Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-06-07
HAL GAYLORD TELLS OF
THE CONDITIONS IN EUROPE
Former Abilene Man Says We Must
Fight Now

, sas City Journal, is just home iron
Europe. He gives an interesting stor.
of the situation abroad. He says;
$50 long as we are in state O.
war we must, above all things else
realize it's seriousness. The powers
in Great Britain would give any
e thing now had they listened to
: those who knew, not politicians, but
/ experienced military men. 1t is need
less now to enumerate those old
warriors who gave advice, but it
was not needed at the time and
Great Britain regrets it.
Had Great Britain been prepared
for this conflict, as it was advised
to prepare, it never would have
faced the food problems it is facing
today. Yet this is not as great as
might be supposed, England has
food now, but it feels the lack of
advice in not planning for the flu
ture. That is the serious part of it.
War at Our Doors
This lesson should be brought |
home to the United States now that
we are in this great war to perpet-
uate democracy. We must get out of
our lethargy and quit saying o. the
war is over there, let them fight it
out. 1t is here, at our very doors,
as near to us as tho the great At
lantic were bridged as closely as
Kansas City and Clay county 1t is
our fight now and we are in it to
the end. Never forget that.
"If we do not put the food prob
lem on a scientific basis and follow /,
the counsel of a man like Herbert .
c. Hoover, this country, too, will
have food problem to face There
must be no more extravaganza in :,
the United States. We are known :,
as the most wasteful and extrava-
CANT nation in the world and | be- :,
ieve that is true. Now that we :,
have got to divide with the whole
World, we must save all we can, for !.
I'll we save must go over there We /
lot only have got to help feed, !,
o large extent, the men at the =.
ront, but the non-eombatants among :,
he allies also are depending on o.
America.
"The Briton and the Frenchman,
lille believing firmly that they
ould have won alone, heayed a sigh su
f relief when this country came gi
lto the conflict While they be- IN ~
eve that this will bring about an n
arlier peace, our entrance does not I'll
lean that the war will end tomor IN
DIV, but I believe that it does mean "ii
ictory for the allies. The central wi
overs will keep on fighting in 70
however. 1t may mean 30
ar of determination.
Ships, Money and Men
"The United States can give, and
lould give three things, in this
rider: Dir
First, ships, which will mean nj,
'od; second, money, and third SITS
en- But what they need now most no
men-men at the front in France ia,
e must be prepared to replace ev- in
y man Great Britain and France no,
Is lost. The 100000 men called ca
r in the initial army will be but An
drop in the bucket 1t is just the fine
IA,
Mr. Gaylord, who spent all of his Tb,
ne in England, said that the Eng the
hman, with his usual bulldog te- MI
city, is in this fight to win. The MIA
lole empire is aflame with loyal NJ
he said, and every able bodied an
IN is willing to give up his life, Gin,
do his part for the cause of civ rem
,ation. don
THAT American expression In and
III both feet has made a great hit the
u lhere' ne continued But we tifu
st send men to France The Mod
senee of American troops in the rem
inches there, with the Stars and eun
ipes, will have a wonderful eff tbe
on the fighting forces now at inte
front and they will have a de- and
I'd effect on the Teuton, who
e been made to believe that we
a nation of money-mad people,
mems tailors and male manicures, ,toir
} do not know how to fight Train airy
American troops in France now the
make history for this country, I GIe
a glorious history, too" mar
Ir. Gaylord said that the Rus belle
situation has been bad since RENE
day he landed in England. 1t D tI.
ears to have been anticipated thar
e long before the news reached the !
erica. But, he added by way of that
we must not overlook aDie
fact that with the activity of