Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-09
FIGHTING ENTIRE
GERMAN PEOPLE,
DICKSON SAYS
Lecturer and Author Paints
Graphic Picture of DevaSta-
tons of Huns in Address at
Taft Hall

Get it oue of your heads that we
are fighting only the kaiser" said Har-
ris Dickson. noted southern author,
humorist and war correspondent speak
ing Thursday night at Taft hall under
the auspices of the Alkahest Lyceum
bureau. I'VE are fighting the entire
German people, thoroughly organized
into a gigantic 'frightfulness' trust,
which is best typified by the black and
white flag of the German crown prince,
with it's skull and cross bones"
The lecturer who kept his audience
on tiptoe with a recital of incidents
from the scene of fighting on the west
ern front, displayed a small black and
white pennon, the flag of the Deaths
Head hussars, the personal command
of the crown prince, found on the field
of battle at the Marine. where this regi-
ment was absolutely wiped out. There
were also bullet-pierced trench helmits
and various relics of the bloody conflict
in France, which furnished graphic IL
lustration for his thrilling narrative.
Our responsibility in this war dates
back to the Magma Charta," said Mr..
Dickson, when the rights of citizen
ship were wrested from tyrant king.
The United States, the greatest repub-
lie on the face Of the earth, is respon-
Institutions"
He drew a graphic picture of the val
ley of the Somme before and after the
terrible conflict that is now raging
throughout that territory, declaring
that where once stood beautiful viii
lagos, there is now not even a dis
celebration of the earth to mark their
sites. He told of churches deliberately
destroyed. of fruitful orchards wanton-
ly cut down and of the vaults of the
dead blasted open by the devastating
Huns.
These are not the wanton acts of in
dividuals," said he, but incidents in a
systematized, organized program of bar
barrie cruelty"
This is my idea of the only proper
decoration for a German helmet" de-
clared Mr.. Dickson, holding up a Teuton
trench helmet peppered full of bullet
holes, "and the third Liberty loan is
going to help put this same decoration
on about 5000, 900 Teuton heads"
The young, unframed American makes
the worst possible soldier, he declared
but once he has been placed under dis
cipline, he is transformed into the finest
type of fighting man known on earth
Paying high tribute to the British Tom
mics, the speaker asserted that so per
cent of the British troops have come
from England itself, while SO per cent
of the casualties have been from among
these same fighting men.
Describing the life of the American
troops on board transports en- route 10
France Mr.. Dickson told several anec-
dotes to illustrate the indomitable spirit
of the boys in khaki.
ut is this infusion of new blood
into the ranks of the allied fighters that
is going to put a fresh spirit into the
battle against Hun barbarism," he said
land you will make any sacrifice to bach
up their courage and determination til
forever destroy the menace to civiliza.
ton"
Mr.. Dickson lauded the work of the
Young Mems Christian association and
the various religious and semi-religious
agencies in war work, declaring that
the great struggle of nations will regen-
crate the churches, bringing mankind
closer together in the worship of God