Subscribe to War Bonds for Submarines against England! Soldiers of the Third Army!
The submarine represents an iron necessity that we have undertaken to counteract the brutal war of starvation of our enemies. We use it to pay them back in their own coin.
With a broad view and open hands, let us give the state what it needs to carry out the measures rapidly and comprehensively that it has recognized as proper to bring this war to a quick and victorious end.
Subscribe to War Bonds for Submarines against England!
It is not only a holy, national duty that you fulfill in doing so; it is also an act of intelligent self-interest, for you find no more secure and loyal protective shield for your savings and possessions than your Fatherland.
Your Commander
von Einem
Source: "Aufruf zur Zeichnung von Kriegsanleihen" ["Appeal to Subscribe to War Bonds"], in Die Feldgraue Kriegszeitschrift mit Bildschmuck, Hrsg. im Feld v.d. 50. Inf. Div. [The Field-Gray War Magazine with Illustrations, edited from the field by the 50th Infantry Division], 2 [March 1917].
Reprinted in Ulrich Cartarius, Deutschland im Ersten Weltkrieg: Texte und Dokumente [Germany in the First World War: Texts and Documents]. Munich, 1982, pp. 112-13.
Translation: Jeffrey Verhey and Roger Chickering