Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-26
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number One
America Must Fight Hard or Germany
May Win-Necessity for Mill
tary Training.
Number One

"Now, Billie" said his mother, "your
Uncle Dan is coming tomorrow to
spend a week with us on the farm, and
If you want to know about the war,
here's your opportunity. Uncle Dan is
probably one of the best-informed men
In the country" Billie clapped his
hands and gave such whoop that he
wakened the baby, but what could you
expect of f1fteen-year-old boy who Is
living Interrogation point and wants
10 know about war?
Uncle Dan arrived in due time and
Billie watched for an opportunity. 1t
came that evening after dinner when
Uncle Dan had lighted cigar and
| taken a seat on the porch.
"rm mighty glad you came, Uncle
Dan. 1 want to talk to you about the
war. We have just put military train
ng in our township high school, but
we had a hard time to do it. The
Joneses and the Greggs objected. They
said the war wouldn't come over here.
Grandma Jones said: They amt no
use to worrit, it will soon blow over.
Well. we put the training in just the
same. You orter heard Judge Brow
nell, the president of the school board,
| do the slackers up. He said unless we
take off our coats and go to it, Ger
many may yet win, and If she does, she
will take over the great British fleet as
war trophy and compel us to do what
ever she wants to; that she could make
us pay all the cost of the war; the
kaiser could tax US as he pleased and
that we couldn't help ourselves. He
could make every one pay over part
Of what he earns; that he could make
the farmers pay rent for their own
farms. etc. Now, Uncle, what do you
think of that?"
swell, my boy" said Uncle Dan
"all that Judge BrOwnell says might
easily come true and may unless we GO
quickly to the aid of the allies with
large numbers of men and help them
break the German line. Unless we can
beat the submarines, they may pre-.
vent Us from getting enough food tO
the allies to keep them going. In that
case Germany would win. AS matters
stand today, our greatest need is
trained men. If we had had several
millions of men with military training
in our industries and on our farms
when the war came, who coult
! hova hoop ooI1ad o+ opna fov corxioa
do not believe the kaiser would have
forced the war upon us. AS it was, ht
had no respect for US, and now we art
in it and must go through with it. Bu
never again must we be caught 81
wholly unprepared.
"There is only one safe way" sait
Uncle Dan, ''and that is to adopt per
manently universal military training
apply it to every young man who i
physically fit, say in his nineteenth O
twentieth year. The training can b.
carried forward in the United State
training camps that are now being es
tablished for training men called b.
the selective draft. AS soon as thes
men vacate these stations, they shoul
be filled by younger men, and thi
should be made the permanent polio
of the country"
Billie's mother, Mrs. Graham, ha
overheard the conversation. She cam
out and said: Really, Brother Dar
are you serious as to the dangers c
our country? If it is as bad as that,
is high time for us to wake up and d
something about it's
, Exactly" replied Uncle Dan. i"
is better to wake up now than to
rudely awakened later. We may 6
well understand, sister, that this is OF
war and we must win it or God he
America. Everything that we ha,
or hope to have-our liberties, OF
blessings, our opportunities are all i
volved in the great issue before u
: Nothing must stand between us al
: winning this war. 1t is a questiC
= whether the peoples right or the ks
ser's might shall dominate the worl
= If there ever was holy war; this
it. We are fighting for world libert
We are fighting for the freedom
:, humanity. We are fighting for Il
= right of men to govern themselves /
Il stead of being governed against the
will by war-mad overlord. Perilo
times are ahead of US. We must
', prepared to make any sacrifice, to pt
u form any service that may be requir
II of u.s."
D "Oh, Uncle Dan," exclaimed Bill
E may I bring my chum, Jimmie G
lins, when we have our next talk?
lis bug on this war business and IL
-. crazy to see you"
L Certainly" said Uncle Dan, with
hearty laugh. "If we are to have me
talks, shall be glad to have Jimn
join u.s."
Billie clapped mis- hands and ran
the phone and told Jimmie to be oI
lat seven o'clock the next evening.
When you buy a range that h
] L IL.