The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-29
DR.. Knight, War Worker. Says Germans
Had Plans Made for Taking
Control Of America
FRANCE WHIPPED
SAYS SPEAKER
American Troops Rearing 10 Co" Helped
Morale; Scores Red Cross Slackrs;
Urges Speed Up War Work

Declaring that Germany had select.
ed the name "Germania" for America
to be used after this country was
forced under Hun control and that
mad not the United States entered
The war in the spring OF 1917 sha
would now be fighting Germany Sin.
gle handed, DR.. L. H. Knight, Y, M,
G. A. war worker direct from tho
trenches, brought to Chickasha the
most direct war message heard here,
yesterday morning at the Christian
! church
DR.. Knight brought the startling In
formation that last spring when
America entered the war, France was
whipped to a FRAGILE" and that the
allies were tottering under the weight
of the German blows. It was his
opinion that by this time, France,
England and Italy would have been
conquered and that Teuton troops
would now be entering the United
States from the north and south. Tho
entrance Of America, he said kept
the allies fighting aiding principally
the morale of the troops. He made
it clear that the troops of the United
States must win the war If 1t is to
be won.
DR.. Knights homo is in Wagner,
Okla. He entered war service as ain
ambulance driver with the French
army and served In that capacity
for perior of four months. He then
joined the attacking corps of the
French, this organizations job being
that OF routing the Germans out of
the trenches in the face Of machine
gun, rifle fire and hand grenade de-
fense. AT one time he was gassed.
He described the sensation infinitely,
stating that the first intimtaion OF
tho presence Of gas was the odor of
wild flowers which was followed by
q sickening odor as the fatal effects
of the gas began to be evidenced.
That we are fighting the peopla
and system Of Germany and not tha
kaiser alone, was brought homo by
the speaker who declared that If tha
kaiser, and Hindenburg were killed
tomorrow, the war would go on with
the same ferocity and with the SAM.
fiendish tactics as are now In use.
for the reason that the German sya-
tenn would carry 1t on.
After serving with the French and
being gassed, Dr. Knight entered Y.
M. C. A. war work when the Ameri-
can Expeditionary forces landed in
France He was with VIII Irwin in
Italy and stated that the Italian loss.
es were due to the spreading OF Ger
man propaganda in a degree more
than to the shells and bullets of the
enemy The Y. NJ. c. A. he said, Is
exerting a powerful influence over
the soldiers at the front and is do
ing more to uphold the character of
ehmen than any other one thing.
Deity and with telling effect, DR..
Knight illustrates the value OF time
and the great need of fastening every
branch of war work now being car.
ried on in this country. From his
large collection of war relics, DR..
Knight selected a hand grenade. In
explaining its uses, he said, when
the thrower lights this hand gren-
ade, he has just five seconds In which
to throw it. If he does not get it
away from him in that time, it ex.
plodes and he is killed. Five Sec
onds means life and death over
there. And in preparing for war,
five seconds over here means life or
death over there"
The speaker paid tribute to those
of the Red Cross who were actually
doing work, but branded as slackers
those who were not doing their part.
81 had my ears frozen" said DR..
Knight. you slackers out there who
did not knit me a helmet are respon-
sible for that. I was out with pars