THE LIBERTY LOAN

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3167, 18 August 1917, Page 7

THE LIBERTY LOAN

AN APPEAL

FINANCE MINISTER.ADDRESSES .■;■•"- THE PEOPLE

THE: SUPREME EFFORT

. _ Yesterday the.- Minister of Finance ,'(Eight Hon. Sir Joseph, Ward) issued an appeal to the people, of Neu- Zealand in-, connection with the Liberty War Loan. . /The appeal is an inv.itation\ to - every citizen of the Dominion to assist in pro.jVidipg .the money required to meet the war expenditure, which .amounts now to .over £63,000 per day. The text of the appeal is as follows:— V "Fellow- Citizens, — ■ -"Encouraged by your magnificent ■ response to my previous appeal, I . approach you with great confidence to again support the self-reliant pol- ■ icy you-then so lieartily endorsed. ■ "The freedom-.of all free- nations and the. very existence of our Em-. pire have been attacked as never be- ; fore in this world's history.' The ' Hood of our brave and noblo defend-.. ers has mingled with that of our kindred and Allies in the vast .•■- etream -which &nalL ere long overwhelm with its flood the inhuman . - perpetrators of unspeakable atrocities . againet the' weak and defenceless. ■■-■• "The.supreme effort is still in the future; That it will , be made, that it will suceed, ia as certain as that • the thrice - "welcome daybreak ever succeeds the darkest night. Even now the day is breaking. "Buit we must go forward—we must still provide in. full measure the funds necessary to finish the task so . earnestly begun, so bravely continued. -I-feel-sure you will not fail. I feel sure your response to this our Liberty Loan will be both prompt and : adequate, and that the Treasury will be so replenished that means will be abundantly forthcoming to uphold the honour of those heroes who have died for our-liberty, and of those ' now battling for it against ourpow- ■ erfulfoes. ■ . . "Remember that no price is too ■ dear to pay for liberty, ■\ ■ "(Signed) . "JOSEPH GEORGE. WARD. ■ "Wellington, August 17, ; 1317."