The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-21

at the meeting, which was held in the
park and first introduced DR.. c. l.
Stacy, who made a splendid patriotic
address. His earnest appeal for ev-
erybody to take advantage of the gov
ernments plan of saving -thereby
aiding themselves and our country at
this trying time, made deep i'm
preston upon his hearers.
Captain Guest Immediately launched
into his subject-the war and the part
America is to play. He declared he
had seen the American soldier and
that he was the finest military ma
lterial the world has.
The American is the most persis
tent questioner he had ever met. He
said when an American wants to
know anything, he asks questions
and keeps at it until he receives an
answer and that no rebuff has any
effect The Englishman he says,
may want to know something and he
keeps on wanting to know without
asking any questions, and he learns
nothing, while the American finds out
all he desires to know
He said he had been asked sever
al times if England and the United
States had not been enemies and
fought each other He said that was
all true, but it happened some time
ago, and Americans should look up
their histories and they would dis.
cover that German was on the Brit
ish throne at that time.
He did not minimize the danger
and resourcefulness of the Germans
: He recalled the fact that in August
1914, the German government took
over the food supplies and issued ra
tons, and how this led the Allied ma
lions to believe that Germany was
: very short of food and was taking 9
last desperate step. He said tha
Germany was merely conserving the
: food supply and that it took England
two years to awaken to the necessit!
for doing the same thing He sait
that in England the meat ration to
day is twelve ounces per person pc
week. and is living from hand t
mouth This is due partly to tn
fact that the ships are needed 70
s carrying American troops and sur
F plies to France. He expressed tn
d belief that this will be long wa
/. and that we should practice thrift t
t the utmost. He urged the buying o
6 J.. saving stamps from money thu
l. He mentioned that when W
s anything not absolutely neet
d ed were forcing to waste of labo
J. to replace the article we buy, and tina
Y this labor is needed to produce wa
~ munitions or supplies. He urged hi
hearers not to compete with tn
Government for labor. He state
that the money invested in war say
ing stamps was secured by the sa
est collateral IN. the world. H
~ ~ stated that the money is needed
: prosecute the war and that the NOR
= money we furnish the less lives wi
~ be required to bring victory.
Answering questions that he sal
e. he had often been asked as to VIII
D. the British navy was doing nothin
ID and why England did not send NOR
" English soldiers to France, he tol
Il 4 of the stupendous work England ha
= done. He said Kitchener raised a
to army of four million men by the va
- unteer system, but that was ne
enough and that to date 100000 Bri
ish soldiers had been sent to the wa
= He said one out of every seven
the population of England was wit
the colors. He said he did not mea
one out of seven men, but referre
TO general population, including won
en- and children. He said these me
are fighting on many fronts and tina
- they have taken far more territor
from Germany than Germany ha
taken from France and Belgium. II
said the casualties, meaning kille'
wounded and missiong, amounted
over two million He stated tha
England is losing forty thousand me
week in battle. He said the war
costing England seven and half mi
lion pound daily, or close onto $40
100000 daily The women, he sal
are taking the places of the men |
every field of labor, and are bein
trained for the skilled trades frol
men heretofore could not be released
Referring to the German offensive
he said the Allies cannot afford