The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 03, 1917, Page 3, Image 3
GERMAN VANDALISM.
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Ambassador Repoi'ts Destruction of
All Means for French Livelihood.
The systematic vandalism with
which the retreating German forces
have destroyed almost everything
above ground in the territory they ,
* have been forced to yield along the
French battle front is fully described
in a cable report made to Secretary
Lansing by American .Ambassador
Sharp, at Paris, dealing with his recent
visit to the parts of France recently
reconquered from the Germans.
This is the second detailed report
y that Mr. Sharp has sent explaining
the wanton destruction. The text of
? the message was not made public, but :
% the State department issued this summary.
"Mr. Sharp's report tells of the
great distress which prevails through
out those districts because of the ,
very wantonness of the retreating
army in carrying out the destruction
of everything which would contribute
to the bare existence of the population,
and also every means of earning
a livelihood.
"In the houses every article of furniture
was either destroyed or car- ,
* ried away. Buildings themselves
were not actually destroyed, but there
was manifest a systematic programme
of destroying or removing
every door and every window frame;
in this way where lack of time prevented
the destriction of the roof
overhead the houses had been ren.
dered utterly useless in an unusually
severe stress of weather.
"Mr. Sharp quotes from a local paper
the following description of these
scenes written by a German correspondent
of the Lokal Anzeiger. Mr.
Sharp states that from his own per\
sonal observation he can vouch for
the entire accuracy of the descrip?
tion.
"All is a desert, across which the
road is the last vestige of a vanished
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disappear in a few days. All the
crossroads are mined and the mine
chambers charged. Motor-driven
plows are at work in the fields rendering
them impassable for the ene- '
my's artillery and convoys. Troops
on the march pass with wagons laden
with provisions and utensils. They
have left nothing in the positions
evacuated. What has not been de#
stroyed has been burned or smashed.
The soldiers have blown up their
shelters and rendered their wells and
former quarters useless. The walls
that remain standing after the fire
will be destroyed with explosives.' :
Even cellars have been blown up. All 1
this was not done in a day. The work
has been carried out methodically
during weeks and months in order 1
not to arouse the suspicion of the 1
enemy."
War and Peace. (
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How can we sing the angels' song, ,
When half the world looms large j
with fearful strife, ,
And where sweet Peace her blessings ,
* once bestowed
Loud sounds the fierce demand of
life for life?
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The lilies of afar France are stained
with blood.
Her peaceful fields are bristling
ranks of spears. ,
And low before her desolated altar
shrines
Sad mothers weep their unavailing
tears. ,
The stalwart German by the river's
side
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erland,
And thousands like him offer up
their all
To meet the dreadful toll of war's
demand.
Long shall the English maiden wait ;
for him
Who on some distant field shall bear ,
his part.
Leaving the glory of a deathless
name
To ease the anguish of her breaking
heart.
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At sight of these the angels fold
* their wings? 1
Lord, haste the time when war and
' strife shall cease:
When Love shall rise triumphant
over Hate,
And Christendom rejoice in universal
peace! 1
? Maria Briscoe Croker in the Liv- '
ing Church.
One Girl's Reason.
s
Madge?You must still love him if
it just broke your heart to return the
4 ring.
Marjorie?Oh. no: but it was the i
loveliest engagement ; ring I ever
had.?Record.
The Worst.
She?Is the quarterback a senior?
Him?No, Genevieve. <
She?Oh. I thought he must be?
he knows such a lot of numbers!? :
Record.
WA1J CONFERENCES OPEN.
Gen. Joft're and Staff 1'onfer With
Secretary of War.
Washington. April 26.?Conferences
between members of the
French war mission and khe American
government officials for exchanges
of views regarding the conduct
of the war against Germany began
here today after the leading commissioners
had paid official calls upon
President Wilson. Vice President
Marshall and Secretaries Lansing,
Baker and Daniels.
Of foremost importance was a long
talk between Marshal Joffre and
members of his staff and Secretary
Baker, Gen. Scott, chief of staff, and
several other American army officers.
France is known to desire the sending
of an American expeditionary
force to cooperate with her armies
and Marshal Joffre came to the United
States prepared to give reasons
for the French opinion of military
experts that the sending of such a
force is advisable. Information regarding
the meeting between the
military leaders was withheld.
Will Mean Victory.
Soon after the conclusion of the
conference Rene Viviani, vice premier
of France and head of the war mission,
made a statement to the American
press in which he declared that
the cooperation of the United States
in the war would mean not only a victory
for France, which already was
secured hut a victory of morality
and right.
What $7,000,000,000 Means.
What $-7,000,000.000, the amount
of the bond issue voted by the house
of representatives, means is set forth
in the following comparison:
It could buy 374 of the most modern
of superdreadnaughts and have i
enough left for torpedo boat destroy-1
ers. |
It is more than three times the tc
tal investment of the telephone companies
of the world.
It is a little less than a third of I
the entire manufacturing capital of;
the United States, given in the 1914 |
census.
It would pay the public debt of all I
the States, cities and counties in the
United States more than twice over.
It is more than four times the total
value of the school property of
the United States, eight times the
value of the wheat crop for 1916, and
triple the value of the corn crop.
It is approximately fourteen times
the value of the production of the
automobile or the boot and shoe industry,
and four times that of the
packing industry.
It would buy more than 240,000
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01 100 mosi rnoueru an-sicei * uuuiau
cars.
If you had the $7,000,000,000 and
wished to distribute it, you could give
each person living in the world today
$3.50 and still have money left;
or you could give $10 apiece to every
inhabitant of the allied belligerent
countries, including Japan, but excluding
the United States.
The $7,000,000,000 is a half billion
dollars less than the total assessed
valuation of Illinois, Indiana
and Wisconsin.
It is one-fifth the value of all the
farm land in the United States; one
billion dollars more than the value
of all the animals in the country and
more than half the value of the farm
products for 1916.
The national bank deposits are
something over $8,000,000,000, and'
the total supply of current money in
the United States less than $5,000.000,000.
It would practically pay the expenses
of Great Britain in conducting
the war for a year. It is more than
the combined wealth of Spain and
Portugal, and within a billion dollars
of the total supply of gold of
the world. It is three times the
amount of silver.
Twenty Panama canals could be
constructed for this amount.?Milwaukee
Journal.
Cats Are a Menace.
That cats are a more positive
menace to health than even housefles
?especially among children?is the
conclusion reached by the Medical officer
of health of Berwick Eng. Misrosopic
investigation demonstrated
that there is scarcely a single disease
spreading species of bacteria
that cannot be isolated from the
cat's' fur. and in epidemics of diphtheria.
scarlet fever, and pneumonia,
these animals?if allowed to stray
about?can hardly fail to carry m
fection. A man dying of consumption
in miserable surrounding was I
found to have nine cats, so poorly
fed that they had become inrectea. i
which freely entered neighboring!
houses where t'nere were children.
Putting Oil Airs.
"1 hear the Comeups made a lot off
fuss about their daughter's wedding i
presents. I didn't think they were
especially handsome."
"Maybe not, but they hired a detective
to watch them."?Baltimore
American.
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Courtesy smooths out difficulties and
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work if they meet with patience and *
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