The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-11-16
TALKS
B. UNCLE DAN
Number Three
How War Methods Have Changed
Everybody Must Help.
Nrrbcy Three

nave been waiting for you"
Sorry if ! have kept you long," said
Uncle Dan. Your mother has been
telling me how bashful 1 used to be.
She said If a girl spoke to me / would
blush to my hair roots. Wen, / re-
minded her of the time your father
first came 10 see her and the joke we
played Oh 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 enormous size and strength
were the great warriors. The inven-
ton Of %gunpOwder, however, has
changed all this. 1t has enabled men
10 Kill one another al a considerable
distance, and do it Wholesale. The
war, as we know ii now, is q cOmbina-
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.
1.-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 women
and children. He has broken every
international law and every rule of
warfare; he has b%ombarded hospitals
and undefended cities, sunk Red Cross
ships on 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 emmissaries have blown up
u ships, burned our factories and
fired our forests. He knows no mercy
or honor. The most charitable view
10 take OF this blood-thirsty tyrant
is that he is crazy.
"One thing is certain" continued Tn
Gle Dan. with great emphasis, 60 "
liberty the safety Of our homes ana
oar country. and the security of the
world demand the speedy and abso-
lute overthrow OF the kaiser aud
crushing out once and forever the
reign OF Prussian brutality"
"E.ow about the German people"
said Billie.
Uncle Dan replied: "The splen0,d
German people were happy, thrifty,
prosperous and contented. They have
been uicked into war 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!"
"Of course the allies will win," said
Mrs. Graham.
'Probably So" said Uncle Dan. "But
if we are To win. we must 90 the limit.
We must check the awful destruction 10
shipping by the German Submarines,
or we may not be able TO get food anC
supplies to our own men and to u al
lies; we must also put hundreds o.
thousands, and perhaps millions. OF
frst-class soldiers in the battle line.
"Food is the first consideration" Ur-
Gle Dan continued. mo army can hold
out against hunger. 1t has been said
that food Will win the war, anG this +.
largely true. Hence the importance
OF the farm in the war plans OF or
country"
Ms. Graham Interrupted by saying.
an view Of the Importance of farmi0,-
cont You tHink. Daniel. hat the farm
ers ought to De exempted frola 49,
service?"
"No, a thousand times no." said Un-
Gle Dan, striking the table SO hard e
emphasize his protest that be tippe,l
over o vase of flowers. we must
have no class legislation. The duty t.
serve is the common duty of oil, ana
no class must be relieved Of this Oh.
ligation. The question Of "exenIti3T
must be n personal one and decided o.,
the facts surrounding each case. u
no other way cen we have a squar,
deal. and to insure this, il is tie ca
Of congress 70 pass Immediately Tx
Chamberlain bill, OF some such meas
ure. which is fair to all classes. L
would settle all these questions an
do it fairly. Safety now al safety
hereafter demands such legislation
and let me suggest that you and you
friends get busy with your congress
man and senators and urge them Il
prompt action.
ut IS time for Us to realize that W,
are not living IN a fools paradise
that this great country of ours COS.
oceans CT blood and treasure and 1t i,
only due to the loyalty. sacrifice anc
service OF I f%orefathers that We hav,
a country, and it Is our highest dat
to preserve il unimpaired and pass Il
on TO %poSteritv, no matter what tn
/, cost may be. Our citizenship and theil
!. ancestors came from all parts of tn
world 10 make this country a HON,
-. o,;oy tie hiocrfrrc onl o-ro-4v