The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-12-26

"'P'''' '" u" doubtful mill.
/ '"'' "''"'. " not a liability. hu, n, ,h.
'''' uhlursiipnAbly the rpli,t,,,,, -,
'h'" '"nh'fS with the allies WAS i din.
'""'H''' "ii"h" of frni importance.
~ "'A "n,i."iy characteristic a,
Io' II that although he tu,w r,n,...,
/ '"'p S"ar"' stht, OF him In TN. mn
"a'b EHin". he Ignored fritl's m.thnJ.
uhiil they wcf" forced upon him up,
no" 'hAhha tn III" hard knurLr Of lgi,
'h"t" is vet, little more that rrt, can
teach him
Enib IN 1915 he adopted .onscr,p
'!"h- Had /, b"ee introduced a y.ur
before the war might ha,. been over
today EHslishmrn have r,,pond.s ip
unprecedented fashion 10 their king
ana country. call under the voluntary
s,s'rti. but II Was only the crr,aint,
~ uliIhihi" ouhHcfipiion that finally
brought the enrolment up la Z 600 900
in"n The noliing of this hug. iuiuu
"f human IA" material into an "iii.
'i~ni military nschin" has been "A
Elsan'ir task; bu, It's proper equip
in-ni has b"-n sr-a,rf
Little lees than miraculous hsK been
III" Development of the munitions iu.
dustfb ~ this onun,f, during IN. lug,
E"ar From th" altar, Britain has been
the treasurer of the allies now {, has
become their artnury, when t.lo,d
.rufg- began turning Enylnnds fac.
ioftrh into Hr-nnls the Germans wcr.
manufacturing and shooting about ten
shrils to the aiii-r' one Their. Was "A
iitI~ when on certain sections Of the
battle line iiti,ish sunn-rs were lin.
He'd Ia four rounds per day Upon
America and Japan britain was de,
p.nding for The inur, part of lts sup
plies Of machine guns. heavy artillery
and high explosives. Now these ron.
diloua arr al, rorrrscd More than
inoo private hrms In In gland. % per
''iA ~ NA''N u'A'i' Wv hal h'N'i
produced gun. shell or cartridge.
nna ate turning on, munitions of one
sort or another
lurt after III" munitions acI was
passed LLOYD George startled III"
country by announcing that eleven
new government arscnalH had been
provided !of To-day there are more
than ninety. most of them producing
big guns. howi,scrs or high explosives.
Tho weekly output Of ,3O3 cartridges
In now greater By millions than Eng
lands entire annual output before the
war. \ new type Of machine gun IL
being turned out by the hundred every
week In one factory built Inst yenr.
The general output Of heavy artillery
has Increased by several hundred per
cont, The total number o! war work
crs has Increased to nearly 100000
o! whom 500 900 are women.
Practically the whole OF Enslands
vas, industrial, resources. except those
necessary for the supply Of the civil
have been mobilircd Tor
war purposes. Every factory In the
land. II called upon. is required to de- !
vote al least par, Of It's activities 10
,nrning out war material. The proper
lion Of munitions now furnished by
4 .ncrica and Japan has become almost !
Moreover. England is not merely |
.uppiying her own biz armies. Sh"
has had to help out Russia. France ana
l,,h. especially the hrst named "
hns been largely due To English guns
and English shells that the Russians
have been able To put the Germans on
IA. defensive. Large quantities "'
l.nciish munitions were sent a's" -
and the Serbian army won'"
s,il, be tlghting for Monas'ir
Ind Il no, been thoroughly rceauipped
,y arcnt britain. but this IL NOT "'''
rho munitions industry In this cou"'
r, "a constantly growing. II the war
,no.ld continue s0 long next ye"' "
,eu-cs will doubtless dwarf those o'
1916 as these do last years,
Giving all due credit TO tho a'''ed
,,ru,cgy In general and to HaiS's m'''
a,y genius In particular. ~ wen Us 10
he admitted Improvement OF Tommy
IS n ash,ing proposition. and the pres
N, superiority Of the British air ser
,lcc. there IL after all only one answer
or tho recent successes along inc
yomn,o and the Ancre'-mun'''ohS I
rho lessons Of Ypres, Neuve chappe"e (
,rd l,oos have been we'll learned
In Tho latter days Of 1916 Britain mas
,ccu applying another lesson--a's"
earned from the Germans-how '"I
,r.V,de against the possible day oi
,unt md how to curb the greed OF y
CIV unpntr,utic citizens who nave ""' I
, odyun,.ae Of wars conditions !"