The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-11-30
Representative Of American
Seeding Machine Company
Brings First Story Of Ac-
tual Scenes.
GERMANS WILL LOSE
James Pauley Says Allies
Will Drive Foe Into Own
Country but No Further
Business is Dead.

James Pauiey, European agent Tor
the International Harvester company.
formerly purchasing agent for the AMI
erican Seeding Machine company. was
in Richmond Friday and Saturday Of
last week, and was the first person
who has seen actual fighting to arrive
in Richmond since the European war
began four months ago.
Scenes in Belgium can not be re.
lated-there are no worGs in our lam
guage which can describe them. Bel
gium is q barren waste, and the suffer-
ing of it's people is far far worse than
our newspapers have announced" Fir.
Pauley said when the entire office
force of the American Seeding Ma
chine company gathered about him 10
hear him tell of his war experiences.
Discredits Atrocities.
"The stories of atrocities on the
part of the German troops are almost
entirely false. In London l heard
these tales, so when | went to Bel
GUM took the trouble to investigate
several of them. to find that they were
lies. pure and simple" ne continued.
From the information l gained in
Belgium. l have reached the conclu-
sion that the war can not possibly last
more than a year longer. and 1t will
be brought to close without any de-
cisive result. No country engaged in
war has the funds to continue hostili-
ties for more than a year. 1t will be
impossible for the Germans to advance
their lines any farther than they are
now. and I think the allies will sue
ceed in driving the Germans back on
their own soil. but when the advance
of the allies will come TO a permanent
halt because Germany is so fortified
that to drive them back into Berlin
will be an impossibility."
Mr.. Pauley was in Lille, France.
when it was bombarded by the Ger.
mans. and he said the stencil of the
dead bodies in the streets was intoler-
able. No one. he said, could adequate
ly describe his sensations when under
shell fire.
Business 10 Dead.
Business in the European countries
now at war is almost at a standstill,
Mr.. Pauley said. and it is useless now
for American business interests, ex-
Cept those which can supply the de-
mands of the various governments for
necessities, to seek q market for their
products.
Mr.. Pauley believes, however, that
wonderful era Of prosperity is soon
to dawn in the United States by the
opening of other world markets to
American business.
Speaking of the great battle now
raging in the eastern theatre Of war
between the Russians and Germans,
Mr.. Pauley said there was no chance
,, for a successful invasion Of Russia.
The Russians were placing so many
millions of soldiers in the field that
the loss of one-half million men in a
single engagement would scarcely be
| noticed. he said.
Mr.. Pauley told Of meeting Richard
Harding Davis. the famous American
war correspondent. after he had been
! driven from the German army on q
| threat Of being shot as a spy. HE was
given only few hours to travel about
| fifty miles and get to the American
| legation at Brussels, but he got there"
| Mr.. Pauley said.
Mr.. Pauley was sent to Europe sev-
eral years ago, and is one of the Inter
nationals most competent men. It is
understood that some time ago he vas
naturalized as French citizen.