The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-17

about the war and he made this state.
deliberately and unexcitcdly know
he believed It, and knew that he has
the fscts upon which To haso such an
Interpretation Of the situation.
Not An aIarmis..
THIS man il not an alarmist hut he
has the courage IN face the facts. the
same cour1 60 that al Of the rest of us
must have in tho crisis through which
this country mus. pass during tho neS'
few months.
Y wha. .Nis aaea said Ia me- stood
ions. and was contrary tn the Of ininn
az ether NelI-in formed mon. ii wou''
NO. have been SO impressive But =
effect it was a summing IN Of intcr-
nation which I hal gotten in more or
less confidence from dozens ~ other
men. And more Impressive stu was
the fact that no man in official or um-
official Washington wha is IL, a rcSi :
iion TO know. what Is going OF behind
tho veil taxes the opposite view
Il there arr ANY aytimists n Wash
tnSron. could no; find them. ard I
could rot .IrE anvcrs ws,o could ti~ !:
an 20 sars that chs ussr hzNs
quoted above Knows what ne = tatsi- :
about. ard - su-e thar 1t i u -Ns
interests % TIE country IA: ~NEr
h., knows he -05si. that s1sE aszcste
him scr.cwh4, NJ la-g-A
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States IS j. vas tc- E'-2-a@ = -F-i
whsr Ihe Germans were 7zsarxszz-S "a
| Paris
The casd tae. Is ,=st .-e 1s--zg- =.
ara Winning
! The cea otic~ ces-sist8o-s in az+7s5r
! which ha~e paiszst .sas rzz,ir-1s -T5,
! tarr arm has enabled ,he g;E---z-s -
to strengthen their forces q r. YES,
el.n front that what started CT TIM
| spring as an allied offensive rzs 70
only been STOPPED, but has aztga'I5
| become German offensive Wit Er-.
| land and Franc" strained 10 theIr nj.
most to maintain the position
| reached by them.
Unless the United States car give
heroic aid TO her allies during tHe
| next six months in food and ammU-
milton, particularly in food, there Is
as good a. an even chance for Il Ger.
man victory over England and France
| before winter.
War Won or Lost or Storoaehs.
| This war will tie won or lost moi
| alone on the stomaChs Of the soldiers
hut on the stomaehs Of the civil popu-
| lation. Today considerations of mcr
| and munitions at the battle fronts are
more than clualled by considerations
of good supplies for the whole OF tht
| nations at war. without adequat Il
| food for civil populations as well as
the armies. ten million additional mcr
land unlimited arms would avail littl,
| toward a military victory.
| The Russian revolution was a foot
| revolution. The same danger threatens
| IN England, France and Italy. lTnles
| the United States awakes and settles
! seriously to tn" work OF stimulatin:
} by a firm administrative hand rcgu
l
result at home from our efforts t
| feed our allies abroad, there is no dodg
ing the issue.
Allies May Be Lost by December.
Either we must find some way t,
provide the allies with - per cent o
their normal food imports. or tn
chances arc they will be out of tn
fighting by December and we will b
left to settle with Germany alone.
TIL" people in this country have no
been getting the facts as to the ser
| iousncsS OF the situation. There seem
10 be no realization among the grea
mas sol the people of this country tina
we not only are at war. In the great
est war of the world has even known
but that our efforts alone can sustai
our allies and KEEP them on the fight
ing line.
only a very small percentage {
the people are responding or will re
spond to all this talk of "A war fo
democracy "A war for America
ideals and IA war for humanity.
They must be made to realize tina
it comes much closer to them tina
that.
| II Was ltdF ttla1 Drought Franc
into the war effectively from the star
Fear that was natural with an invad
ing army on French soil and march
ing on Paris. 1t took England how
ever nearly year and half
reach the point of fear and to get in,
the war effectively. Unless the peop
| or the United States are made to rea
ize what they are up aginst an
through fear concentrate their who
energy on the var. 1t may be too la,
Submarine Peril Serious.
There is great m!sa pprehension
this country as to the submarine sit
alton. In April German submarin
sank about 1.loo,00J tons of shippir
The sinkinss in other recent mont
have not been 80 heavy. but they a
heavier than indicated in the stat
ments given out in England. German