Gilpin observer., 1917-12-20
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number Three
How War Methods Have Changed
Everybody Must Help.
Number Three

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"Hello. Uncle Dan. Jimmie and
have been waiting for you"
Sorry If have kept you long," said
Uncle Dan. "Your mother has been
telling me how bashful used to be.
She said II girl spoke to me would
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 l guess that will
hold her for a while"
| Continuing, Uncle Dan said: "You
want to talk more about the war, do
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
ton Of gunpOwder, however, has
changed all this. 1t has enabled men
/ to kill one another at n considerable
distance, and do II Wholesale. The
war, as We know II now, is combina
tion of chemicals, machinery, mathe-
matical calculations and highly trained
men. Just think OF 1t! Airplanes,
submarines. armored 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 undefended 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
u
is that he is crazy.
"One 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
raiyp Of Drucciap hr,rtolttvv
SLOW about the German people,"
said Billie.
Uncle Dan replied: "The splendid
German people were happy. thrifty.
prosperous and cOntented. They have
been tricked 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,
. or we may not be able to get food and
supplies to our own men and to our al
lies; we must also put hundreds of
/ thousands, and perhaps millions, of
first-class soldiers in the battle line.
: 'Food is the first consideration" I'm
; Gle Dan continued. mo army can hold
out against hunger. 1t has been said
that food will win the war, and this is
= largely true. Hence the Importance
: of the farm In the war plans Of our
: country"
Mrs Graham interrupted by saying
; "In view Of the Importance Of farming.
don't you think, Daniel, that the farm
, ers ought to be exempted from war
, service?"
mo, a thousand times no." said Un-
l Gle Dan, striking the table so hard to
emphasize his protest that he tipped
! over vase of flowers. ave must
, have no class legislation. The duty to
, serve is the common duty Of all. and
no class must be relieved of this OBJ
iigauOn. The question Of exemption
: must be personal one and decided by
, the facts surrounding each case. In
no other way can we have square
deal, and to insure this, II is the duty
; Of congress to pass Immediately the
Chamberlain bill, or some such meas
ure, which Is fair to all classes. 1t
would settle all these questions and
do 1t fairly. Safety now and safety
hereafter demands such legislation,
and let me suggest that you and your
friends get busy with your congress-
man and senators and urge them to
prompt action.
''It is time for us to realize that we
; are not living In fools paradise
that this great country OF ours cost
oceans of blood and treasure and II is