The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
UNDER ALLIES
GUNS, PEERLESS
WATCHESFIGHT
Describes Country Northeast
of Paris as Zone Big
Hcartache.'
REPORT OF CRUELTIES
OvERDRAWN. SHE SAYS

~, folIorino story Of a risit TO the bat
,,a.t5 Of the Mirne hos been urttten
,,,..,olly for THE SuN by British
pee,,,. rho has been SERVING as Red
cross rurSe:
r,rrs. Sept 80 was told that I
roy.d not und,r any circumstances he
a.. Ia visit the battlefield. great num-
re- Of officers OF various nationalites
have bcrn cudcayorinG since the outbreak
. ros'gi,ics to Obtain glimpse OF the
,..,ic- OF this great world war So far
Few have succeeded.
Tne Powers engaged have persistently
and without exception refused them per-
r,,ssion To- witness the battles, pass the
,..s ,r even to examine the battlehclds
..,,l after the wounded have been re-
moved and the dead buried. So II was
,-,n some misgivings that. armed with
-.,.,r credentials and entrusted with a
,,....on ~ some Importance, ! approached
IN. war ONCE with "A request Tor the
r--.Ssa-y passes.
s.r.. the mobilization Of the French
,-a,ps was completed parisians nave been
sr.,y.i 10 come and go freely within the
d,ra-t'u.ut " the Seine, armed win
r.....z p,sser" and "sauf-conduits' pro-
,.,5,a Dos In. commissaircs OF police. But
O., order To- 20 out of the iutrenchcd camp
o. Paris. and especially TO penetrate INTO
tho military zone. AN order either from the
G.~D-4l commanding At the front or the
Gcvoruor-Gcnrral Of Paris Is necessary
.... my visit to the War Office.
The war Offices are situated in and
,,ou' 'h. Iuvaldts. where there are rows
ard rows Of ambulanccs and AUTOMOBILES
room after troop of cavalry and innumer-
all, galleries filled with officers and or
ds-'.es French patrols everywhere, the
usual line OF sentries, a noticeable sprink-
Ing ~ British khaki. and there you have
~ French War ONCE from the outside
T'na entry is crowded with people seeking
'o- Information about relatives In the
army aud aSkng the thousand and one
7Iast.lus 10 he solved by the War Office
Monsieur lr GouVerneur- General Is al
boulevard dcs Invaldes short
d-'ve 20 that address and | presented my
Credentials. was received by an aide-de-
carp who spoke excellent English telline
mo ne had lived for more than twenty
vars In England NJ le General would
~ p,a.sed to receive me FOR Just two
--i-utos" aud I was ushered into MS
omc, NJ 10 Gouverncur- General Galleni
road ~ the Paris defence Is a man who
=. rrst sight inspires conhdencc-tall
.'~oN, and commanding in appearance
ui,h1u. an ounce Of supertluous flesh ant
without A supertiuous word he looks th'
ra~, Of the man who is reported 20 have
cod - tho French Cabinet. Give mo fv'
Jaws and will make Paris impregnable,
and parisians believe he has done so.
Ia Gouveneur-General was "en
cNar'a" and his brigadier would be at m
s-'ire disposition. and Eau revoir.' In les
than the two minutes allotted to me | wa
rsie~rl into the secretarial department
ami the interview was ended. NJ L. Gouv
o-reu--Cieneral is a man OF tact and force
VS. hrlgadier rendered me the pass, to m
E-sa, joy. to go where | would on the fell
- battle and note OF the route hes
suited for my purposes. The polite aide
ie-camp then politely conducted me I
he nltnr exit.