Evening journal., 1914-09-15
WAR Oddities

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LONDON, Sept l5.--An American
tourist returning from Switzerland tells
the following;
A large German who was stopping at
the Lausanne Hotel Just before war was
declared was boasting OF Germany's
prowess and of the Prussian war ma
chimes irresistable strength. "We'h
pulverizc France" he declaimed. "and
then wen land en- army in Scotland
and march down and capture London.
There's nothing that can stop our War
Lord and his war machine"
"You've overlooked one thing" quiet
" remarked an Englishman, sour Boy
Scouts The German was subjected TO
such unmerciful "ragging' after the call
that he moved two days later.
LONDON, Sept. l5.-The German HUI
manity League has sent to- the British
Humanity League the following fiery
denunciation of Kaiser Wilhelm's war
against the world;
1--WE cannot at the hour refrain from
scnding a message Of fraternel greeting
TO- you who have foreseen and prepared
for the carnage which must precede the
inevitable overthrow of a military des-
potism too long tolerated by millions
of toilers crushed by its internal weight.
Markedly revealing himself, we see
the uncurbed tyrant surrounded by his
parasites now directing the most des-
pcrately devilish and selfish campaign
ever wagod against humanity. We know
that the internal revolution now pro-
ceeding in our midst will depose the
despot whose Unsuitable egotism is
drenching Europe with the blood of its
workers and wage earners. This letter
reaches you by the hand of a trusted
Dutch comrade who is risking his life
in the peoples cause"
LONDON. Sept. 15.--Egland's IA
nous bloodhound breeder. Major
Richardson. has gone 70 tne front with
dogs especially trained for tracing
wounded men missing, missed by the
Red Cross workers. The animals
wear Khaki-colcred coats" marked
with red cross.
LONDON, Sept. Is. - The Young
Mems Christian Association field
workers have established branches al
40 British army camps.
LONDON, Sept. 49, Hospital bed
steads have advanced more than a
third over their regular price since
the war broke out In some cities IN
England the supply has been COM
pletely exhaused.
LONDON. Sept. 15.-Sylvia Pank-
hurst's East End suffragettes have
completely ceased campaigns for votes
and turned their energies and money
instead toward establishing war relief
depots in their Woman's Hall. and
all their branches establishments.
BERLIN, VIA THE HAGUE. Sept
15.-To travellers familiar with Ger
many. France and Russia II is plain
why Germany could mobilize heI
troops with so much more rapidity
than the other two countries. Tie
railroads. OF course. afford the answer
for throughout Germany the webs OF
railways join up every important gar.
rison with the frontiers. On the Rhine
lines stretch westward TO the Frencl
frontier from Cologne. Bonn, Cobleni
kreuznach, and farther south from
Frankfurt and Mannheim. Posen anC
Eastern Prussia are literally honey
combed with railways to the frontier
On the Russian side of the borderlin,
there are hardly any railways.
True, France is exceptionally vel
supplied with railway, but from mil
itary standpoint they are sadly lack
ing. They have been planned, lik
everything else in France, on a radi
cal system, with Paris the center
Practically everything TO get to tn
frontier, must pass through Paris.
II THE HAGUE. Sept. Is. - Can Ger
many be starved out? The questio