The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-07-05

we got through. You may have heard
and may have seen II I'm the papers
that we are at war with the kaiser and
the German government rather than
the German people well II wasn't the
kaiser who personally ordered those
atrocities. It's the hcllisl nature of
the Huns themselves and they're the
ones we are at war with.
TURKS CLEAN FIGHTERS
1--WE hear great deal about the
nastincss of the Turk. but want to
say this--thc Turk at the Dardanclles
was a good fighter and clean one.
If there were Turk i'm this audience
I'd shake hands with him - but I
wouldn't do that with German"
The gunner in the course of his
speech detailed his experiences while
lighting at the Dardanelles, where he
said the Germans were fully prepared
for the Allies and SO plentifully sup
piled with ammunition that they fired
5S shells for every one the allied fore
es sent over: He also told of his
comrades finding Samuel Murry. an
American boy. who went to France
with him and fought at the Dardan-
ellos until captured by the Germans,
cruciied on the side of building
with bayonets through both arms. both
feet and his stomach and his right
hand severed at the wrist.
AWARDED WAR CROSS
He then told of the torpedoing of
the steamer Georgic upon which he
had shipped for New York after being
wounded and receiving the Croix dc
Guerre. the highest decoration of the
French government. by the German
raider Moewe. his being taken to
Swinemunde. then to Ncustrelitz and
finally to Brandenburg. which he call.
cd "the hcll-hole of Germany"
He told of the scanty rations i'm the
prison camps and the poisonous inocu-
lations which caused the death of 400
prisoners i'm one day. He said that the
prisoners, who lived through the cold
weather. against which they were
poorly protected. having but scanty
clothing and no firewood. were starved
into mere skeletons. Wounded pris-
Oners. he said, received no medical
attention and all were brutally treat
ed by both the German guards and
the civilian population.
HUNS TREATED TOO WELL
Following the account of his own
treatment In the prison camps the
gunner spoke of the treatment Ger.
man prisoners received in France and
in the United States. He declared that
they are far too well treated in Ameri.
ca. While not arguing that they
should receive such hellish treatment
AS he and the thousands of other pris.
oners of war in Germany were given
he declared that all of them should
at least be put to some useful work
and made to earn their keep.
The gunner also issued a warning
to his hearers against the insidiOus
propaganda at work in the United
States. "In 1915 there wasn't better
fighter in the war than the Russian,
he declared. but where is he now
Propaganda did it.
HITS HUN PROPAGANDA
"You don't know your next door
neighbor He may be pro-German Or
even in the employ of the German
government Just keep your eyes and
ears open and your mouth shut and
when you hear the wild tales about
the Red Cross or any other factor IN
just back the fellow who tells 1t uI
against the nearest stone wall and lei
him have It,"
Gunner Depew remarked In begin
ming his talk that there was no such
plan of drafting in France as is USED
in the United States.
THE FRENCH DRAFT
"You don't sign a lot of papers ant
then tell the authorities your eyes
are bad. They would tell you not Il
worry for they'd put you 80 close Il
the Germans that you couldn't hell
but see them
Throughout the course of his tall
the gunner urged everyone to wake
up to the seriousness OF the war and
the necessity for everyone's doing ey
erything in his power to aid In bring
ing il to close. He said that the
American people have not yet begun
to really make sacrifices to aid In
winning tIe war.
''If you can't wear fighters uni
form wear a fighting spirit he said
in conclusion.