The Nevada County picayune., 1917-11-22
WAR TALKS By UNCLE DAN
 Number Three
How War Methods Have chanoed
 Everybody Must Help.
Number Three

Hello Uncle Dan, Jimmie and l nave been waiting for you"
 Sorry if have kept you long," said Uncle Dan. Your mother has been telling me how bashful I used to be. She said if Il girl spoke to me l would blush to my hair roots. Well, 1 re- minded her of the time your father trst came to see her and the joke we played on them, so l guess that will doid her for n while"
 Continuing, CAcle Tn said: You want to talk moro 5out the war, do you? Well, W@s methods have under gone many changes and they are still l changing. No two wars ate fought alike. in early times, the pons were stones, clubs, spears. bo and arrows, swords. etc. In this kind of warfare, victory was with the strong right arm. Men of enormous size and strength were tAe great warriors. The ayen- ton of gunpowder. however. has changed all this has enabled men to kill one auothge.at.a a considerable distance. and d1 t Hhelesale IAe war. as we know it uas1. is=a= eombiua- tien ef chemicals. machinery, mathe= matieai= calculations and highly trained mon. dust think ef it, Airplaues, submarines armor I tanks. CT cater pillars. poison gases and curtains of fire are all used for the first time in this War; and they are destructive he yond anything heretofore known.
 '"The methods followed hy the Kali ser aud his allies are simply deyilish. 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 1 warfare; he has hembarded hospitals and undefcnded cities, sunk Red Cross ships on errands of mercy; he has de Stroyed cathedrals 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 emnissarieS 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 blaod-thirsty tyfant .s that he is crazy.
 "Onething is certain" continued un- eIe Ian with ereat emphasis, our liberty the safety of cur homes and 9ur odi6trv. and the security If the world demand tho speedy and abso- ute overthrow of the kaiser and l erushing Qpt once and forever the ifefrn eof' frussf;jt' hr1ftality.'
 Hove aEdut the German people" ;aid Billie.
 Uncle Dan replied; "The splendid ierman people were happy thrifty, prosperous and coatenteG. They have been tricked into war and made to utrer the torturcs of the damned; hey have been cruelty and systematic fly deceived. God grant that the real acts may get to them, and if they do, ord help the kaiScr,'
 "Of course the allies will win," said ,Irs. Graham.
 "Probahly SO" said Uncle Dan. "Rut f We are to Uin. We must go the limit. We must check the awful destruction to shipping by the German submarines. IT We may not be able to get food and supplies to our own men and to our al- ies; we must also put hundreds of thousands. and perhaps millions of irSt-class soldiers in =the battle line.
 "Food is the first consideration, Un- eie Dan continued sNo cu8yean hold lut against hunger. T. has been said hat food will win the war. and this k areelH= true. Hence tho importance af the farm tH the wal plans of our aouutry.
 NIr4 Graham interrupted by saving: "lu >.e1V oi the importance of farming, dont you think. Daniel that the farm erS ought to he exempted from war Servieefa
 ."No. thousand times no. said Cn- elc Dan, striking the table so hard to 'mphusize his protest that he tipped 1vcr q vase of flowers. I've must saVc no class legislation. The duty to ,erNe k the common duty of all, and no class must be relieved of this ob- igntion The question of exemption must be n personal one and decided by nc facts surrounding each ease. In | tp oAhti NaA eau NJ AaNe Hquait ical. and to insure this it is th" duty If congress to pass immediately the hamherlain bill. or some such meas Ire. which Is fair 10 all classes. It would settle all these questions and io it fairly. Safety now and safety lereafter demands such legislation. ! snd let me suggest that you and your friends get busy with your congress- iman and senators and urge them to prompt action.
 "It is time for us to realize that we ITO nor living in q fools paradise; hat this great country of ours cost ,ceanS of blood and treasure and if is nly duo to the loyalty. sacrifice and 1 .nrvi,e of nnr farefafhers thnt We hnye