FRANCE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
FALL OF CATHEDRAL AT REIMS
The following is a translation by a
Nugget reader of an article appearing
in the X. V. Wochenblatt concerning
the bombardment and destruction of
Fiiems Cathedral- which- is- herewith
published:
Out of the endless stream of misrep
resentation. fabrication, invention and
infamous lying with which the "Allied
F’lumlerbund” is circling the world, one
may sie/.e the iirst random malodorous
fragment that comes to hand, and by an
examination of it in the light of truth,
form conclusions, not only of the thing
examined, but opinions. fairly well
founded, as to the general contents of
the stream its source, and its motive
power.
Take, for instance the case of "The i
Bombardment of the Helms Cathedral." :
The charge is that the Cathedral, a
sacred edifice and a work of art. was
wantonly and needlessly destroyed, in
violation of the rules of war.
Writers graphteally tell how they
stood breathless, waiting for the earth I
to open anil swallow the German urm es :
when l he first "sacrillgious shell’!
struck this great edifice. The sacred- '
ness of the structure is especially
dwelt upon where Catholics are sought i
to lie Impressed with the enormity oi l
the outrage. And yet surely even the |
most poorly informed of these writers \
knows that the rising tide of infidelity
in France, some years ago, was quite
ns ruthless as they would make the
German guns appear, and "spared not
the Reims Cathedral," but confiscated
it to the state, and that it Is now and
has for a number of years been, an en
tirely secular museum a government
building. So much for the religious
se of the matter
That Reims Cathedral is a wonder- I
ful work of art, one of the finest j
strustures In the world, none can deny.
It was built in times and under an in-j
splration thnt. for France, will prob- |
ubly never come again. To needlessly
destroy or damage the structure would
surely be wantom outrage
Reims is one of the strategic points
of the campnlgn of France. It is forti
fied, and France is defending it stub
bornly. Early In the exchange, of ar
tillery tire between the French within
and the Germans without tin- city it
became apparent that the French bat
teries had fire-control officers at a point
which could only lie the Cathedral j
spires. Vet not until at night a giant I
searchlight, mounted on the Cathedral,
sought out the German trenches for the j
Reims gunners, did the German shells I
begin to search out and find the work
of art that France was so effectively
using for military purposes. The Ger
man commander fired on the Reims
Cathedral To have done otherwise
t
under the circumstances would have
been sheer insanity. To further pro
tect the military operations of the
Cathedral, German prisoners were
boused in lt.and the German comman
der was so notified, yet continued t >
tire upon the building so long as it was
a military necessity so to do. It may tie
assumed that Germans do not fire upon
their own men except from dire ne
cessity.
But, the Allies claim, when It was
found that tlie searchlight drew the
German Are. it was removed, and not
used again Very well. During the
bombardment of the German positions
by day a hundred Are control otAcers
could be placed on the Cathedral with
out the remotest chance of discovery.
Were thoBe withdrawn too?
There were a number of ways in
which France could have saved bet
great work of art, but using it as an
instrument of war was not one of them
They who would avail themselves of
the benefits of the rules of war pro
tecting churches and works of art,
must themselves prepared to resist the
temptation to use them for military
purposes.
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HOW ANTWERP WAS EVACUATED
THE ENTRY OF THE GERMANS
The bombardment of Antwerp begun
a midnight on October 7th, as a sequel
to the Germans pushing back the de
fenders front as far as Vieux Dleu and
the inner line of forts.
The clock had struck when the first
projectiles came screaming over the
city. They arrived at an approximate
rate of four a minute, with occasional
intermissions.
The first two fell beside the pontoon
bridge over the Scheldt. They did not
explode but broke windows of the
Oueen's hotel.
Many people slept in the cellars that 1
night. Great damage was done in the 1
neighborhood of the Palace of Justice |
which was set on fire
The bombardment continued until
about i! a. m. and was resumed nbout
11 a. ni. on Thursday.
Tiie Gormans used no less than 200
guns of 11, 12 and 17 inch calibre
Some of them hail a range of over eight
miles.
As a result of the enemy’s terrific
tire all the oil tanks along the river
bank were ablaze and the burning oil
(lowing down the stream threatened
the pontoon bridge, the only means of
communication to the west.
Shells fell on the prison, one fell in
the laundry. No one was wounded, hut
it was quickly decided to liberate the
prisoners, who were already in a state
of panic, breaking the doors.
Fire destroyed numbers of public
buildings and private residences. The
Antwerp aldermen anil some of the
city notables met daily in the cellars
of the Town Hall, with the consuls of
tlie neutral countries.
King Albert was in the trenches
fighting with a rifle, beside his sol
diers.
fin Friday is was decided that the
troops should retire from the city, and
for several hours there was an endless
stream of cavalry, artillery, mounted
Infantry and their transports. Ammu
nition columns, pontoon companies and
field telegraph sections passed at in
tervals. The army with King Albert at
its head went to I’as de Calais, France.
The flight of tlie populace of Antwerp
which begun on Wednesday morning
Oct. 7th was mainly towards liergen
op-Zoom in Holland, to which came an
endless stream of thousands of all
classes of people, all sorts of imaginable
vehicles, and trains were crowded, hun
dreds went on foot. Many parents lost
their children and husbands their wives.
This procession lasted uninterruptedly
till Saturday, and the little town could
hardly cope with it
Hundreds of fugitives slept out-of
doors, nnd in the churches and schools
and other public buildings Many were
accomodated in private houses. One
rich old lady seen wearing her dia
monds was seen sleeping on straw.
The captains of the Belgian State
railway steamers “Princess Hendietta"
and "Leopold TI" arrived at Antwerp at
nine o'clock on Friday morning, when
the flight from the city was at its
height. Bowing boats, tugs, steamers
and lighters were mixed up in great
confusion, all crammed with people,
and floating in the river were numerous
logs on which whole families were car
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ried by the current.
Others were slttln'' on buoys in the
water. Shells at the rate of 100 a
minute were falling in the river and th<‘j
city was burning in many parts.
For three hours the two ships cruised j
around rescuing people from the logs |
and buoys and taking parties off the I
small boats. Many of the women and
children were hysterical and great dif
ficulty was experienced in taking them
on board.
It is estimated that 50,000 refugees
from Belgium are in Holland. The
towns near the frontier were forced to
close their gates through sheer inabil
ity to reeeivn more refugees
FRENCHMAN GUILTY OF TREASON
CHALONS SUR MARNE, via Baris.
| —A Frenchman, Alfred Durot, lias been
| sentenced to death by court martial
for treason
During the battle whicli raged
around Reims on September 9 the
j French artillery operating near the
village of 1'uissulx was subjected to a
terrific bombardment by the Germans,
no matter how often the guns changed
their positions. Durot, a Shepard, was
discovered in front of a battery feeding
his (lock, whicli included five snow
white goats- With these goats he
signaled to [lie Germans the position
of tlie French guns.
On arrest lie admitted his guiii and
said ttiat he had received goats and
signal instructions from the Germans.
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ALASKA
(From Our Exchanges.)
Coal has dropped to $7 a ton at
I Cordova.
\ cyanide plant will be installed at
the Martin mine at Knik
it is predicted that the 1914 output of
the Chisana will reach $250,000.
Public spirited citizens of Fairbanks
have presented the public school with ,
| a phonograph
Hermans at Fairbanks are raising a j
Ked Cross fund for the sick and
wounded in the fatherland
John Parson was arrested at Seattle'
last week, charged with having forged
a check at Juneau for $600
Organizer .1 Frederick Johnson,
claims that the Moose lodge lias a
membership of 3,500 in Alaska
Or. P P. Oasves, the Wrangell phy
sician, has moved to Juneau, where
there is a wider field for his activities. |
The advent of the Standard Oil com-|
pany at Wrangell has resulted in a
reduction *»f the price of gasoline and
nupt ha.
Society item from the Skagway Al
askun: "The person who lost a set of!
false teeth can recover them on appli
cation at this office. They were found j
and brought in by a lady this after- i
noon."
Tire output of gold for tire placers of
the Koyukuk last summer was greater
than for the past five years. A large! <
number of operators report success.
Wages were $12.50 per da> without I
Wages were $12.50 per daw without
hoard. «
COKL>< >\'A Dr. \V i 1 i'hase and
Oeo Dooley brought news of a new
strike of galena ore carrying high
values in gold. The strike was made a
short time ago by a Montenegrin
known only as Alike, on his property I
on Avery river near Golden. The ledge
is reported to be a large one.
Tile doctor started a new crew of
four men at work on the property of
the Cordova Mining A- Development <’o'
Development work by the former crew,
left 700 tons of milling ore of good
values iu sight and ready to be stoped
out. Tlie old crew also, in an open
cut, exposed a vein II feet wide carry-1
ing good values
The breaking out of the European;
war, with ihe consequent closing of the
German market, which under peace
conditions would absorb about 80 per
cent of the pack of this coast, com
pelled the Alaska packers to shut down
their plants. A considerable part of
tile pack has gone into domestic con
sumption, the greater part now stored
awaiting a c-hance to ship it abroad.
Since Jan 1st, 3,0411 tierces have been j
shipped from Alaska
Not in the memory of the oldest
sourdough has the price of furs
dropped so low ns they are it present,
according to statements made by deal-1
eis here, suys the Fairbanks Times.)
A letter received recently from Fort
Yukon, one of the leading fur centers
of the interior, states that good mink
skins can be purchased there now for
one dollar each, while martin, ermine
and other furs are equally cheap.
Before the war broke out in Europe
furs were selling very cheaply on the
London market, and in San Francisco
there was practically no demand for
skins. But if conditions were bad then
they have become doubly so now. and
It is reported that dealers will nut buy
large quantities at any figure.
A practical phase of the “peace
prayer meetings" held at Ketchikan on
Oct. 4th, was thiit $52.85 was collected
and sent to the American Bed Cross
Society.
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cently convicted of fraud in supplying
roal to the government at Nome, and
now out on bail pending an appeal, are
in Washington, I). C., trying to obtain
pardons. The department of justice
s said to favor clemency.
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