The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-16
PARIS news LETTER

HarlS, EeD. 1b.-ln case OF war the
city of Paris would probably find it
self without bread within four days.
This alarm has been sounded by the
municipal council after a thorough
study of the possibilities and the an
nouncement has resulted in a popular
demand for measures to assure an am
pie food supply in case of a conflict
The minister Of war and the under
secretary of state have decided to take
up the whole question with the NUM-
cipal council for further study with an
endeavor to solve the problem.
Military authorities point out that
during the first few weeks of mobiliz-
alton in case of war, all railroad trains
and lines would be reserved exclusive
ly for military trains and no supplies
for the civil population could be n
ported. 1t has been proposed among
other things to buy 10000 tons of flour
to be kept inaa public warehouse and
to be used as necessity arises. It is
suggested that the state contribute
Immediately 100000 as a first payment
toward this and the. municipality $40,-
900. While the problem Of a sufficient
supply of flour Inc wheat is consider
ed most important, the authorities are
also planning to conserve stocks Of
other necessary things, including
wood, coal and oil.
If, says Commander Driant. a we'll
known retired army official, fan order
of mobilization were given on Thurs
day, Paris would have neither bread,
milk nor meat at the beginning of next
week. Another important question is
that of the water supply. I would ask
what Parisians would drink were Par
is invested and cut off from it's water
supply. This is a phase of the prob
lem that the commission which has
been studying the subject might con-
slider thoroughly. We have arrived at
a time when all the problems of ma
tional defense must be considered
without delay. a..
There is no nation naturally mu-
steal according to Henri Bidou, critic
and historian. If a nation Is musical,
he says, it is because it has passed
through such tribulatton that it has
been driven to express it's sorrow and
anxiety in its airs and compositions.
Bach, he declares. is the eliminating
expression of the sufferings induced in
| Germany by the thirty years war, fifty
years before Bach'S time.
People sing fslike towards" he con-
| tinued, to keep UP their spirits in bad
moments, AND he finds that the real
countries of music are nearly all from
tier provinces exposed to eternal vicis-
STUDIES.
England he finds to be exempt to a
large extent from the; occasions in
which poets learn in suffering what
| they celebrate in song. because it is
protected from invasion by the girdle
Of the seas. Music, then, the argues,
is not an art Of peace; it originates
in strife and an~xiety-not in tran
| quility and concord. The over pros
porous countries, he discovers, mot
only have no history; they have no
music"
Consul General Mason has brought
together the figures Of French export
to the United States during 1913.
They were $140,016 $40 or $3,733,3SA
larger than those Of 1912, thus pass
ing the total of any previous year.
The net again in three years has been
$21, 900, 900. q
The reports from the Paris dis
trict show that the exports Of auto
mobiles and automobile accessories
which amount to ST. 09,413 in 1912
was cut in half during 1913. The ex,
ports of paintings, precious stones,
and hides show considerable advances
and the increases in textiles was
about so per cent. Paris exports have
risen in eleven years from Sal, 100000
to $80,000,00
Army experts are experimenting
with a new monoplane which is to be
the dreadnought of the French air
fleet. One of those machines already
tried out is protected with armo1
plates and carries a quick firing ma
crine-gu gun. 1t was designed from
a-nacihaations Furnished by tbs Fresel