New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-04
CH And POOR IN
RUSH FROM PARIS
Change of Seat of Govern
ment and Bombs OF
Airmen Causes.
GALWAY STATIONS
CAMPS OF FUGITIVES
Train to Dieppe Besieged at
Every Station by People
Fleeing the Germans.
- r.,.rrarh 10 DC TrIhunt.I

IN, telegraph TO The Trihunt,l
80, sent One Of the CORE
LOiuo Of "Thc Chronicle tele-
sPVSs enc following account OF what
= saw in Paris and lhepPes, :, a..
&C ~ :" ,,snared 20 get TO Paris IN INC
In ~ tho night. Extraordinary
Srencs were taking place. 80. A.
ne Ma become known during the
.hat paris was no longer the seat
oSS .,.orrp,ent. which has moved 20
~ osYv -Four days had beer. gwen
DOi az Psrisians in which TO destroy
houses within the zone OF the
e.;scotions ard TO add to the ieST
nS nv this news aeroplanes had
S-o1Ded bombs upon the Care de IESV
'' .sTbsvc was n rush last night to get
.,ray from the capital, and the railway
"tot;ons were great camps OF iugluVes
!, which the richest and the poorest
c;tizcns we're mingled, with their women
end children. But the tragedy deep
cncd when 10 was heard that most OF
tbe lines 10 the coast had been cut ana
tbst the only line remaining, open 10
nieppe would probably be destroyed
Suring the next few hours
Wounded Soldiers on Floor.
A Great vail Of grief rose from the
.ro,ySs and the misery Of these people
80 nitiful. Among them were groups
- soldiers of many regiments. Many
=; tben, were wounded and lay on
strstcbers on the floor among crying
Labies and weary-eyed women. They
bsd been beaten and were done until
ne end Of the war, but among the
naric.stricken crowd-panlc--strlcKen
70. NOT noisy. nor hysterical, but very
oyiet and restrained for the most part
the soldiers were cheerful and even
Say. pr;.;sL
troops. and ! had 8 talk with them.
they had been lighting for ten days
without cessation, and their story was
typical Of the way in which all the
troops held themselves.
we had been fighting night and
dav" said sergeant. land for the
whole Of that time the only rest from
fighting was when We we're marching
and retiring.
He spoke Of the German army as an
avalanche Of armed men.
eYou can't NOW that down." he said.
eve kin them and kill them, and still
they come on. They seem to have an
ineybsustib.e supply of fresh troops.
Directly we check them in one attack
fresh attack is developed. 1t is i'm
possible 20 oppose such a mass Of men
with any success"
The Right Perspective.
This splendid fellow, who was Sc
verely wounded. was still so much mas
ter Of himself, so supreme in his COM
mon sense. that he was able to get the
right perspective about the general sit
uation.
at is not right to say we have met
with disaster" he said. eve have to
expect that nowadays. Besides, what
If battalion was cut up. That did
Tot mean defeat
can add my own evidence TO his.
All along the lines l have spoken TO
officers and men. and the actual truth
q thit the British army is still un-
broken. having retired in perfect order
70 good positions-the most marvellous
feat ever accomplished in modern war
fare a
The correspondents experiences on
his way 10 Dieppe are told as follows
81 went by the last train which got
through to Dieppe Lately / seem to
have become expert in catching the
last train. II was only a branch line
which struggles in an erratic way
through the west of France, and the
going was long and painful, because
at every wayside station the carriages
were beSieged by people trying to es-
cape. They were very patient, very
brave. Even when they found it was
impossible TO get one more human be-
ing or one more package into the al
ready crowded train they turned
away in quiet grief, and when women
wept over their babies il was silently
and without abandonment to despair.
Bravery of French Women.
"The women of France are brave,
Cod knows. ! have seen their courage
during the last ten days, their gallan-
try surprising that of men because
they held their own children in their
arms, without shelter. food or safety,
IN this terrible flight from the advanc-
ing energy.
Enormous herds Of cattle were be-
ing driven into Paris. For miles the
roads were thronged with them, and
down other roads leading from Paris
families were trekkinG to far fields,
with ,eir household goods piled into
bullock carts, pony carts and wheel
bsrrows
1.-TWO batteries Of artillery were sta
toned by the railway line, and regl-
ment Of infantry was hiding in the hol-
lows. Outposts were scanning the hori-
ION, and it was obvious that the Ger
mans were expected at this point, in
order TO cut OF the last way Of escape
from the capital.
"Oue Of the enemy's aeroplanes flew
above our heads, circled around and
then disappeared. It dropped no bombs,
and was satisfied with its reconnois-
ance. The whistle of the train shrieked
out and there were cheers from the
French gunncrs as we went on our way
to safety, leaving behind us a post OIL
peril"