The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-14
Itself Out Of Bread in Four
Days, It Ii Said.
TO GUARD AGAINST TROUBLE
1t Is Proposed to Erect q Mu-
nicipal Warehouse
To Hold 10000 Tons of Flour
for Emergency.

Paris, Feb. 14.-1u case OF war the
city Of Paris would probably find it
self without bread within four days.
This alarm has been sounded by the
municipal council after a thorough
study of the possibilities and the an
nouncement has resulted in popular
demand for measures to assure an
ample food supply in Gaze Of con-
f1ict. The minister of war and the
under-secretary Of state have decided
to take up the whole question with
the municipal council for further
study with an endeavor to solve the
problem.
Military authorities point out that
during the first few weeks of mobili-
zation in case of war, all railroad
trains and lines would be reserved ex-
clusively for military trains and no
supplies for the civil population could
be transported. 1t has been proposed
among other things to buy 10000 tons
Of -four to be kept in a public ware
house and to be used as necessity
arises. 1t is suggested that the state
contribute Immediately $4,000 as a
first payment toward this. and the
municipality $4,000. While the
problem of a sufficient supply of -four
and wheat is considered most impor-
tant the authorities are also planning
to conserve stocks of other necessary
| things, including wood, coal and oil.
IT." says Commander bryant. a
we'll known retired army official, IAN
order of mobilization were given on
Thursday, Paris would have neither
bread, milk nor meat at the beginning
of next week. Another important
question is that OF the water supply.
1 would ask what Parisians would
from its water supply. This is a
phase of the problem that the COM
mission which has cen studying the
subject might consider thoroughly.
We have arrived at a time when all
the problems Of national defence
must be considered without delay"
There is no nation naturally mu-
sical, according to Henri Bidcu, critic
and historian. If a nation is musical,
he says, it is because it has passed
| through such tribul-tion that it has
been driven to express its sorrow and
anxiety in it's airs and compositions.
| Bach he declares. is the eliminating
expression of the sufferings induced
| in Germany by the thirty years war,
fifty years before Bach's time.
| People sins like cowards'' he con-
tinues, to keep up their spirits in bad
moments, and he finds that the real
countries of music are nearly all 'front.'
Ter provinces exposed to eternal vicis-
| situdes.
| large extent from the occasions in
which poets learn in suffering what
they celebrate in song" because it is
protected fror invasion by the girdle
! Of the seas. Music, then, he argues,
Is not an art of peace; it originates in
strife and anxiety-not in tranquility
and concord. The over prosperous
countries. he discovers. mot only have
no history; they have no music"
Consul General Mason has brought
together the figures Of French exports
to the United States during 1913. They
were $140.016.549 or 50, ,733, 1884 larger than
those of 1912. thus passing the total OF
any previous year. The net gain in
three years has been s21.oo0.ooo.
The reports from the Paris district
show that the exports Of automobiles
and automobile accessories which
half during 1913. The exports of paint
ings. precious stones, and hides show
considerable advances, and the in
creases in textiles was about 60 per cent.
Paris exports have risen in eleven
years from $41. .O00. 900 t. $S0, 0,0OO, ,o00.
Army experts are experimenting with
! new mOnOplane which is to be the
dreadnought of the French air fleet.
One OF these machines already tried
out is protected with armor plates and
carried quick firing machine gun. II
was designed from specifications fur
nished by the French army aviation
corps after a careful study of the re-
Quirements in war as shown by the
action of aeroplanes in Africa and In
the Balkan wars.
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