Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-02
Nothcl!fe Says War viii Be
Long, Hard, and Tax Resources

'ome. The allies will win-but only
] ifter spending many lives. much
money and supplies and many ships
we Will overwhelm the enemy with
5reater numbers. greater guns, and
more money. but the end is not even
vaguely in sight.
4 Kind Of Peace.
They say they are ready for peace
DO we want peace that will only re-
suit In a few more years in war
inuch greater, much more deadly,
and that would practically destroy
civilizatiOn? Peace that could posi-
oily leave room for such war in ton
years or In even n hundred years is
unthinkable. Germany wants to Ger
mamie the world--that Is obvious.
She will stop at nothing to achieve
an end. No barbarians were ever as
barbarous. nor any savages ever 80
cruel. This war is to determine who
ther the world will he q free world
for liberty-loving people or an auto
cratic world dominated by a powerful
military machine"
Must Bridge Atlantic.
preparation plans. Lord Northcliffe
said: You are raising a great ar
my, equipping thousa of alright
ers. and battle ships. II will be a Il.
tanic job to get these men and aero
planes to Europe, but 1t will be
greater task To get them supplies and
munitions and keep them supplied.
To do this, America must literally
bridge the Atlantic with ships to
such an extent that no matter how
many vessels are sunk by mines and
submarines, there will still be enough
and to spare to carry to Europe the
thousands and thousands of tons Of
food and other supplies Your army
in France would be helpless II sup
plies should fail to get there even for
short period. France cannot feed
them. nor her own men. whom Amer
lea must also feed. to n large extent"
Must Conserve Food.
Northcliffe also bluntly told his
hearers some other things America
must do. among them conserving
food You Americans eat too much
and YOU waste as much as you eat.
the war has taught them to be care
ful of their food supply Eat enough,
eat all YOU want. but save the waste
Enough food is wasted in America
every dav to feed the British army.
Americans now realize thisi war will
be won with food. and If every Am
ierican cuts ont all the waste he can
there will be food enough otherwise
sOembody will have to go without
A starved army cannot fight Amer
lea is today the food prOvider for her
self and her allies II she should fail,
the outcome might be tragedy
Northcliffe spoke at random for an
hour and a half. celebrating upon tn"
subjects her" touched upon. and.
while very ordinary in appearance.
Impressed his hear..rs with his great
breadth of vision. his physical ener
gy and courage. and wonderful learn
ing an dexperience. He has spent
many months in person on every
fighting front of the war, even in the
first line trenches. and undoubt"dlv
brings ~ America an uncensor"d
message of actual conditions
Sitting by him at the lunch tabl'
on one side was | X. Kirkwood of th..
Kansas city star. and on the othr,
Ma iOr General Wood. one of Amer
li"a'S croi'"St war experts During
hts r"mnrks. Lord Norfhcliff" fro
nuently. asked General Wood If ho
was rirht and was always answered
in the affirmative.
Nurthcliff" is er"ndinc several
noYths in America, and has been "n
'"rtained in all Of the larger cities
kansas Citv being The most westerly
city thus far visited.