Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-12-26
WAR Y. r. TALKS
wv BY UNCLE DAN ~, or4 8.
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America Must Fight Hard oro Germany
I May, -Win-Neeessity Hfor Mil
I .2 - ...a tary Traintns.' 9n'o' %
r "Now, Billie, said his mother, your
Uncle Dan is, coming tomorrow to
Spend 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 a whoop that he
wakened the baby, but what could you
expect of g fifteen-year-old boy who is
Il living Interrogation point and wants
to know about war? vi f... ~
Uncle Dan arrived in due time and
Billie watched for. an opportunity 1t
came that evening after dinner when
Uncle Dan had lighted a cigar and
taken seat on the porch. ..1e 49,
"I'm mighty glad you came, Uncle
Dan. 4 want to talk to you about the
war. We have just put military train
ipg 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
a war trophy and compel us to do what
ever she wants to; that she could make
JUS 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 a part
of what yhe earns; that he Could make
the farmers pay. rent for their own
farms, etc. Now, Uncle, what do you
think Of that?" .,,4a .ag -lrya 1854
= swell, my boy" said Uncle Dan,
tall that Judge, Brownell says frnighe
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
tho 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,r who could
have been called at once for service, l
do not believe the kaiser would have
forced the war upon us. AS twas, he
had no respect, for us, and now We are
II Il and must go through with it. But
never again must we be. caught %
wholly unprepared. 70 srogrsq 1n,a on
"There Is only one safe way said
IUhcle Dan, .."and that is TO adopt per
imanently Universal military training,
apply it to every young man VINO Is
physicallysht9 say iii his inineteenthl Or
twentieth Cyearre THE frafninge can be
carried forward hin the United States
training, camps that are, now being les-
I Established for training mem called f,by
Flthe' selective draft, As soon as these
men vacate these stations, they Should
tbe filled BY younger. men, and this
should be made the permanent policy
LOT the country" 3T9ME71j~41 BHrh
Il Rillie's2 mother mrs. Graham, had
overheard the conversation. She came
out, and said: bt'Really, Brother Dan
are you serious as to- the dangers OF
our country? If it is as bad as that, II
is high time for US to wake up and dc
something about It." .,
1s"Exactly;;" replied Uncle Dan. 1T
lis better to wake up now than to be
rudely awakened later. We may as
well understand, sister, that this is oui
lEWar, and, we must win it or God 5helI
I America If Everything that we have
OR hope to, haye77our, liberties, goui
blessings, our opportunities are all in
( volved in the great issue before us
[Nothing must Stand between r us land
whining this war! IT is, a question
/ EwhetherGthe peoples right Or Or the ekti
ser's might shall dominate the world
If there ,eXeHr, was.R holy war, this is
lit. We are ndfiid ghttiing for wprld libfrty3
five are0 fighting for qthey freedom ol
we are fighting fW' 0the
| righteof ifHeheb govern SttihtemseIves0in,
' stead sof heiSgl gov6ffheed against tbel
will by war-mad overlorh!a IPerileds
times are daheadp lof eus. 9nWe' must 5be
prepared to make anysacrfite,' to PER.
form any serYicel that omuy betrequirod
i 16f US s.'iyroa ,dqird21n" hH" IGt2oI p
? "Oh, Uncle Dam exclaimed Bllne
may J, bring, my chmn, Jimmie Crf-
Ilins, when we have our ne2t7talks He
lis d bug on this war business and just
I1crazy to see YOU lid ,g9Un
lEe"Certainly," said Uncle Dan,r with "a
hearty laugh. "If we are, to have more
taalks,I + Shall be glad to have Jimmie
! iiofnus.p)iJ f1ruo7 "'"',' y.
ri9 Billie clapped MS hands and ran to
THE ,phone and told Jimmie to be over
Int seven o'clock the next evening", Q
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