New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04
'KAISER'S HEIR, RESTING,
GOES PHEASANT SHOOTING
Strange Stories of the Dongs OF German OfhcerS ar'e
Soldiers Are Picked Up in lour through
Battle-Stricken Champagne Country

when retrentiug that the German arm!
commits it's excuses. L seems 20 sec"
20 avengc itself for IT'S defeat on ;he
innocent population. In Nertu'' "u''
advancing. they seemed to have pe
hayed even with moderation. louIV
q pleasing act Of humanity on me par
Of a German officer. The landlord ~
the Hotel de Commerce, whcl'
lodged, young man Of tWenty-'IFNl
yeprs. suffered from 2ucn 5c''- Ar"'
trouble that any OvercXcitcmcnt miE"I
be instantly fatal. ! found written 'h
chal!, I'm German on the wall OF 'Ht
cafe tae following notice:
"Thc proprietor of TINS cafe - S''N'
he has need Cf tranquility and con
sideratc treatment. Soldiers aye
therefore ordered % remain on ldr
seats outside or in the front room oil
the cafe. klMMlL,
"First Lieutenant.
Whom the Germans passed through
Vertus on their retreat they had not
time TO do any damage. II was not a
retreat. but rout. They poured
through with guns, wagons, horses
pontoons. etc. all jumbled together IN
inextricable confusion. every man keep
ing looking over his shoulder for signs
of the pursuing French. who. they
thought. were pressing hot-foot on their
rear. Fortunately for them, the rear
guard at Moraius held 20 the last The
French had to storm the position trench
by trench at the point of the bayonet
This gave the fleeing Germans time 20
gam the heights above Nertus. Wher"
the confused masses Of troops were
once more straig htcned out INTO an or
derby body.
Meant 10 Annex District.
EFF we had only had three bat
teries on the heights 20 oppose the re-
treat" said one Of the inhabitants 10
ne. mot one of the whole army corps
would have escaped
The journey from Ncrtus TO tpetna!
was entirely uncycntful. We had lefi
the battlefield. and the route lay
through the most beautiful part of the
Champagne district. As far as the eye
could reach, vineyard after vineyard
stretched away right to the horizon
T, IS country worth fighting for. ana
the splerdid valor Of the French troop,
Is cqualled only by the magnlfcence oil
the stake for which they are contend
ing.
The German invaders, Tnercvcr they
to annex the Champagne province ana
add it to Alsacc and Lorraine. !,
was for this. they explained, they did
80 little material damage 10 the VINE
vard-. as they considered they would
be iniurng their own property.
At the village of lie McSHll. To-"
miles from Epernay, We met VI. Ron
qcau. the owner Of the wagons with
which we were travelling. He couf'
teouslv asked us 20 finish the Journey
in his automobile Before leaving lie
Mesnn. however. he paid q couple o.
business calls.
Crown Prince Goes Shooting.
The first was to Albert Roger, the
leading wine grower of the place. II
was IN Rogers house that the Fru, slnH
Crown Prince, the Grand Duke oil Meek
lenEurg. and ;hc Duke Of Nurtcmberg
lodged during the German occupation
Of lie Ncsnil.
Rover informed me of the cXtraordi-
nary fact that during the two day IN,
Crown Prince remained at Lc Me~nl
nc went partridge shooting 10 the pre-
serves belonging to Pol Roger, the Ia
nous champagne grower, who D. Mayor
Of Epcrnay His unfortunate soldiers,
who had been trampiug increasingly Tor
weeks, were not even given these Two
DAYS rest. but had 90 80 out TO act a.
heaters TO the three royal sport men
The bag. il appears, was "a magnl"-
cent one This Is comprchens iblr, Tor
Pol Roger. the proprietor OF the shoo'-
ing, has other things to do lust now
than kill partridges.
Our second visit was 10 ". Launols, an
other wealthy vine grower. lie had hau
as enforced guests Il number OF ohcri-
of the Prussian Guards. lie had Gu
rious adventure with one OF them,
which proves that officers Of that corps
d'tlite are Just as capable o. brutality
as those Of the line. One Of them, a
major. ordered VI. Launois. a gray
haired man. Of siXty-iive, 10 brush ms
boots. Ou Launois making an lndIg-
nant refusal, the German major drew
mis- revolver and declared that If he ana
not instantly brush his boots he would
blow his brains out.
you can shoot me il you ike re-
piled NJ. Launois. II am Frenchman
and I will never brush the boots OF a
Prus3ian.'
As the major was about 20 fire, Count
Won Hardenberg. another officer OF the
Guards, entered the room Just ~ time
10 intervene ard prevent his comradc
from carrying out his threat.
Before Won Hardenberg left, he wrote
letter. ia somewhat Indifferent
French. to VI. Laurois asking him at-
ter the war TO send him one of the
pups OF shooting dog belonging TO
". Lauuoi- which ms had greatly adj
mircd. Thi, request shows the curt
Gus German mentality, which seems
to think that vince the war Is over
France and Germany wall resume Ie-
iations as they were before the hos
Utilities. They seem unconscious Of
the fact that they are sowing the
seeds OF au uudy,ug hate. which VIII
outlivC sevcra' generations.
At AWE We passed the magnificent
chateau Of VI. Gitslcr, IA German cham
payne manufacturer, in which he Is %
prisoner on parole. On the outbreak
Of the wan the whole town pCtltiou,d
the French government that Gleslcr
who has lived Do AviZc for twenty
years and D., universally popular, should
not be- expelled like other Germans.
Il is curious TO note that. although
the Gcrmau- haze retraDcd eos far ar
possible FROM damaging the cham
pagnc vineyards. they nevertheless
made terrible havoc m the vine Gel
lars. botn az Rheims and Epcrnay. the
only cellars respected being those Of
Numm ard lIciosicch, which are zen
orally supposed 10 b" German urms.
ANOTHER ITALIAN
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