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GENEVA. April 14. — French pa
pers reaching here report the capture
of several men of military age who,
fled into the forest many months ago.
instead of obeying the call to the
colors, and have since been leading
the life of hermits or brigands.
Near Cahors, the capital ot the I)e-,
partment of Lox and birthplace ot
Leon Gambetta, a young farmer by
the name of Seleillon disappeared in
August, 11>14, a tew days be to re the
declaration of war. Nothing had been!
heard of him since then and it was!
thought he had escaped to some toi-|
eign country. Last week the missing
man. looking like a Kip \ an W inkle,
walked into his native village to claim
the estate of his father, who died re-!
cently. When he was arrested by the,
police he declared that he camped m
an almost inaccessible section ot a
torest ever since he disappeared. He
will now have to go to the trenches.
In a wild woodland section near St.
German de Calderte, Department of
Ixjxere, gendarmes caught a soldier
by the name of Rous, who deserted
from his regiment in November. HM4.
The deserter had built a shack in the
forest of Florae and lived quite com
fortably. As he possessed a gun, two
revolvers and plenty of ammunition,
he had no trouble in getting food, as
the forest is full of game and a small
stream furnished him plenty ot tish.
By making dog ami sheep collars
and selling them to the peasants in
the environs he obtained money
enough to buy Hour, sugar, coffee ami
other necessaries, ami occasionally he
stole a sheep or calf to have a little
variation in his bill of tare.
When he learned that somebody had
reported his presence in the forest to
the police, he entered the nearby vil
lages at night and tired into the
houses to terrorize the inhabitants.
Last week a young shepherdess from
whom he had stolen a lamb, led a de
tachment of gendarmes to his hiding
place. He was found asleep in his hut
aid schackled before he could offer
any resistance.
Another deserter, a former sergeant
named Ronallier, was captured in a
forest in the department of Saone-et
Loire. He was severely wounded a
year and a half ago at the front in
Alsace. After his recovery he was to
he returned to the trenches, but he ran
away from the hospital and no trace
of him could be found until he was
caught recently by a farmer whose
house he had robbed. After his cap
ture he confessed that he had com
mitted many robberies to obtain
money, food and clothing. I<ast sum
mer and fall two mysterious murders
occurred in the district in which he
was hiding, but he denies that he com
mitted these crimes. At his hearing
before a magistrate he declared in
dignantly:
“l have given a large part of my
food, my health and almost my life to
my country and deserted because I
did not believe it to be my duty to ex
pose myself to the bullets and shells
again while influential shirkers were
permitted to remain far from the
front, not even smelling powder. As
l did not want to starve, l became a
robber and thief, but l am no mur
derer.”
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OTTAWA. Out.. Canada, April 12.
—Instructive illustration of what ar.
unprepared country can do when
faced with the emergencies of war is
furnished by Canadian participation
in the world conflict. Canada’s per
formance i> peculiarly pertinent to
the present situation in the United
States, with the difference that the
American people, on account o( hav
ing a splendid navy and fair sized
army are in advance of the conditions
existing in this country at the outset
of the struggle. Canada had neither
army nor navy.
Before war was declared the Ca
nadian government hastened to tender
to the British authorities the offer of
a complete army division. A few days
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later it was accepted. Within six
weeks 33,000 men had been enlisted
on the volunteer principle, and what
had been a stretch of agricultural
country at Valcartier, near Quebec,
had been transformed into one of the
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I imperial mechanical transport, 1,200,
and for munition works in Croat
i Britain at least ’*,,000.
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at the last census, 1,720,070. Twenty
• three per cent have so far enlisted
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men were sent overseas. 3 his is
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of $1,000,000 a day. Three hundred
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1917.
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