AN APPEAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1916, Page 3

AN APPEAL.

f) \ TO ALL BRITONS OVERSEAS, •' (Issued by the United Workers, London, with the approval of'the Right Tlon. , A. Bonar Law, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and endorsed by ■ leading public men of Great Britain). After two years of the war we see most cleanly emerging a struggle of economic endurance, to 'be waged by the non-combatants; and that side whose ngn-combatants can finance it 'longest will win. 'Upon the issue .depends the liberty of our Empire. The whole German nation is supporting its armies. The utmost frugality is in force, and the nation's resources are being conserved in a remarkable way. To the recent war loan, which realised "35 millions, there wore 5,279,045 subscribers. Germany is not exhausted. Britain, who must buy her food and raw material abroad, and J.?nd her Allies more than a million pounds a day, has at last realised that, every single citizen is called upon for his Or her maximum effort. Through her Cabinet Ministers she has called upon the people foir selfdenial, for the utmost conservation of resources, and for the loan of every spare penny.

And the people, now that they understand this to be an economic struggle, are responding more and more. They are awakening fast. The national conscience is stirring. We intend to produce more, to consume less, and to adjust our whole, economic outlook to the war. Meanwhile, it is of the utmost importance that every Briton overseas, man anil woman, shall understand the position. We address all of British blood. We address Canadians, Australasians, South Africans, Britons in the Crown Colonies and Protectorates, Britons in: India and Burmah, Britons in the United States, in Latin America, in China, Britons wherever they may be on . the face of the earth; and wo tell them this:—

(1) Time is on our side if our Empire can outlast Germany in money and resources; and it is beyond dispute that we can outlast her if we choose. '(2) Our power so to do depend? entirely upon the individual conserving his resources, and making t'hem available for the war. [(3) This he can only do 'by producing more, consuming less, and lending every penny he can cither to his , ,-,j own Government's war loans or ' to those of the British Govern- , imyit. ,

Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders.—Subscribe to the war loans which your own Governments will issue. ■South' Africans, Newfoundlanders.—lf you own Governments do not issue war loans, -a.pply in London for 5 per cent. Exchequer Bonds, issued free of income tax.

Britons in the Straits Settlements and Malay States. —.Subscribe to the local war. loan. If closed, apply in London for 5 per cent. Exchequer Bonds, issued free of income tax. Britons in other Crown Colonies and Protectorates. —Subscribe to any lo.cal war loan. Where there is none, apply in London for 5 per cent. Exchequer Bonds, issued free of income tax. Britons in India and Burmah. —Subscribe to any local loan. If there is none, apply in London for 5 per cent. Exchequer Bonds, issued free of income tax.

Britons in -United States of America. —Buy the Anglo-French loan on the open market. Or you can apply in London for 5 per cent. Exchequer Bonds, issued free of income tax.

Britons in other Foreign Countries.— Apply in London- for 5 per cent. Exchequer Bonds, issued free of income tax. Take the advice of some local British banker as to how you can best help the exchange in our favor.