The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-24
Observation-Disclosures

At conference OF field men OF the
United States food administration held
In Washington, Il. G. Walcott pictured
conditions as he hnd found them In
the countries invaded by German
arms. Mr.. Walcott served with Mr..
Hoover on the Belgium relief commits
sion when this nation was attempt
Ing to feed the starving civilian pop
ulation OF Belgium. Poland and north
ern France. In his address he hnd
pictured such conditions as he said he
could not believe unless he had seen
the situation through and through. and
had lived with II for weeks. He
showed these terrible conditions TO be
the result OF deliberate plans on the
part OF official Germany, and In sum-
ming up he said:
"Such is the German mind as II
was disclosed to me I'm several weeks
contact with officers OF the star.
Treaties are scraps OF paper, II they
hinder German aims. Treachery is
condoned and praised, II II falls In
with German interest. Men, lands,
countries are German prizes. Populn-
tlons are to be destroyed or enslnved
so Germany may gain. Women are
Germany's prey, children are spoils of
war. God gave Germany the Hohen-
zollern and together they are destined
TO rule Europe and. eventually. the
world-thus reasons the kaiser.
"Coolly, deliberately. officers Of the
German stan. permeated by this mon
strous philosophy discuss the dena-
tionnlizntlon OF peoples. the dcstruc-
tlon of nations. tle undoIng OF other
civilizations. for Germany's account.
ain all the world such thing has
never been. The human mind has
never conceived the like. Even among
barbarInns. the thing would be incred-
ible. The mind can scarcely grasp
the fact that these things are pro-
posed and done by modern govern
ment professedly Christian govern
ment In the family of civilized VA
tlons.
"ThIs system has got 10 be rooted
out. II II takes everything In the
world, II II takes everyone Of MS, this
nbominatlon must be oyerthrown. II
must be ended or the world Is not
worth living In. No matter how long
1t takes, no matter how much Il costs,
we must endure to the end with agon-
lied France. with imperilcd Britain,
with shattered Belgium. with shaken
Russia.
"We must hope that Germany will
have new birth ns Russia Is being re-
born. We must pray. as we fight
against the evil that Is In Germany,
that the good which Is In Germany
that In the end Germany really great
with the strength OF wonderful race
may find Its place as one OF the broth
erhood OF nations In the new world
that Is 10 he.
"The responsibility OF success or
failure rests now upon our shoulders;
the eyes OF the world are nnxiously
us. Are we going 20 be able
to rise to the emergency, throw OFF our
and provS that democracy
Is safe for the world?" ..u
In the above statement Mr.. Wal
colt lias described condition that
must be changed II America, II the
world. IL 10 remain a aft place 10
live In" And the only way by which
this change can be effected is the de-
feat of German arms In this war.
good, nothing but evil, can
come out Of Germany, so long as the
German people are controlled by a
autocracy, and the German
people cannot be made to realize this
until this autocracy is crushed. The
spirit Of militarism that has made OF
the Germans rcbber and murder
nation must be utterly crushed II the
world IL To remain free and to accom-