The Clovis news., 1917-12-20
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN

Number Three

Iltllh, Htlt i'uU, Jlllllllt hHN
have been waiting for you.
Sorry if | have kept you long said
Uncle Dan. Your mother has been
telling me how hashful used to be.
She said if girl spoke to me | would
blush to my hair roots. Well, | re-
minded her of the time your father
first came to see her and the joke we
played ON them, so guess that will
hold her for 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
ZONES, 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-
tiOn Of gunpowder, however has
changed all this. II has enabled men
70 kill one another AT n considerable
distance, and do II wholesale. The
war, as we know IL now Is Il cOmhina-
ton Of chemicals machinery, mnthe'
maticnl calculations and highly trained
men. just think Of II! Airpianes,
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-
y0nd anything heretofore known.
"Thc methods followed by the kali
ser and his allies are simply dcvilish.
lie 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
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 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 blood-thirsty tyrant
is that he Is crazy.
zone thing is certain, continued Tn
Gle Dan, with great emphasis, "Our
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"
"How about the German people,"
said Billie.
Uncle Dan replied: ""'rhe 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 ana systematic
ally deceived. God grant that the real
facts may get to them, and If they do,
Lord help the kaiser"
"Of course the allies will win," said
Mrs. Graham.
"Probably So" said Uncle Dan. But
II we are to win. we must 90 the limit
We must check the awful destruction to
shipping by the German submarines,
or we may not be able to get food and
supplies to our own men and 10 our al
lies; we must also put hundreds Of
thousands, and perhaps millions, or
frst.clasS soldiers in the battle line.
"Food Is the first consideration, I'm
Gle Dan continued "No 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
an view Of the Importance of farming,
don't YOU think, Daniel, that the farm
ers ought to be exempted from war
service?"
"No. n thousand times no" said Tn
Gle Dan. striking the table so hard TO
emphasize his protest that he tipped
over vase Of flowers. 1--WE must
have no class legislation. The duty To
serve Is the common duty Of all, and
no class must be- relieved Of this oh.
. i.,. - nj Ia
must he Il personal one and decided by
the facts surrounding each case. In
no other way can We have n square
deal, and to insure this II Is the duty
Of congress TO pass immediately the
Chamberlain bill, ur some such meas
urc, which is fair to all classes. II
would settle all these questions and
d. II fairly. Safety now and safety
hereafter demands such legislation
and let me- suggest that you and yOur
friends get busy with your congress
man and senator's and urge them tC
prompt action.
at is time for US to realize that W,
are not living in fools paradise
that this great country Of ours cost
oceans Of blood and treasure and II /,
only due to the loyalty, sacrifice ant
service of our forrfathcrS that we hav,
country. and II is our highest duty
to preserve II unimpaired and pass Il
on TO postority, no matter what III,
cost NAV be. Our citizenship and thell