Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-08
UNITED STATES DREAMING.
While Allies Totter, Says Or. AIonzo
Taylor.

While Allies Totter, Says Or. AIonzo
Taylor.
Dr. AlonZo Taylor. speaking for the
Federal administration and the Allies
in one Of the most remarkable ad-
dresses OF the war here Monday
night. bitterly ridiculcd all war OPP
timisln. ripped through the veil Of
official silence and declared most Of
Europe beaten to its knees and pre-
dictcd the American nation on war
ratiuns before summer.
Doctor Taylor's address was like Il
bolt from the blue II was delivered
TO glittcring assemblaGc at the
Stotcsbury home, 1925 Walnut street.
Philadelphia. II cut and scared as II
was intended to do. Doctor Taylor,
from the deeps of his official knowl-
edge-he was with Colonel House in
Paris and now is one Of the most
powerful Of the silent men in the
Washington administration-pictured
the German strikes as mere cana-
iouSe created for the occasion. the
British and the French beaten to a
standStill: the Allies morale in worse
shape than the morale of Germany;
the stricken and frightened eyes of
most OF Europe turned our way.
aching for signs of help. and Ameri-
cal reckless,w asteful, uninformed and
still unrcady for the stupendous
shocks which she must bear before
the conflict is ended.
Long Looking to U. s.
You would not recognize Europe
now, Doctor Taylor said to society
audience tnat sat chilled and fasci-
mated in the Stotesbury ballroom. All
traces Of the old hauteur has gone
from the usual British attitude to-
ward America The British. like the
French and the Italians. look to US
as the world used to look for the
Messiah when life had grown to be
Il horror. Every official American"
Doctor Taylor said. every naval Of
licer, every cabinet officer should go
to Europe If only for Il day, because
at Il distance Of 5000 miles you cam
not see the flicker Of fear in their
eyes. There has been no serious
strike in Germany. There will be no
revolution in Germany. Six months
ago-and you never heard OF 1t on
this side of the water-there were
disturbances on the English docks
ten times more perilous to the Allied
cause than the recent strikes in Ber-
lin. Germany will not collapse. Ger
many is as cool now and as methodi-
cal if not quite as assured as she
ever was.
The strikes in Germany were either
trivial disturbances or else they were
deliberately arranged by the govern
ment. Europe is dazed, misled by
false hopes. The German firmly be-
lieves that half Of London has been
laid waste by Zcppelins. The average
Englishman believes that people are
dropping dead from starvation in
Berlin.
Allies Line Near Breaking.
THE trumps in the game-almost
all the trumps have been played by
Germany. The German line Of resis-
tence is bending. of course. but 80 is
the line of the Allies-and the Allies
line shows the most dangerous curve.
is nearest to breaking. This is the
truthful and the scientific analysis.
We have done much but we must do
more unless We wish to lose. 1t will
not do for us to deceive ourselves
now as the Allies have been deceiv-
ing each other and their own people.
They made mistakes and they took
things as they came, but they have
had some time at least to make up
for it. The difference OF our present
position is thi3-that we-have-not-
time to mai e-any- mistakes. II we
make the mistakes that the Allies
have made we lose-and II We lose
the rest Of the world will go down
with u.s."
Doctor Taylor's address came as a
tremendous shock at a meeting of So
ciety folk called by Mrs. Stotesbury
to consider the conservation Of food
In the homes Of the well-to-do. The
analysis which DR.. Taylor presented
of the problems involved was start
ling. He made 1t evident that so far
with all our conservation propagan-
da we have conserved very little for
the simple reason that the workmen
who have suddenly found themselves
with immensely increased wages are
at the present time the most lavish
wasters in the land. They have
bought and wasted at the rate for
merly set BY the idle rich. IN this
country as II is abroad" said DR..
Taylor, "the highly paid artisan has
manifested an instructive resistance
to the accumulation Of capital. He
spends all lie earns, and much of it
is wasted in unnecessary quantities
of food.-Philadelphia Ledger.
How England Would Save Food
England must husband her food sup
ply IL her people expect America to