Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-26
Required to Rspatt to Prsfeet.

other in the same county SOepaft- ment) a special "laisses- passes- had to be obtained from the prefecture of the department. This laisses-passes had ones photograph and name in full, the sex. nationality and residence in France. and if one remained for a period of six hours or more Tn any town or village the iaisses passes had to be vised by the mayor of the village or at the prefecture were it a large town, and the date of one's arrival noted, and the signature of the mayor and the municipal seal. Failure to re- port oneself meant Imprisonment and the possibility of being shot as a spy. On leaving one had to ask at the prefecture for permit to leave, stat ing the destination and hour of de- parture, and with this written permit signed by the prefect go to the com passes vised, signed and stamped with the municipal seal.
 On leaving Pau for Bordeaux and the United States we had to have a pass port issued by the prefect of Pau with a written permit to leave France, this duly signed and stamped by mu- nicipal seal. Passport Carefully serutiniEsd.
 At Bordeaux our French passports had to be presented in person to the British consul, our other French pa- pers shown and our American pass ports scrutinized most carefully and visa, fGood to land at Liverpool stamped on the back of our French passports and signed by the consul across a two shilling sixpence consu- lar stamp.
 The steamer was boarded before docking in Liverpool and three very polite British officials inspected all our passports and papers, asked how long we expected to remain in Eng Ia nd hat al -n fr F4A on what steamer we expected to sail We were advised to report at the po- lice registration office for aliens within two hours of our arrival in Liverpool. 4 permit of residence was given to each one and a detailed history of ones family was noted under ones name in a registry book. Ones signature in full was taken, and on each persons permit of residence,'' which was also a laisses- passes, the imprint of ones left thumb was taken in ink, We were told to always carry this permit mediately should it be stolen or lost, and as we boarded the tender to sail on $. s. New York those three polite British officials took back the British permit of residence and wished us Godspeed.
 Much red tape is connected with laisses- passes and passports, but it is needed to combat the German system of espionage. l speak feelingly on the subject, as I was taken for a German spy myself and for over 30 hours my life hung in the balance.
 German Spies Everywhere.
 German spies are everywhere; there is not a five foot boulder in France or England that is not noted down at Headquarters in Berlin. During the past five years or more anyone motor ing in France cannot fail to have mo- tced those yellow advertisements of Bullion Kub-a German product made to compete with British end American meat extracts such as Liebig and Bovine. Metal signs or posters were fastened every mile or two all over France advertising Kub. Automobiles owned by the Kub company became a familiar sight ir the Pyrennes The men paid well for the permission to nail up their signs and gave liberal free samples of Bullion KuD. When war broke out the French found that these signs were placed at special places a bridge blown up or railway tunnel to be destroyed. Within two days af . ter the declaration of war not a sign or kub could be found in all France. The sign of the cow the poster with the negro head and cigars. tennis courts and cement foundations for German siege guns.
 When the women of France bade farewell to their loved ones going to the war they did not know where they were going, save to join their army corps at Q given spot, and today no one in France save the military au- thorities know where any regiment or army corps is. When writing one ad- dresses the letter in care of such and such an army corps. and the military postomce does the rest.
 A military frank was established all most immediately after war was de- a @..--- lETanchise Militaire1 in the rpper right hand corner of the address. one could send @ letter or card to any soldier or officer in the French army, without stamp. He in return could send anyone a letter or postal. It is for bidden to date the letter or to state where 1t is written. A very strict censor opens all letters and blocks out any date or the names of towns. Postal cards are recommended by the government, as they go more quickly. An envelope came one day at Toulouse to the wife of an officer lighting at the front The envelope was addressed ia the officers handwriting. On opening the wife found: Madame >yotre marie etc trop bavard." Madame. your husband has been a chatterbox There was the stamp of the censor.
 Every soldier in Europe wears a small metal tag fastened around his neck. It bears his number, name, reg iment and army corps and identifies his body when killed. They arc placed in sacks and sent to the ministry of war. 4 friend Of mine wrote that the battlefield of K looked like a huge field of scarlet peoples such as one sees in Provence--tfe red was the red pantoloons of the dead French soldiers. At k the German forces crossed the river on the dead bodies of their comrades. The losses on both sides have been appalling. Up to Nov. 5th. 1914 the German losses conser- vatively estimated amounted to one million seven hundred thousand men killed or died of wounds; prisoners and wounded not included Until Nov. list 1914, the proportion was about enc French or English soldier killed for nine Germans,
 Germany went into the war with an army of five million picked troops which was quickly raised to about eight million men by aid of the land weht and landsturn. France had about four million without counting her North African troops, which have done so splendidly.
 England has over two million men under arms, counting her Canadian Australian and Indian troops; of course they are not on the firing line, but will be soon. Russia has about eight million men now undsr arms. These figures are so vast that the human mind cannot fully grasp them. Think Of the various comrnigari4ts that SUD-