Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-03-09
THE LAROcR OF PARIS.
The French Capita, Could Not ee
Starved Into capitulation.

should tho fortunes oil war ever
again expose the city OF Paris to the
hardship OF u siege the bcsieger
would find the reduction Of the
French capital to be n far more diff.
cult undertaking than did the Ger.
man armies in the winter Of 1901.
1t may, according to the PhiIadel.
phia Record, be doubted whether the
city could ever again be compelled to
capitulate. The fall of Paris, rs Is
we'll known, was not accomplished
by the German siege batteries, but
the city was starved into submls-
sion. A recurrence Of such an emcr.
gency Is supposed to have been made
practically impossible by the devel.
opment OF the art OF preserving and
COMPRISING II great variety OF nu-
tritious foods into the smallest posi-.
BILE space. Thus, for example, 40, 900
rations Of preserved vegetables can
be placed In cubic space measuring
only forty inches each way, and mil.
lions OF these rations. together with
solid soups and preserved meats, are
constantly kept ready for the EVENT.
ual necessity OF the military provis-
ioning OF Paris. An enormous stock
OF -four and biscuits Is always main.
tained by the war department., while
the Introduction OF compressed fodder
aud the silo system have facilitated
the storage OF sufficient food for tho
horses required by the cavalry as
we'll as omnibus and street railway
companies. One OF the gravest causes
OF distress during the last siege OF
Paris WIS the scarcity and poor
quality OF milk. Such quantities oil
this indispensable article as could
then be procured were worth their
weight In gold, and the mortality
among infants resulting from their
deprivation Of this necessary food
reached frightful rate. In the next
siege. however, milk will not only be
plentiful. but very good, thanks to
DR.. Autefagc's process OF pasteuriz-
ing milk, which has been adopted by
the French government, and by
which milk can be preserved almost
indefinitely absolutely pure and un'
altered.
Twenty years ago tho art OF pre-
serving meat by means OF cold stor
age was in its infancy, but the
French government has fully awaited
itself OF every improvement that hal
been made in this direction, and u,
the first sign OF impending danger
the authorities would be prepared tc
store hundreds OF thousands OF cur
casses OF beeves and mutton. The
military magazines arc always kcp'
filled, but ut the approach Of war the
numerous warehouses and building.
which have been indicated for thu
purpose and prepared for the storag,
Of provisions would be lmmediatel!
brought into requisitiOn. BY means
OF the Fixary process dressed bee
and other meats can be kept swee
and fresh for many months, and b!
new chemical methods the storag
rooms can DO kept cool without tn
use OF ice. In Its careful prepare
ton for the dire emergency OF hos
tile attack the French government
seems to have overlooked nothing
even coal, wood, petroleum, cheml
calls and thousand other thing!
have been provided in ample guam
titles. 1t seems almost I'm apostolic I
believe that any future siege OF Pari
could bo prolonged until the war de-
partment should have exhausted 1t
fabulous Accommodations OF prOvis
ions, which are constantly main
tanned at their proper level by renew
als OF stock as fast as they are use
up. 1.-THE best laid plans o'mice an
men" however, ''gang aft a.glee.