Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-14
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number Three
How war hi..hoGs Have Changed
Everybody Must Help.
Number Three

Size said II Il ..irl spoke 10 rae Nolild
blush to my hair roots. Wei. | re
minded her ol TIE time your father
first CAME to see her and the jokc we
played On them - | guess that Win
hold her Tor while"
Continuing. UntIe Dan said: "i'pu
want 10 tain more about ,he war. {.
YOU? Wen. war methods have autcr
gone many changes and they are st,iI
changing. No two wars ATE tcL-hj
Allie. In early times The weapons were
stones, clCbs spears BOWS aLd arra"s
swords. etc. In this Kind nl War.al"
victory WAS with the >lIOu- right as.a.
Men al enormous SEE AMI strength
were the great warrior The ic,en
ton of GunpoWtitr, however, has
changed all this. II has enabled men
to Kill one another at Il considerable"
distance. ami DO II Uhalr>alr The
war as We knna il nos. is - tunhiaa-
linn II chemicals, machinery. maJh-
TGtical calculations AMI highly trained
men. Just think of it, AirplanrS.
submarines .re,,ra1 tonts a.. c..isr.
,,illnrs uotSon aasr.i ANA rurr4ir. AZ
Ara ,rn al usad far Tho ur.f Tim. IA,
nh. war, and tt.v nr,. destructive t,.-
You'd anything heretofore ll",a-
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H., If ,bnue,cas If ir,ocent v,oen
and children I.Ab,s brol,n a1,yy
international hw and every rule ot
warfare, he has hombardcd hospitals
and nnaefan,,.d cities. sunk Red Gross
shjus IN errattla az mercy. hn has do
str,vad cetbparols aad .reelr4e treas.
ures Of art that can meyer he trp'4ccd.
he h,s m,dr slaves uf Ii, urisnapr>.
ne has lried to gef us into var with
Japon. his emmis~arlee ha,r blown np
our ships. burned ar factories ana
fired our forests. IT, Knows ~ pprcy
or honor The most charITah'" view
10 ihkc o. thiS hlnod-'l!fSiE i}r"ht
"One thing IS certain" continued Tn
Gle Ian. with gceut emphasis. "Our
liberty the snfety of our homes and
Our country. and The security of The
world demand he speedy and ahSo-
lutte overthrow of the kaiser and
crushing oui once and forever lhe
rtign II prnsslan brutality
"How about the German people"
said Billie.
I'nclr Dan rai,,e.I. "Tbc srlendiG
German noon,e we're nanny. thrifty
urosnerous ana contentpa. They have
been ticked into war and Made to
suffer the torturcs o. the damned,
they have been cruelty and systematic
ally deceived. God grant that tue rcai
facts may 2tt to thea, and If they do,
LORD help me Kaiser
.Of course The allies viii win said
Mrs. Graham
"probohly so" soId Tnclc Dan. "But
II we are Ia win. we must 20 the limit.
We must check the awful destruction 10
shining nv the German submarines.
or we may non he able 10 get food and
supplies 10 our own men and to our nj.
lies: we must also put hundreds OF
thousands and porhaps millions. OF
nrSt.clnsS soldiers in the battle line.
"rood ie the srst consideration Tn.
ola Nam continuoa "No army can hnla
a,t .gutnut bppoar II h,s Lo.n gnia
tbot food win win tho w,r and his f.
Ia,go,v t,uc uenc, rho lnnortnrc4
az ma farm IN thn war mans If opr
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