The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-07
CROWD THRILLED
BY TALK ON WAR
George Adam Takes Hearers
Through Wide Field
of Emotion
SAYS BRITISH NAVY
PRESERVED AMERICA
Germany Planned to Reach New York
in Three Months-Praises Valor Of
French Soldiers and Urges Americans
to Give Utmost Support

French Soldiers and Urges Americans
to Give Utmost Support.
Human emotions in wide variety were
stirred by terrific appeal in the Au
ditorium last evening by George Adam,
formerly of Scotland, later a staff of
fcer in the British ministry of muni
tions, and now a resident Of Montreal.
Humor, pathos, admiration, bitterness
and various types of sentiment were
manifested in laughter, tears, applause
and other forms Of expression on the
part Of an audience that taxed the ca
Ipacity of the house, while the speaker
directed the thoughts Of his hearers for
two hours tn different phases OF the war
III which the greater part Of the world
is now engaged. It was a wonderfully
/ thrilling and impressive address. deliv-
cred with finished oratory by one who
knew and it gave to the audience a
deeper insight into the real situation
abroad and revealed the brutal char
actcr Of the foe in a manner that left
no doubt IS to the truth Of the state
ments uttered.
Mr.. Adam came to Brattleboro under
, the auspices OF the Brattleboro Mon 5
forum He was to have appeared Tues
day night, but was DELAYED ilf Canada
by deep SHOWS Before he spoke the
5 audience sang Star Spangled Banner
, and then H. c. Rice announced a pub.
lie meeting in Festival hall at clock
Friday night to formulate plans for the
! af ibf
giving in Brattlcboro to the various wal
relief measures. stating that il seemed
II to be the opinion Of those engaged II
| these lines Of endeavor that the pro
posed plan was the only feasible basis
for a successful continuation of th'
l. work. Miss Marion Green, soprano ans
Miss Mary Hutehins. contralto, rem
dered duet. accompanied by Frank NJ
Cram, pianist, responding to an encore
and Miss Hutehins sang a solo composed
h by Mr.. Cram Both these numbers re
}, ccived well-merited recognition.
e Chairman t. B. Smith of the Men
? forum presented the speaker Of the eve
e ming, explaining that Mr. Adam ha,
!, been Is hours on the way.
o After the opening pleasantries, in
y cluding a Joke at the expense of tn
e Central Vermont railroad, which he sal
be was convinced was included whe
'e God made creeping things. Mr. Adar
T entered upon q serious discussion 0
to various phases of the war, taking u
Sc first the matter of ammunition. Aftc
TX the last push on the western front,
OF said, Great Britain had a reserve c
81 50.000,000 shells. There are not enoug
e gunners The gunners are under tremeI
lie 1 . ~, lo
IS tinual stream Of new men. What W
70 want is men. and America is going
ed give us men to man our guns efficient
~. he declared.
| suppose YOU people in Americ
wonder what the war is all about. |
continued, and that led up to stat
a ment of the attitude of some of Il
German people, who think that II
kaiser is the representative Of God \
rd mighty on earth. They blindlv a
=" cept that idea and say they are fgh
u ing for the kaiser. Others have a n
, ih tion that jealousy toward German
NO on the part of Great Britain was |
Il sponsihle for the war. The speak
an showed the fallacy of that idea
VI stating that at her coaling places
a. the seas throughout the world Gre
Britain gave Germany the same priv
- leges before the war that she hersC
-or eniovcd and that Germany had T
ny privilege of selling goods in the Britt
''o markets ON the same terms rs the Rr
ish merchants. We could have deni
the right to Germany TO sail a sins
" ship on the ocean, and we had the pow
in our navy TO paralyzc the commerc
enterprise, on the seas, of the ent
world, the speaker declared, and tn
asked: Do YOU think it was Brit
nal jealousy of Germany that brought
the war9
The reason for the war he explain
re- was that Germany S heart was putref
nal and her brain was putreied She h
en- a lust to enguif the world and
ken whole spirituality was submerged
ist then went on to explain that the G
ldi- man king, Frederick, called the Gre
He had vaulting ambitions for Germa
val and entered into Goddess fellows
ef with the atheist, Voltaire, and the t
)re- laid down rules for the future diI
and macy Of the empire, such as send
in spies instead of ambassadors abro
was encouraging neighbOrs to fight amt
was themselves SO as to weaken their res
two ance to German pressure to promise
sup send help to those with whom the co
try was allied but never to send
The speaker declared that many of
u. phrases in the diplomatic docume
- Of Germany down to today We're tai
H. from the principles written down
,,,,,- King Frederick and Voltaire, the