The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-04
SOUNDS NOTE OF WARNING.
MUST PROFIT BY MISTAKES OF
FIGHTING NATIONS.
Evesy Particle Of Power Must bc
Used Intcliigently to Win the

cnHe tn an ADDRESS 10 magazine eul-
tors and writer's ut luncheon here
today expressed the hope that the
United states would not muddle the
censorship as England did the first
three years Of the war.
y America can and win do tremen-
dous part In this war. first because
she h. fresh. and second because she
undoubtedly will profit by the mis-
tahss of the nations who have been
nghting since August, 1884," said
Lord Northcliffe. "what the war
needs more than anything else is
brains and speed.
II trust the United States will not
make the censorship blunder tina:
England made. England was kept
In the dark for nearly three years.
The people were blinded by the
fAtuous optimism Of soldiers and poll
ticians who while efficient In peace
were incompetent In war. The peo-
pie were not permitted to know the
truth and when the truth finally
I smsrtea they were loath to accept 1t.
II hops America may permit her
nswspapsr and magazine writer's TO
bs absolutely frank about what is
going on. II h as important for the
nation 70 know the worst an II is for
the nation 70 know the best. For one
thine-and We have found II out from
actual sxperisnce---it is great slim.
uius for the men flshting In the field
10 know that they are being written
about at homo and that the country
knows precisely what they are doing,
Every man with q pen In hand
and printing press nearby can do
patriotic service TO his country by
awakenins his people to the fact that
this war - Just beginning and that
every ounce Of energy. that every
revolution Of Americas vast indus
trial machine and what In equally i'm
portant. every gallon of gasoline. will
bs needed to bring the war to sue
csssful end.
1T In only by an absolute mobili-
sation, Of man power and machine
power that this war can be won. In
dustriss that at this moment seem
remote from mobilization for the war
VIII sooner or later be called upon
"a 40. their part. In Europe. for sx-
srnpss. one O. thA larssst corset fac-
serses = now turning out very deli
cate piscss OF machinery needed In
ths construction OF airpianss.
Tho war which has proved the ef-
aeacy. Of motor transport to an almost
incredible degree. will make tremen-
dous. drain. upon the automobile in
dustry In your country. The auto
mobile factories viii inevitably be
commandsered for the manufacture
OF airplans parts and airplane con-
struction generally.
In the airplane lies one great hope
OF allied victory. The war has taught
that the war plane engine of this
spring may be almost useless for &C
tual nghtins purposes by next au-
tumn, % rapid are the developments
produced by the fierce competition Of
war.
When America has got her full
stride. m surely she will get II. II will
bs found there will DO q tremendous
demand for chauffeurs. England has
today nearly hundred thousand mo-
tor trucks In France. II skilled
chauheurs can be sent to operate
your trucks u will be possible to re-
lease an squal number Of men for tho
f'ghtins lines.
1T will mean the end of Joy riding.
England stopped this favorite outdoor
sport q good while ago and I am sure
when America wakes to the tremen.
dous realization OF what this war
means shs will do likewise.
II have a strong conviction that
with peace will come a close fedora
tion OF the nations who are now fight
ing IN eat fight for freedom. You
have only to look at the spectacle Of
what I might call the United Nations
OF Great Britain today to see the ef-
feet the war has upon the coordina-
tion OF peoples and nations OF widely
conflicting temperament and national
structures.
You see democratic Australia, "a
near sociallstic New Zealand. a vas.
count " like India with It's feudal
princes and other rulers. a free Can
ada and what Is nothing less than the
republic Of South Africa. all pouring