Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-04-12
BAD SITUATION.

we are now d. Wal Win NSA
many because she established GER
tain blockade lines on the ocean
and ordered neutral vessels to
keep away from them. We are
not at war with England because
she did the same thing as regards
German ports. The primary
cause, however, of this declara-
ton of war was the insistance OF
men and women, with their chill
dren, believed to be Of sane
mind, Of embarking on vessels
loaded with ammunition and sup
plies for the allies which the Ger
mans, in an effort to prevent their
own people from being destroyed
by these ammunitions, destroyed.
and of course the people OF sane
mind who were on these ships In
many instances lost their lives.
If they had been able to swim
anywhere from 200 to 1000 miles
they could possibly have reached
the other side safely. OF course,
with British warships in the vi
cinity the German submarines in
volved in the unhappy business
could not do the Alphonse-Gaston
stunt, however much they would
have liked to have got hold OF
those supplies. AS aresult there
fore, primarily, of the determine
ton of the people to embark on
powder magazines, to the intense
disgust of thousands upon thous-
ands Of the thinking people of this
country war has been declared,
and we are going to spend mil
lions of dollars and sacrifice thous-
ands of lives destroying instead
of building up. The amount call
ed for to raise an enormous army
and navy could be a hundred-fold
better spent in building roads in
this country and in taking care OF
a whole lot of it's poverty-strlcken
people, but our great men al
Washington thought differently
and here we are. The only thing
now to do is join in with their de-
structive plans and help them tear
up jack. You will get credit
from them-for lots of patriotism,
anyway. 1t is useless to think OF
any improvement to your place OF
section from them. All they
think of now is new shell that
costs a quarter of a mile OF ma
cadamized road to explode or a
new man-killing device instead OF
methods to take care of our aged
citizens who have spent their'lives
IN sacrifice and labor. To in.
crease the beauty of the situation
the country faces thepoorest pros
pect in crops known for years
Thewheat crop is already declared
a so per cent. failure, and the
prospects for other crops are moi
aIluring. On account OF a back
ward season men will be needed
on the farms as never before, but
where will they be? Either on
firing line, turning into clay, OF
in a training camp digging useles:
trenches while a bedizened indi
vidual directs them for so much
per away from the firing line
But he patriotic. Send your sons
enlist yourself when they will
have you after your sons have
been disposed of end keep up the
mad carnival Of death inaugural
ed by some foreign fools in an eft
fort to grab trade and settle fam
lily rows.
Argument is made that we mus
enter the /. European war in TIT
interest of humanity. What hu
mainly, and where are they? |
is not the Germans for they seen
to be getting along very well. |
is not any of the allies, for W.
have been taking bread from tn
mouths of our own people, at
higher price of course, with whic1