Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-07-13
GENERAL SAMUEL PEARSON

A fairly large audience was assem-
| bled at the Grand opera house last
! Tuesday evening, where Gen. Samuel
Pearson was scheduled to speak on
/ "The Truth About Germany in the
Present European War" Preceding
the lecture, moving pictures were
shown illustrating war scenes in north
ern France, Poland, Belgium, the
| ICarpathiaDs, etc. The pictures were
new and exceedingly interesting and
were considered the best of its kind
heretofore shown in this CITY, They
| Included the Austrian and German
armies In motion: reviewing of the
German army by Emperor William and
! his staff; German and Austrian army
commanders; large machine guns in
action: life in the trenches: military
attack on a village; destruction in
| Belgian and French cities an attack
| by the German Uhlans; transporting
| of provisions to the front by military
automobiles; life on German battle
Ships inauguration of the German
educational system in Belgian schools,
etc. Some of the pictures were
strongly applauded, as for instance
those of Emperor William, Generals
Won Hindenburg, Won Kluck, Austrian
army leaders and others.
General PeaTsOn's talk was given in
English, which no doubt pleased those
OF his listeners who are not familiar
with the German language. The
speaker, native of South Africa and
former general of the BOer army,
has also served in the German army
for eight months, and has spent the
past TWO and a half years in the latter
country. He is, and has been for
several years. a citizen of the United
States.
According to Gen. Pearson, the final
outcome OF the war will be a favor
able one for Germany. "The success
.of the German armies" said the
speaker, lis principally due to their
scientific training, splendid Orgafliza-
tiOn and the commanding of the same
by some OF the greatest generals Of
the present day"
According to Gen. Pearson a man
can get just as good a meal in the
hotels of Germany today as he could
before the war started. Bread is
given only in exchange for 'bread
tickets" which man has to pur-
chase. The amount of bread man
receives depends upon the number of
cards he presents TO the waiter. This
arrangement was highly praised by
the speaker for the reason that it
prevents the wasting Of bread. By
quoting several reasons the speaker
showed that Germany was long
way from starving.
Gen. Pearson denounced some Of
the war reports iii American news
papers, such as the assaulting of
women and killing Of children by Ger
man soldiers. lie said this was posi-
lively untrue. He said it was ''ridic-
ulOuS n0nSence'' TO accuse the civil
lied soldier of anything like that.
Further on, the speaker told Of the
support and assistance which was
given by the German government to
the suffering Belgians. He paid
high tribute to the Bavarians, saying
that they constitute Germany's best
fighters.
In speaking of the French nation,
the speaker believed that France is
fighting against her own will. He
said he was sorry that Germany and
France were enemies in the present
war. France" he said, "has an
army of brave soldiers.'
At the conclusion of his lecture,
Gen. Pearson answered number of
questions. "When will the war come
to an end?" The speaker said: "If the
United States would stop sending
ammunition and war supplies to the
warning nations, the war would end
in sixty days"