The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-15
Gen. Won Kluck Celebrated
Capture of Paris Too Soon
Almost at Gates of City, He Tarred and Celebrated En-
pected Victory With Champagne
and Band Concert.

soldiers with bayonets liked. every one
shouting, THE STAN The stan No one
IN the streets 90 Every one He'd and Won
kluck made his entry.
lie was in a charming mood that day
and amused himself by reading the quaint
names ON the street ,iguS Ru de la
Pecherie. Cour d. range Boulevard du
Balayage and Boulevard de Ia Mutullite.
The beauty OF the landscape seemed to
have won him and given him an appetite.
At any rate, as soon as he had arrived
he ordered something to eat. The cook,
who had come two hours before was ready,
He had emptied into a large pan three
tins OF green peas borrowed from the
nearest grocer, added four pounds OF
bacon and boiled the lot over an open
fire. The menu included plenty of sar-
dimes, Won Kluck's favorite delicacy when
well sprnkled with champagne.
This slight foretaste having been An
ished, Won kluck sent for the wife OF the
French gardener. who was acting guard
ian Of the place, and said
Your masters are with the army, right?
Have you any children? Five sons with
the colors? Perfect | promise to protect
them when they are Incorporated in the
! German army"
Then he ordered three beds to he placed
, In small drawing room on the ground
/ floor for himself and two Generals, and
other rooms for hs staff He surveyed
! the preparations and expressed his salts
! faction, adding:
This is our last stage; We leave Cou-
/ lommers the day after tomorrow TO enter
! Paris" Then standing before the woman
he said In eight days YOU will be a
| German"
! For all preparations were made FOR the
| entry into Paris. \ high parsonage had
! Just arrived, protected by an imposing cs-
! cort. II was said to be Prince Eitel the
haisers second son, appointed to head the
! troops as they paraded through the cap
4 ital Of France
600 marks into French money. The banks
are closed he pleaded. You have half
an hour" replied Won Kluck
| In thirty minutes Gen. plrmstadt be-
took himself to the city Hall ANA received
| 1880 francs.
That's no, my reckoning" said the
| German officer. Ten thousand marks
make 1880 francs. as Gen. Won Kluck
has decided that the mark is at pre-
MUM, German silver being better than
! French"
And Gen Darmstadt laughed heartily
at his chiefs excellent Joke.
on sunday morning Gen. Won Kluck
! rose late and his good temper had left
| MN. Germans cannot stand French wine.
| which they drink In large gulps as they
! do their own beer. instead Of In sips, and
their awakenings are painful The
| charming house where Won Kluck was
| installed seemed to reek, a bitter smell
| invaded the nostrils, the straw on which
| tho escort slept was nlthy. Won Kluck
took breakfast in the garden and then
had table placed on the veranda and
made II his Office
/ At o'clock there were signs of great
! animation, military couriors began arrlv-
| ing, one after another, who seemed TO
bring bad news, At Rosoy en- Brie the
| English were resisting. then they were
| beginning a vigorous offensive. At dusk
a Taube flew over the headquarters and
gave forth prolonged appeals from IT'S
, siren, Was II a signal of defeat?
Collected and calm, Won Kluck gave his
orders Darkness had now settled on the
town, but the headquarters. fully alIght
! seemed to vibrate like the engine rooms
grew weaker, the gas slowly grew lower
and then went out.
Won kluCk felt terror What danger
was coming out OF this hostile darkness
| Hurredly his escort prepared to defend
and while the officers hunted for candles
the faithful Darmstadt rushed to tho city
| Hall crying:
| "a thousand francs! You will nav
1000 francs an hour
At the same time he seized the Mayors
secretary, surrounded him with Uhlaui
and conducted him to the gas works
There 1t was easy to discover that tn,
manager having left the town twenty.
four hours before. after putting out IN,
nres, the gasometers were eNhauste /
Won kluck on being told ordered three
hostages to be taken, the Mayor. VI
Delsol; the secretary. NJ Bard. and NJ
Chatry, the public prosecutor Gen
Darmstadt insisted on arresting the las;
named himself so as to add another in,
suit or two. After doing this freely, nd
pointed to the magistrates toquc and said
Take your cap and follow me"
The hostages were warned that theS
would be shot In the morning and Ia,
town fined 100000. But the stan had lus'
valuable time by this scare Maps stulie,
under chance light are hard to read
and a plan OF defence must be lmprn
vlsed while the English, pursuing theu
advantage. were drawing near the town
At dawn they were about half a mil,
away from the STATS quarters. whicl
was in danger OF being captured
one OF the English crack shots AT so,
yards brought down German sentinel
SO Won Kluck decided to flee. Rcfor,
leaving he had the hostages placed bcfor,
a wall and for twenty minutes he KEEP
them In anxious suspense, then set then
free.
Thus began Won Klucks Withdrawal
| from before Paris