The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-12-01
WAR TALKS
BY UNCLE DAN
Number Three
How war Methods Have Changed
Everybody Must Help.
Nsi,rtbcf Three

Uncle Dan. "Your mother has been
telling me how bashful | used to be
She said If girl spoke TO me ! would
blush to my hair roots. Wen, l re-
minded her of the time your father
first came to see her and the joke we
played on them, SO | guess that VIII
hold her for WHILE"
Continuing, Uncle Dan said: "You
want to talk moro about the war, do
you? Wei, war methods have under
gone many changes and they are stlil
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. II has enabled men
To kill one another at considerable
distance, and do It wholesale. The
war, as we know ii now, Is n combina-
ton OF chemicals, machinery mathe-
matical calculations and highly trained
men. Just think of IT. Airpanes.
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 beA
iyond anything heretofore known.
"The methods followed by the kali
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 bombarded hospitals
and undefendcd 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
our ships. burned our factories and
fred our forests. He knows no mercy
or honor. The most charitable view
( to take of this blood-thirsty tyrant
/ is that he is crazy.
!, "One thing Is certain" continued I'm
Gle Dan, with great emphasis, "0ur
liberty, the safety of our homes and
/ our country, and the security of the
world demi nd the speedy and abso-
lutte overtl row of the kaiser and
crushing ont once and forever the
reign Of Prissian brutality"
"How about the German people,"
said Billie.
Uncle Dan replied: ''The splendid
German people were happy, thrifty,
prosperous and contented. They have
been tricked 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 kaiserl'
"Of course the allies will win," said
Mrs. Graham.
| "Probably so,r said Uncle Dan. "But
IL 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 mast also put hundreds OF
thousands, and perhaps millions, of
frst-class soldiers in the battle line.
"Tood is the first consideration I'm
Gle Dan continued. "No army can hold
tout against hunger. II has been said
that food will win the war, and this is
of the farm In the war plans of our
country"
Mrs. Graham interrupted by saying:
I'm view of the Importance of farming,
don't you think, Daniel that the farm
lers ought to be exempted from war
service7"
mo. thousand times no." said IN
Gle Dan, striking the table so hard to
emphasize his protest that he tipped
lover vase of flowers. "We must
have no class legislation. The duty to
serve Is the common duty of all, and
no class must be relieved Of this OBJ
legation. The question of exemption
must be personal one and decided by
the facts surrounding each case. In
no other way can we have square
deal, and to insure this, 1t is the duty
OF congress to pass Immediately the
Chamberlain bill, or some such meas
lure, which is fair to all classes, II
would settle all these questions and
ldo 1t fairly. Safety now and safety
hereafter demands such legislation.
and let me suggest that you and your.
friends get busy with your congress
man and senator's and urge them to
prompt action.
1T Is time for us to realize that wa
are not living in fools paradise !:
that this great country of ours cost
oceans of blood and treasure and /. IL
!only due to the loyalty, sacrifice and
service of our forefathers that we hive
country, and 1t is our highest duty
70 preserve 1t unimpaired4 and pass If
on to posterity. no matter what tbe
cost may be. Our citizenship and their
ancestors came from all parts of the
world to make this country home
and enjoy its blessings and spportu.
mites: hence, IN the crisis before us
Iit - the duty of everyone TO stand
sQuarely back of our country and be
prepared to defend the flag. Every,
one In this crisis Is either pro-Amerj.
can or pro-German. Great MS the com.
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