The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1917-12-12
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number Three
How War Methods Hsye Changed
Everybody Must Help.
Number Three

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 If girl spoke to me would
blush to my hair roots. Well, 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, do
you? Well, war methods have under
gone many changes and they are still
chauging. 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
we're the great warriors. The inven-
tion Of gunpowder, however, has
changed all this. 1t has enabled men
to Kill one another at a considerable
distance, and do it wholesale. The
var. as we know 1t now. Is q combipa-
ton Of chemicals, machinery, pathe-
NAUTICAL calculations and highly trained
men, Just think Of It! Airplanes,
fpbmaripes, armoFed tanks, or cater
pillars, poison gases, and curtains Of
Ire are all used for the first time in
this war; and they are destructive be-
You'd anything heretofore known.
%The methods followed by the kali
ser and his allies are simply devilish.
he must answer in. history to the kill
ms Of thousands Of INNOCENT women
aud children. He has broken every
thterhan ohal law and every rule Of
warfare; he hes bQmbarded hospitals
and 6ndetended cities, sunk Red GROSS
Ships on etrands Of mercy; he has de-
SH0yed cathedrals and priceless treas
mes Of art that Can meyer be replaced;
be has made slaves Of his prisoners;
be has tried to get us into war with
Japan his emmissaries have blown up
9nf ships, burned our factories and
lied our forests. BE knows no mercy
q 4onor. The most Charitable view
| 20 fake Of this blood-thirsty tyrant
e that heFis crazy.
"0ne thing is certain" continued On
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 brut8lityr
Elbow 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 kaiserp
"of course the allies win win," said
Mrs. Graham.
Probably So" said Uncle Dan. ''But
If we are to win, we must 60 the limit.
We must check the awful destruction to
| shipping by the German submarines,
ior we may not be able to get food and
supplies 70 our own men and to our al
lies; we must also put hundreds Of
thousands, and perhaps millions, of
Arst-class soldiers In the battle line.
food Is the first consideration" On
Gle Dan continued. mo army can hold
out against hunger. It has been said
that food will win the war, and this is
largely true. Hence the importance
of tho fafn In the war plans Of our
country"
Mrs, Graham interrupted by saying
I'm view Of the Importance Of farming,
don't You think, Daniel, that the farm
ers ought to be exempted from war
servtce7"
mo, q thousand times no." said Un-
Gle Dan, striking the table 50 hard to
emphasize his protest that he tipped
] over vase Of flowers. 1--WE must
have no class legislation. The duty to
serve Is the common duty Of all, and
/ no class must be relieved of this OBJ
1ighton. The question Of exemption
4 must be a personal ohe and decided BY
1.-THE facts surrounding each case. IN
no other way can we have q square
deal, snd to insure this II Is the duty
Of congress to pass Immediately the
! Chamb6 riain bin, or some such meas
! ure, which is fair to al classes. It
would settle a1l these questions and
| do It fairly. Safety now and safety
hereafter demands such legislation,
and Let me suggest that you and your
| friends get busy with y9rr congress
man and senators ana df1e them 10
prompt action,
@If Is time for Us to realize that we
are not living IA q fools paradise /:
that this great country Of ours cost
oceans Of blood and treasure and It is
only due to the Loyalty, sacrifice and
| service Of our forefa theirs that we have
a country, and it is our highest duty
| 10 preserve Il unimpaired and pass Il
On to posterity, no matter what the
cost may be. Our citizenship and their
ancestors came from al parts Of he
world TO make this country D home
and enjoy its blessings and qpportu-
ntuess hence, Ii the Crisis before us,