The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-17
ARMS EMBARGO
WOULD PLUNGE
U. s. INTO WAR
Peter Mace Queen, War Cor
respondent, Says Allies
Would Turn on America
and Defeat Her.
VISITS ALL ARMIES
Warning Nations Would Wei
come Peace-Only Bril-
liant Strategy Can Keep
Germans From PetrOgrad.

liant Strategy Can Keep
Germans From Petrograd.
BY LOUIS FRANCIS ROSS.
Graphic description of the European
war, covering it's every phase, includ-
ing its cause, cost, horror, carnage,
effect and probable result was given
by Peter MacQueen, special magazine
and newspaper war correspondent In
his lecture at chautauqua last night.
Steropticon views were shown to IL
lustrate his statements. Hundreds OF
these slides were thrown on the screen
bringing towns in the war zone. the
armies, trenches, navies, innumerable
scenes Of places in Europe and photo
graphs OF the individual leaders before
the crowd.
Approximately one thousand persons
attended the lecture. A picture Of
President Wilson, who Mr.. MacQueen
declared was the only man who could
successfully hold the presidency at
this time, brought forth frenZied ap-
plause.
Joined French Army.
Mr.. MacQueen at the outbreak Of
the war, Joined the army of France
TO send news dispatches to the papers
he represented Later he joined the
Russian troops and before his de.
parture from Europe he visited every
warning country and was with each
army. The photographs he secured
during his travels were reproduced IN
the stereopticon views.
With other correspondents, he was
put in a Paris prison as a result of
the order issued by Generalissimo
Joffre of the French staff. Later he
was released and went to the front
where he walked through miles Of
trenches and saw the horrors Of war.
Despite the steady downpour Of rain
which prevented many people from at
tending the lecture and the fact that
those who were in the auditorium tent
were compelled to move their seats
because Of water dripping through, the
remarks of Mr.. MacQueen held his
hearers. ..%t ...@-a ... *. ..
That the overthrow Of Cars, kings
and Kaisers through the influence Of
the German socialists and the English
Radicals, who did not want the war
and who want peace now, will follow
the CONNECT, Is the DGllel Oh WI VhC-
Queen The inherited self1shness of
autocratic and aristocratic classes, is
responsible for the war, he said.
War Anticipated.
The military clique of Prussia which
rules Germany and is presided over by
william II, has expected. war for ten
years. The Kaiser himself, did not
want war, at least not at this time, is
the belief of Mr.. MacQueen. He up
held President Wilson's diplomatic
course, but advised national prepared
ness in the Strengthening of the army
and navy and the compulsory military
training of young men and boys.
One Of his most serious utterances
was the expression of his belief that,
in the event an embargo was placed
on munitions of war to the allies, each
country now lighting in the Triple
Entente would declare war on the
United States. He said first England
would declare war, then France, then
Russia, followed by Italy and Japan.
They can afford to fight u.s. the
speaker said, better than they can af.
ford to stand for an embargo on am
munition and arms. Besides each of
the European countries involved in
this war, do not like us because our
country is rich in soil and resources.
BY all means We should prepare for
war. because we could be defeated
easily by the allies if we attempted
an armed resistance.
Nations Long for Peace.
Il don't see how either side can win
a decisive, complete victory ultimate
ly considering the vast scale upon
which this war is being waged and
the resources in men and equipment
which each country possesses. I be-
lieve it will result in draw, a COM
promise and either side will now well
come peace overatures. And since
neither side will open the way to
peace. I think the war has just begun.
England. like the United States, Is
utterly unprepared for war. But
whether she is laying down in the
Job of fighting, is unknown. It Is
mysterious that she has been unable
for her feet, England could easily be
annihilated by the Germans.
mo human imagination can picture
this war. In the first two months Of
the war, after Won Kluck with his
Sr6T man dTIIllSS udu swept uOWu 10
within twenty-five miles of Paris, the
English and French armies closed in
on him like pair of scissors and
10000 men were killed in the four
days following the opening of the
battle. I saw four miles of trenches
Of human bones, limbs and parts of
the body. / went in up to my knees
In blood The hideousness Of it is
beyond description.
1.-TWO million soldiers Of the war
ring countries are in the trenches,
suffering and lighting. The other
eighteen million Of soldiers are hav-
ing a picnic. 1t is only the soldiers
In the trenches who are undergoing
hardships. The others have their
moving picture shows, their games
and every kind of entertainment, a
few miles behind the trenches.
Three million men have been killed
In this war. Nine million have been
wounded. At the end Of ten years il
this war continues one-half Of Europe