Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-12

crossed themselves in the Latin and
not in the Greek fashion. They were
IAN Catholics.
Village Set on Fire.
Suddenly the darkness was lit up
tby a tremendous glare. The SaXons
had retreated. setting fire to the vii
Age. We were in the center of the
flaming area. but the soldier guarding
tthe door refused to let US fetch water
from the pump in the yard. Finally
he relented. as CUP thirst was intense
because CT the excitement and the
heat In the vicinity roof after roof
fell. great sheets Of fire shooting up
ward. hut cur hCus cid not catch.
Finally the sentinel was ordered to
retire His face was shOckingly bl s.
TERED and I believe he would have re-
manned at his post until he was roast
ed
Russians Take Possession.
Three COssacks arrived. questioned
US as TO the Whereabouts of the Ger
mans and rode of. a young. pleasant
faced Russian officer entered the
house. went to the cellar entrance and
regarded the women and children in
silence. He seemed deeply moved.
! What a CHASTITY time they must
have had he said.
| Then be quietly commanded us to
clear out at once. as the Germans
/ would probably return and the house
would surely be smashed. He began
speaking in Polish and ended in Rus
sian. He gave US a soldier to guide
| Gs.
! It was a strange, frightened process
1 sion Of men, women and children. AS
We crossed a hill southeast of the.
railway. line the fight behind US re-
commenced. with great fury. -
Young Count Potoski Killed. j
! The Germans retcok the house,
, which was burned and ohliterated,
ard the young officer was killed. His
death sent a thrill Of grief through all
Poland, for he was no ether than the
brave young Count Potoski. head of
an ancient family of Polish aristu
Gratis, =. .iEh.
Gifted with youth. health. money
and intellect, he, sacrificed all in fight.
ing against the common enemy of.
Russia and Poland If his blood shall
cement the Russo-Polish friendship it
will net have been shed in vain. and
SO would this terrible struggle in the
extreme east of Europe heal a long
, feud, as in the extreme west of Ell
! rope Already it has put an end to
the long Angio-Irish war.
/ attended. Count Potoski's funeral
4 service the next day in the Catholic
| cathedral IN Warsaw.
Mansions Are Devastated. -.
The fate Of the mansion in which, I
found saecor is typical of thousands
OF similar homes. From: Warsaw to
kalisz, Cracow and Chenstohov, Pc.
land has suffered almost as much as
Belgium. Where the Germans have
not been the Austrians have been.
The Lublin government was devas-
tated. o.. r,,:..... r., - 4,a.s j
During the battle of Warsaw alone
hundreds CT hamlets and mansions
We're fiattened In this steam roller
way,f They Were taken and retaken
by the opposing forces. In back gare
dens, marrow stairwayst and private
chapels men fought like fiends.
Savage Fight in Chapel. .tc.s..- ID. *
Ati the village of sRakitna the fight
centeEed around and inside a beautiful
private catholic chapel in the magnif.
cent park Of a Polish nobleman..s The
chapel was repeatedly taken and re-
taken. 81. * ~ =. NsEe-L .sF.,7a i
Sunday, October IS, saw the most
savage fighting there, and the carnage
was worst at II o'clock in the morn
ing Just when in ordinary times, peo-
pie would. be assembling for mass. |
The slaughter went on In the sacristyj
and on the altar steps. No mild |
tone beHlrang that day from the stee-
pie to summon the faithful to prayer.
Instead of a hell there was German
machine gun in the steeple and its
hard dry, reiterated hiccough had !
nothing suggestive OF heaven about ii. |
Battered by cannon, pommeled by |
m6rtafs blasted by dynamite, soaked /
by blood, .blackened Fby gunpowder,
riren by nftroglycerin ana consumed |
By fire. this chapel underwent what |
few structures have undergone In his
tory. d Nowfnonea 3the stumps of the
walls Is more than five feet high.
Amid the shattered stones lie corpse-.I
rifles and broken emblems of the /
Prince Of Peace. .'~sa~.. = Il
Battle onlfor Ten Days. r., ....
Over a,wfde area south of Warsaw
the struggle ragged for 10 days and I
nights in village streets and isolated /
houses. backward and forward. like a i
roaring focd. The. Germanic food i
finally .ebbed, but with its stJpendous
strength so little impaired. that it is
liable to roll back at any moment. Il
~
Jesse Carrie Of San Bernardfno, Cal,
who held up Southern Pacific train