The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-02
The Peoples National Bank of Barre

powers of Europe have been defeated, or
there will be no peace for Europe or the
world. He said the Germans are worse
than the Indians of this country would
ever think of being in the days when
/ they were fighting with their enemies.
| The things the Indians did were not to be
compared with the atrocities done by the
Germans. things which will not be re-
peated when the soldiers come home be
cause they are too fearful; but from the
silent morgue there will rise up senti-
ment in years to come and Germany will
regret she did some things. He said the
kaiser and the German people did not
realize what they were doing when they
permitted these things TO be done Even
if we forgive Germany, we can never
take out of human history all of the
treachery, dishonesty. cruelty, crime and
other things she has done
The most of the feeling that has ex-
isted between the United States and
Great Britain, Mr. Adam claimed, was
due to diplomacy of Germany, That in
all of his travelling through the British
countries he never heard any sentiment
expressed against the United States
Britain has always looked towards the
success which we have made, yet he said
in this country we look aghast at them.
He attributed this to the German prop
uganda but expected this will be re-
moved after the war, now that Germany
has been found out. He said that even
in the war with the colonies the better
thinking people of Britain were in favor
of the colonies rights but German !
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the colonies,
He discussed at some length the Brit /
ish form of government and ended by
saying that there is no more democratic
form of government on Gods green earth |
than the British, which brought applause
Speaking of the difference between that I
and Germany. he said il an officer does
wrong in the British form that he is re \
placed at once. II
The speaker urged the teachers to do
their full duty to the children by ex-
planning to them the truth of conditions, i
now that German diplomacy had ceased,
and to tell the children the whole truth
about Britain, that Britain wants TO be
A close friend of our country II these
two stand together in democracy, no ma
ton. nor combination OF nations, can sue.
7essfully oppose the two. He explained
how Germany claimed that England
forced her into war but asked people to
explain why it was that they kept urg-
ng King George not to come into the
var.
He said that Britain could have been
he biggest commercial country had she
wanted to have assumed an autocratic
attitude, for she had coal stations in all |
he seas but that any and all nations had
he right to coal there at the same ex-
,ense as British ships. Had she wanted |
o have commercialized the world to her /
she could have prevented other Il
Iations coaling. He explained that Brit 4
in was the biggest importer of German
-oods, upon which there was no duty.
He then entered into the discussion of Il
he war as he had seen it carried on
rom personal experiences telling many \
things about conditions and II
that the men have gone through Eng II
and has lost 100000 men, while France
as lost 100000 by death alone. He
aid England has 5 800, 900 women work >,
~ in ammunition plants and they have q
good reserve of ammunition on hand !:
ow. In speaking of the claim that her !:
olonies are doing the fighting, Mr. Adam
aid that England has five men to every 7
ne from her colonies in the war. He !:
Did of some of the cruelties praeticed by =
he Germans. including the taking of the !;
lmous Black Watch regiment stripping !:
nc soldiers naked, keeping them out all 2
ight and then sending them back Z
trough the wire entanglements only to I:
root them down after they had been 2
ruised by going through the wires. :
Following his address many went for ::
ard to meet both of the speakers and !.
'ked questions relative to certain mat (
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