Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-09-11


To see real big four fnnno,.-
spouting flame, which flame denotos
shells starting, and those shells pot ~
us but for us, was the most cbaors'''
thing possible. Once we were in safl
tyr ! hated it. We had Just beer r. ha'.
inis our own imaginations stimulated
on the subject of shells striking
Now, few minutes later. to see a.
other ship not three miles away -
duced to a piteous mass of nnraco,
INABILITY, wreathed III black fproe.
from which fiared out angry susts -
fire like Vesuvius in eruption &c -
intending stream Of hundred pound
shells burst on board it. just pointed
the moral and showed us what migbt
have been
Says Mainz Acted Calamity.
The Mainz was immensely gallant
The last ] saw of it it was absolutely
wrecked. 1t was Tuning inferno Pm,
it had one gun forward and one AFT
still splitting forth fury and defiance
like wild cat
Then we went west, while they
went east. Just bit later we heard
the thunder of the enemy's guns for
space. Then fell silence, and we knew
that was all
The most romantic, dramatic and
piquant episode that modern war can
ever show came next. The Defender
having sunk an enemy, lowered a
whaler to pick up its swimming sur.
yivors. Before the whaler got back.
an enemy's, cruiser came up and
chased the Defender, which thus had
to abandon its small boat.
Up Pops Submarine.
Imagine their feelings, alone in an
open boat without food, rs miles from
the nearest land, and that land an
enemy's fortress, with nothing but fog
and foes around them, and then sud
denly swirl alongside, and up. if you
please, hops his Britannia maiestys
submarine Ed, opens its coming
tower, takes them all on board, shuts
up again, dives and brings them home,
ESQ miles.
rs not that magnificent? No novel
list would dare face the critics with
an episode like that, except, perhaps,
Jules Verne. and yet here it is, and all
true"
England In Anger.
Calm, methodical, undemonstrative
Britain, slow to arouse, is getting into
a passion which is carrying the nation
to point of deathless determination
to defeat the Germans. The gloriously
gallant fight that the small British
force has been making to stem the
German flood towards Paris has
touched this country's Imagination,
aroused the martial spirit and called
forth rush to the colors.
Hitherto the country has not
seemed to realize fully the portent Of
events across the channel and, as in
the South African war, it's taken
bit of pounding of their own forces to
bring the people to the point of patri
otto anger which the situation de-
manded Now they have reached that
point.
Stormed by Recruits.
The recruiting stations were over
whelmed, hundreds standing outside in
waiting lines. 1t was reported that
$4,000 have been accepted during the
last three days. It's glorious upris'
ing Of the whole nation, which has
come to fully realize the necessity OF
not only clearing the seas of the enc
mics ships, but helping the allies on
land as well.
With this condition prevailing, Lord
Kitchener will find it possible to send
steady flow of fresh men to the
front. The removal of the French
government to Bordeaux received gen
eral approval here, and is considered
the logical step under the circum-
stances.
Devotion of Peeresses.
The following letter, signed by five
women of title, is addressed to the
press:
The undersigned have all got near
relations serving with the coloTs Most
of them have got near relations VINO
have borne and are bearing part IN
the gallant and sanguinary battle
which the British army is fighting
against heavy odds on the northeast
frontier of France.
1--WE know not what their fate has
been or yet may be; but if it is ther
fortune to die for their country we
shall not show our sorrow as for those
who come to less glorious end 4
white band around the arm viii marx
both our loss and our grief; but II
will do more; 1t will express the priue
we feel in knowing that those VINO
are nearest to us and dearest nave
given up their lives in their country
cause"