Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-03
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number Three
How War Methods Have Changed
Everybody Must Help
Number Three


Uncle Dan. your mother has been
telling me how bashful | used to be.
She said " a girl spoke to me | would
blush to my hair roots. Well, l re-
minded her of the time your father
first came to see her and the joke we
played on them, so i guess that will
hold her Tor n while"
Continuing, Uncle Dan said: "You
want to talk more about the war, do
you? Well, war methods have under
gone many changes and they are still
changing. No two wars are fought
alike. In early 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. 1t has enabled men
TO kill one another at a considerable
distance. and do II Wholesale. The
war. as we know II now. Is a combina-
ton Of chemicals. machinery. mathe-
NAUTICAL calculations and highly trained
men. Just think Of III Airplanes,
submarines, armored tanks, or cater
pillars, poison gases. and curtains Of
fire are all used for the first time In
this war and they are destructive be-
yond anything heretofore known.
The methods followed by the kali
ser and his allies are simply devillsh.
He must answer In history to the kill
ing of thousands of innocent women
and children. He has broken every
international law and every rule of
warfare; he has bombarded hospitals
| AMI undefended cities, sunk Red Gross
ships on errands of mercy; he has de-
stroyed cnthedrals and priceless treas
ures Of art that can never be replaced;
he has made slaves of his prisoners;
he has tried to get us into war with
| Japan; his emmissaries have blown up
our ships, burned our factories and
fired our forests. He knows no mercy
or honor. The most charitable view
| to take of this bIood-thirsty tyrant
Is that he Is crazy.
"One thing is certain" continued I'm
Gle Dan. with great emphasis, sour
liberty, the safety of our homes and
! our country, and the security of the
world demand the speedy and abso-
lutte overthrow of the kaiser and
| crushing out once and forever the
reign Of Prussian brutality"
SLOW about the German people"
said Billie.
Uncle Dan replied: ~The splendid
, German people were happy, thrifty.
| prosperous and contented. They have
! been tricked into war and made to
suffer the tortures- Of the damned;
they have been cruelty and systematic
| ally deceived. God grant that the real
facts may get TO them. and il they do,
Lord help the kaiser!"
/ "Of course the allies will wln," said
Mrs. Graham.
"Probably So" said Uncle Dan. "But
II we are to win. we must go the limit.
We must check the awful destruction to
! shipping by the, German submarines,
i or we may not be able to get food and
| supplies to our own men and to 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" On
| Gle Dan continued. mo army can hold
| out against hunger. II has been said
that food will win the war, and this Is
largely true. Hence the importance
Of the farm in the war plans Of our
country"
Mrs. Graham interrupted by saying:
"In view Of the Importance Of farming.
don't you think, Daniel, that the farm
ers ought to be exempted from war
serviceT
"No. a thousand times no." said On
Gle Dan. striking the table so hard to
emphasize his protest that he tipped
over vase OF flowers. I'VE must
| have no class legislation. The duty to
serve is the common duty of all, and
no ell IS must be relieved of this OBJ
legation. The question Of exemption
must be personal one and decided by
the facts surrounding each case. In
no other way can we have square
deal, and to insure this. II is the duty
of congress to pass Immediately the
Chamberlain bill, or some such meas
ure, which is fair to all classes. 1t
would settle all these questions and
do It fairly. Safe'y now and safety
hereafter demands such legislation,
and let me sugges H. you and your
friends get busy va th your congress
man and senators and urge them to
prompt action.
at is time for us TO rea''-s that we
are not living In a fools paradise
that this great country OF ogrs- cost |
oceans Of blood and treasure ouDi Il is
only due to the loyalty, sacrifice md
service Of our forefnthers that we nave
country, and II Is our highest lu'y
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