The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-25
FAMOUS WRITER, WHO LEG
TUREs HERE TOMORROW
NIGHT, TALKS
Russia Is the Great
Problem
Date Changed by Reason of Other
Meetings" Am Glad to Spend
Few Days in Your Beautiful
City," He Declares.

Germany would make peace to-
morrow on conditions that would
leave her in a worse situation than
she was at the beginning of the war
if she could do so without abject sur
render But the situation is such that
the war cannot be settled until she is
thoroughly defeated. That is the case
with all wars. Look at our Civil war.
If any war could have been compro-
missed it could have been, but it could
not"
The speaker was S. S. Mcclure who
lectures in the high school auditorium
Friday. instead of Thursday night, as
originally announced. Mr.. Mcclure
sat in the Perrine hotel yesterday, on
his arrival and discussed the Euro
pean and Asiatic situations. He has
spent two years abroad and has writ
ten what the nation called the best
book on the war yet produced
Germany will be crushed within
year unless Russia should change
front and join her. In that case it
would take much longer. | do not
mean to say that Russia will do that,
but that is what Germany is striving
to get her to do. You see, if the
council of soldiers and workmen In
Russia should get complete control
and offer peace which Germany would
accept, they would be likely to join
Germany to enforce their peace terms
and that would lengthen the war. AS
far as Japan is concerned, her WORK
i'm the war is under estimated She
not only protects most of the Pacific
with her fleets, but she has a power
full fleet in the Mediterranean. AS far
as her armies are concerned, l be-
lieye that, while, of course, no states
man in authority would say so, she
may be holding them, with the con
.. sent of her allies, watching the situa-
ton in Russia.
81 deliver two lectures together one
on Japan and the far east, followed
by another on the war in Europe. The
Japanese situation is not important
enough to warrant a long talk, bu
there is so much misunderstanding
regarding it, that it is worth whil'
: clearing it up. There is no japanese
! situation, so far as possible war witt
the United States is concerned. Sh'
is not situated so that she could d'
us injury and has no desire to do So
"a great deal of misinformation i
= spread abroad by men who writ
e books on foreign question, after
E brief visit during which they 81
= around hotels and get information
S from others as imperfectly informe
= as they are themselves. | went dow
into the mines, l examined the ma
chinery. | know the resources or IN
= country, first hand. / spent som
: time in China. While there / travele
d long distance without a railroad
= during the time of the big floods.
!. talked and ate with the members G
all classes.
: Similarly when l make statemen
y about conditions in Germany, l ora'
a NV information from original sources
a 7 hack my statements by quotation
from the official reports OF Germa
: officers. If l say so many were XII
1 ed under certain conditions at Gel
l. eain time. | take German official vel
IS sions for it. What l say about atroc
2 ties committed l am prepared
> nrove. know how the Germans te'
is about peace. They wanted peace lc
the past two years, if they could g
y If in the way they desired. Bethmanl
sr Uollweg told me he wanted peace. +
said we have won this war, II Eni
land would only realize that fact.
The lecture on Japan Will DE ~
lowed by talk on the WI
Il in which the subject OF German al
Austrian conditions and atrocitl
will be handled. 1t was intended
es have the meeting tonight, but own
ms 70 a number of other and previous
arranged gatherings it was postpo
ed. ~.
re 'I am going from here to San Fra
al CISCO" said Mr.. Mcclure, and conc
ch tions are such that / would nave
en- lie over either in Twin Falls or thei
It I shall be glad to spend a couple
ng days in your beautiful httie Guy, al
~ since il is more satisfactory to tho
of in charge. | shall remain here al
,r- speak Friday evening | do not wa
n to be out lecturing. | want to 6
ny home and see my boy before ne go
a to Europe l have seven nephews
We the war