Evening star., 1914-02-14
PARIS FACES FAMINE
IF WAR IS DECLARED
City Would Soon Be Without Sup
ply of Bread. Meat and
Water. It Is Said.
PARIS neh..ilarx Il M

u
In case of VA "a. ~ al Paris would
probably find i.seII ,..,nout bread within
four days. fl5. :i.urlu has been sounded
by the municip.:. council after a thorough
study of the possibilities. and the an
nouncement ifas resulted in . popular
demand for measures to assure an ample
food supply in case of conflict The
minister of war and the undersecretary
of state have decided to take up the
whole question with the municipal coun-
Gil for further study in an endeavor
to solve the problem.
Military authorities point out that dur
ing the first few weeks of mobilization in
case of war Ill railroad trains and lines
would be reserved exclusively for military
trains and no supplies for the civil pop
ulation could be transported. 1t has
been proposed, with other things. to
buy 1O,0vo tons of flour TO be kept in a
pubic warehouse and to be used as
necessity arises. II is suggested thai
the state contribute Immediately $4,000
az a first payment toward this. and the
municipality $4,000. While the problem
OF a sufficient supply OF -four and wheat
IS considered most important. the author.
ties are also planning to conserve stocks
OF other necessary things, including
wood. coal and oil
IF. says Commander Draut a well
known retired army official -.an order of
mobilization were given Thursday. Paris
WoIid nave neither bread, milk nor meat
at The beginning Of neXt'wcek. Another
important question is that of the water
supply. would ask what Parisians
would drink were Paris invested and cut
on from its water supply. Iris is a phase
OF the problem that the commission
"hlcn has been studying 'hc subject
might consider thoroughly We have ar
at -b.,,
of national defense must be considered
without delay
Nations Not Naturally Musical.
There is no national naturally musical
nation. according to Henri Bidou, critic
and historian. If a nation is musical,
he says, it is because it has passed
through such tribulations that i. has
been driven to express it's aorrow and
anxiety III its airs and compositions.
Bach. he declares is the cIllminatin, ex-
preston OF the sufferings induced in Ger
many by the thirty years. war. tiftv
years before Bach's time
People sing like cowards.' he contn-
ues, TO keep up their spirits in bad
moments. and 3 he finds that the real
countries of music are nearly all
frontier provinces exposed to eternal vi
cisStudes
England lie finds to be EXEMPT to IA
large extent from the occasions il, which
poets learn i'll suffering what they cele-
brate in song" because it is protected
from invasion by the girdle of the seas
Music then. he argues, is not an art of
peace. II originates in strife and a1lX-
iety-not III tranquility and concord. The
countries, he discovers
mot only have 10 history; they have
10 music
Exports Here From France,
Consul General Mason has brought TO-
gethcr the figures Of French exports to
the United States during 1919. They were
Sl;o.0l6,34a, oi. S7ss::;::::sI larger than thos,
of i"l: thus passing the total of any
previous year The net gam in three
years has been ST. l,op,oUo.
Tho reports from the Paris district
show that the exports OF automobiles
and automobile accessories which
amounted to S1..09, IL; in 49,. were cut in
half during l91:'. The exports of paint
ipGS, precious stones and hides show
considerable advances, aud the increase
in textiles was about 81 per cent Paris
exports have risen in eleven years from
S4l l,oDu,eO to xSG.oGo,OU.
Army experts arc experimenting with a
new monoplarie Which is to he rfl. dread
nought of the French air fleet. one of
those machines already tried out is pro-
tected with armor plates and carries
a quick-iiring machine gun. 1t was de-
signed from specifications furpished by
the French army aviation corps after Il
careful study of the requirements in war
as shown by the action of acroplanes in
A, fri. in he RiIk kan