The Coconino sun., 1918-08-23

At conference of field men of the United States food administration held in Washington, F. 0. Walcott pictured conditions as he had found them In the countries invaded by German arms. Mir. Walcott served with Mir. Hoover on the Belgium relief commis- sion when this nation was attempt. ing to feed the starving civilian pop ulation of Belgium, Poland and north ern France. Tn his address he had, pictured such conditions as he said he could not believe unless he had seen the situation through and through, and had lived with 1t for weeks. He showed these terrible conditions to be the result of deliberate plans on the part of official Germany, and in sum- ming up he said:
 "Such Is the German mind as 1t was disclosed to me in several weeks contact with officers of the staff. Treaties are scraps of paper, if they hinder German aims. Treachery is condoned and praised, If 1t falls in "lth NcLuidu tutcTcSl. "cu, tuuust countries are German prizes. Popula- tions are to be destroyed or enslaved so Germany may gain. Women are Gerfnany's prey. children are spells of war. God gave Germany the Hohen- xollern and together they are destined 1 to rule Europe and, eventually, the worid-thus reasons the kaiser.
 "Coolly. deliberately, officers of the German staff, permeated 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.
 'Tn 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 a modern govern ment professedly a Christian govern ment in the family of civilized na- lions. ..s.
 'This system has got to be rooted out. If 1t takes everything in the world, if 1t takes everyone Of us.e this abomination must be overthrown.A It must be ended or the world is not worth living in. No matter how long 1t takes, no matter how much 1t costs, we must endure to the end with agon- ixed France, with imperiled Britain, with shattered Belgium. with shaken Russia. .
 we must hope that Germany will have a 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 wonderful race may find its place as one of the broth erhood of nations In the new world that Is to be.
 "The responsibility of success or failure rests now upon our shoulders the eyes of the world are anxiously watching us. Are we going to be able to rise to the emergency, throw off our lneflciency, and prove that democracy Is safe for the world?"
 Tn the above statement MT. Wal colt has described condition that must be changed if America, If the world is to remain "fit place to live in." And the only way by which this change can be effected is the de feat of German arms in this war Nothing good, nothing but evil, car come out of Germany, so long as the German people are controlled by 6 military autocracy, and the German people cannot be made to realize this until this autocracy is crushed. The spirit of militarism that has made O the Germans a rcbber and a murder nation must be utterly crushed if thu world Is to remain free, and to accom- plish this those of us who cannot igh In France must lend our support tc our men who are fighting for us.