The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-10

this war;" he said, thea you must
bear this stamp all through life.
i feel more and more as I, go
through this country that the United
states is playing her part in a way
IN which England would have been
glad to have played hers, had she
been as far away from the scene of
the war. see war activities on every
hand"
A bolt was shot at the l. w. VS..
This organization must go out Of
business in this country If it is to
win the war" the speaker said.
81 never see your flag that don't
remember that it is the only one that
has ever defeated us. You did it
twice and you did it thoroughly and
we admit it, and also that you were
in the right and we were in the
wrong. One reason for our defeat
was that we employed German troops.
But you will never defeat us again
and we will never defeat you for we
Will never hight again. The two ma
lions have built up such an under
standing that another War is incon-
ceivable.
Must Never Happen Again.
"As I remember war as 1t is, with
Its tremendous sacrifices, I see more
and more that 1t is the most unsatis-
factory way of settling anything.
Wars must be made things of the
past. The only country that may want
war is going to be SO defeated that it
will never again want to begin an
other.
THE allies tried in every possible
way to stave off the war in 1914 and
the United States did the same thing
until it was only Question of main
tanning peace with dishonor or going
to war with honor. Thank God you
chose the latter course"
The speaker cited EngIand's I'M
preparedness as proof that tho
country was not the instigator of the
conflict as Germany declares. He
told of the very small army that Eng
lard was able to turn into the field
and then discussed the way that
country had muddled through the
first year OF the war with unframed
men and officers, a lack of guns and
ammunitions, and with old and ineff-
cient men in the war office.
England sent its contemplate lit
tie army, as the kaiser styled it, over
to help France. 1t was small, but it
held back 1--WE times its strength in
the terrible retreat from Mons to
Paris and finally was able to help
deal the blow that sent the Germans
staggering back from within thirteen
miles of the French capitol, at the
battle Of the Marine.
Not Prepared for Task.
1.-THE. army was one of the best
equipped fighting forces that has
ever been put into the field, but 1t
was not prepared for the huge task
before it. That small army and the
English navy was England's only
contribution to France at the start"
The work of the English navy in
clearing the seas OF German mer-
chantmen, keeping the German fleet
bottled up in its own harbors and
helping to transport millions OF
troops across to France, was lauded.
Captain vickers declared that the
American troops should not be sent
into action until they had been per-
fectly trained for the task before
them. They must learn the war game
all over again, he said, for modern
war was altogether different from any
other He said that Lord Kitchener
was wise enough not to send raw and
unframed troops to the front.
The speaker then told of some of
his own experiences both in England,
Scotland and in France.
When he first went over to France,
England had one man for every
twenty-five yards of line, while the
Germans had one for every three.
England was short of shells at the
start. While the Germans in the
early months, had six shells per min
ute for every gun on the front. Eng
land had one shell per day for her
guns. And yet the troops of Eng
land and her colonies held on even
against odds so great
Captain Vitkers, who went to the
trenches in the Seaforth High,anders,
declared the reason they did not give
in was because they were pledged to
die. No Seaforth Highlander had ever
been taken prisoner, he declared
Shortage Of Shells.
In 1915 England began her first Of
fensive IN France at Neuve Chapelle.
The supply of shells, however, gave
out in an hour and half aud for
three days the men who had ad-
vanced suffered heavy losses under
German fire. At LOos, another
bloody battle Of the first year of the
war, the English lost but 200 men
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