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SOME PLAIN FACTS Lo:d Noithcli3e of England Te'.h Lditors What we arc Up Against A Long War Ahead and a Wc.l Enirenhcd Enemy .. Ia a rotable addiesa delivered av " Kan&as Citv on October fc5, on the cciasion u a luncheon at the Ho.e: . Mueh.coach, attended by newspapei moil tvo.n five States, ' Lord fcrtli- ci'.tic opened tus mind ana Heart to Americans mo.e fully than he hau thought proper to do on. any othei occasion since h:s arrival here. He toid lus heareis disagreeable truths a'jiut the war, and outlined in a large way the task which the Allied nations face. - Speaking as a newspaper man to newspaper men, the greatest British journalist used the language oi tiankness and candor. He deprecat ed the tendency here characteristic of our newspapers, to minimize the lo.-ses of the Allies and to magnify those of our enemies. In his address to the editors and among those who listened to this ad dress were such representative men of the profession as Lafayette Young, Gov. Arthur Capper, E. Lansing Ray, I. R. Kirkwood, W. Y. Morgan, Victor Kosewater, and George Johns Lord NorthCliffe said: "Today I saw a great headline across a newspaper. It read '7,500 German Prisoners Taken.' In another place, carefully hidden, '27,500 Brit ish Casualties." Think of it placed where no one would think of looking for it. This is all wrong. The news that makes up a newspaper is every thing, and true and important news should be placed where it will at tract the reader's attention. In an important propaganda in my country we never print news that way. ' The British newspapers at present give you facts just as they actually happen, but we had to learn to. do that I believe that is only fair, so that the people can actually know what is going on. "You read where a wonderful ia vent ion was made which would de stroy the submarine! You read about submarines being destroyed in large numbers. You read in your news papers, and you believe it to be eu- thenic information and it is no in. formation at all. '"Presentation of this war news, I am euro, you have already found is one of the most difficult tasks that ever confronted a newspaper. Even if correct facts are printed, often times they will not be accepted by the public. "Still, we have found it to be our experience, that when the war first broke out the newspapers that print ej flattering reports of the war that were accepted as facts by the reading public just as soon as our sons be gan to write us from the battle front what was really going on, those newspapers who printed false al though flattering reports of the war news were discredited, and those few who, from the first dared to print the real facts, became more and more to be relied on and rose to public favor, "One of the most important things for you to remember in the consider ation of this war is the fact that you people absolutely have to' depend up on the Atlantic for your transporta tion of your soldiers, your ammuni tions and your food supplies. You had a slight misfortune last week it was really aa accident. ' "What the Germans' are after are the ships containing cargoes of food and munitions, not merely passengers Now, what they are after ia to let you get four men over there, and then desroy ships containing muni tions and food supplies and if you aren't careful yon will find yourself in a position having a large army marooned in France unable to get supplies. "One very important item is the building of ships. You have two very able organizers in Washington, Admiml Capps land Mr. Hurley, taking up the difficult question of building ships. Building ships is not like building a newspaper office. First of all, you have to choose a place to buibj these ships in, then uu urv w erect inu ctUJp your buildings and get your force togeth er and a Its engagement for the supplying of the various kinds of ma terial, and decide on the beet designs lor the beet kind of ships to offer. "The- newspapers have shown th thesiaiu af the people in raising the Liberty Lorn , which will go beg way toward the building af ma chines, vpprji&f ammunition, and afr. The Uberty Ixm peepageads is Wag coiwaeUd. ably, and 1 find in C r.". .farther asanas tc t -e Crjs to the war whkV ij sj. Cf wfcst use woe' t -.t tsl-.'. . Vj ra be wita t 1 a r i U trport (beta vei ' Z jrt ' t ! ' v - i . Conditiors Have Changed. - v"You w:ll find this war is a very 3neient proceeding from the old time, warfare, where men enlisted, tork their rifles in hand, and march ed to battle, where they met their enemy face to face. This is not a -a e where the soldier is the most ifi-oortant essential factor in the war. :t is a case where the farmer, the miller, the butcher and the munition laciory men are just as important, "You must remember that your army and our army are in entirely '.! ffcrent positions. Your army is in he same position as the Canadian army, for this reason the Canadians : iust get their supplies across the Atlantic, although they can get some cf their supplies from Great Britain i'ou have to bring every ounce of ma terial across the Atlantic. I wonder how many people in this country realize how large a force we have in France? "You will have to traport an aimy equal in size across the Atlan tic. In that army you have to have every possible kind of supplies food to? the men, food for the horses, motor cars, motorcar trucks, horses, ammunition, and supplies for the trucks, etc., to say nothing of air planes, Machine guns etc. "This might give you som9 slight idea of the work and cere and plan nir.g that it will take to get yoa across to the line of fighting. You will get an army there. There is no doubt or fear about that whem we stop to take irto considera'.ion the steps you have already taken just to raise an army almost in a night. The Way of a Democracy "That is the way a democracy does things. However, there are very few people who realize the work that the army behind the army is doing. So you fee that it will take many ships that you do not mind if they are sunk. "I have seen the results of subma rines. What did I see? Some eight hundred dead horses .people killed supplies destroyed all very valuable in war to say nothing of a great deal of amminution, machine tools all of which is a great loss of tonnage and efficiency in war. If you will read carefully and notice, you will find that the Germans distinguish between ships and shipments. They have the means of knowing when a shipment leaves this country. Getting News to Germany. "It is really a very simple thing to get news to Germany and they are very thorough in their methods, as you all well know. It is very easy for people to send a telegram to Germany, and the Germans get them the next day. The United States is not at war with England. A message can be sent to England. England is not at war with France and the mesage is sent to France. France is not at war with Switzerland, and the message is sent to Switzerland, from thence to Berlin Just see how quickly 'and effectively they work. "The Germans of course know this, and it is very obvious their distinction between ships and shipments. They distinguish especially against oil ship ments. They know how necessary that is for the guns, ammunition trucks, etc.,and the oil that comes' from the Gulf of Mexico. - The only System. Against the belief of our own peo, pie who adopted the system that was dropped and without a murmur, this draft system is the only one for a democratic nation. I can not tell you of the thousands nd thousands of injuries that have resulted from our system of raising men. "The draft is the only democratic system of raising men far the war. We thought the only democratic sys tem was to take those who by their enthusiasm volunteered and went to war. We found out our mistake. We found out that the patriotic went to the war, and the unpatriotic staged behind and stole the other fellow's living. , " "We had lome stupid slogan, 'One volunteer, is worth three pressed in.' it sounded well, but it is not true, When we adopted the draft, we found that the drafted men fought equally as well. There is a -great spintof otherhood among the soldiers. The drafted men arc received in the same Kpirit as if they had gone of their n free will. . .. - The German War Machine. 'There are many papers who thro out items ani ideas that the ia some . wronff with the : Gerv.r;. at's wrong with the Germans Is the Kaiser. There ia nothing wrong with "their war machine.' They have been planning for this war for forty reai-s every one knows that - They have very catiafactory report from Berlin, and thee Germans know just what ia going on in the war. 1!' are" distributed .which show 11 ter ritory they have loet. Tie peJ-iou of tKe peTe i rjr vnirfal On tie ti-rt ft rjH ,vh, t' j iasoe .hose ::J war r .. '. As 1 believe 1 Lave t:j to Cot. Capper he and t are about the same age that, it is possible we may '.not" live to see the end of this war "We are up against a people who have been preparing in every possible direction for forty - years. These people inherited the principle of thor oughness and they left no details unattended. They are predominated by a lust for pru?r::y which !s a basic cause oi this -war. This prir. ciple has-been proven aain and again. "Their self-eonfide'ice has been x aggcia" result of success m the Danish var cf V4, Aus-rian war ox '66, and '.he li.co-Prusiian wr of 1870. Now, to imagine that a peo ple who have been educated to this lust for territory and have been train ed for these military tactics for years and years, and who havo given their life for this cause to . suppose that people who are untiained and who were unprepared for war can con quer the Germans in a short tune that is the height of folly. A Localized Illustration. "It is just as though a small col lection of amateuers should come to Kansas City with a few presses and should try to run a newspaper in competition to the Star! We are amateurs in this game, and you arc more than we are for we have three years' practice. We began this war with no army at all. .. "We seldom saw a soldier except in a parade and then tne soldiers had police protection to show you the feeling that exists between the civic and military organizations in our country! We maintained military lule under Cromwell and our people did not want an army they hated one, and the Germans told us that an army was bad for us and we be lieved it they said they had a very serious revolt in their navy which I don't believe! They put over any thing on us, and we took it Talking to Friends. "I talk in this way because I am talking among friends. We are band ed together by a feeling of brother- ""The people take care of the tutesjhave another war, and I believe that in our country!, Farmers are re- I if we keep together when the soldiers quired to farm a certain amount of I omo. bs.fR and the conditions -are a their land and to live by certain farm-1 justed, we will have a continued peace, ing, rules, and when a farmer does for I believe that the people will see not live according to these rules, his to it that nothing will happen like farm is taken over by the community I this aa long aa they live." in which he lives. We have practical, MAN TROUBLED FOR TWO YEARS No one should suffer backache rheumatiic -pains, stiff joints, swollen sore muscles, when relief oon easily had. James McCrery, Ber ly revolutionized Great Britain dur ing the war, and people are happy and content - " Our Safeguard.. . "And now there is one question that I would like to ask you, and that nen Center Mich., says he was ... I . a . a ' is: Wnat is to prevent the Germans I troiwued wrta Kidney ana -Diaaaer from coming across the Atlantic in trouble for two years. He used sev- large numbers? They sent one sub- e'l kinds of medicine without relief, marine over to reoort just to srive but Foley Kidney Pills cured him. a gentle hint that they could do it. Haywood Drug uo. What is to prevent them from coming across the Atlantic? One mistake HON. T. D. BRYSON FOR JUDGE and they would be across. If a mis, take had been made by our men in Bryson City Times. council, there is no doubt but what The many f rends of Hon. T. they would have been across the 'At-1 Bryson, throughout this section will lantic long ago. be glad to learn that his name wfll "I can see no reason why you can be presented to the district primaries have any hope that we- will have a next spring as a candidate for the short war. Of course, we could have judgeship of the Twentieth ' Judicial a peace tomorrow, but it would be a district short peace, and it would mean a This announcement does not come more terrible war than we are in now as a surprise to the people -of this for you can rest assured that the district as it has. been freely pre- Germans wouldn't make the mistake dieted for severaj years that Mr. that they have made in this instance Bryson was in line of promotion for of having so many .people against this position her. His friends everywhere are " con "You know what she is after? The fident of the triumphant issue of his people who have the goods. She has candidacy. They urge that he has an attachment for the country That every qualification for the position he had the coal and iron and many oth- seeks. Snce entering upon the prac cr valuable resources, such as Great tice of the law he has been an un. Britain, as you are in the United tiring student of his chosen profes is not much sentiment about German sion. He is young,' active, energetic warfare. and brilliant, while his practice has "We are very wealthy in Great I been large and varied, covering the Britain . as you are in the United entire, field of legal controversy in states. She didn't want a tiny little this county. country bke Belgium. So don't make The above considerations added to the mistake of taking her word that his eight years' experience as Solic- she is having internal revolutions, no itor of this district place him among food nor clothes, etc. That would the ablest and foremost lawyers of be fatal. the State, "The work of the I. W.W., the Gr- His friends claim that his experi- hood, and we should plan and work man propaganda in your country, thelence, age and legal attainments emi together to see how best we can win burning of your stock yards, and tLelnently fit him for judge; that he will this war. No one has a better or destruction of your munition plants hold the scales of Justice wita an more clear idea of the infinitely dif-l -all these are proofs that Germany I even hand, and wear the judicial er- ficult task that is before us than I had planned a war against you and I mine with ability, dignity and honor. have. My house -in London has lost I was working as carefully in your I . ' - Adv its windows, which were blown cut country as she was in ours before by German bombs; another house has the war. , . VANCE LITERARY SOCIETY been shelled; at my country home myl "We had many Germans at' the gardners wife and two children were outbreak of the war in our country. I Friday, Nor. 2nd,1917t the Vance JUNALUSKA SEMINARY ' LAKE JUNALUSI5A; N. C killed but these are not important Many of them held high positions of Literary Society met in usual session, things so far as a military warfare trust and honor such as Mayors 'of After .the roll call and minutes the is concerned. towns, etc, and we were amazed I election of officers ensued. They were: "I know the difficulty of dealing when the war broke out to find that I President 'Bryan Walpole, Vice Pres- with the prosperous people they are most of these men were working I Went Wilford 'Ray, Secretary -Helen an so optimistic. The war has. done against us and had been for years. Marshall, Treasurer Bonnie Atkra- much for them it has made them We found papers on them allowing son, Censor William Hannah. Critic prosperous, they get more for their they had worked for this war and had Mi" Sadie Leslie, Chaplain Prof. E, wheat corn, meat etc They, read provided their government with val- J. Robeson, Sergeant-at-Arms Eugene about the wonder-victories we are naoie information for some time. . Alley, Press Reporter Lillian Green, having about the hundreds of sub- An Unsuspicious People. Choir Leader James Ferguson. Pro- marines that we are sinking-that "We are a nation like yourself.- Wf gram Committee Joecelytf McDowell Germany is without food or anything were a -most unsupicious -people--the land Eliza McCracken. to wear that she is hnying internal most unsuspicious in the worlL Wei Mr. Wblpole, who succeeds Mr. revolts, etc, and they take it aty in took people for what they seemed to Eugene Alley as chairman is a very an or it untrue. oe. we ror a long time let these competent young man. and we feel "Of course, you people can't real- J people stay in our country and ' 0 1 lure the society will be benefitted by lze tnat we are-war, because you are I "oous uieir business, not realising his services. He is from' Charleston, so very far away. Y01 don't see the hrm they were doing against us. S. c! and though very young has soldiers come oacK you don't see the . couion-t conceive, that, the Ger: proven himself worthy of mentio wounded soldiers, your homes and 1 Ambassador whom we thought during his stay here. property are not destroyed and, of high minded, honorable gentleman. I After the election of officers' we re course, you can't realize those things would busy himself with . plots of I tired to the auditorium where we until they are brought home to you. revolution, burning "our .munition! were entertained with an interesting ibe Military Aim. .;, 1 lactones .or ships. or other plots, program by the CHenry Society, wow don't make the mistake cf wnen ne snouid have been busvins- thinlung that we are trying lo re- himself in straightening out affairs cover a large" amount of territory between our country and his." We are quickly. This is not what is" going J nation, as. I said before, like your on on the western front That Js and I that respect V : has been carefully explained In the! "Believe me, when these soldiers New York Tribune. What i going I come home, they are going to rule on theie on the part of Great Dri tain I the people to a certain extent They is to so assail the Germans that vhey I aVe going to overrule these politicians will be forced to throw a vast num-who have given us a rotten deal. It ber of soldiers and ammunition on I will be an awful hard thing for any- the lines, and that cn many will be I one to get any of us" hi a war in the killed and rendered unfit for duty that I future, when this - war is over. ' J they will be forced to retire. I have talked with our soldiers at the "Those minor - affairs mean very I front who have been there and have little. .What does mean a lot is what nd three years of this horrible waf- happened at Verdun whan for month: I . - , V - , . v ana months the Germans pounded anJ I re very determined and pounded and were so' harassed by the I very strong ideas of capital, French that they finally had enoughJ labor, rue and all the various ques- of it, and they abanObiMl Verdun. I tiona that are paramount in the pub- EagUnd a Changed Nation. tmnds today. They will be in "You would find that England is a position to dominate to a certain changed nation. We- have altered extent many of Jhe communities in our .habits and our diet We havel which, they will reside." They have a rood control which is rigidly enforr. I strong reeling or brioherhood. , t v ed. We are. allowed a certain amount I ' TW war has done a lot in dra w- of rotatoes, meat, etc and far from I people together, and. ocr voldfers the health of our people beinsr im-1 are egging to come bark banded tj paired it is improved,. as.-the -Eng- J gether with a Tar strong borxC b -people like yoursf ate .entirely 1 . " The United States and Great too much.- - fBritain are vrey close together.' If We have a law that mfllert must I we two people keep together, we can, grind up a certain amount of nealjl "ant-sure, see that there Is never and grain, and that law is enforced. I another war. Of course, we turn out a war tread "Aa. Z travel "over the IThfted (hat if it had been put on the market S!ate J find that your country is very a frar years sgo would not have oed t'sS.. r to our country yonr racj! are very siirf-r ti'eor js'e. Yog are r.VJ ty your pp;!a, so are we. Yaa tstd aa ry -1 so c' f w are vry "' " r f:i'r.r I ;' s, -J : -v t v i - Next,Friday there will be joint meeting of the Vance and OHenry at SiSO p. in: Patrons cf the cchoot and visitors are cordially- invited to at tend. ' . 1 J ' . - ; LILIAN GEEN, Reporter. TETANUS GERMS IN THE VAC ' Memphis, Tenn., Oct SL-At least ninety days must pass before persons who have been . vaccinated against - smallpox will : know positively - that they have escaped v innoculation of tetanus germs.'; Already tiire deaths, all little children, have occurred here from tetanus in smallpox vaccine Since October 15, more than 'IWOft school children, have been vacinated in Memphis. i - Raspindr CouOhs eased Ni$COVOPY for Coughs e Golds That wretchlng, torturous : tearing at the throat and lungs give away to ease and comfort Ubremk tha prtnpt ncolDr. Nnr xMworcir tm (tuKUrd couah and cold ranedr I or SO veaia. Keen It band aad nai Inchr. 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