The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-08
Crowds Leaving Paris

to the New York Sun, dated Sept. 4, says: As war news is practically nonexistent, we correspondents are reduced to the necessity of discussing other topics, the leading one being whether we ought to remain in Paris.
 The military government of Paris be- gan practical effort today to get all noncombatants out of the city to places of safety by running fifteen trains of twenty-five cars each to the south and west of Paris, outside the probable milli- tary zone.
 Transportation on these trains was free of all charge and thousands of Parisians, chiefly women and children. seized the opportunity to leave the city Similar numbers of trains will be run tomorrow and Sunday also without charge.
 The exodus of the recent days has al- most emptied the streets, which. soon will be deserted. The silence of the nights. due to the absence of traffic, has had unexpected results. Church bells and striking clocks are heard which cannot be located, as they have not beeA audi ble before The cocks crow often now strikes the ear in the busiest ouarters, the foresighted Parsians having impro- vised poultry yards in the courts of buildings.
 The London Daily Mail has removed it's Paris edition to Bordeaux M. Clemen- ceaus paper failed to appear this morn- ing. The Petit Journal, Gaulois, and La Guerre Sociale announce that they will remain in Paris L'Humanite announces that 1t will remain here as long as pos sible and then will move to Bordeaux.
 The Matin, referring to the American. Spanish and Swiss embassies remaining in Paris says:
 Paris Praises Herrick
 It appears that bassador Herrick was the first to take this gallant initia- tive. which Paris will recognize.n and adds that Ambassador Herrick. when making his choice. says that Paris ap peared to him to be not only the capital or trance, but to be like Marcus Aure- hus's City of the World, which must ever possess q government, perpetual if invisible
 The Matin says regarding events in the eastern theatre of war:
 Before Lemberg it was said that the Russians needed month to reach Pots dam. Specialists declare now that three weeks will not be necessary according to the rate at which events are progress ing e's
 L,Humanite prints an address to aris signed by all the socialist or ganizations, saying:
 The government as a precaution has been withdrawn to Bordeaux in order to continue the organization of the resistance and to maintain con nections with our allies. Paris. now lace to face with the enemy, will not iali It's past or its duty, but confident Q France an example of calmness, cool ness, united courage and tenacity." !"
 Socialists Support the Republic
 The article concludes: The social lsts Will support the republic to the M. Barre in his article in the Echo de Paris says he intends to remain in Paris until the last possible moment before joining the deputies at Bor- deaux. He represents the central mar ket district of Paris.
 Gustave Herve. writing in La Guerre Sociale begs M. Gallieni to assure M. laurent, the new prefect, regardinr public order. and says
 We red socialists are the only sec- ton which ever disturbed public or der We did so in 1792 in the midst of war because the King betrayed the na- ton. We did so again in 1870 after Se- aan @ because the Emperor had capit- ulated and no government existed. To- day we have firmly decided not to trouble order on any pretext
 Tne situation is mo longer the same. The republic has done everything to prevent war. Her diplomats have given us alliances which make us in- vincible. Our headquarters staff may have committed mistakes. Who doesn't But 1t has preserved the armies intact. Wherefore let whatever catastrophe come. not a single red socialist will budge."
 It Is generally accepted that a long investment Of Paris is unlikely as de- manding too many troops
 The Remarkable Guildhan Meeting
 London cable to the New York lows:
 Perhaps the most remarkable meet ing that the Guildhall of the city of London has ever seen was held today, when the prime minister. the leader of the opposition in the House of Com mons, ex-Premier Balfour and others among the country's best known men, made appeal for more volunteersf to fight for Great Britain against the greatest peril that has confronted hcr in hundreds of years.
 The splendid and historic chamber was crowded and could have been filled over and over again with those who wished to gain admittance. Pre- mier Asquith made speech. in which he announced that between o,00O and 300,000 recruits had already been en- rolled. which statement evoked i'm mense cheering.
 !Garvin's StorX of the Meeting
 J. L. Garvin. editor of the Pail Mall Gazette. writes in regard to the meet ing:
 While the tide of battls ebbs and flows, we think with 8 small but dc- cided set against the GerWanic pow CTS, a great historic event has taken place today in our own capital, in our time hallowed Guildhall.
 "The prime minister of the United Kingdom and the leader of what wo can no longer call the opposition stood side by side to utter . clarion call to Britons the world over to como forth and fight for the right against the legions of the powers of dark ness By their side was the archbishop of Canterbury, supporting their appeal in the name of his Mastsr the Prince