The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-11-28
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number Three
How war Methods Have Changed
Everybody Must Help.
Number Three

"Sorry If have kept you long" said
Uncle Dan. "Your mother has been
telling me how bashful | used to be.
she said If Il girl spoke to me ! would
blush to my hair roots. Well, l re-
miaded her OF the time your father
fast came to see her and the joke we
pAsgec on them. so l guess that will
lFssS Der Tor while"
CsRsinuing, Uncle Dan said: "You
want TO talk more about the war, do
yce? Wen, war methods have under
gS0e many changes and they are still
changing. No two wars are fought
a1s.1e. In early times, the weapons were
Stones, clubs, spears, bows and arrows,
swords, etc. In this kind of warfare,
ysetery was with the strong right arm.
Men of enormous size and strength
were the great warriors. The inven-
ion of gunpowder, however, has
changed all this. 1t has enabled men
10 kill one another at considerable
distance, and do IL wholesale. The
war, as we know IL now, is a combina-
lion 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
IRE 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 kiln
ing of thousands Of innocent women
and children. He has broken every
international law and every rule of
warfare; he has bOmbarded 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;
ne has made slaves of his prisoners;
ne has tried to get us into war with
Japan; his emmissaries have blown up
our ships, burned our factories and
ired our forests. He knows no mercy
or honor. The most charitable view
20 take of this blood-thirsty tyrant |
is that he Is crazy.
zone thing Is certain" continued I'm
Gle Dan. with great emphasis, sour |
liberty, the safety of our homes and
our country. and the security of the |
world demand the speedy and abso- |
ute overthrow of the kaiser and
crushing out once and forever the
reign of Prusslan 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;
hey have been cruelty and systematic /.
ally deceived God grant that the real .
acts may get to them, and if they do,
Lord help the kaiserw
"Of course the allies win win" said
Trs. Graham.
probably So" said Uncle Dan. "But .
2 we are to win, we must go the limit. 4
We must check the awful destruction to .
hipping by the German submarines, |.
n we may not be able TO get food and .
supplies to our own men and to our al .
les; we must also put hundreds of
thousands, and perhaps millions, of .
arst-class soldiers in the battle line. ,
GOOD is the first consideration" I'm /
Gle Dan continued. "NO army can hold .
out against hunger. It has been said .
that food will win the war, and this Is
largely true. Hence the Importance /
of the farm in the war plans of our
country"
Mrs. Graham interrupted by saying: |
an view of the importance of farming,
don't you think, Daniel, that the farm
ers ought to be exempted from war ,
servlce?"
mo, a thousand times no." said Un- |
emphasize his protest that he tipped |
over vase of flowers. 1--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 |
The question of exemption |
shusl bC u oiit uteiutu
the facts surrounding each case. In |
no other way can we have a square /
zeal. and to insure this, IL Is the duty
Of congress to pass Immediately the
bill. or some such meas
IRE. which Is fair to ali classes. II !
would settle all these questions and |
no 1t fairly. Safety now and safety
hereafter demands such legislation,
ind let me suggest that you and your
friends get busy with your congress
,nan and senator's and urge them to
prompt action.
ut is time for us TO realize that we
are not living In u fools paradise;
that this great country of ours cost
oceans of blood and treasure and II is
only due TO the loyalty, sacrifice and
service of our fOrefathers that we have
a country, and IL Is our highest duty
10 preserve 1t unimpaired and pass II
on TO posterity, no matter what the
cost may be. our citizenship and their
ancestors came from all parts of the
world to make this country a home
nnd enjoy its blessings and opportu-