New Britain herald., 1918-04-06

Ciietlflldn or the board Of directors
OF the Landers. Frary e Clark COM
pany. Not only did DR.. Dabo tell of
war time conditions in England and
france, not only did he give intimate
glimpses into the life of the soldier
IN the trenches, but he also told of
some narrowing atrocities he had
witnessed himself in which little chill
dren have been crippled for life and
young women have been ravaged be-
fore the horror stricken eyes of their
relatives. Commenting briefly upon
the recent lynching of a German
in the middlewest, DR.. Dabo told of
some of the atrocities or lynchings,
he nevertheless hopes that when the
next German is lynched he may at
least be there at the finish.
Three Years More of War.
If New Britain needed any speaker
to actually bring the Great War for
chilly to q place uppermost in their
minds, Dr. Dabo was the man to
do it. In his travelogue-lilze address,
he told of sailing for Europe with
the American Financial mission to
the Allies as interpreter He told of
seeing women employed almost en-
tirely in England, as chauffeurs,
stevedores, mechanics, factory work
ers, electric crane operators and in
short at every occupation which for
merly belonged to a man. He said
conditions are no different in France,
where 1000, 900 French soldiers have
already laid down their lives for De-
mocracy. He said that almost every
woman and child in France wears q
band Of mourning denoting some near
relative who has fallen in battle.
In England the toll Of war has been
hardly. less terrible, but the govern
ment prohibits this form Of mourn
ing. DR.. Dabo paid a high tribute to
the English and particularly men
toned the higher officials who, be-
cause of their habits of being i'm
maculately dressed, even to white
gloves, cane and spats, are termed
nuts. One of the duties of these
nuts is to cross examine every per
son that comes into the country. He
said that every person coming in has
to pass q scathing examination at the
hands of English, American, French,
Belgian, Italian, Japanese and other
officials, taking nine hours in all, and
unless he is entirely truthful and
honest he is liable to be trapped. For
instance, DR.. Dabo declared that
these nuts are wonderful linguists
and while calmly questioning a sus-
pect they casually shoot at them
some quick question in another
tongue which, after nine hours, is al
most certain to catch the suspect off
his guard. DR.. Dabo explained why
it is so hard to get passports from
this country to Europe by saying that
many who go across have to be shad-
no
himself while accorded every courtesy
in France, was continually under the
surveillance Of three men. In Shelf
field, England, formerly the great
cutlery center Of the world nothing
but munitions are made today, he
said. He declared that more than
1000 new hospitals are being erect
ed there, that there are about 200, 600
blind men there and he should hate
to give the figures of the manned. He
also said that in England the age
limit for military service has been
raised from Is to So, SO, he coun-
selled the Americans not to be too
confident that they were not liable for
service If they are over 81 years Of
age. In speaking of the war he eX
pressed the opinion that it will not be
over this year, but if the Allies are
fortunate it may be over in three
years
DR.. Dabo also prepared his audi
ence for a great American casualty
list. He said that the time has now
come when the American soldiers are
getting into the fray and it is now
time for the long, cruel casualty lists
to be coming hack and the transports,
instead of coming back empty as
heretofore, Will come back full Of
wounded. In uncertain terms
did Dr. Dabo brand as German pro-
paganda the circulated stories about
the conduct OF American soldiers
abroad. They act at all times as Am
erican soldiers and American gentle
men, he declared.
Women and Children Aroused.
Going from this strain Of talk to