The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-13

allies must continue to pass our chill |
dren through fire to Noloch until Mol |
och perish This, as / see it, is where
we stand, and where Germany stands
America Giving Germany Food.
''Turn your mind for moment to
the idea of conquering Germany. You
need not go far to see what it would
mean to US. In Belgium at this hour,
several million Belgians are making
conquerors. They are given enough
food to support life as the German
thinks it should be supported. By the
way, l believe the United States of
America supplies a large part of that
food. In return they are compelled to
work at the point of a bayonet If
they object they are shot. Their fac
tories, their houses and their public
buildings have long ago been Quilted,
and everything in them that was val
liable or useful has been packed up
and sent into Germany. They have no
more property, and no more rights
than cattle; and they cannot lift u
hand to protect the honor of their wo-
men,, And less than a year ago they
were one of the most civilized and
prosperous of the nations of the earth.
England Would Fare Worse.
''There has been nothing like the
horror of their fate in all history, and
this system is in full working order
within fifty miles Of the English coast.
Where / live / can hear the guns that
are trying to extend it. The same sys-
fnr,, 70 Of I
Poland as are in German hands. But
whatever has been dealt out to Bel
gium, France and Poland will be Eng
land s fate tenfold if we fail to sub
due the Germans That we shall be
broken, plundered, robbed and enslaved
like Belgium will be but the first part
of the matter Over and above this,
no pledge we can offer, no guarantee
we can give will be accepted by Ger
many as binding. She has broken her
| own most solemn oaths, pledges and
obligations, and by the very fact OF
her existence she is bound to trust
nothing end to recognize nothing ex-
cept immediate superior force backed
by ilEmitable cruelty. So you see there
are no terms possible.
America Would Obey Germany.
Realize, too, if the allies are beater
there will be no spot on the globe
where a soul can escape from the dom
ination of this enemy of mankind
There has been childish talk that thu
Western Hemisphere would offer ref
ugc from oppression. Put that though
from your mind If the allies wer,
defeated, Germany would not need t,
send a single battleship over the At
lantic. She would issue an order an,
it would be obeyed. Civilization woul,
be bankrupt, and the Western Worl
would be taken over with the rest o
the wreckage by Germany, the re
eeiver So you see there is no retrea
possible There are no terms and Ii
/ retreat in this war. 1t must 60 foI
ward, and with those men OF Englan
, who are eligible for service, but VIII
have not yet offered themselves, til
, decision of the war rests.
: Let us look ut a few figures. Lik
e | yourselves, | have no definite inform;
g ton; but, as far as one can estimat'
rather more than 1900, 600 men hay
I Joined the army up TO date This is a
/. impressive record till one remembel
n that the population of these islands
II rather more than 45.000,00O, so that IL
t present proportion works out as abol
/ ; per cent of the total population, n
J. 10 per cent of the total male popul
r ton We do not know how many sc
II diers we shall need to end the war, bl
o we do know that we do not need
e per cent of the male population
# make ammunition and carry on II
: necessary work of the country duril
n the war.
g ''People who won t look facts in Il
Y face ask sometimes: What s the II
is of piling in men before one has Il
e arms and equipment for them2' II
sr answer is quite simple. You can u
e equipment the minute you get it, b
le you can't use man till he has be,
ii trained. That is why the supply
Is men must always be months ahead
e other supplies. And we need a stead
c, unbrolen flow of men-young al
1t without domestic ties for choice;
rs ways coming on into training.