The Nevada County picayune., 1917-12-06
WAR TALKS By UNCLE DAN
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Jimmie and German Boy Clash Must Do Three Things to Save
 Country.
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spreading branches of the great tree that suggested the farms name of Oak Hill. Billie and Jimmie had been lay ing for him. so Uncle Dan was cap tured by the boys on short order.
 Say, Uncle Dan." Billie began "We had red-hot argument at school yes terday with Carl Newman Carl said that German schools were miles ahead Of our schools and that no one could come up to the educated German. Well, Jimmie got hot under the collar and handed it back to him good and plenty. Jimmie said If their education taught them to torpedo Lusitanlas. sink hos pital ships. murder hundreds of wom- en and children. make slaves of the Belgians, poison wells. destroy fruit trees and commit all sorts of crimes, then we did not want that kind of education here. What do you think about it. Uncle Dan? I told Jimmie you spent lot of time in Europe and knew all about schools. so give us your opinion"
 Well" replied Uncle Dan, deliber- ately, "the German schools are very thorough they furnish exceedingly val uable and practical instruction. The industrial training given there Is prob ably the best to be found. The schools as a whole. however. in my opinion. appeal to the head only, and never to the heart. The aim and trend Is to hn, {S- sive to the PruSSian plan of world do- minion. they teach that 1t Is the des- tiny of Germany to rule the world. and that to the glory and advance of Ger many, in this plan, all things must give way; that the kaiser as head Of the state, can do no wrong if he carrles forward the plan of world control. Some of the greatest teachers and preachers even defend and justify her heartless crushing of Belgians and the many other atrociOus crimes she has committed in this war. Thank God, our American education reaches both the head and the heart. It is an edu- cation with a soul and we must main, tain the high ideals we have fixed. In word, in Germany, the people are taught that they exist for the govern ment, while here the government ex- ists to serve the people"
 Just wait c minute" interrupted Billie. Say that over again slowly, so 1 can write 1t down."
 Uncle Dan, smlliusly, complied.
 v~l~ aA NANv~ vrA xvin he nd that nut ont for Carl to crack. Ossi. you know." Gaoftnoad &salse, ''has q ver, N0WRt Aa<ls1 Svls~ SeeVe him posted on the German arguments. Carl said our government was only su experiment anyway; that it would not iast twenty yesrs, end that It might burst up any old time. Jimmie asked him if Germany was 70 mighty good, why they did not % back there to live" .,.- e.~-s
 "Our government will % sn forever, won't it. .Uncle, nxAT e..
 Now ssid Uncls DAn, ."yeuf are raising . big question. and one that bas troubled me for years. Ou1 gov ernment is stlll in the experimental stage: In fact. it is the greatest ex- periDnent ever undertaken, and if pop ulAr government Is to bs succesRful. few things must he done. otherwise. to parsphrase the great Lincoln. the gov ernment of the people. by the people and for the people, will perish. It is my firm conviction" said Uncle Dan, in a very impressive manner, "that if our country is to go on, as we hope and pray. we must very quickly do at least three things, and I will name them fin the order of importance as it appears to me
 First. adopt compulsory universal military training of all young men physically fit before they reach the age of twenty years.
 Next, require that every foreigner who comes here to live must, within reasonable time. say year, declare his intention of becoming an American citizen and take the necessary steps to do so. thereby. from that moment, as Suming all the obligations of citizen ship Of our country, apd that means he must defend our flag upon equal terms with our native born, and if he is not willing to do this. he should be sent back from whence he came"
 That's the stun" exclaimed Billie.
 And. finally, enact such legislation as will make voting compulsory. Pop ular government Is based upon the participation of all and the rule of the majority, and democracy cannot continue and be successful unless we live up to the spirit of the institu ton.
 "rhe first .tcp. however, is the pass ing of the Chamberlain bill for univer- sal military training. If you will get he leading citizen, and especially the editor of your paper, to write personal letters to your congressman and both senators. urging their support. it will help enormously.
 II see by the morning papers, said Uncle Dan, That the Rotary clubs of the entire country, the liyest, most eff ciQut organization to he found. have