The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-23


the Parisians were to be seen every
where Their vacation at Boulogne had
been cut short and now they must re-
turn to Paris and get ready. The Eng
lsh were everywhere to be seen moving
about in their habitual manner The
1885 =. n. train was late. SO Mt the sta
ton while waiting for the train had a
cl--nce to size up the crowd. Many
soldiers were about the station WITH
their parents and sweethearts. MY COM
partment was full OF them coming up to
Calais
Just met Leon Vincent and ne told
me he was starting tomorrow. Rail-
roads are blocked to the public and
consccrated 70 the transport of troops
This morning a Belgian girl came TO
my office. She had been in pension in
England near Brighton. AS her parents
could not reach her with money she
had decided to return home on lust
what she had in pocket. She arrived
by the a. NJ boat and to her horror
she could not get permission to go on
by rail. She was completely desolated.
went with her to the Care Central
and succeeded in getting her Transport
'ationt via punkirk TO F'ruges. i Sc.
cured this through the French officers.
thought of you IL such had been your
lot while in Mannheim.
Yesterday | was in the barber shop
The barber was still at his chair with
his nineteen-year- son. The wife was
sitting in the shop crying. There were
a lot Of men there to get their hair cut
before leaving for the front. one man
said after having been served. We'll
can't say au revolr." The barber said.
"Mais quot done nous nous revcrrous.
Nayez pas peur mon brave" The bar
per | met n moment ago. He was in
good cheer as he always Is. I bid him
good-by' he said, "Je vais fair mon de-
volr sans aucun peur" The son will
stay with the mother.
Many OF the Calais boys that Won
know are now AT the front Some Of
them are no doubt victims ere this
There Is no news whatever from the
front. All We know Is that war Ia rag.
ing.
Things are at fever heat here now
and | assure you that so many are CO.
ing that It is only difficult for those
who have to remain because of being
TOO young or too old. Every one n
going In good cheer. There is no noise
or demonstration, no disorderly con.
duct The spirit prevailing all Is that
the country Is in danger and that life
IS consecrated TO II without fear or
chaSrln. Those going certainly suffer
less than those who remain.
August {. 1914
~ you can imagine the quarter in
which we live as full of activity as n.
the time of the ceremony over the Plon-
Niose victims only much more so then
you can form some idea of how things
are here. The mobilization of men and
horses, wagons arriving from all dlrec-
tons except the sea--farmers. clerks.
proprietors. sailors, blacksmiths. and in
fact everybody going to the Hangar
raul Divot To get uniform and a full
equipment. In front of the east end Of
this hangar Is an improvised blacksmith
shop ana the horses are there shod The
nelEhing of horses, the rumblinc ~
wagons, the march of soldiers through
the Rue de Moscou by the lighthouse
In fact II is comminglng Of all kinds
OF noises
one remarkable thing IL the quiet So
briefly of all the men Ne loud or bois
ferrous demonstration. The cafes are
less noisy than at an ordinary time.
Train after train loads are leaving Tho
stations arc impenetrabe to the public.
only soldiers have the entree Tho sta
lions are barred and the soldiers go In
a side way
One can imagine when no trains are
there that the stations are entrances 10
slaughter house. But when saw the
boys going this morning. many of whom
you know and we all know, waving
their hats from the car windows, bid
ding farewell To their parents and
friends all In good cheer. the sinister
feature of the Care is less apparent
I just had a long talk with August
Piriet All his family capable Of go
ing had gone. He said he had been to
Arras on Sunday to see Jean. We talked
over the whole situation and he said,
bursting into tears. that he was ever
thinking OF his mother who is now dead.
what she would think II she W re here
10 see all this.
All the Germans have left Yester-
day one was nearly killed by the Care
Central. | saw this. He was cafe
keeper in the Rue de Havre. They
took him from the cafe to the station
and the crowd followed in mass. You
never saw stand Of bees more furi-
Gus, The women especially took a
leading part. This German was n bad
citizen and kept n very disreputable
cafe. Judging from what I saw the
women seized upon this occasion TO get
even with him.
There is no news from the front or
from anywhere else. No New York
pa pers, no Ndtn, no journal, no Pctn
journal, no PCnh Pnrisiennc. no moth .
ing to read except COnjectures and false
rumors in Calais papers. Everything
Is shut down. The censorship is COM
plcte, met soldier, a country fc,-
low, and I asked him when he was
leaving and he said he did not know;
that he knew nothing whatever about
anything. The same in the case with
me, | get nothing AT the post Office
We don't know to "A certainty whether .
England is going to help France or
not. Their fleet is in the North Sea
and the French fleet is mostly in the y,
Mediterranean There have been many L
French submarines and dcstroycrs in
Calais, hut that is all Lord Kitchener
was expected to pass through last night
on his way 70 Egypt, but upon his ar