Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-11-22
WAR TALKS
BY UNCLE DAN
Number Three
How War Methods Have Changed
Everybody Must Help.
Number Three

telling me how bashful 1 used to be.
She said if a girl spoke to me l would
blush to my hair roots. Well, I re-
minded her of the time your father
hrst came to see her and the joke we
played on them, so l guess that will
hold her for a WHILE"
Continuing, Uncle Dan said: "You
want to talk more about the war, do
you? Well, war methods have under
gone many changes and they are still
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 the strong right arm.
Men OF rmo size and strength
were the great warriors. The inven-
ton of gunpowder, however, has
changed all this. 1t has enabled men
to kill n another at a considerable
distance, and do it wholesale. The
war, as we know it now, is a comhina-
ton of chemicals, machinery, mathe-
NAUTICAL calculations and highly trained
men. Just think of it! Airplanes,
submarines, armored tanks, or cater
pillars, poison gases, and curtains of
fire are all used for the first time in
this war; and they are destructive be-
yond anything heretofore known.
"The methods followed by the kai-
ser and his allies are simply devilish.
He must answer in history to the kill
Ing of thousands of innocent womJn
and children. He has broken every
international law and every rule of
warfare; he has bombarded hospitals
and undefcnded cities, sunk Red Cross
ships en- errands of mercy; he has de-
stroyed cathedrals and priceless treas
ures OF art that can never be replaced;
he has made slaves of his prisoners;
he has tried to get us into war with
Japan; his ennliSSaricS have blown up
our ships, burned u factories and
fired our forests. He knows 10 mercy
or honor. The most charitable view
to take Of this h%lood-thirsty tyrant
is that he is crazy.
zone thing is certain" continued I'm
Gle Dan, with great emphasis, "Our
liberty, the safety of our homes and
III country, and the security of the
world demand the speedy and abso-
lutte overthrow Of Ehe kaiser and
crushing out once aid forever the
reign of Prussian brutality"
GLOW about the German people,"
said Billie.
Uncle Dan replied: 1.-THE splendid
Enrnlon rnnn1n Irnrn hoonv thriftV
prosperous and contented. They have
been tricked into wal and made to
suffer the tortures 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!"
"Cf course the allies will VIM said
Mrs. Graham.
> probably So" said Uncle Dan. "But
: if we are to win, we must go 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, OF
first-class soldiers in the battle line.
Food is the first consideration" I'm
> Gle Dan continued. mo army can hole
: out against hunger. 1t has been sale
! that food will win the war, and this is
largely true. Hence the importance
! of the farm in the war plans of oul
,, country"
, Mrs. Graham interrupted by saying
"In view of the importance of farming
ers ought to be exempted from wal
service?"
f: "No, a thousand times no." said Un'
Gle Dan, striking the table so hard tc
emphasize his protest that he tipped
, over a vase of flowers. "We must
nave no class legislation. The duty tc
serve is the common duty Of all, anC
no class must be relieved of this OBJ
legation. The question of exemption
must be a personal one and decided by
the facts surrounding each case. Ir
no other way can we have a square
deal, and to insure this, it is the duty
Of congress to pass Immediately the
1SAh ~ VI SuNu u1CSlS
ure, which is fair to all classes. Il
would settle all these questions an6
do it fairly. Safety now and safety
hereafter demands such legislation
and let me suggest that you and YOU
'"iends get busy with your congress
man and senators and urge them tc
prompt action.
ut is time for us to realize that W.
are not living in a fools paradise
that this great country Of ours cost
oceans of blood and treasure and it Is
only due to the loyalty, sacrifice anG
service of our forefathers that we have
a country, and it is u highest duty
to preserve it unimpaired and pass 1,
on to posterity, no matter what the
cost may be. Our citizenship and theil
ancestors came from all parts of the
world to make this country n home
and enjoy its blessings and opportu