The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-07-18

| The men stole out TO fight
On the crag-crowned shertonese."
At the opera house Monday night.
Signaller Tom Skeyhill. the Austral-
ian soldier-poet and hero OF four bat
tie fronts in the war for nauopal jus
tice against PTussian sutocracy.
painted a marvellous word picture OF
the GaIlipoli campairn in which -
was q participant and 10 which No
II was mosaic in benuty and mas
terpiece in detail and accuracy OF
fact The GaIlipoli campaign. which
began on April 25. 1915. and closed
December 2s, OF the same year. was
one of the mos, remarkable military
and naval expeditions undertaken by
any nation in modern times and was
of thrilling interest 10 the world.
While II was q failure so far as ma
terial achievement was concerned. Il
was an indirect success as IT prevent
ed the Turkish invasion OF Egypt
and the destruction of the Suez canal ,
by the Ottoman forces under German
leadership. II was also helpful in Inn
pressing upon Oriental peoples the
fighting qualities OF the British ane
French troops. as well as their naval
prowess. hasteped haiy's entrance into
the war as one Of the Allies and gave
II
cast in their lot with the forces d~dl-
Gated to freedom and national rights
SignaIler Skeyhiil. as We have had
occasion to mention before. is an or
ator OF the first class and held his
audience enthralied .or two hours and
half by his eloduencse while his DE-
scribed the fighting OF his comrades
for the possession of the DardeneIles
and the route TO Constsntlnople. He
told in an impsssioned manner the
whole story OF the Galiipoli campaign
Of the leaving of the expeditionary
forces from Egypt for the Medite.-
soil and Of the hardships and tri-
umphs of the men who fought. bied
and died on the sand-pits and mour-
tain tops OF the Galiipolisn peninsula
He drew such a picture OF the sceno
as only an artist could create and gave
his auditors a fund Of fact and infor-
nation such as they could nowhere
else obtain. That they listened 10
him for two and a half hours is as
suranee of his skill ss public speak
er and their conviction in bis intcg-
rity.
Slenailer Skeyhill had announced
that In his address Monday night
would be descriptive OF the fighting
on the western front, in France and
Flanders. but the resumption OF tho
German drive In that quarter caused
him to change his subject and be took
UP the Gaiiipoii campaign instead.
Tonight he win lecture at the opera
house on the topic he had chosen for
his previous discussion. The lecture
tonight will be free and everybody IL
invited TO hear him. He will describe
ders fronts as they have existed from
the battle OF the Msrne. nearly four
years ago. down to the present time.
No man Is more familiar with them
than Signaller SkeyhiIi anc n great
treat is in store for those who are
privileged to listen to him He win
describe the movements OF the Allied
armies on tho western front, what
they have done, what they are stri,-
ing to do and what they are destined
TO accomplish. He viii show what
the Germans have done. what they are
endesvoring 10 do. what their object
ives are and the means they are eui-
ploying TO attain them. He VIII point
out the potentialities OF the German
advance against their foes during the
initial stages OF their drive. but show
in conclusion Tho utter impossibility
OF their ultimate triumph. He will
show that they will neither take Par
is nor capture the channel ports, but
that at the proper time they will In
evitnbly meet their waterloo at the
hands OF the Allied forces. Ii win
be a great address and well worth
while. A collection siIl be solicited
from the audience to meet the expen-
ses connected with the use OF the
Opera house.
Signailer Skeynnl presented
great number of etereoptIcon yiaws