Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-23
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number TArss
Hos War Methsds HAYS Changed
Everybody Must Help.
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SORRY II have kept you long" said
Uncle Dan. "Your mother has BEEN
telling me how bashful | used to be-,
She said II a girl spoke to me would
blush to my hair roots. Well. re-,
minded her Of the time your father
first came to SCI, her anil the joke wei
played on them, so l guess that win
hold her for a while"
Continuing. Uncle Dan said: "YOuI
want to talk more about the war. dol
you2 Well, wGF methods have UNDER
gone many changes ana they are stilll
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 tho strong right arm,
Men Of enormous size and strength
were the great Warriors. The inyen-
ton OF gunpOwder. however. has
changed all this. II has enabled men,
to kill one another at a considerable
distance. and DO it wholesale. Tho
wag, sas we know if now..is a eanbinR-
ton o. chemicals. machinery, mathe-
matiGal calculations and highly trained
men. Just think aof III! AfTplGneg.i
submarines. arm0Fsd tanks, or eater-
pillars, poison gases, and curtains u
FIRE are all used for the hEst time In
this war; aud they are destructive be-,
yond anything heretofore known.
"The methods followed by the kali
ser and bts allies are simply deyilIsh,i
He must ansReF in history t@ the kill
ing Of thousands Of inhOcelt women
and children. He Inns broken every,
international law and every rule OIL
warfare; he has bomharded hospitals
and undefended cities, snnk Red Cross
ships on eFgands Of mercy; he has der
stroyed cathedPalS and priceless treaa-l
Ures of art that can never be replaced Il
he has made slaves Of his prisoners Il
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
TO take of this blood-tiiirsty tYrant
is that he is crazy.
"One thing Is certain" continued I'M
Gle Dan, with great emphasis, "Ous
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 brutality"
"How about the German people"
said Billie
Uncle Dan replied: "The splendid
German people were happy, thrifty,
prosperous and contented. They have
been trfcked into war and made to
suffer the fortunes 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 tho allies will win" said
Mrs. Graham.
"Prohably So" said Uncle Dan. ''But
If we are to win, we must so 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, or
flrst-class soldiers in the battle line.
Tood is the first consideration, Un-
Gle Dan continued. mo army can hold
out against hunger. It has been said
that food will win the war, and this isl
largely true. Hence the Importance
cf 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 10 be exempted from war
seryice?"
mo a thousand times no. said I'm
Gle Dan, striking the table so hard To
emphasize his protest that be tipped
over vase of flowers. I'VE must
have no class legislation. The duty to
serve Is the common duty Of all, and
no class must be .relieyed of this OBJ
legation. The question Of exemption
must be a personal one and decided by
the facts surrounding each case. Ia
no other way can we have a squares
deal, and to insure this, 1t is the duty
Of congress 10 pass immediately tho
Chamberlain bill, or some such meas
ure. which Is fair 10 NIL classes. It,
would settle all these questions aud
do It. 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 senator's and urge them to
prompt action.
Ut 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 1t Is
only due TO the loyalty. sacrifice End
service Of our forefathers that we have
a country, and 1t is our highest duty
to preserve it unimpalred and pass it
on to posterity, no matter what the