Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-02
GREAT BRITISH PUBLISHER AND
STATESMAN TELLS EDITORS
IN KANSAS CITY WHAT
MAY BE EXPECTED,

II was the writer's privilege re-
Gently to attend a luncheon in honor
OF Lord Northcliffe, OF England. Civ
en- In Kansas City by the Kansas City
Star and attended by three hundred
newspaper men from the middle
west, during which Lord Northcliffe
spoke to the attending editors about
war conditions and what in the judg-
ment OF war experts will be necessary
In order that Germany may be whip
ped into submission. With him was
Lieut.. Col. Campbell Stewart of the
British army, and Hamilton Fyfe,
the great English war correspondent.
Other noted people who were guests
of honor were Major General Leon
ard Wood of the United States ar
my, and his aide. also Governor
Gardner of Missouri, and Governor
Capper of Kansas.
Who NOrthcliffe Is.
In order that none may underesti-
mote the accuracy and importance Of
Lord NOrthcl.ffes message to Amer
lea. 1t is well to say, briefly, who he
Is. As a boy he carried papers in
London. and today publishes the
London Daily Mail and the London
Times. two of the Worlds largest
newspapers. publishes sixty other
newspapers and periodicals of vari-
Gus kinds. owns the largest paper
mill In the world. is member of the
British nobility by reason of his
great success in life. ana has spent
many months since the war began
on various fighting fronts In order TO
learn and help correct weaknesses OF
British and French fighting and to
be able to aid in planning modes of
operation against the enemy. He Is
the only British editor who ever dar-
ed to censure every department of
Government that he chose. and he
chose to do so when the occasion
warranted, and got away with it. The
result of his bluntness in his writing
and speaking and tn" immense cir
culation of his periodicals have made
him the most powerful influence in
British affairs. Lloyd George not ex-
cepted
4 Long, Hard War.
Northcliffe bluntly told his hear
war with a wrong idea. Get the
idea out of your head" he said. that
this is to be short war: for it will
he long and hard. and tax the re-
sources of the allies, America includ-
ed"
German "Canaflouge."
Referring to frequent reports of
internal dissensiOn in Germany. mu-
TIMES in the navy. food shortage
dearth OF fighting men. revolution
against the government. and so on.
h" said: "ThOie reports are inspir-
cd by Germany to lead the allies to
believe they are weakening. in hope
that the allies may ease up. That is
German 'camflouge. and is what you
Americans would call bunk II is
known by our experts that Germany
is equally as able to continue this
war &c we are. and that her very ok
cellent organization and fighting ma
chine is equal or superior to any 9th.
or of equal size on earth"
German Preparedness.
| Continuing at random. Northcliffc
compared the fighting strength of the
armies at the outset of the war.
|"When war broke out Germany had
four million highly trained well
Equipped men under arms and fOur
thousand million rifle rounds. with
ample munitions of every sort. Brit
ain had no armv, no munitions. no ri
files and no artilleryi That accounts
in part for Germany's apparent great
success attained at the start Of III"
war when Belgium and France wer"
invaded.
No Doubt Of Outcome.
There has never been any doubt
in my mind or in the mind of anv