New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-04
WAR WILL CLOSE
IN NINETY DAYS
GENERAL PEARSON PREDICTS
EARLY END TO EUROPEAN
STRUGGLE.
GERMANY is BOUND TO TRI-
UMPH IN THE WAR, SAYS
BOER LEADER.

In lecture literally illustrated by
5000 feet of films portraying conditions
in the mighty campaigns now in progress
in Europe, General Samuel Pearson,
formerly general in the Boer army in
the South African war, prophesied an
early victory to the Austro-German arms
and lauded the German nation highly.
The lecture was we'll attended and we'll
received by an appreciative audience,
who frequently interrupted the lecturer
with their applause.
General Pearson seems to be thoroly
conversant with actual conditions in the
armies of Europe. He declared that he
had spent eight months in the actual war
zone OF the old country and knew what
he was talking about. Certainly he
gave large amount of technical military
information in explanation of his pictures.
The first two hour of the evening enter
tainment was devoted to the showing of
the pictures with running comment
upon them and the lecturer then devoted
half hour to answering questions that
were asked.
4, The pictures shown portrayed many
Interesting scenes in the present war.
They showed the evolutions of the Ger
man and Austria armies supposed to
have been taken in actual campaigns.
The Teutonic soldiers were shown on the
march and in camp and the conditions
on both the eastern and western fronts
we're portrayed. The pictures Of the
trenches in 3.orthern France we're of
unusual intes:lhst and the big guns in
action akc reused considerable interest.
Ruins Of ,:,,ssies reduced by these big guns
were Shown, taken in Belgium and
northern France. They showed strik-
ingly the terrific power of the high ex-
plosive shells from the mighty guns be
fore which the strongest fortress in the
world is but house of cards. The con-
ditions existing in captured cities were
also shown and proved highly interesting.
General Pearson was enthusiastic in
his praise of the Austro- German military
machine. Science and discipline have
united with high degree of natural
intelligence to produce the greatest
fighting machine the world has ever SEEN
Germany can never be crushed by the
allies, he declared. Germany has the
best army in the world. France has
proved her right to second place by her
gallant efforts of the last year. The
forces of Austria easily rank third. With
Germany and Austria holding first and
third rank respectively, it would seem
that there could be but one outcome to
the war. That outcome would be the
triumph of Germany and the humbling
of the boosted Mistress of the Seas.
The lecturer was very bitter in his
denunciation of Great Britain. This
was due in large measure no doubt to
his own experiences as a general in the
South African war. At the close of the
Beers unsuccessful struggle for indie
pendence he was forced to leave South
Africa. He is far from subjugated yet
and declared that if he were in his old land
he would have born arms against Eng
land again. He blames England for the
present war and attributes it to her
jealousy of Germany's rapid advance in
commerce and world power
AS to the alleged atrocities of the
Germans in Belgium and northern
France, he was emphatic in his denial
that they had ever been prepetrated.
The subject countries of Germany have
nothing to complain of outside of the
necessary hardships of war. They have
simply met the fate of any people who
have had their land devastated by big
war. There is suffering in the wake of
the struggling armies, of course, but that
suffering is not due to willful cruelties
on the part Of Germany. He branded
the stories of German atrocities as
fabrications of biased press.
He spoke with feeling on the actions
of American manufacturers in disposing
of ammunition and war supplies to the
Allies. Such an act, he declared was
direct break of American neutrality.
The war would have been over long be-
fore this if American munitions had not
aided the enemies of Germany. He ad-
mitted, however, that it was an amuni-
ton company composed Of German
America who were furnishing a large
amount Of munitions to the Allies. He
deplored the fact that these men Of
German descent should be furnishing