Little Falls herald., 1914-09-04
French Decide TO
Leave Paris.
government q ] ISSUES
LONG PROCLAMATION
SAYS Action Is Taken to Insure
National Safety.

Paris, Sept 3.-A proclamation has
just been issued by the government
announcing that the government de.
partments will be transferred tenn.
porarily to Bordeaux.
The proclamation was issued by the
minister of the interior, who said the
decision had been taken solely upon
the demand of the military authori.
ties because the fortified places OF
Paris, while not necessarily likely to
be attacked, would become the pivot
of the field operations of the two
armies. ~
The building of supplementary de-
tense works is proceeding vigorously.
Several of the gates of Paris have
been closed to traffic
Bordeaux is 358 miles southwest of
Paris.
The proclamation follows:
"Frenchmen: For several weeks our
heroic troops have been engaged in
fierce combats with the enemy. The
courage of our soldiers has won for
them a number of marked advantages.
But in the north the pressure of the
German forces has constrained us to
retire. This situation imposes on the
president of the republic and the gov.
ernment a painful decision.
Army Will Defend Paris.
'To watch over the national safety
the public authorities are obliged to
leave for the moment the city of
Paris. Under the command Of its
eminent chief, the French army, fall
Of courage and spirit, will defend the
capital and it's patriotic population
against the invader. But the. war
must be pursued at the same time in
the rest of the French territory.
"The struggle for the honor of the
nation and the reparation of violate
rights will continue without peace or
truce and without stop or a failure.
None of our armies has been broken.
IF some of them have suffered only
too evident losses the gaps in the
ranks have been filed up from the
waiting reserve forces, while the call
ing out of new class of reserves
brings us new resources in men and
energy.
Endure and fight! Such should be
the motto of the allied army, English,
Russian, Belgian and French.
Endure and fight! While on the sea
our allies aid us to cut the enemy's
communications with the world.
"Endue and fight! While the Rus
slams continue to carry a decisive
blow to the heart of the German en-
pire.
ut is for the government of this re-
public to direct this resistance to the
very end and to give to this formid-
able struggle all it's vigor and ef-
ficiency. 1t is indispensable that the
government retain the mastery of it's
own actions.
Transfers Seat Temporarily. .
"On the demand of the military au.
thorities the government therefore
transfers its seat momentarily to a
point of the territory whence it may
remain in constant relations with the
rest of the country.
1T invites the members of parlia-
ment not to remain distant from the
government in order to form, in the
face of the enemy, with the govern
ment and their colleagues a group of
national unity.
"The government does not leave
Paris without having assured de-
tense of the city and its entrenched
camp by all means in its power. It
knows it has not the need to recon-
mend to the admirable Partisan popu-
lation calm resolution and sang froid
for it shows every day it is equal to
its greatest. duties.
these tragic circumstances. We shall
gain final victory and we shall gain
it by untiring will, endurance and
tenacity. A nation that will not per-.
ish and which. to live, retreats before
neither suffering nor sacrifice, is sure
to vanquish.' . 1
German Garrison Attempts sortie. q
London, Sept "a Petrograd spe.
cial to the Reuter- Telegram company
says that the garrison Of Koenigs-s
burg. East Prussia, has made an I'M.
successful attempt ct q sortie.
70 Remove Wounded From Paris. 3.
London. Sept. dispatch to the.