New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
WAR CONFEREN(E IN
HARTFORD ON MAY Fl

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much to build UP the organization not
only of Tennessee, but Of othor
southern states. He comes north A.
the special request Of the Council of
National Defense.
Major Smiths two sons, like HIM
self are in uniform, one being an
artillery man and the other in the
engineering corps.
Rev. Laughiin MacLcan Watt.
. Rev. Laughlin MacLean Watt, NJ.
A, D. D., F. r., S. f., F. r. A. s.,
speaking under the auspices of the
Committee on Public Information,
will give the people Of Connecticut q
thrilling story Of what he has seen
and heard at the front and tell OF the
manner in which the Allies are meet A
ing the problems confronting our mea
over There"
Major Watt was chaplain to the Cor
don Highlanders and Black Watch
i'll the European zone of the war on
the Somme, the Ancre at Armentieres
and Ypres. He is a Highlander OF
the Highlanders, plays the bagpiaes
and is the minister OF st. Stephens,
famous Edinburgh church. He
went to France on Christmas Eve,
1914, and served for a time at the
advanced base hospital which he calls
the saddest spot in France"
On his return he was attached to
the Gordon Highlanders. Soon The
call came to move up to the front and
Major Watt got his first touch Of she'll
fire. After q leave of absence, Major
Watt was transferred to the Black
Watch. Their ranks had been re-
plenished and broken again and
again They were in the fam
Ypres salient, where Major Watt had
been for short time in 1916 with
the Gordons. There was not in this
once prosperous city a living creature
except. the soldiers. The Cloth Hall
a famous building noted for its
beauty, was a heap of broken stones
and the cathedral lay like a ship
wreck with it's bare ribs to4the wealth.
err. g.. w..
Major Watt says The German will
only understand a licking and he is
mighty hard to lick. because he think.
softheartedness is softheadedness. asld
perhaps he is justified as he holds NIL
his own land and forty nine fiftfrfa-
Of Belgium F
Every scrap of genius concentrat T.
ed upon air knowledge and air su-
premacy would bring victory nearer
than we dream. While the Allies
think they can reach standardization
in aircraft, the German never goes to
bed without wondering if a carpet
tack in the tail OF his airship won't
improve it's stability
1--WE shall win--through the mate
rial resources of America and Britain.
the undying courage of the remnant
in France. the resiliency Of the
italians, and above all through the
mystery of the gertrude of the tri-
umph Of right over wrong that has
made of history a connected whole
instead of a Madness
Arthur II. Bcstol'.
Arthur e. Bestor who is to speak
at the War Rally at Hartford on May
II, 1918, is President of Chautauqua
Institution, Chautauqua, New York,
and in this capacity is admirably TT
ted and qualified to carry on the
work which he has undertaken as Dr.
rector Of the Speaking Division of the
Committee on Public Information. In
the words of President Wilson, Mr..
Restors work is Ito give to the pco-
pie that fullness of information which
will eenable and inspire each citizen
to play intelligently his part in the
greatest and most vital struggle eyer
undertaken by self-governing ma
tons" His address will likely prove
extremely valuable to the -Four Mln-
ute Men of the State and all others
who have been making public adj
dresses on any branch Of war actiy-
ity.
Mr.. Bestor was formerly professor
Of history and political science In an
American University and has broad
and comprehensive view of the basic
and fundamental principles underly-
ing the Great War and the, issues In
Volved therein. He is one of the
best speakers on the American plat
form today. His clear, logical, force
full, convincing presentation of his In.
depreciation of the meaning of the
war never fails to inspire and ac-
curately inform his audiences. Rare
ly are there found in one man the
executive ability which Is required in
the Director of the Speaking Division,
coupled with the ability effectively TO
present to the people of the nation
the message which Mr. Bestor desires
his speakers to present.