The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-15

PARIS. oct. lS-Truthfully can II DE
said that the duties Of war corre-
rpondcnt are Just rs disappoint NJ az
they ar pcr,.ous. Al tn" permits ana
passes in the world are Of no avail 7r-
parentiy. when II commissioned OH
Ger and q handful, of men bar IL" road
They stand unprotected open 70 attack
from every side; they risk their lives
every minute to defend their country
AGAINST tho invader hur n" chances VIII
they take with q civilian vino may %"
spy
Tine war correspond uts ,pt at a."
sam. time. is an unhappy on" indeed.
Determined To- get a STORY cost what
f. may. he too cudins"rs his life at
every step in his dash toward the actual
nghtlnc Inc and g,ad,y does he run
the risk I'm the hope Of reaching the
front. Whlc shells pass over his head
bombs from Tlurr acceptance TAN
around bin. but no Is sill far from me
battle 'front.' and the only troops he sees
ar, ,h,s who mako him turn back,
The following narrative affords good
illustration of tine difficulties Of the war
correspond, |; is the story 81 an
American correspondent who, together
with tho representative ~ one OF the
leading Paris papers. almost reached the
front. Mas Paroutaud, the French news
gajhcr,r. suggested a raid int" the Ar
ras district. wher. the operations seemed
particularly lively. and the suggestion
was chcerfullv welcomed.
our reason f,g choosing Nry,s cannot
fully be explained. hut % may he said thar
We had good cause 90 think w' should
meet moro friends tu that quarter than
the correspondent had fallen bon with on
his last expedition. which ended in three
days confinement IN -rlnaty.
Il was simple matter To- go 20 the
Care du Nord and take q ticket 20 Il'cUs
The ninety miles between tn ~" cities
took eight hours last sunday instead Of
the hour and quarter that expresses
required in the days when expresses ran
10 Calais for London.
Ru; at Amieus We met with on frs
difnculty. No one was allowed to leave
the station without explaining why he
rad come md that explanation must
stand close examination. Eut after all q
connection with two leading Paris AND
New York papers has its influence and
without entering into details as to how it
WAS done We obtained a permit to enter
the town.
II was half past when We reached a
hotel and asked for the dining room.
CLOSED. monsieur. since they came.
I"rhey" means the Pruasians in northern
France to-day.l There is a restaurant
near by, but monsieur must rurN IS
restaurants by military orders close
at O."
Advance on Douiicns.
The little We could ind 10 cat was no
danger to our digcstions \ good night
IN bed and then We faced the problem Of
deciding where 70 30. Operations were
going on, We knew 'oNard, as the French
papers ayc compelled to SAY. e.,
D., B. and A., meaning Comic
court. Doullens Bcrtrancourt and Arras
ArraS sould Do reached by train only, hut
fhs railroad takes a very wide turn ana
would allow nothing 10 be seen or no
way, while the difficulty Of getting OF;
of Arras station would he greater still
thar At Amicns
Another friend however, came to tho
rescue and obtained a permit to go 20
Douliens, and although all such permits
were strictly limited to use by tn" rail-
road ours ~ some fortunate hazard Wa
stamped available for Doullrus on foot
or by carriage" hut = permit 20 usC
carriage does not proyid" one and We
were at least thirty miles from the
front. Here again our good fortune served
W., for Faroutaud recognized the driver of
a military automobile, who consented to
q take Us to Bcrtrancouri, tweuty-four
miles from Anltns, without assuming any
responsibility for whatever might happen
tp US there
our friend the chauffeur has the ucccs-
ssry permit 10 take his automobile any.
where and We have a permit to traVe'
by carriage in This direction but the
absence OF any connection between the
two permits and our presence, as civil
isns, on military automobile meant |
least twenty long explanations during the
run. Most French military people will
however, listen TO explanations and dis
cuss the question. wherein they Iiffer
from the English officers in France, who
prefer Kitchener-like dealings with civ
ilan and fuse to argue, but send him
at once to headquarters to argue his case
there.
Soon after leaving Amiens We began
meeting troops. principally artillery. who
were apparently held as reserves. Away
up In "A clear sky aeroplanes were sail
ing. First came a Taube, then French
machine, apparently In pursuit. The Ger
man, passing over a park Of artillery
near Narennes, dropped a bomb, which
fell into the ditch alongside the road
two hundred yards from rs target tn
two avions disappeared On the horizon
and we had look At the damage done
by tho bomb. Nothing. merely smdl
hole in tine ground.