Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
FRANCE PROTESTS
TO US. AGAINST RUIN
OF RHEIMS TEMPLE
"Wanton Vandalism in
Destruction of Beautiful
Cathedral Is Charged.
German Order to Save
Building Too Late.

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by Foreign Minister Ds,casea AZ gor.
oeaux today 70 ba transmitted IN tho
E,ota Depart-neo, Tho ofHcfai abatement
resds.
From the Minister OF Foreign Affairs
OF the French Republic TO the French
N'noassa'or .I;,a.,y Masn,nG!on goa,..,,- % ,a,,
without the possibility Of even the
vnraJ and f,,r he lnera measure os
c,usiry dae.r,,r-ion the German troops
have sI,h1,j,ted ,1a Catbadral Of Rheims
70 relentIass and systematic bornbard-
mon, At rho nresert moment ms IA
mans haslira ts nothing but a heap of
-ui1s
,iT, se , au,v sor rho c;overnment Of the
t-rcnrb Ten,ibric to sunni, 10 the tudg-
mont -, .bg ,yorId su,h a reyolting act OF
vandalism. which. while consigning 70 the
flames this sanctuary of French uatiOna.
history dnprIves mankind Of unique
part of It's artistic patrfmonr.
CsgncdJ "DELCASSE"
Ambassador Jusserand conveyed this
message to the state Department today.
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BEhLlN 'by way % l"' i1asU''
Sept q.
.rbo bo,,,bardr,.rt of Rheims was
-.ce..sr,, bocsusa tho heaviest French
Arc ,,,s coming fro,n tho direction OF
.ho o,,,, e, oec,.l s,oternen, issued nv
tho wa o8ca today declared. It Is
,.o.oa .h,. o~dors ,,.r. issued that tho
o-+,,,or,, s,o,,,d srs-c the Cathedral Of
No,r, Do,,. which dates back TO the
,,,h o.r+,,r,. a,d which ia report.d de-
.,-araa
BORDEAUX sept. q
PRESIDENT FoihcaFf lo"ay ,roi a'' 80
againet destruction Of the historic
cstbadraI of Rbcfns nv the German
a-tiIlary The commandment is declared
10 have been conducted "for the sole
Measure of DESTROYING"
rho nrotast Of the French Government /
states.
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ne .eIInah ~. ,ha soro rioas-
ta'S ne go -, - itL4ao,ad tba
ure OF oestrosiHs, Js,.sta,,,.tto
ItiS4'..s t.',t,-,i srpn To- /
@ dhc lu LIuiiI urIouS mass ~
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ru'"S'
The Government denounced the re-
voting act of vandalism, ana declared
it should arouse the Indignation OF the I
'Destructlon OF the historic Cathedral
Of Notre Dame. officially announced by
+ha ,r,,lg,er NJ rho Interior Louis l. .
MaIvv. has stirred France. and the
Government is preparing TO make pro-
&C.,, al ~, p,,rars ,ssirst N. do
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struction of ancient ouiIdlnEs
Other historic ediices destroyed or
rufred are the 12th century Church of
g. - 49,, 1-.h ,.,,-,, A,ch-
81 jacques Tue I'l" 'e''uiS
bishops palace and the city Han.
erected in the nth century.
IN rrb,-sdov tho c;.rrr,ns u,ere throw.
p,,,i.,u .ro-, t,.,.-f,,
ing sheils INTO tN'e'"'s nun p'I''i.'S
statloned SIX miles Horth One ot 'ng gily' lS
Iheh LLey notSI 70 ~ ,,a,.'1t,, a.
tlhB an eleNdteu poSt|o" '"'''''aI"I"s
tls CITY. 49, r.. -, to-,
Inc catheara, pl .>"l'E i1ali'9 IaN 80. ,,T..n
turned INTO hosb''aI anu d HeH '-l"3S
Ias was HEtus .no ,iD.,5 ~" C,.r, -isau
were ABOUT QUO wounded German prison.
el .: a.. .1,..u,1 e., ;-,,,,,,.s
49,. s.aa,o.r1,a -. - sisss feu iD sboUera
49, 80 tTs ,,,,na soi5,ars ,,bo Iay or
bpndles NJ strsT IN the aisIes
~ soo,, b.coy1e annarent that the Ger
ooers uyara making a target of the ca
+ba1-sI fo~ the shranreI Jegan crashing
through tbA roof and uaIIs ar regular
intervals
or the wounded prisoners inside, at
least $50 suffered further wounds as a
result OF the bomha rdrnent Of the building
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=" Nr'f IN ED Dr-N -
Four hundred inhabitants or the town
Rre reported to have been killed by Ger
man shell nre.
At times the city would he on NrH 10
q dozen different places and Al night II
made a grand but awful sight 10 watch
the shifting glare Of red above the town
and the flaming shells, soaring IKE .