Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-10
France at War


prolific Of everything but information.
In camp each ease l. given individual
attention. If the man or w~0man-f0r
women were arrested a. ruthIcSsly H. the
men. and social degree did. not operate
as a bar-haS money ~ or she il permit.
ted 10 rent comfortable quarters ami
board with the French farmer or hotel
lier he has selected a. Il host. Some ~
the women have been quartered with
nunS in converts. Some Of the men are
being permitted to ss.v. .r~ country
school buildings. II they have no money
they are given straw pallets III n guard
house and an allowance Of food. They
may. II they wish. supplement his u
their earnings. If they find work.
II may be that some Of the more danger
oIis prisoners are c%luSrlv guarded. But
~ no caSe of which I have learned i
the wide stretch IT country around which
4 guard line J. thrown. through which "A
mouse could not creep. And | have the
authority ~ the prisoners themselves. ~
given in their letters 10 their friends.
for the statement that they are kindly
treated For some W them the prison
camp was no doubt q godScnd.
Help me" begged one pretty little
German fraulein M the American cmbaS
~. II have money. but I have nowhere
% 20. The people where I have been
living have told me- I must leave their
house. and ! am afraid. For twcnty-four
hours ] have not touched food
ln this instance mr. attarhc was sent
ont 70 get a supper for the little girl.
and she ate II ~ the desk Of The anhaS
safor himself. She had entered rcSian-
rant after restaurant in search II food
4 pretty. timid. shrinking little girl. The
restaurant managers had been kind in
their way. but they had been relentless.
M would feed Won. mam'sellr.- they
had said. one after another. but if it
became noiScd about that W. were feed
Ing q German We DO not know what the
people might do
There was 4 day ~ mild riotimg dir.
ected against the Germans. The win.
dows " many G-crman-owned shops we're
broken and various Germans were huff
fctcd about. Then the police took hold
~ the situation, with that perfectly cold
bloo'lcd efficiency they have shown
throughout this emergency. Next dav
scouts we're stationed about the city.
Squads Of gcndarmcS sat In motor carS.
which had been keyed mp for fast driv.
ing. Now and then "A report would come
in:
The people are breaking windows Of
J a shop upon the Boulevard HauSSmann.~
4 police motor ear would whirl down
upon the offenders with the ~clatter ~ a
mitrailleuSc. 4. dozen gcmdarmcS would
spring out 81 il and begin to chop al the
ferociouS mob with their swords. IN wa~
quite optional with each gendarme whc-
Their he should use hack. point Or edge.
Many hloodthirStv mobSmcn would pres
emily be seen running. hand to head.
Blood would be dripping through their
fingers. In one day the police rcasSertc,l
their complete control OF the city. No
Germans were seriously hurt. But ~.
cause a German would ALWAYS be- in dan
ger i'm the city-if ~ were permitted tn
rcmain-the concentration camps have
~" - I"aAAt - VIII IL II HiIiilIt
necessity.
Many Germans and Austrians appeal
ed to the United States embassy for pro
lection. alleging they were naturalizcd
citizens. In every case in which they
were able 40 prove their contention that
protection was afforded. But now and
then a man would turn up whose story
was notably thin. One man Of apparent
intelligence said H. had lived IA Chira.
70 for fifteen years. But he could not
tell the State in which Chicago i IL
Gated. or the county. ur the name of anv
German ~ prominence. or the name al
any mayor. or the name az the Industry
for which. among other things. Chicago
r. famous. lie went 10 the French I'D.
thorities. along with others 0f his sort
They have not satisfied us.~ was Mr..
Herrick's report. We assme ~ reSpon
sibilitv for them
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