Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-03-08
HUN LIES REAL DANGER.
PORTER Emerson Brown

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When the Germans let loose upon
thew orld their poison gas and their
liquid fire, the world, aghast, thought
that the end had been reached.
1t had not. For since that time
have these same Germans found, and
brought to use, even still more lc-
thai weapon--a weapon alike as veil
ed as it is deadly, as noXious as it is
effective, and quite in keeping with
the absolute ncgation of ethics, OF
morals. of decency. of humanity that
has marked Germany's warfare from
the Belgian atrocities down to the
present date.
Serted Line of German Liars.
And this new weapon is lies.
Throughout this country, us well as
throughout the countries of the allies
Germany has flung her serried lines
of German liars. All kinds of lies they
tell, and in all kinds of ways, from
the 42-ccntimetrc lie that no one be
licves down to the dumdum lie that
makes little hole going in and Il
big one coming out. and the chlorine
lie that you don't even know is Il lie
until you find that you are overcome
to point where some friend has t.
give you the restorative of truth.
There is tho direct lie. and the ric.
ochct. There is the nitroglyccrine lie
that cNplodes itself when it hits, and
the time fuse lie that doesn't 20 oil
for week or so. There are lies on
the land, in the air, on the sea ant
under the seas.
And all these lies, effective and in.
effective, big and little, are directed
against each of tie allied nations tc
confuse, to distrust, to puzzle, to dc,
lay them in the successful prosccu.
ton of the war
"The life of an aviator is only thir.
ty hours in the nir!"
And there are uvintors who have
been flying for three years.
THE navy is rotten with diseased
Maybe so? But you must admit
that when it comes to sinking subma.
rines they do pretty well for alb incl
of invalids.
THE camps are hotbeds of immor
atty"
A lie on the face of it. If Their,
were the inclination there is neither
the place nor the opportunity.
"This is not Americas war"
Whose war it is to defend the
rights of America and American.
against submarines at sea and plot:
on land to present Texas, New Mexi
co and Arizona to Mexico? To sa,
nothing of blowing up American
| ships in American harbors and Amer
lean factories in American citics?"
"All Germany wants is JUS
pcace!"
That's all! A just peace that viii
give her Poland, Belgium, Alsace-Lo
raine, Austria Hungary, Turkey, Bul
garip, Serbia, Roumnnin, control O
the Baltic and Black Seas and port.
on the Mediterranean. A just peac,
IN which she can coordinate her new
possessions preparatory to taking
another wallop ut the rest of tn,
world! AS her own people have al
ready announced that it is her inten
ton to do
These are few of the Type A lies
OF the other types are the follow
ing: Germany is unbeatable; so VIII,
go against her? We will never &c
troops TO Europe in time. We cam
equip soldiers. We can't feed our sol
diers. Germany never intends to Mt
tack us here; SO let's keep our troop!
at home to defined us when she does
II we music hoose Il machine gun 70,
our army, let us pick out one tha
isn't invented yet. We must have fire,
speech; it is better to have people
talking than doing things.