The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-11-16
WAR TALKS
BY UNCLE DAN
Number Three

Number Three

"Hello, Uncle Dan, Jimmie and !
have been waiting for you"
Sorry II have kept you long" said
Uncle Dan. "Your mother has been
telling me how bashful used to be.
She said u a girl spoke to me would
blush to my hair roots Wen, re-
minded her Of the time your futher
ilrsl came to see her mud the Joke we
played on them. so guess that will
hold her tor white"
Continuing, Uncle Dan snld "You
want to talk more about the war, do
your Well, war methods have under
gone many chnngos and they are silll
changing. No two wars are fought
alike. In carly 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 lnyen'
ton Qf~ runpowder, however, has
changed an this. II has enabled men
to Xii one another at considerable
distance, aud do It wholesale. The
war,Ns we know II nowIls o comhlna-
ton Of chemicals, machinery. mnthc'
NAUTICAL calculations and highly trained
men. Just think of ~ Alrplancs,
submarines, armored tanks, or cater.
| pillars, poison gases, and curtains "
flro are nj used for the FIRST time In
this war; and they nre destructive be-
You'd anything heretofore known.
"Thc methods followed by the kali
ser and lbs allies nre simply deylllsh.
lie must answer In history to the Kill
| hg Of thousands Of Innocent women
md children. lie Inns broken every
international law and every rule Of
warfare; he has hombarded hospitals
and undcfcndcd cities sunk Red Cross
ships on crrnnds Of mercy; he has de-
stroyed cnthedrnls and priceless treas-
ures Of art that can never be replaced;
he has made slaves Of his prisoners;
he has tried to get rs Into war with
Jnnon. hls cmmlssorIes have blown M
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 he is crazy.
zone thing Is certain" continued I'm
Gle Dan, with grent emphasis, "Our
liberty the safety OF our homes and
our country. and the security OF the
world demand the speedy and sbso.
Lutte overthrow Of the kaiser and
crushing out once ana forever 'ne
reign OF Prus'lnn orutnii'y
'IIow about the German people,
said Billie.
Uncle Dan replied: 1.-THE splendid
German people were happy, thrifty,
prosperous mud contented, They have
been trlcked mo war ana made 10
suffer the tortures OF the damned
they have been cruelty and systematic.
ally deceived. God grant thot the real
facts may get to them, anu u they no.
LORI he'p tue N"'seI
"Ot course the allies VIII win' saiu
Mrs Graham.
Probably So" said Uncle Dan. "nut
n we nre 10 win. we must go the limit.
We must check the awful destruction to
shining by tho German submarines.
or we may not be- able TO yet food and
supplies to our own men and to our al
Hes. we must also put hundreds Of
thousand. md Portions mliilo-- ,,,
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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