The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-02
Two Correspondents
Pass German Lines

A wv 6ettiloi AiIiSo
! BAUNAlS. October l.-Despite the
strict orders Of England. France and
! BelSium and Germany sthat no war
correspondents be allowed at the front
two Of them have just arrived here
from the scene Of nghting. one OF
! them related their experiences
Their nrst adventure was to be
caught by THAN patrol near Cler-
mont.
we were IN a motor car" said The
correspondent and when We turned
corner sharply, we saw the Germans
coming, eighteen OF them.
In the fcw seconds which passed
between our seeing them and their
coming up 10 us We did :, good deal OF
hard thinking. Luckily I had taken
The prcraution 10 hide all the passes
and recommendations that would
Identity me as Journalist In my boot
our safe conducts did not say who we
We're. To all appearances We were just
ordinary peoplc with an eccentric
fancy for motoring in the danger zone.
"'Gcrmans.' murmured warninsly
To ms companions.
Rather lie said. as IL he had come
out on purpose 10 meet them
Then We pulled out our safe con-
ducts aud hoped for the beet
Vas papiers.' said the officer in
command. speaking French with a
good accent. lie studied them atten-
lively.
! "'Ocnnen' (o2cn). demanded a grur
corporal on the other sid. OF the car
/ pointing - our bags. ~. had II very
large revolver. with which he covered
| rs. while ono trooper, lance Ia hand
\ ken; tn" point % Il mcuacing toward
thc chauffeur The rest stood round
with HSprcsslonless faces, except three
4
watch against any kurprisc. Both
( they and their horses were in good
condition. They were as silent and i'm
passive AS spinHcS.
/ ON, Of nay bag the prun corporal
tore some niap+ Tho other contents
\ ho tossed contrmptouslv back. Mir.
Mror"'S bag was passed. too. although
/ IL had a khaki suit vigh, at the top.
| Unfortunately Inc FIRST thing that
| showed itself when our drivers vaiisc
came 10 b. examined was II revolver
/ The corporal Sruutctl with delight ~
f, II" pocl<etcd II. lie glanced a, tn. Of
iiccr - much as to say: What need
have Nc Of any further proof lie
had q rcscntful, blood lusttul look IN
| his crc.
thoughtful typc Of man. IL took no
notice.
From where do you come hc in
quircd
| From Scauv.is, monsieur
! And you a;o going where"
/ To Paris. monsieur
"'hh. to r'aris'
/ "'Ilc smiled rcflcctivcly. as IL To say,
! i IN, going there, too
Then hc studied our papers aGain
and compared the atrocious photo
| graphs pasted on them with our sun
burnt faces.
Then the corporal was busy again.
/ He Dcma nle1 "a i.h ha
/ driver had. The driver thought he
/ wanted his bowler hat, which was in
4 net In front Of him. lie offered ii
politely. 'Nein, nc.n. die Zeitung.' he
was told.
| Den Sitz aufheben' Qift up the
scap, next ordered the corporal in
German. We did so. Nothing con
cealcd,
"'Give mo those maps (the maps by
which we were traveling). We smiled
al him chccrfully as we handed them
over. Everything in the car was
turned up.
Then came the matter of the safe
| conducts.
These arc no USE the officcr said
still speaking in French.
! We began 10 explain that we had
/, gone through all necdful formaIities
! but he quietly cut us short
! They are no use he repeated lie
! was evidently wondering what to dc
| with us, and wondering also how far
! OF the French were.
Then. all of sudden. we found we
! were discharged
/ With a sharp word of command, the
other jerked his patrol into motion
+! All right he said In fairly good Eng
iish 1t is all right And they
! walked their horses quickly away.
= We did not lose any time either
| TO say we felt thankful would be Hike
| that he felt chilly. Get on, We urged
our driver Gle was nothing loath)!
I only gave aim 4 foretaste of what
I had to say about the imbecility OF non.
: coinhatants carrying arms.
open out your engine we said
! and let's get back under cover Of oui
own sides guns.'
/ In and OUT of small roads We turn.
cd and twisted violently until we were
on tho main road once more. There
was no sign OF the troops. They had
evidently turned Off Then we thought
We might as we'll carry out our inten
| ton OF going TO Clcrmont, which lay
eastward; whereas our friends, the
| uhlans appeared to have come from
the north. We asked az on. or two
farms il all We're we'll there. Yes
| yes we were told. So we bowie,
along. But just as we came to III,
! first house Of Clcrmout we saw two
or three people running towards us
| looking back over their shoulders
Go back. Go back" they called to
MS. The streets arc full of Germans
| Then we understood why the OFF,
cor in charge of tho patrol had let us
go. He knew we were heading straight