The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-02
WAR TALKS
BY UNCLE DAN
Number Three
How War Methods Have Changed
Everybody Must Help.
Number Three

blush to my hair roots. Wen. ! re-
minded her Of the time your father
FIRST came to see her and the Joke we
played on them, so guess that will
hold her Tor while"
Continuing, Uncle Dan said you
want to talk more about the war, do
youi Wen, war methods have under
gone many changes and they are still
changing. No two wars are fought
alike. In early fines. the weapons were
stones, clubs, spears, bows and arrows.
swords. etc. In this kind Of warfare,
victory WIS With the strong right arm,
Men Of enormous size and strength
were the great warriors. The lnven-
tlon OF gunpowder, however, has
changed all this II has enabled men
TO XII one another AZ a considerable
Distance. md do II wholesale. The
war as we know II now, Is n combna-
tlon Of chemicals. machinery. mathe-
mallcal calculations and highly trimmed
men. Just think Of III Airplanes,
submarines. armored tanks. or cater
pillars, poison gases. and curtains Of
fire nre all used for the first time In
this war: and they are destructive be-
You'd anything heretofore known.
"Thc methods followed by the kai-
ser and his allies are simply devlllsh.
He must answer In history to the kill
ing OF thousands Of innocent women
and children. lie hns broken every
international law and every rule Of
warfare; he has bcmbarded hospitals
and undefcndcd cities. sunk Red Cross
ships on crrnnds Of mercy; he has de-
stroyed cnthedrals 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 emmlssarles 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-thlrsty tyrant
Is that he Is crazy.
zone thing Is certain continued IN
Gle Dan, with great emphasis, sour
liberty, the safety Of our homes and
our country, and the security Of the
world demand thu speedy and abso-
lutte overthrow Of the kaiser and
crushing out once and forever tho
reign OF Prusslan brutality"
"IIow about tho German people"
said Billie.
Uncle Dan replied: "The splendid
German people were happy. thrifty,
prosperous aad contented. They have
been trlckcd into war and made to
suffer the tortures OF the damned;
they have been cruelty and systematic
ally deceived. God grant that the real
facis may get to them, and II they do,
Lord help the kaiseri'
"Of coursc the allies will win" said
Mrs. Graham.
"Prohably So" said Uncle Dan. 'But
II 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 aud TO our al
lies; we must also put hundreds OF
thousands. md perhaps millions. Of
flrst-clnss soldiers In the battle line.
'Food Is the first consideration" I'm.
Gle Dan continued. mo army can hold
out against hunger. II has been said
TINT food will win the war. and this IA
largely true. Hence the importance
Of the farm In the war plans OF our
country"
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