The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-05-02

hit.
Not only the German soldier in
the field but the whole German ma
tion, the public, fathers and moth
ers. men in public life, have all alike
been trained and disciplined from
their childhood. The German ma
tions works now in one direction,
like one single Prussian soldier 60
ing forward in bayonet charge.
Germany does not discuss or give
orders-she obeys.
Here in America you have all
kinds of men. from Mr.. Roosevelt
down, telling the president what he
must do, and how the war must be
won. You have women. and prohibi-
tionists. and clergymen and various
societies giving orders to the head of
the nation.
You have the peoples representa-
tives in congress criticising and at
tacking everything, especially the
commander-in-chief. National disci-
pline, like individual discipline, is
not known.
Germany is fighting with complete
reliance on every citizen at home on
every organization, every inhabitant
steel.
Germany is working with absolute
ly safe reliance upon every disciplin-
ed man fighting in the field.
1t is only necessary to give the or
der. and it is obeyed
The German at home accepts star
walton or semi-Starvation or sixteen
working hours-and here you must
promise your men that they will
work only eight hours on national
defense work, and get double pay
| if they ask it.
But, most important of all, you
must remember that Germans in the
trenches or out of the trenches, wait
ing for the commander, rushing
across the bloody fields with shells
exploding around them, are so thor
oughly disciplined that nothing
checks them, confuses or bcwilders
them.
To throw socalled reserves" abb
solutely green men, against such
forces is almost murder-yet that is
what the allies must do, and have
done and are doing
So much for the view of an exper-
fenced American general familiar
with the wars problem. You know
the difference between a profession
al and an amateur prizefghter. A
professional, inferior N character,
or even physique, great ad-
vantage over the al When he
is knocked down he distinctly hears
the referee counting. knows enough
to rest while he may, and get up as
the referee counts nine.
The professional keeps his head
in the clinches," knows when and
where he should strike in the break
away. Two men being physically and
mentally equal, one a professinal and
one an amateur, the professional has
at least three hundred per cent the
advantage
Germany. the German people, the
German army, the German common
soldiers are all professional fight
ers''
Every man has been disciplined
from childhood and trained as a
fighter from his young manhood
Every one has been taught that the
worst crime is disobedience.
The trained professional German
hghter knows that he may be killed,
If he goes ahead and obeys orders
He knows that if he disobeys he
will be killed to an absolute certain
| ty.
This country and the allies are
amateurs, men that have thought
for themselves and never learned to
take orders. They have lived as men
should live in civilization, as free
men thinking for themselves, but
when war begins and the occupation
! OF the world is murder, these anna
teurS OF democracy questioning, de-
Gliding, are like the unframed men
against the professional priZefighter.
! TO read what it written here is
not pleasant, for it means long fight
ing, and some inevitable disappoint-
|ment.
! When decent man reSents the in
suits of q professional bruiser he is
pretty sure to be knocked fiat, in
spite of having right on his side. And
nation or nations that confront Eu-
ropes professional bruiser, the Prus-
sian nation of professional fighters
must expect disappointments.
However, this country and the al
lied countries abroad need for their
protection at least full information
They need 10 know what it is that
confronts and threatens them and
what their difficulties will be-
Professional prizefighters do not
rule the world. Their status is lower