Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-04
CALLS ON AMERICA
TO WAKE TO DANGER
Captain Fallon Says Millions of
Men Are Needed TO Win
the War.
GERMANY MUCH STRONGER
Allies Wearing Out, Only Eng
land and France Showing
Resistance.

survivors Of the famous Ciallipoli StruE-
gle. He related his experiences in the
war. many of which stirred the audi
ence 10 II realization Of the atrocities
perpetrated by German soldiers Cap
tain Fallon bears a living testimony
10 the horrors of that campaign, as his
right arm has been laccrated his;
thumb shot of. his jawbone broieen
and his body filled with the shoto of
the Turkish arms.
After being introduced by T. N. Car
ringtcn. chairman of the Virginia War
Work Council! of the Army and Navy
Young Mems Christian Association.
Captain Fallon was greeted with an
ovation that lasted several minu.es,
and the audience broke into prolonged
applause again when he reminded them
of the fact :hat the United States
licked England because England de-
served 1t. We took away your liberty
anG you Ought for it. and you are
now called upon to defend that Iib-
erty. America will do it,"
GERMANY Is MEASURING:
UP TO EXPECTATIONS
Captain Eallon said that the British
statesmen had studied Russia. Ger
many and America. Russia. on accour.
OF India: Germany. because she was
inilitaristic. and in the study of Ger
many the statesmen of she day went
back 1000 years. studied the Huns and
thrE ere the same Huns to-day that
they were 1000 years age" America
vas studied because she was. and is.
oil English descent. Our study OF Ger
many was accurate, and Germany -
day is measuring up TO what we ex-
pecied il she went into battle" he
added
americans are naturally apathetic
concerning the war because OF the
geographical position of the country"
said Captain Fallon, "and because your
allies have made you safe and kept the
Huns back; but the time has come
when America must awake TO the real
tZQtion of the real conditions as they
confront the allies. France has given
all she has-her sons, her women and
money; Belgium lies Il desoIatcd couu-
try; Roumania is in the same condi-
tion: Russia has been fighting several
years and is worn out; therefore. only
England. France and America stand
atainst the angry hordcs of the
Kaiser"
RELATES EXPERIENCES
ON GALLIPOLI PENINSULA
NJ Galiipo!i," he said, I'VE stood be-
tween the rugged prccipice the sea and
the shrapnel from the Turks guns, as
you to-day stand between liberty and
German serfdom and brutality. We
must rush forward With might and
drive the enemy back. for Germany to-
day is stronger than when the war
began"
Captain Fallon related many OF his
own experiences; how at times he was
ut the point of death. to be saved by
some slight circumstance; how lie lived
for three days on two biscuits and six
pieces OF chocolate. and how, when he
had finally given up all hope of ever
being saved, he was rescued by a Ca
nadian. AT times cold chill ran
through the audience as he told them
Of the brutality OF thc Germans-how
they tore children to pieces, mistreat ed
the women and nailed men to the doors
of their homes. He pictured some OF
the actual scenes. telling how the Ger
mans had decapitated prisoners. or
blown them 10 pieces. Captain Fallon
spoke from personal observation, and
II was for that reason that the audi
ence was able to appreciate what war
means and the great duty that lies
before America.
America must 90 It's duty to stop the
Germans" said the speaker. you are
Imhting all the Germans: do not be
deceived. II you are not. then the Ger
mans would revolt. as the Russians
have done. against kaiserdom. It's not
only the Kaiser and his Junkers, but
n! the German people" :.
coMIENDS WORK
OF ARMY Y. NJ. e. A.
Captain Failon commended the great
work done by the Y. NJ. c. A. workers
Lchind the lines and called upon all the
Ecople to contribute to the $4,000. 900
fund, so that the work can be con-
| tinued. The soldier, he said. must have
some recreation. and IL lie doesn't get
it he is apt to go crazy, for after a
bloody battle nothing gives the soldier
as much life again as little comfort
administered by the 2. NJ. c.. A.
workers. The people must be willing
10 give their money If the boys are
willing to give their lives for the great
cause, and we must give that money
for the recreation of the soldier if we
are to win the war;" said Captain Fal-
| lon. "if you don't give your dollar
to the cause, the Germans will take it,"
France is the only one of the allies.
except England, that Is showing any
| resistance. ana for that reason Eng
land, America and France must form
| L trinity of democracy. and as a result
out Of the ashes of the war shall come
| liberty. But 1t will take 100000
Americans to aid in this great strug-
gle and help drive the Germans back.
We are lighting for one purposc-hu-
manity."
The audience was aroused to the
limit BY the closing remarks Of Cap
tain Fallon. who said:
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