Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-11-01
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number Three
How War Methods Have Changed
Everybody Must Help.
Number Three

Hello, Uncle Dan, Jimmie and
y have been waiting for you"
U Sorry if l have kept you long" salt
D Uncle Dan. "Your mother has beer
D telling me how bashful l used to be
q She said If girl spoke to me l woulC
, blush to my hair roots. Well, l re
= minded her of the time your father
} first came to see her and the joke We
} played on them, SO guess that will
} hold her for a while"
} Continuing, Uncle Dan said: "You
want to talk more about the war, dc
you? Well, war methods have under
gone many changes and they are still
changing. No two wars are fought
alike. In early times, the weapons were
stones, clubs, spears bows and arrows,
swords, etc. In this kind of warfare,
victory was with the strong right arm.
Men of enormous size and strength
were the great warriors. The inven-
tton of gunpOwder, however has
changed ali this. It has enabled mon
to XIII one another at a considerable
distance, and do it wholesale. The
war, as we know it now, is combina-
! ton of chemicals, machinery, muthc-
matical calculations and highly trained
| men. Just think of it, Airplanes,
submarines, armorcd tanks, or cater
| pillars, poison gases, and curtains of
fire are all used for the first time in
| this war; and they are destructive be-
yond anything heretofore known.
"The methods followed by the kali
ser and his allies are simply devllish.
He must answer in history to the kill
ing Of, thousands of innocent women
and children. He has broken every
international law and every rule of
warfare; he has bOmbarded hospitals
and undefcnded cities. sunk Red Cross
ships on errands of mercy; he has de-
Stroyed cathedrals and priceless treas
ureS of art that can never be replaced;
he has made slaves of his prisoners;
he has tried to get US into war with
japan; his emmissaries have blown up
our ships, burned our factories and
fired our forests. He knows no mercy
or honor. The most charitable view
to take Of this blood-thirsty tyrant |
is that he is crazy.
zone thing is certain" continued I'M
Gle Dan, with great emphasis, "Our |
liberty, the safety of our homes and |
our country, and the security Of the
world demand the speedy and abso-
lutte overthrow of the kaiser and
crushing out once and forever the
reign of Prussian brutality"
"How about the German people,"
said Billie.
Uncle Dan replied: "The splendid
German people were happy, thrifty,
and contented. They have
been tricl1ed into war and made to
suffer the tortures of the damned;
they have been cruelty and systematic
ally deceived. God grant that the real
facts may get to them, and If they do,
Lord help the kaiser"
"Of course the allies will win," said
Mrs. Graham.
"Probably So" said Uncle Dan. "But
If we are to win, we must go the limit.
We must check the awful destruction to
shipping by the German submarines,
)r we may not be able to get food and 4
supplies to our own men and to our al !
les we must also put hundreds Of
and perhaps millions, of
irst-class soldiers in the battle line.
"Food is the first consideration. I'm
lie Dan continued. mo army can hold
,ut against hunger. 1t has been said
hat food will win the war, and this Is
argely true. Hence the Importance 4
# the farm in the war plans of our
ountry." 4
Mrs. Graham interrupted by saying: %
In view of the Importance of farming, u
ont you think, Daniel, that the farm
RS ought to be exempted from war n
ervlce" U
mo, thousand times no." said Un- M
lie Dan, striking the table so hard TO "
mphasize his protest that he tipped X
yer a vnse of flowers. I'VE must n
ave no class legislation. The duty to n
nrve Is the common duty Of all, and N
o class must be relieved of this OBJ %
gaUOn. Inc question OF exemption ~
lust be a personal one and decided by Nj
he facts surrounding each case. In ~
0 other way can we have Il square RI
nal, and to insure this, it is the duty "a
congress to pass Immediately the 81
bill, or some such meas N
re, which Is fair TO all classes. 1t
ould settle oil these questions and
, 1t fairly. Safety now and safety
,reafter demands such legislation,
I'd let me suggest that you and your IN
lends get busy with your congress
an and senator's and urge them to ~
ompt action.
at Is time for us to realize that we
q not living in fools paradise;
at this great country of ours cost n
ems Of blood and treasure and II Is niS