THE LIBERTY LOAN.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 22, 20 August 1917, Page 5

THE LIBERTY LOAN.

THE DUTY THAT LIES AHEAD. In urging the manifest duty of subscribing to the Liberty Loan the Otago Daily Times emphasises some special features, and concludes by remarking:—“lt is a huge sum which tbe Government invites the public of a small country to provide, and the period within which investors are expected to make up their minds as to tbe measure of the support they can give to the* loan and to complete their arrangements accordingly is exceedingly short, for, as will be seen by the prospectus, subscriptions are to close on the Ist. September. The loan will certainly, however, be over-subscribed it the members of the community appreciate adequately the duty that lies upon them. What they have to offer is. at the very most, insignificant iu comparison with the offer that is made by the soldier. They risk nothing, nor can it be truly said that they sacrifice anything. The soldier risks his life and makes great sacrifices of present comfort and future prospects. The invitation to the public to subscribe to the war loan is one which in all the circumstances should not have to be pressed upon its notice. Yet the adoption of a publicity campaign, in which Ministers of the Crown will take, part, will, especially in view of the shortness of the period before applications for the loan close, almost certainly he desirable. It will always be necessary to hamfner into some people the view that is incumbent upon 'them to do what they can—in this case, by offering their money in a sound investment—to assist the Empire in the great task which the war has imposed upon it.”.