Gunnison news-champion., 1916-04-28
'uTTlE nY r Peace"
seen M i,ll0 lT n0ITR0sE

When tbs ''Bsttis Cry Of Pssce." ths
NM reel photo play which Mn. Lewis
nas booked for he Unique theatre On
Nay II and Is, was shown recently st
Aoatrose It was seen By 1000 people
Who filled tie house six times. rhs
Aontrose Enterprise says Of IL
In The Battle Cry Of Peace" which
has been shown almost continuously for
the last two days and night, those who
attended the picture at The Dreamland
theatre saw, what has no doubt been
rightly termed, the most spectacular
picture ever filmed. It seems to be the
opinion Of many. and maybe all, who
have seen THE Birth Of = Nation" that
1t far excells that picture in its interest
and depictation Of the story ard lesson
1t tries to teach.
The picture was. in reality. three diff
ferent views Of = situation which does
nov exist and which the author feels
could easily exist. That both he and
those whom he chose to portray the lead
ing parts were conscientious in their
work. there can be no doubt else they
would have been unable to make it 20
terribly realistic.
The picture opens on pesceful and
happy surrounding. A lecturer 10 seen
explaining what our country at present
has rs compared with other countries in
the way of preparedness for war"
which he claims is preparedness for
peace" and to prove his theory not only
quotes from well known Americans Of
both past and present, but plays the
drama of war before his audience.
The second part shows an imaginary
bombsrdment of New York City. from
land. from the clouds. and from the sea.
Those who were in the audience who
were for "peace at any price" may
have thought the picture overdrawn;
those who are for the so-called mil
itarism" probably thought it was not
strong enough; but the rest Of the peo-
ple- those who have not spent much
time on the thoughts Of war, were made
to zee the real horrors Of the imple-
ments of warfare - used today. and
will pray INCREASINGLY to Almighty God
to never let US become embroiled with
the vengeful nation. And IL one-fourth
Of the reports which come to US from
the European trouble are true, the pic
ture was very mild expose Of war and
and its horrors.
The third part showed our country in
its peace and prosperity; our resources
and beauty; our happy children and wives
and husbands; our bountiful fields and
livestock.
TIE picture ends with beautiful
kaii3oscopic phantasy Of peace shackled
and at the mercy Of war, with = finale
Of her breaking the shackles and the
herald angels breaking the glad tidina
Of peace on earth, good will toward
men,"
Regardless Of belief. the picture il
supposed to be absolutely correct in it,
statistics and its history, and If SO the
United States has less preparedness
than any other powerful nation on the
face Of the globe. Again regardless Of
belief. - . picture it held the interest
ard enthralled the spectators more thar
any picture ever shown in Montrose.
1t was large undertaking for the
Dreamland' to bring this picture here,
the expense running into the hundreds
Of dollars, and they cannot help but fee
gratified that it was such huge success
both In regards to the picture and the
large attendance. Both the Afternoon
and night shows were packed far be-
yond seating capacity.