Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-04
IN EUROPE THAT
HEART INTEREST
Russians Continually Bringing
captured Kaisers" Into
Camp - Psiest Says
Mass In Trenches.

OdIIIp - CFIcSl Days
+ Mass In Trenches. !
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common. II this deception Is success
rul skillfully concealed machine gun
turns. murderous fire upon those VIII
nave advanced either to attack or t.
accept surrender.
1.-The audacity OF the enemy canno,
better be illustrated than by a we'll au
thenticated statement Of what took
place last night In a trench held by
Gurkha regiment. 4 figure. silhouet
ted by the moonlight and wearing
complete Gurkh. uniform. approached
the end Of the trench and delivered
the message:
The Gurkhas are to move further
mp the trench. Another Gurkha con
tingent is advancing In support
PUZZLED by this announcement. the
officer in command replied: Who are
you? Where do you come fromY to
which the only answer was, You are
to move up and make room for other
t;urkhas.'
"The English was good. but some
thing excited the officers suspicious
"'Answer and answer quickly he
said. If you are Gurkha by what
oat did you CROSSE?
This question, under the circum
stances. was no easy one to answer,
and the German (for such he was,
turned and fed. but he had not gone
five yards before he fell. rddled with
bullets.
IF the officer had been deceived the
trench. of course. would have swarm
ed with Germans almost before the
Gurkhas had made room for them"
Fastidious Sandy.
News has come back to England of
how the British soldiers taken prison
ers are faring In Germany. There are
5000 IN Il caserne at DOeberitz.
Among them are some highlanders
It's getting to be cold weather in Doe
beritz. and German officer. with the
kindest of intentions, offered to pro
vide them with trousers.
The Scots were Indignant and re-
iectcd the gift.
But why do you prefer petticoats?"
the German asked Of one Of the high
landers.
Because they never bag at the
kEres." replied Sandy.
etc Tb;e <La Yo;-or ~
According to n dispatch from Petro
grad to the London Daily News. the
Russian soldiers pursuing the Germans
in western Galicia are bringing cap
tured kaisers" into camp two or three
times each day.
1t is the belief Of the cars force
that the war can be easily terminated
by making II prisoner Of Emperor VII.
liam. For that reason nearly every
German officer who wears q ''kaiser"
mustache and Is caught by the Rus.
SLAMS Is taken to headquarters. is
this hep IL the oft repeated query
The fact that the kaiser is still at lib
erty has not dampened the enthusiasm
Of the Russians.
Mass In the Trenches.
With their only candles the flames
of bursting shells and their mighty
hymns the roar of cannon. French ar
tillerymcn knelt iD the trenches at
Chalons. In the tiercest fighting along
the Aisne. and wOrshiped at mass
said by Il priest on an artillery Gals
son. When the priest had blessed hts
smoke and mud stained congregation
he went back to tend the gun he had
left to offer his prayers to God
A description of this inspiring scene
ia contained IN Il letter received by
Mr.. Henri nidut ut the French consul
ate in New York city from Baron dr.
Coudenhove. q lieutenant I'm an artil
ery regiment.
When the letter wis sent from the
battlefield the officer who until the
outbreak OF the war was consul at
Guernsey. England. had been on the
battlefield SIX days without sleep o.
relief. and Of the SiXtythree horses IN
his company on.y ten were left alive
Il have seen the most sublime and
IOUcIlig SI)'cti'W III my NE. 1T
wrote Nothing can equal il for dar
I'M. for that esprit which makes the
I'rrurhmnn great 1t was last sun
Hty Shells fell inreSSantly ever
whrre about MS. ravaging our tired
ranks Suddenly IN to II caisSnu an
artillery nah dirty unkempt clin'ed
He was II priest and there oii thai
,.nisSon he relp rated holy mass. n
step away from cannoiS that were he
ing fired every moment The shock
Jared the caisson until 1t Shivered
"Ah. how sublime. About the can
mons that kept Crawling always knel,
these soldiers. rendering homage t"
cod under the fire nf shells Some
may have gone to God even as thes
knelt. could not see from where !
was. There the music was the roar
Of cannon. the candles the burst of
flame.
For six days we have been under
Dire ut the camp Of ChaI"as. All day
the shells fall. and at night we fall
asleep on the ground. which Is satu
rated with the rains We have little
to eat We have fought so hard thai
Of the thirty-three hor~es in my sQua
dun only ten are left The horses are
50 tired that they fall and are unable
to rise again"
Unique Dinner Party.
A unique dinner party is reported IN