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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-11-28, Page 3LORRAINE ONCE MORE FRENCH AJ 1':Plit i d)ifi'Y=SIiVE't YEARS OF GERMAN RULE :Liberated Villatt'cs and Towns Ile, joked at the Coming' of 't'roops ' From the homeland. French troops made their first 'entry into recovered Lorraine on Nov.• 17, and were acclaimed by the popu- lation that gathered in the towns and villages to meet them. The honor of, leading the advance fell to the famous Moroccan division; including the fame cos foreign legion, Soon after dawn the boys of. Lor- 'imine who had unearthed bleyele 'tires that had remained hidden from the CUIVIMINGS ¢'t (3UIIMINGS Germans during the many long months, rode out to Ineet the column marehiflg toward Chateau Sal'irts. 'The French tri -color could be seen in. the early morning light flying from the houses of 'the town though the last. of the German troops hacl not 'yet left, • • , People Wept Witli .toy, The streets' were filled befell) the trelops came into, sight, and when the head . of the column appeared with -Gen,. Dogan in the load, it was re. •oeived with shouts of joy Old men, 'Women and Withal: rushed out with improvised paper flags, laughing, shouting and weeping in turn. The 'First automobiles containing Frond: 'officers were taken by storm and load- ed to overflowing with boys and girls in their Sunday best, cheering France and singing the Marsellaise, while 'wheezy phonographs, the only music the town afforded, exec:ited the Na- . 'tional Anthem from records that had 'escaped the eyes of the Germans. It 'was a difficulty 'to conceive that Cha- teau Satins could ever have been any- thing but 'French. After forty-seven :years of German rule the town ap- peared even 'mere intenaely patriotic. • 'than French towns that had never /known any other than French rule. Gen. Dogan''s entry was preceded by the formal surrender of the town by four German officers who had *temilined-to 'turn aver the • official 'administration. With grave dignity 'the Germans marched out of the town to meet the advancing column, 'while the inhabitants looked on in .silence. After turning over their powers, the Germans withdrew and watched from a distance the scene 'of delirious joy that moved all other `spectators to tears. - As the Zouaves band marched 'down the main street playing the Mareeilaise, the inhabitants pressed forward singing the French National Anthem. They seemed to have taken it up just where they left off forty-seven years ago. Joy in Mulhausen. Muskra Coat Lope box coat effect, with cion- vbrti'ble, U+xtve well mode, lrel'tgte 45". A popular seller. ' $120 %"'ranch Seal l Splendid coats ithatlook well end Wear bettor 'tihan any other seal, Special price $1 12, Persian Lamb aced. BSNink T11O of our specialties in which we offer exceptional v a 1. rtes, Send 'tor tPree Catalog, No words can picture the triumph- al entrance of the French troops into Mulhausen, nor express the wild joy of the people who crowded the streets to .applaud their liberators. Flowers, tobacco and cockades were thrown to the soldiers as' they marched along. Gen. Hirschauer headed his troops. Men and women rushed forward and piously kissed the folds of the .flag borne by the 344th Infantry. The k cheers of the populace grew until the droops arrived at the city hall, where the city .authorities welcomed Gen. Hirschauer and his -staff. The last German 'troops Left Brus- sels on Nov 16, according to a de- spatch from the Haves correspondent on the Belgian front. Extraordinary 80011e5 were witnessed around the North Station, from which most of the enemy soldiers departed. Wishing .to have money to take home with them, theysold everything they own- ed or had stolen. Some laid out ob- jects on the sidewalks' and cried their wares in loud voices. Among the articles offered for sale were blankets, clothing and shoes, as well as wool and copper goods taken from 'the in- habitants of the city. KING GEORGE A FUEL SAVER Bricks Piot ho Palace Furnaces to Pre- vent Waste /of Coal. Icing Geoige and Queen Mary, with their court, have returned to London to r, cold, fireless Buckingham Palace, says a London despatch, Owing to the coal shortage and to the fact that the country will soon be 011 its .winter's rations, the Ring had given orders cutting clown the use of coal in all the royal palaces to a strict minimum well within legal rationing. Almost every fireplace in the pal- " ace, in none of which fires had been lighted, have had bricks placed .111 diem to reduce the consumption of coal. Lighting of passages, corridors, anterooms and the private apartments of the Ring and family has been re- duced by half. Explosives as Fertilizers. Soldiers writing home tell of the wonderful array of flowers to be found en the battlefields of Flanders, Horticultural experts say, however, that there is nothing surprising in much abundant flower -life. All ex- ' a' plosives contain nitrates, and the bur- tin of hj h oweled e n s g g p 1 oils complete- ly changes the nature of the surround- ing soil by pulverizing it; thereby ,,plants and flowers are subsequently Ambled to make more satiafactolry use of the various ingredients of which e, the soil is a/ niposeoL 199a St. Pal Street MONTREAL RAW FURS: IIighost'Prices Paid, The Weekly slsbi9usi es seen t /i0.'1F4i Autopowor makesyour Ford the best 11 H. P. 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Study of Germany's. financial situa- ticn has been undertaken by Govern- ment agencies here with a view to throwig light on the ability of the German nation to pay big sums as reparation for' devastation of invaded countries, says a Washington'.. des-' patch. Unofficial reports indicate that Germany's national debt, represented mainly by war bonds held within the Empire, is now nearly $85,000,000,000 or more than two-fifths of the esti- mated national wealth. Although there has been no official announcement or intimation of the aggregate amount which the Allies, will expeet Germany. to pay, it is cer- tain to run into billions of dollars,•and necessarily the terms of payment must accord with Germany's ability to pay. This ability will be measured by the nation's power to revive her peaceetim'e industries and trade and to tax this for state purposes. Fin- ancial observers here say some claims for restoration and restitution set tables and most wore standing on major said—he was in bed,with a forth by interests in a few Allied 2110-„ their chairs and there was a beginning ltonsare because brolten femur hoisted in a sling—"but beyond Gemany extravagant, ability, e v le n words are wholly lacking to describe of cheersmnuteshtlotngelasted r m nv that nand a drulnfire bombardment, One must some of those that cheered had that,. For the lively, *tie youngster who is a little :hard on clothes, here is an ideal suit. McCall Pattern No. 8604, Boy's Suit. ' In 3 sizes, 2to 6 years. Price, 20 eents. A eharming afternoon dress for the Miss, with the new rippled tunics: The one-piece straight skirt is attached to tllq waist with soft shallow pleats, McCall Pattern No. 8610, Misses' Dress. In 4 sizes, 14 to 20 years. Price, 25 cents. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer or from .the McCall Co., 70, Bond St., Toronto, Dept, W. THE NOISE OF WAR The Crash of Conflict is Beyond Power of Words to Describe. "It's a curious thing,” the battery FROM MONS 1914 WANTED �i �xwi"l41:srlA4 You 10111 nlalco trona 11111 111 -11'x1 d0tlai's a To da,v, eolling 1101 ]Joe 0f W1OUOing, C baa- , 6&lA pits., Ig 9 y� OIC and p0lorifN' 'Doaps, three 1u 00111 5599J11Si 9 80 11 11 M Y make lei note, Reply llli1l.l tai totsec•ure 1 tel•rltury, and enclosa flftetu 001118 for .' piusklhu' aad'poatage. !`I1I: 1'"llt'l t Ol'' Iiliild' AT 7...1,S'i" paa 8aattonipnomsNlvrACxvr xrfcngo' AR11 PtU'l' O11`1' Soldiers ultd Civilities Mingle a Bands flay and Men Sing— "Boehe Nepoo" Tolumies Sltout.. Last night for the first time since ,August in• the first year of the war, there • vrre no light of gunfire in the sky, no sudden stabs of flume through the darkness, no 1png, spl'eading glow above the black trees, where for four yetn's of nights human beings were being• smashed to death, writes Philip Gibbs on Nov. 12.. The Aro 'of hell had been putout, It was silent allalongthe front, With the beautiful silenoe' of 'nights of peace we did not stand listening., to the dull rumblings. of artillery at work, .which bad been the undertone of all closer sounds for 1,500' nights, nor for sudden heart beats at explo- sions shaking the earth and air, nor say in whisper tor oneself: "Curse those guns!" At 11 o'clock the order had gone to all batteries to cease fire. No more .nen *III be killed; no more be mangl- ed, no more be blinded. 'The last boy- hood' of the world was reprieved -on the way back from Mons,.; r. I listened to the silence• which fol- lowed the going down of the sun, and heard the'rustling of the russet leaves and the little sounds of night fn peace and it seemed as though God 'gave a benediction to the wounded soul of the world. Other sounds rose from towns and fields in the yellowing tivi- light, and in the deepening shadow World of the day of armistice. They Were sounds of human joy. Men were singing somewhere on the roads,' and their voices rang out gladly. Bands wes'e Playing, and all day' on the way to Mons I heard their music ahead Of the starching.: columns. Bugles were'blowin g g . ' In villages from which the enemy had gone 'out that"morning roun d about Mons crowds of figures surged in the narrow 'strata, and English laughter rose above the silvery chat- ter of women and children. British soldiers were still on.the march with their guns' and their transport, and their 'old field cookers, and' all along their lines I heard 'these Men talking to each other gayly as though' some- thing hacl loosened their tongues and made them garrulous. Cheers for Victory. Late into the night there were. sounds of singing and laughter from all open windows in towns Which had beee all shuttered, with people hiding in their cellars a week ago or less, and British officers set:down to French pianos and romped abort the keys and crashed out chords and led a chorus of men who wanted to sing any old song. In officers' clubs glasses were rais- ed and some one called a toast, and no. one heard any more than the names of "England," "Scotland," `Trance" with "Victory" as the loudest word, for the men had risen from'''. all the though this is estimated at the high- est. Leather covered footture may be washed with Castile soap and luke- warm water. The ell in the soap preserves Rhe loather and helps to be present to appreciate the stunning vehemence) of that sound—the gamut of crashes and screams that make the earth solver and recede in fogs of white and yellow fumes, or green and black and brown. keep it soft. Grey leather shoes "The noise is numbing; air and sky, may also be cleanreyed in .this way, heaven and earth appear- to be rent with the ring and ,clang, the hammer and growl, roaring din in every key. I might string out letters, I could coin uncouth,onomatopoeic words, hoping to get a bombardment over the foot- lights to you at hone, but I'd have no success. Some of the shells weigh a ton, and where they explode men disappear like the traditional icicles in hell! "The accompanying flames have a terrible beauty; the after -gas is dead- ly. But the sound is worst of all; it is agonizing. Rifle -balls clack and whine and whistle. There are field- guns and howitzers, mine -throwers, grenades, and bombs. There are bal- listic engines of every grade, from the Lewis automatic to enorm0115 railway guns of a hundred tons. The soldier knows them all, Ile can name each voice in theha g stay crescendo of swishes and drones, . whirring and clattering, tearing and barking, wail- ing and popping and thudding. "One's senses are shattered; one's soul cowers in darkness with a880 - Mated sounds of hideous meaning. For 'every note in the diabolic gamut carries visions of fear that blur ,the brain, and at the same time excite the soldier's animal fury. It is an ear- splitting tempest, upheaving and bursting, with falling walls all round, crashing trees, and a hail of atones in hissing clouds and murderous rain. And then concussive back -blasts, with sighing screeches and terrific purr, lilce a trillion tigers on the pounce. "Some day, perhaps, a wizard in Words will catch and record the tor- rent and torture of a drumfire bom- bardment, t but the artist will need a new dictionary," Thousands ds of under- nourished people have -Found -±ha± LLtS -food a scier-ki-Fic. bled of noun... Ishii -16 cereals help wonderfully ire b..i.ildiry heal-th and happiness. Ne eds ho e)r Canada road e'aerd Lteen,e IS kat '1- - A little bird sat on a telegraph wire, And said to ids mates, "I declare, If wireless telegraphy comes into vogue We'll all have to sit on .the air." eyes -and were not ashamed of that be- cause of memories in their 'hearts ;for old pals who had gone, who•'were missing 1111 the night of the artitistie'e. Yesterday, coniing back from Mons, I had no time towrite more than a few words describing the best day but one, when our victory shall be sealed by peace. I had dodged a 'hunched mine craters blswn up by the enemy along the road to Mons' and had be- come entangled in tides of traffic, and travelled `Ear' through liberated coun- try, but I hacl determined to get to Mons, and on the clay of "cease fire" of Belgium and I''rance lila flames above them, another tine moved the s opposite tv,ty and Haat had its doge and its 'banners. Throngs heroic and Pitiful, It was the pitiful, heroic tide of life made up of thousands of civilians, people who that morning had 'come bask through the German lines. They were men from fifteen to sixty who had been taken away from Cambrai and Courtrai, Lille ansl Roubaix, Tour- eoing, Tournai and 'Valenciennes and hendretts of towns end villages in the wince et the enemy's retreat, because to the very end the German command conscripted this manhood to formed labor and to prevent them from serv- ing their own armies. Then, at last, yesterday, seeing their own` doom had come, they said to these people in Brulisels and other towns behind their lines: "You can go. We want no more of you." I met many people there who re' membered the first battle of Mons as though it were yesterday and in the square thousands of people were ga- thered among English 'lancers and Canadian troops. Little groups stood around telling of those days and Pointing- out places when our men fought in the streets before they made their line outside and fell back in retreat before overwhelming forces. I saw only two figures in this war, now that hostilities have ceased, one was the figure of the regimental offi- cer, from subaltern to battalion com- mander, the boys and ' their elder brothers who went over the top at dawn and led their•r men gallantly, hiding any fear of death they had, and who in dirty ditches and dugouts in mud and swamps, in fields under tire, in ruins that were death traps, in all the worst hours did -not weaken, and for their country's sake and the game they play, offered up their life and all that life means to youth as, a cheap gift. And the other figure is Tommy. Poor old Tommy! 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The con- voy system, 'which played so import- ant a pact in obtaining a safe passage Tor the army of the United States, necessitated practicing the new ea - once of station keeping, The board' also says that, :from the largest dreadnought to the smallest patrol boat, officer's said men of the', mercantile marine combined with those of the rove] navy in defeating the enemy's nefarious methods of warfare. In the 11120 est of the em- pire, the board says, the close eon-: nection between the merchantmen and the royal navy must prove 'a lasting; one, MONEY ORDERS, It is always safe to send a Domin- ion Express Money Order, Five Dollars costs three cents, The U, - S. Department of Agri- culture estimates that hogs in the United Sbates have increased by 3.3' per cent,, cattle by 3.8 per cent., and sheep by 15 per cellt, in the last year, alinard'8 Liniment Cures Diphtheria, Never before was it 'so important; to cull out 'the thriftless pullets, the;' slacker hens and .scrub roosters. 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Co- operation of melt and women in kin- dred industries, of those in agricul- tural pursuits with those engaged in manufacturing, of capital and labor. to go to that town whiclt, by a happy It is of first importance, therefore, to coincidence, our men had falcon, so remove the causes for suspicious that the war ended where it began, and mistrust between all classes, in when the "Old Cohtemptibles" with- order that the social revolution that steed Lha, first shock Of German arms.will come at the end of the war, may Worth Being in Mona, be a peaceful and beneficial one. It was worth going to 1VIons yester- Y,inard'e Liniment Cures Distemper• day with this memory in one's rebid, anyhow, because of the wonderful scenes along the roads. I stepped at brigade headquarters on the way and an officer there said: "Hostilities will cease at 11 o'clock this morning and thank God for that." Every -where the news had gone ahead of me. Soldiers, assembled in the field for morning parade, were flinging their steel helmets up and. cheering. As they marched through villages, they shouted out to civilians, "Guerre flni, guerro fini, boche napoo,"- and the women and children came running to them with auttunu flowers, mostly red and white chrysanthemums r4 KEEP YOUR SHOES NEAT and they put them in their tunics and in the straps of their steel helmets. Thousands of flags appeared sud- denly in villages where no French nor Belgian flag could be shown without fines and imprisonment until that very morning, when liberty had come again, and every Tommy 111 the ranks had a bit of color at the end of his rifle or stuck through hie belt, alid every gust team had a banner floating above itslimbers e s o , r itsun g s and its horses had flowers in the harness, For mires there was a pagean$ on the .roads and as .there moved' one Way endless tides of British infantry and cavalry and artillery and trans- port, with all that flutter of flags above them, with the great banners I It. 7. After a block of tenements had been partly finished, the builder and his foreman went on alour of inspection. The former left his assistant in one house and went into the adjoining one,h went the following conversation ensued:. "Can you 'ear me,'James ?" "Yes." "Can you see me?" 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