The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-02

American Military Man Who Has Re-
turned From France Speaks to Sew
cnteen Hundred Persons at Wal
dOrf-AstOria Hotel.

Astoria saw the German as he really
10 through the eyes of Maj. Grayson
M. p. Murphy Red Cross director in
Europe.
They saw him in France, Belgium,
Italy, Serbia and other countries, real
lied definitely what horrible, brutal,
beastly, consistently official things"
the nation has done to the women and.
children of those countries, and then
as they sat stiffened with horror at
the revelations. they were asked if
they had quite realized just what this
war does mean to America and all
civilization.
Major Murphy arrived here only
three days ago, after being in France
for nearly 10 months, and he is 60
ing back again. He came to make a
report to Henry p. DAWSON, chairman
of the Red Cross war board
Major Murphy said in part
Il want TO ask you to consider for
n moment the fact that up to this
day Germany is entirely victorious in
this war; that any peace that is made
| today on the basis of ,today's condi-
tons or on the basis OF the status
quo ante would be practically COM
! plete victory for Germany and for the
German idea. Germany has lost moth
ing In this war except blood. She has
! fought her way on the territory of
others. She has drawn from the terri
tory OF others vast supplies of ma
terials and vast sums of money. She
has had between 40 and so million
people worhing for her for practically
no wage--really as slaves. She has
established her cursed hold on Aus
tria. on Turkey and on Bulgaria, and
she has at her feet murdered Serbia
and unfortunate Rumania.
You don't know what these Ger
man people are, / believe. He alway.
thought Of Germans in the old days
rs kind Of kindly people-professors
smoking pipes and drinking beer. anG
absent-minded fellows that left their
umbrellas round in places. They
were good citizens; they were fine
people. l want to tell you what an
English woman who is connected with
the government of Great Britain and
is representing Great Britain official
~, told me, that when there was a
threat Of German invasion in Eng
land that the women in that part OF
England carried about with them
poison and had selected places where
they could drown themselves to save
themselves from what they would face.
if German troops landed on British
soil
i cannot begin to describe to you
the horrible, brutal, beastly, consist :
ent official things that Germany has
done, not in isolated cases but gem
orally, to the women and children and
the poor old suffering people in the
countries where she has set her
dreadful foot. She has stopped at
nothing. British officers told me of
seeing their wounded piled in heaps
and hand grenades thrown in the
midst and exploded to kill them while
they lay there.
british officers have told me OF the
men being taken as prisoners through
Germany and German women coming
and offering them a glass of water and
splitting in 1t as they handed it to
them. I came back across the water
with a prominent British officer and
statesman. He told me of friend of
his who lay wounded and suffering
horribly i'm front Of the German
trenches. He laid there for a day and
half or two days and the Germans
came out at night. stood around him
and made fun of him. and then went
away and left him, and when some of
his own people went out at the risk of
their lives and brought him in before
he died he told them Of these things
Did you think that the men in that
British regiment would be willing to
make a half peace with Germany? Do
YOU think that The Canadians who
went in the trenches and found their
officers Observation-Disclosures those men
Will make ha,: peace with Germany.
tell you ii is only a short time be-
fore our boys who arc over there now
are going to be suffering those SAM
things, and you have got to under
stand 1t here, and you have got to
build and build and sacrifice, no MAT
ter what it costs, to beat that beast |
"This war is not war Of armies.
It is Il war OF nations. There isn't a |