AMERICANS HAILED AS
SAVIORS OF BELGIUM
ROTTERDAM, Holland.—“For the
lust fortnight we all have been living
on American food and it saved us
from starvation,” was the statement
made by a Belgian committeeman dis
tributing American relief shipments in
Liege province. "All our grain was ex
hausted,” he continued, “because all of
it was requistioned for the use of the
Germany army With the exception
of a small supply of meat and a meager
quantity of field crops we had nothing.
“Our people knew food was expected
from America and its arrival was the
sole topic of conversation throughout
the province. Because it did not ar
rive the first day they heard of its dis
patch the poorer classes began to be
come anxious and their anxiety in
creased daily. When they became
aware that food from America actually
was in Liege they were almost frantic
with joy.
“ ‘The Amerlrnns have saved ns
from starvation,’ was the crv on every'
I lip. Every American seen in Liege was j
hailed as a benefactor. Whenever an
automobile cnrrving an American flag
passes in the streets tin' people take
off their hats.”
The Belgian citizen said the relief
committee has established a system of
virtual communism. Bakers are the
servants of the municipality in which
they live.
“Seventeen thousand tons of wheat I
has heen received in Liege," the com-I
mitteeman said, "and Sa.onn people are'
j being supplied with nearly a half
l pound each daily. It is not a great
.quantity for a grown man when he has
.little else, but is saving us from star
ration.
“We need 200 tons of wheat dniD
The only other food we are aide t»»
distribute is less than a quart <»f soup
mil until now about a pound of pota
toes daily, with a tiny rpiantitv of meal
occasionally. Distribution is difficult
because the Germans commandeered
practically all our means of transport,
but the whole province is receiving the
same treatment.
"In offering our heartfelt thanks to
the American people we pray th**m t«»
iHow their generosity to continue, for
without them we should have starved
ind without them we must starve.”
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GERMANS AND ENGLISH PLAY
FOOTBALL CHRISTMAS DAY
The following letter was written to
the London Times by a piper in the
Scotch guurds of tiie English exped
itionary force In Flanders:
We had a glorious time of it un
Christmas day. There was a keen
lrost and snow falling slightly. On
Christinas e\e Hie Germans shouted
from their trenches, which are only
1U0 yards from ours, in these terms:
"A merry Christmas, Scuttle guurdie.
W'e are not going to tire tomorrow; we
will have a holiday and a game of
football." Our fellows agreed. Next
morning, sure enough, the Germans
came out of their trenches and began
to saunter over to ours, unarmed. At i
this our chaps went over half way to
meet them. They greeted one another
like the best of friends and shook
hands.
You would have thought the war was
at an end. W’e exchanged cigarettes
for cigars, tobacco, etc. They brought
over ever so mail} tilings us souvenirs.
A German officer gave me a button oft
his coat for my capstar. We were
chatting all da>. 1 was talking to a
German who was four years in London.
Hu could speak line English, i asked
him when did lie think the war would
he over, lie said in six months' time.
I remarked that they were getting t la
worst of it now; and lie said that it
they were beaten it was taking four
countries to do it. They said they
were getting tired of it The> seem to
lie as well off as we are, and have a
plenty of everything.
(>ne» German gave our officer a let
ter to post <o a lady he knows in Essex.
I had sia-h a funnj feeling talking to
our enemy, who would shoot us on the
morrow; but there was another sur
prise in store for us. Next da> they
iame over and stood upon the trenches.
W c could walk and go whore We lil<,.,|
Later the same night we heard that
. they were going to make an allnvk, .— >;
[ wo prepared fur u by gotti oui 1
I tlllery lo shell lllein, but nut a rule |
I shot was tired and they didn't attack.
.Next morning, being tltc Hurd morning
i "f peace, they came over hall way to
| inquire what was tlie matter willi our
artillery Iasi night, that it hud killed
in lot of their chaps. All informing
’them that it was silent all nigtit they
came to the conclusion that it was the
I tench. All day they nc\ei fired a
I shot, in the evening we wen relieved
by the -.
The Germans knew wo were being
relieved and asked ns to tell them not
to lire, and if they got tile order to lire
to tire high, and they would do tile j
same. I don’t know how they got on
since, hut we are going back tomorrow
Strietly fresh eyys $1.25 per dozen
at Prosser's Harness Shop. Prone
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SOCIETY WOMEN ADOPT
WOUNDED FRENCH SOLDIERS
PARIS.—Paris has hit upon .1 new
greeting. When one woman meets an
other in the street she does not ask
any of the inane questions that here
tofore had such a great vogue. She
straightway gets down to business and
asks:
“Have you adopted a wounded sol
dier?”
This habit of “adopting" wounded
soldiers has become widespread among
wealthy society women here. Much of
it is done through the military hospi
tal of Va I-do-Grace. After securing
the necessary permit from the military
authorities these women pay a visit to
the great wards where hundreds of the
wounded soldiers lie. They chat and
laugh with the men until they come
upon one whose personality Is especi
ally pleasing or whose circumstances
are especially appealing. Arrange
NEW KRUPP GUN WILL
SHOOT 28 MILES
BERLIN, via London.—Remarkable The export reckons from these tiR
tlgurcs regarding a new German naval arcs that the gun has 58 per cent
gun are given by a German artillery more muzzle force than the British
export, writing in the “Artilleristisclie navy's best weapon and has a range
Monats Heite. of about 42 kilometers (about twenty -
In discussing an asserton by the eight miles), while the channel of
London Tmes that the German navy Dover is only thirty-three kilometers
possesses a gun which carries 3 miles (about twenty-two miles) wide. He j
farther than the best British weapon, says the figures given, if correct, will;
the writer admits that Krupps are permit the Germans eventually to com-'
manufacturing a gun whose projectile niand Ihe English coast from Calius
weighs 820 kilograms (about a -ton) for a distance of nine kilometers
and which develops muzzle velocity of (about six miles) inland with the new
!*40 meters (about 3,700 feet) a second, gun.
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merits are soon made by which the sol
dier is transferred to the care and re
sponsibility of the interested women
This responsibility does not include
the duties of nursing. In a strictly j
medical sence the men are still under
the care of a doctor.
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