The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-31

by wounded Belgian soldiers who tool
part in the defense Of the forts there
They declared the Eel at Liege
were too terrible to imagine. Vividly
they pictured it a valley Of death. The
hills about the city, they said, actual
ly moaned and groaned all night long
from the continuous sobbing from the
bloody ground strewn with writing
soldiers left on the battlefield in their
agony.
The Germans must have shown a
brilliant, reckless bravery in their at
lacks on Liege, judging from all the
reports. They were massed in a solid
formation. Again and again they rush
ed the uns, which famed death to
whole regiments at a time. Undaunte6
by this they rushed more men at the
forts inc continued this until the
ground was so piled with the dead
that it was almost impossible to step
between the bodies. Tacticians of the
French and English armies are puzzled
why the Germans used the mass for
nation against the stubborn resistance
of the Belgians.
Page Praised President Wilson.
Ambassador Page addressed the
clinic of surgeons in London before
the wal broke out. In his talk he en-
phasized the harmony that prevails
w LHS OIllSQ OLdLSS anu IhS
United Kingdom. The ambassador
said that never in the history of the
two nations has there been SO great
a friendship and complete n under
standing as at the present time.
He praised President Wilson: and
the administration and it's policies.
Tourists on the whole seem to have
much confidence in the president and
feel he has acted wisely in the pres
ont nricie an1 o1Sn ~ pocarI fn tho
Mexican situation.
"Crossing on the return trip. we
came on the Baltic, sailing from Liv-
erpool. All the way over we had an
efficient escort of several British war
ships. AS the officers would give out
no information it kept the passengers
aboard in the dark as to where we
were going.
when we started west we thought
perhaps we would land at Halifax.
Then we turned south, travelling so
far in that direction until the weather
became unpleasantly warm. Striking
west again it's was rumored on deck
we would hit the Bermudas.
During the day our escortin5 bat
tleships were not visible, but at night
they conveyed the Baltic closely. They
used their searchlights and exchanged
cOurteSies. Just a short distance out
of New York harbor. the British pro-
tected cruiser, Sapphire. the last of
the escort, dipped her flag. bon voy-
age and steamed away. One doesn't
have to possess an awfully vivid
imagination to picture the joy of the
passengers as we steamed past Lib
erty on Bedlow's island.
Met Several Fargoane.
"On our trip we met a number from
home. In Paris we met President and
Mrs. Weiser Of the First National
bank. In the White palace in Berlin
we met the members of Governor Han
mas party. In London we met DR..
Weible who had come to take in the
London convention. On the trip with
US all the way owe and back was
DR.. Quatn of Bismarck. 1t was indeed
a wonderful trip.
Scenery and Cities,
$50 fan as European travel is con-
cerned, in my opinion there isn'l any
thing so wonderful about the cenery
after you have removed the sentiment
and history attached to it. The Rhine
river, about which we hear so much
because of its natural beauties, cannot
begin to approach the Hudson or even
the scenery along the Mississippi that
we see whenever we go down hat
way to Chicago.
S SNAAS ~ LII SAItC0y
that impressed me particularly were
Dresden and Frankfort-on-the-Ma Main.
There is no doubt tbout it, but the
Germans are among the most advanc-
ed people on earth. They seem to be
the thriftiest people of Europe. Their
manufactures and wonderful business
plants are remarkable.
Italy Expected to Enter.
About the last rumors that were
current as we sailed were that ItaIy's
entrance into the war will not be far
distant. The italian populace, it is
said, is anxious to get into the race.
Italy has a grudge against Austria,
anyway for taking that province away
from her forty years ago.
Should the German-Austrian al
lance win this war, they will certainly
remember italy then. Italy a little
afford to do else but join England and
France, it is believed. Her troops will
push up into Austria and southern
Germany in that event"