Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-11-30
WAR TALKS
by UNCLE DAN
Number Three
Row war Methods Have Changed
Everybody Must Help.

"iIello Uncle Dan, Jimmle and
have been waiting FOR you.
"Sor-y If / 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, | re-
/ minded her Of the time your father
first came to see her and the Joke we
played on them, SO guess that viii
hold her for 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 still
| changing. No two wars IRE fought
alike. In enrly 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. II has enabled men
10 XII one another at a considerable
! distance, and do It wholesale. The
war. as We know It nov. IS a combine
/ ton Of chemicals, machinery, mathe-
NAUTICAL calculations and highly trained
men. Just think Of III Airpianes.
submarines, a1norel tanks. or cater
/ pillars, poison gases, and curtains OF
fire are al used for the first time In
this war; aud they are destructive be-
yond anything heretofore known
'sThe methods followed By the kali
ser and his allies are simply deri!ish.
He must answer In history 10 the kill
| Ing OF thousands of innocent women
and children. lie has broken every
international law and every rule of
| warfare; he has hombarded hospitals
and undefended cities sunk Red Cross
ships on errands Of mercy; be has de-
stroyed eathelrals and priceless treas
urcs Of Grt that can never be replaced;
he has made slaves OF his prisoners;
he has tried TO get us into war with
Japan his cmnllssarles have blown mp
our ships. burned our factories and
fred our forests. He knows no mercy
or honor The most charitable view
TO take Of this blood-thlrsty tyrant
Is that be is crazy.
"One thing Is certaln." 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 tie 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 trioked into war and made 10
suffer the tortures of the damned /:
they have been cruelty and systematic
ally deceived. God grant That the real
facts mny get 70 them. and II they DO.
Lord help the kaiscrl"
@Of course the allies VIII win" said
Mrs. Graham.
"Probably So" said Uncle Dan. Tut
II we are to win, we must 90 the limit.
We must check the awful destruction 10
shipping by tho German submarines.
or We may not be able to get food and
/ supplies 10 our own men and 20 our al
lies; we must also put hundreds OF
thousands, and perhaps millions, of
first class soldiers In the battle line.
| food is the first consideration" I'M
Gle Dan continued. "No army can hold
| out against hunger. II has been said
that food Will win the wnr, and this Is
largely true. Hence tho 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
service7"
"No. thousand times no. said Un-
|, Gle Dan, striking the table so hard 10
emphasize his protest that he tipped
over n WISE of flowers. I've must
have no class legislation. The duty 10
serve is the common duty of all. and
no class must be relieved Of this OBJ
/ legation. The question OF exemption
must be a personal one and decided by
the facts surrounding each case. In
no other way can we have a square
deal. and to insure this, 1t is the duty
OF congress to pass Immediately the
Chamberlain bill, or some such meas
ure, which is fair TO all classes. II
would settle all these questions and
do 1t fairly. Safety now and safety
hereafter demands such legislation,
and let me suggest that you and your
friends get busy with your congress
man and senator's and urge them to
prompt action.
| sit is time for us to realize that we
are not living In fools paradise
that this great country OF ours cost
oceans OF blood and treasure and II Is
only due to the loyalty, sacrifice and
service OF our forefathers that we have
country, and 1t 10 our highest duty
to preserve 1t unimpaired and pass II
on to posterity, no matter what the
cost may be. Our citizenship and their
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