The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-11
By Addresses Made at Clos
ing Session Of Vermont
War Conference
VERMONTERS TOLD
THEY MUST SACRIFICE
If the Prussian : T.em and
It's Menace to Be
Put SEn

The Vermont Syconference in Mont
pelier came TO g lose shortly after II
O'Clock last .sng, and if there was
any uneasines-- n the minds of the peo-
committee did not fill the hall, there Ger
tainly was no occasion to find fault in
the evening, for nearly every one of the
1853 seats in the house were taken, and
there were some 80 standing during the
latter part of the addresses at the back
| of the hall.
The Barre Pipe and Drum band were a
little late in arriving at the hall, owing
to the trolley service, but they made a
hit. They marched to the front part of
the hall, to seats reserved for them, and
then a thing which was not a part of
the program occurred Rev. Laughlin
Mclean Watt recognized one of them as
an acquaintance and Immediately sew
eral went forward to shake hands with
him. The band played several selections
during the evening, each time getting a
round of applause.
Chairman L. p. Slack, after calling the
meeting to order, introduced Gov, Gra-
ham, who presided over the meeting. In
his introduction of the first speaker he
stated that he was not going to make an
address, but that he wanted to say one
thing, which was: when this contest is
settled for all time, it will be that right
makes might and not that might makes
right" which brought applause. When be
was introduced, the audience stood in
honor of the executive of the state. At
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he said: "The line may bend. but it will
not break" which brought applause. Pre-
ceding the addresses, the Montpelier Mil
itary band gave concert.
Scotland's Story Told.
Rev Laughlin Mclean Watt, who has
seen service in the trenches and who has
preached for some q years, was the last
speaker of the evening, but he probably
was the most foreible of the trio He
had his audience almost on its feet at
times and would then carry them almost
to tears with pathos He told of the
wars Scotland has been in. This he fol-
lowed with a story of the Somme and
the hospital, where he saw the terrible
condition in which the men came to the
hospital He said that the patriotism of
his country did not necessitate drafting,
telling how in three months they had
! ,250, 900 soldiers in Scotland. His clos
est friend during his war service was a
priest. The Scotch even went without
clothing enough to furnish them and
food enough at first, but they were able
to get it shortly. He said America has
little realization of what the war is. He
described in detail the effects of the gas
upon the soldiers, how rapidly it killed
them. He described the trenches and the
iugouts, telling how every comfort that
,an be secured is given the men. The
feeling among the wounded is that the
next fellow is worse than he. He praised
he work of the Red Cross as the cheer
ng thing of the war. He told the history
If the Scotch flag, which has crosses on it
o show for the wars fought. For three
md one e-half years England has been dy-
ng, but now America has come to them;
nut they must come fast, so that the
fun may be driven back. The war will
ot end until might has been defeated by
fight, with the righteousness of the
ross to help. He showed to his audience
hat the taxes of the United States have
cen light thus far.
arl vrooman Urged Civilian Patriotism.
1dTI NTODuldH, dSslsldHJ secretary OF
griculture, appealed to civilian patriot
I'M, telling his audience that they must
ave as much as the soldiers show. and
nat if the country has as many soldiers
the war in proportion to population
5 France has, that it will not stop until
has 20,000,000 fighting men. He ad-
lifted that there have been some mis-
lkes, perhaps tragedies in the work of
1n,., ,-@,,,,, h,,f l-n1 hat
lsiness enterprise which increased 5000
er cent. in year did not make errors
He said no nation has ever appropri-
ed for war purposes the amount of
oney this country has. We are doing
ueh faster than many people think,
I'd the Socialists, or any of the other 81
trieties of critics, have no reason to
mplain. He said that the aviation trou
es are clearing away much faster than
e people are given TO understand He
ged the farmers that they must make
crifices, that they have not commenced
vet: theirs has been small compared
it'll the soldiers. whom the farmers
ust feed; 6,s00,O00 farmers in the coun-
Y are enrolled in the patriotic effort to
pport the army and navy and help the
les.
Prussian System Must Be Stopped
Frederick c. Wolcott of New York
Ly first conveyed a message from Mr..
,over, expressing the heartiest sppre
tion of what Vermont has done in
"a conservation. Mr. Wolcott then
ssed on to tell of his experiences and
.ervations in Europe during the early
ars of the war, and dwelt especially
the conditions in Poland. He gave an
eresting account of his attempts to
ieve the starving people and the sc-
n along this line BY the several gov
ments which all came TO naught
,lIy by the action of the German gov
ment. who embarked on a policy of
rvation to get the industrial people
Poland out Of their owu country and
o Germany for economic reasons.
he speaker declared that the German
ple do not look on war horrors as
do. He invited the attention of
man general TO the sad plight of tho
ish people. only 10 BE- informed that
policy of starvation had been agreed
n. because Of iss effecfiveness IN driv-
industrial workers out of the conn