Arizona republican., 1916-02-25
IMPORTANT LESSON
 TAUGHT BY BATTLE
 CRY IF PEACE FILM
Nine Reels of Real Inform ation and Heart Interest Confined in Film
 at Empress.

After all the women paid the price. blown up, railroads wiped off the map, New York utterly vanishes ;n flames. and American citizens are shot down in cold blood, but the predominant feature which remains long after one sees the Battle Cry of Peace" is the terrible price paid by the women
 Peace at Any Price" may be a powerful slogan There may be thou sands and perhaps millions, who are against war in any shape or manner but "The Battle Cry of Peace now at the Empress. can be safely said to be the strongest argument in fla vor of preparedness ever placed before a defenseless. nation.
 The picture is not a cut and dried affair. The first two reels. it is true are composed of more or less uninter- esting views of troops, ships, guns and unpleasant comparisons. Then comes Hudson Maxim, the venerable inventor, who has probably analysed the question of America's prepared
 
 than any other living man. Mr Maxim knows the country is far from prepared, and knowing this he has given many hours of his valuable time to preparing the spectacle He lec- i lures in the picture everything he states being faithfully reproduced It is so real and life like, that it may he safely said that the absence of the speaker is not noticed.
 The second part is founded on Q book, written by J. Stuart B!ackton America, happy, Carefree. and indo- lent is shown. A young man be- comes imbued with the preparedness idea and carries it home His family ridicule him. The father of his fiance, I large railroad owner ridicules him. He fails to impress the terrible les son upon them.
 And then the deluge comes. War is declared suddenly. The United States troops proud, brave. but un- equipped and with insufficient drill. are sent forth to face a machine | like foe Needless to say, they are not able to do a thing other than lay down their lives for their country. l The enemy takes possession. 1 Through a treacherous piece of work i the two principal men characters in the play, are shot down by a firing squad. One of them is mn ruculousi saved. He is revived by his fiance and flees with her, her mother and sister and brother. They are overtak- 1 en by body of hostile troops, he is bayoneted, and the women are taken to deserted house.
 There they are subjected to every indigniN. Denuded of every protec- await the pleasure Of their captors Realizing the awful fate about to de- scend upon them, the mother, braver than most mothers would think of be- ing, secures a revolver and although torn with anguish, kills her two daughters. Thus the three women Americans to their finger tips. pay the price of the folly of those who demand disarmament.
 At times the picture is heart lending. There are very few comedy situations in the entire nine reels As a lesson. it is paramount.
 The principals are all clever. Great care has been taken in selecting then to suit their parts. The home scenes il the fore part of the picture are more typical and homeli<e than most motion pictures. The effect through out is gained through the work of artists and directors who know the value of stinting nothing. There arc no complex situations, but everything is complete.
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