Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-22

LONDON, September 22.-The CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph at
Rheims sends this story of the situation
at that point:
ITO the visitor Rheims, wreathed in
smoke and echoing with the boom OF
cannonading. presents a forlorn and
disconsolate sight. Everywhere there
is evidence of the damage done by the
shells of the big howitzers. Whole
houses are seen with their interiors
smashed into shapeless mass OF
bricks, mortar and wood.
around the cathedral hardly house
escaped damage. In front of the facade
of the cathedral stands a statue of
Joan of Arc. The figure is unscathed,
but the horse and pedestal are Clipped
and scared by shells and the flames.
Exterior Little Damaged.
AT first sight the exterior of the ca
thedral does not appear to be much
damaged, although the masonry Is
Clipped, SCARED and whitened by
countless shrapnel bullets. while many
carved figures and gargoyles have been
broken off.
In the doorway still stands the Grip
pied beggar who has sought aims there
for many years. He maintained his
post throughout the bombardment, and
like a statue he stands, covered with
dust, pebbles and glass. The man was
unframed. He was crippled in the war
of 1870.
An examination of the interior
shows that the better part of fifty
shells have found Judgment, but luck
lily. the range being very great, the
solid stonework of the building had
resisted the successive shocks. 1t was
the ancient and priceless glass of the
windows which suffered the most. In
the center of the vault the great can
delabra which hung from the roof lie
broken in the center of the floor amid
q great mass of debris.
Decorations Are Ruined.
The general impression is that the
cathedral can be restored, although
most of it's priceless decorations are
ruined
Some of the German wounded are
still in the cathedral. Several of them
were killed by shrapnel bullets during
the hombardment, as we'll as at least
one of the French soldiers who were
attending them.
German aeroplanes lowered over
Rheims while the bombardment was in
progress. doubtless to report the sue
cess of the cannonading. They flew
very high and the French soldiers did
not trouble to FIRE at them.
The situation in the city is most seri-
GUS. The people are living in cellars.
provisions are becoming exhausted and
no bread is being baked
A Rome dispatch to the Central News
says that Pope Benedict XIV has tele-
Sraphed to the German emperor, pro-
testing against the destruction of the
Cathedral of Rheims.
Pope Shocked by News.
ROME, September %, via Paris
When informed of the destruction of
the cathedral Pope Benedict XIV said
he could not believe 1t possible in such
a civilized epoch as the twentieth CEN
fury, to be plunged back to the time of
Attila-'
The pontiff requested Cardinal Fer
rata to request Cardinal Annette, arch
bishop of Paris, Tor full particulars, as
kilograms for Rheims are not accepted.
GENEVA, via Paris. September 22,
2:50 a-m.-The Swiss press unani-
mously condemns the destruction of
the Rheims Cathedral, and there has
been an outburst of indignation among
the 100000 representatives of all ma
lions who are at present in Switzer-
land.
BORDEAUX September 22.- The
magnificent set of ancient tapestries
which hung in the Cathedral of Rheims
was removed before the bombardment
by officials from the office of the UNDER
secretary or hDe arts and is now In n
place of safety.