight for the great German i Dayou You ave You are free from a ruling caste. i Are we less brave "than those Bavarians? Is the British Em- their livés to gain it for you. the trust we have inherited? - Not unless cowardice and selfishness have spoiled the breed. : He boasts that he will dominate the world. He is making a supreme effort. He would make Britons slaves to his lust for power. . One thing only will foil him. We must be ready with the men and We must be ready with munitions and food. We must pro- Every thought and every effort must be to the one end--the overthrow of the enemy. Fight at the front, or work and pay at home. shoulder thie gun, or provide for the wounded. Strike at the foe, or see to She hives and children of those who fight for you. Men!" Our foe is strong. ' Oh, it is such a | simple thing that most of us have to do--nothing but pay! : How much? It's up to us! the money. vide doctors and nurses. So bend to the task, men! "You and I Know how we value our liberty. "You and I know This war in which we are engaged is not a game at bowls. Itis not the gxeitement of a political election. It is the most serious thing of our lives. Do you realize what liberties you enjoy? Do you free to express your opinions. Those liberties were won for you by men who died: for you. Your very liberty to say whether you will fight or not fight is yours because men laid down Shali those who come after us be less free than we? PORT PERRY CITIZENS' PATRIOTIC LEAGUE munity to which he be- longed must suffer. The* village in which our troops had been shot at by the population was burnt down If the culpnt was not found; a few representative citzens were taken: out of the general population and' shot. Women and child- ren were not touched' . except where they were found with weapons in+ their hands. You are free from military dictation. You are masters of your own destiny. Shall we prove false to "This principle may *. seem hard and cruel--it has been developed from» the customs of ancient and: modern war history, and' as far as it can be spoken of at all, recognized. It is also justified by the theory of setting an awful example. The innocent Be resolute; be brave; 'bow much we 'could give mene if we would. Kis iv * How much? Can we pay anything that will be more than a drop he biicket when compared to a man's all bis life? Hear the tramp of those men as they answer to the call of duty: over.. You know some of them... Did anyone hint that some of them are not up to much? Are we as big as they are? Have you or given anything like what they are giving? 3 } IE== etm fess to consider beneath us; can make the nobler sacrifice 1. 'Men from every walk of life have repanded to the call--poor and rich, ignorant and wise; men whose names have spelled honour for their country, and men whose fame has never gon wholove them faults and all. © What petty critics we shall always be, if the men whom. we pro- Hf must suffer with the guilty;, . ; * and when the latter can- not be found, they must suffer for the guilty, not because misdeeds have been done, but in order that they may be done no longer. , "Every burning down of a village, every shooting of hostages, every decimation of the population of a district whose inhabitants had taken up arms against the approaching troops, is far less an act of vengeance than a signal of warning for the country which has not yet been occupied. And about this there can be no doubt: the burning of Battice, Herve, Louvain, Dinant, were effective as warning signals. "Does anybody in the world imagine that the population of Brussels would have allowed us to act as though we were in our own. ! IM] land, if they had not trembled for our revenge, and were not trembling: still? y "War is no daawing-room game: war is hell fire. bis finger into it, will burn bis hand, his soul, his life. He who sticks The poor, con- - . fused, misled Belgian nation has been sacrificed to this fate." There you have it without varnish. Justice degraded, forgotten; . expediency made king. Suppose you and I should be picked out as "hostages. Suppose your children and mine should be made motherless... because someone in our town defended his home against the invader! NOI We will do our share and make sure Germany is beaten.