Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17

At conference OF field men of the
United States food administration held
ln Washington, f. c. Walcott pictured
conditions as he had found them In
he 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
Ulstion Of Belgium. Poland snd north
ern France. In his address he had
pictured such conditions as he said he
could not believe unless he had seen
the sriuation through and through, and
had lived with II for weeks. He
showed these terrible conditions to he
the result Of deliberate plans on the
part Of oficial Germany, and In sum
ming up he said:
"Such In the German mind as II
WIS disclosed to me In several weeks
contact with officers of the stat.
Treaties are scraps o. paper. IL. they
hinder German aims. Treachery Is
eondoned and praised. II II falls In
with German Interest. Men, lands,
tions are 10 he destroyed or enslnvcd
NO 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 staff. permeatcd by this mon
strous philosophy, discuss the dena-
tionalization of peoples. the destruc-
ton Of nations. the undoing of other
civilizations. for Germany's account.
"In all the world such thing has
never been. The human mind has
never conceived the like Even among
barbarians, 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 n Christian govern
ment in the family OF civilized ma
tions.
"This system has got To he rooted
out. II It takes everything In the
world. II It takes everyone of us. this
abomination must he overthrown. II
must he ended or the world Is not
worth living In. No matter how long
- takes, no matter how much II costs,
We must endure to the end with agOn-
axed France, with imperiled Britain,
with shattered Belgium, with shaken
Russia.
1--WE must hope mat Germany will
have new birth as 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
may somehow prevail. We must trust
that In the end Germany really great
with the strength OF n wonderful race
may find It's place as one Of the broth
erhOod Of nations in the new world
that is to he.
"The responsibility Of success or
failure rests now upon our shoulders
the eyes Of the world are anxiously
watching us. Are we going to he able
TO rise to the emergency, throw Off our
ineff'ciency, and prove that democracy
Is safe for the world?"
In the above statement Mr.. Wal
colt has described n condition that
must he changed II America, II the
world. Is to remain "ft place to
live In" And the only way by which
this change can he effected Is the de-
feat OF German arms in this war.
Nothing good. nothing hut evil, can
come out OF Germany, so long ms the
German people are controlled by a
military autocracy, and the German
people cannot he made to realize this
until this autocracy is crushed. The
spirit Of militarism that has made Of
the Germans a robber and murder
nation must be utterly crushed If the
world Is to remain free, and to accom-
plsh this those Of us who cannot fight
In 'France must lend our support to
our men who are fighting for us.