El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12
PICTURE MAKING
IS DIFFICULT IN
Z9NES0F WAR
: Risks Run by Army Photo
Men Illustrated by Elk
perience of One.
GETS ONE PICTURE
AND THEN GETS OUT

= ONDON, Eng, Sept 12.-The risks
run by press photographers in the
- European war are illustrated
forcibly by the experiences Of W. A
Field. Of the London News agency, who
was dispatched 70 Austria when war
with servia became imminent and be
fore it was realized that the Armaged-
don was at hand. He finally has reached
here and tells the following
Y left London for Vienna at very
short notice and reached the Austrian
cauital I went first to the British con-
sui and obtained a passport and then
took a taxi TO the war ONCE TO see
about my permit to enable me to go TO
the front with the Austrian army
Before the war Office large crowd
was congreEated watching officers pass
ing in and cut. and thinking this would
make an interesting picture, l snapped
it as / did also some hundreds OF SOL
diers who were marching up apparently
TO change guard
u did this as guardedIy as I could,
in case might be doing wrong but a
policeman had observed me, and was
promptly arrested
AN official who nderstood Engllsh
explained that Vienna was under mar
tial law. adding, If you will take KIND
advice YOU will keep your camera out
Of sight Next / went 10 the war
minister anu " d AE-I- It- ~ ------ ~ $50
officer in charge of the press arrange
meuts. I explained that / was anxious
to photograph mobilization and general
street scenes, but was CURLY told that
on no account would that be allowed
Hears War Is Started
81 then heard for the first time that
war had broken out between france
and Germany, and 1 thought that as
there was little chance Of accompany
ing the Austrian army, ii would be bet
ter TO get TO Paris and see what could
do there I was advised that the best
way TO 20 was by Zurich, and 1 arrived
there in a packed train without haElns
had any sleep. Then ] was told to go
to Basic, but on Vaching there was
informed that il was impossible 10 get
through Switzerland into France except
BY way OF Geneva
AT Geneva I found hundreds Of Eng
lfsh and American tourists highly eN-
cited and all clamOring to get away
Cooks agent was besieged- and / was
at first told it would be imposslDle 70
get TO Paris. There were men with
wives and daughters all torn with
anxiety. After some time, however,
found that there was train -eaElns
for Paris, though no guarantee could De
given as TO when it would reach there
The train was quickly packed, but many
were left behind
Little sleep on Journey.
The journey took % hours, ana rev |
Of US could get any sleep. The carriages
were ancient and of the worst descr1p-
ton. and we Travelled by a roundabout
route, using side lines so as not 10 IN
terfere with the passage OF trains pear
ing troops from all parts OF france 10
the frontier There was no food to De
obtained on the train, but the DuHets !
at the stations at which We stopped 4
were rushed. and anything eatable was
--'- Finds Paris Dead.
sT reached Paris and found II almost ]
dead of life I bribed a porter TO OBJ
tain a taXicab. but the pest ne coulo 4
do after nearly half an hour, was TO \
procure me a ramshackle four-wheeler, /
which was drawn by lame horse, ana
stumbled at nearly every step. ana
almost toupled over on turning cor
0er All the better horses had been
-ouuandeered for the army. I was con-
voyed across Paris to hotel near the
Care Nord, and was there informed that
in order TO stay in the city must get
a special pass from the police
81 took one Of the few taXlcf-bs TO be
had. and went to the war office to in
oufre as to the possibility OF getting
with the French army I was referred
10 the British embassy, but was there
told that they could do nothing for me
until I could produce papers rom the
foreign Office in London
while hesitatinE what to do 1 came
across a stranded journalist who
proved to be Of great assistance to me
He was a Dutchman, whose parents
were in Paris. but he had only just
arrived from BOIogne. after a tramp of
90 miles and could not find his rela-
tfves OF friends. He told me that he
had been imprisoned by the German (
authorities and that his money and
trunks had all been taken from him 4
He had managed to get carriage part Of
the way on a troop train and then made
his way by tortuous paths to Paris
Paris Sadly Changed
at was almost impossible for anyone
familiar with Paris under normal con-
ditions to realize the changed COndi-
tons that have come over the city in
the course Of week Nine out Of every
ten Of the shops are closed, the shutters
being down, and the boulevards usually
so sparkling with gay and animated
crowds, presents, for the most part.
only clusters Of empty chairs and
tables 7 could obtain no meat In
Vienna I found that no butter was OBJ
tainable
Seeing there was no prospect Of get
ting with the French army decided TO
return TO London BY a judicious tip
to a railway official I got a seat in a
hrst-class carriage with a second-class
ticket. The train was very full. mostly
Of English and American tourists, but |
many held back thinking they could not