The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-11-17
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
How War Methods Have Chanaed
Everybody Must Help.

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Hello. Uncle Dan, Jimmie and ]
have been waiting for you"
Sorry II have kept you long," said
Uncle Dan. "Your mother has been
telling me how bashful l used to be.
She said II girl spoke to me / would
blush to my hair roots. Well, 70
minded her Of the time your father
first came to see her and the joke We
played on them. so I guess that will
bold her for q while"
Continuing. Uncle Dan said: You
want to talk more about the war, do
your Well, war methods have under
gone many changes and they are sim
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
to kill one another at q considerable
distance, and do It wholesale. The
war, as we know 1t now, is a combine
tion Of chemicals, machinery, mathe-
NAUTICAL calculations and highly trained
men. Just think Of 1t! 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.
"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 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
our ships. burned our factories and
fired our forests. He knows no mercy
or honor. The most charitable view
to take Of this blood-thirsty tyrant
10 that he is crazy.
zone thing is certain" continued Un-
Gle Dan, with great emphasis, "Our
liberty. the safety Of our homes and
our country. and the security Of the
world demand the speedy and abso-
lutte overthrow Of the kaiser and
crushing out once and forever tho
reign Of Prussian 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 II they do,
Lord help the kaiser!"
"Of course the allies will win" said
Mrs. Graham.
Probably So" said Uncle Dan. "But
II we are to win. we must 60 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 must also put hundreds Of
thousands, and perhaps millions, Of |
frst-class soldiers In the battle line.
FOOD Is the first consideration" On |
Gle Dan continued. mo army can hold |
out against hunger. It has been said |
that food will win the war, and this 70 |
largely true. Hence the importance |
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
ers ought to be exempted from war
servicer
mo. q thousand times no." said Un-
Gle Dan. striking the table so hard to
emphasize his protest that he tipped
over a vase Of flowers. I'VE 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 q square
deal. and to insure this, it is the duty
Of congress to pass Immediately the
bill, or some such meas
ure. which Is fair to all classes. Il
would settle all these questions and