Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-08

. lliht tlIne, a copy OF thinks he cap
t!.ured NJ Cambrai last Nover Der
me tank was the invention Of .
leoriat Ill., man. who never dreame,
mat II would hs used for anythins
uut farming purposes when he firs
bull. II.
Allies superior In Air.
We now hold the unquestloned
superiority Of the air on the western
'front.' We have tho enemy beaten
In Individual bravery and Initiative
We nave him beaten IN Kuns--par
.oularly machine guns another
american Invention. and hand gre.
naAes' We have him beaten in food
supplies II we can oily get those
supplieH TO England and France In
sutiicient Quantities The only place
~ho,ein uermany holds the upper
nnhd Is with her submarines and
'hat viii not last forever
IN England everyone's business Is
Nar. Ihere Is no more business as
sSuo' Ihat fallacy has long since
zen exploded Nearly four years
'l''S nave been In II and they have
gwen everything they possess They
l"'e peen lighting our battle and
Nh'le they are far from down.
hearted, Tar from being ready 10 o,it
as events on the British front in -
cent days well indicate. yet thew arc
looking toward America for tha fIna,
contribution that will bring the
thing to close--men.. money, ships
and food are needed and n IL up Ia
America 20 furnish them. The least
We can do is TO give our money Il
We gave all our income and half out
principal We would not he doing a'
much as those people have done
they are still giving
How England Floats War Bonds.
"Only a few weeks ago had ar
opportunity TO observe u war bono
campaign In England Tanks from
the front were tho banks. and they
toured from town 10 town. I hav,
seen working people lined up all day
long In front Of these tanks. await
ing their turn TO inVost their surplui
cdAh In war bonds, The wealthy
man or poor man In England who
does not own a war bond today /,
an outcast. ostraCized by neighbor'
ana friends have seen womer
with children buy war bonds will
money they had eked out OF the pit
tance OF an allowance received from
tho government ON ACCOUNT Of tn,
"old man" who was NJ the front
Most Of the munition girls inves
half their salary in war bonds. Busl
ness men have quit worrying abou
making money II they have AM
business left at al they will fee
fortunate
"Hou see Americans everywher,
!, on the front our engineers hnv,
Nonc great work and they are run
ming practically all Of tho trains ant
other transportation lipes ever ther,
now. ! mot the survivors OF tina
brave band OF American engineer
who FOUND themselves In trap dur
ing the Cambrni advance last No
vemher and with true American IN
itiative threw down their spades ant
picks ana picking up guns wherever
they could find them. or using IN,
picks II they had 20, gave battle Il
the Hun. each man accounting fol
five Germans That showed tn,
BrItisher what kind Of soldiers ",
turn but in America and did mucl
20 cement the relationship between
tho two, iou see troops OF man,
nations. There are thousands oi
Chinese coolies in labor battallloni
--China's contribution TO the allied
cause. and they had to travel arounC
the world to get to France
German BcstlaiIty.
II have confirmed all that have
ever heard about German atrocities
have seen little French and Belgian
children with arms gone and hand
gone and faces mutllated-girls oi
II ana II who we're made the vic
Tins Of German lust and thor
marked for lie I have seen hos
pitals filled with women and child
ron who were given loathsome dis
sehses bv German doctors mutilntec
so that other German soldiers woult
know that they were not safe tC
associate With. met an EnEllsl
soldier who received saght flesf
wound in .the foot at Vimy Ridge
He was taken by the Germans ant
IA German army surgeon amputatec
his right leg at the thighi wher
he recovered" consciousness and pro,
tested against this inhuman act Tn,
surgeon shrugged his Shoulders and
said Just one man less for us tc
fight This soldier has been ex.
changed back to England and (,
now with his wife and seven llttie
klddies. all or whom are working In
10 muniton factory and he Is an In
spector there
"A German prisoner said that
VIXEN they entered one French town
their officer gave them orders tc
shoot two women who were walking
along the street Ong Of them had
n child hv the hand and when she
fell she dragged the child down with
her. Tho officer forced the men
10 shot tho ch.d because she could
not be left there alone. In 1915 the
Germans crucified number OF
Scotch soldiers members Of the
Black watch -crucified them alive
Since that day the mack Watch has
never taken German alive They
show mercy ana expect none
Morale OF Allied Troops Fine.
THE morale Of the French and
Belgium and British and Portu.
Euesc troops on the front is wonder
ful have talked TO men who have
been wounded time and time again
ana have been there since 1914 and
yet they would not accept a dis
charge were Il handed to them.
They nre determined to see Il
through and they know that
Americas contribution is going 20
give them the necessary impetus 20
finish the job. The one thine tna.
Is keeping up the morale OF troops
and civilians over there v the
OF Americas part. soon TO be plsyeu
Could they see America now am ,s Uu-