The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-17
WAR NEWS.
The opinion OF a Cosmopolitan Woman
VINO Cant Get Enough Of II.

To THE EDITOR N THE SuN--Sir: !
have Just read THE SUNS editorial on the
people who are Tired OF the war news.
and want to thank you for II Il thousand
times. II the light headed and ignorant
people of America won't read war news
they ought to be shut up and have war
news read to them until they have lik-
ing for IT, just as Catherine of Russia
drubbed the barbaric populace OF her
country into the theatre and made them
listen to classic music. II any intelligent
person Is preJud!ced against war news
he only has 10 read II to become a sworn
slave to Its revelations.
Good heavens, there Is nothing worth
reading. nothing worth investigating or
thinking OF just now but war news. The
daily papers contain the most horrible.
the most unbelievable and marvellous
story the world has ever known. nor is Il
all horror There are deeds of va!ur, Of
glorious patriotism certainly never ex-
ceeded In any stage OF the worlds ms
tory. There's Belgium. a wonder, mar
vel through and through. II was fairy
country, full Il fairy cities. and out OF It's
castles and towers have marched men
like knights of old Do you think Ia
miss reading every word written about
that valiant young Belgian King and his
people fighting, fighting eternally, brave
and splendid against that terrible army?
And the boys over there on the battle
fields. the boy who shot Won Buelow at
Liege and escaped In his uniform tH
boy IN France who stood up and let him
self be sho, rather than betray the army
in the forest! know Belgium and
France will love them and in them to-day
the fairy tales and old legends OF valor
are revived Just recently In Belgium the
people were ordered b leave the little
towns by nlnht. the Germans were COM
ing. and they fed In tears and silence,
carrying what they could In their arms
and leaving their homes open TO the terri
bic soldiers. bread and wine and meat
spread on the litt,e tables to pacify them.
clean beds TO sleep In, all comforts 10
soften the hearts ~ the ogres Fairy
tales. Grimms fairy tales. and the Bel
gian King is the gallant knight. and
pray God he may slay the monster or
cruelty scattering desolation and misery
over the country.
Ana there's England to think about
and read about England. whom the Con-
tinent OF Europe can no more call per
ndious." sending her little bit Of an army
at the first over there TO face terrible
slaughter. doing Il calmly MS matter OF
course. as England does such things. How
decent they have been too, to the enc
mics within their gates. how controlled
and characteristIcar'y cool and civilized
And France, We'll. I'm half French
and tho tears are coming and | can't
write all 7 feel about her. but / can see
nsr army ana 1 can see nfT WOMEN anu
children tO..ing at home and in the fields.
patient. cteruallv industrious and cheer
full withal In sorrow and death An
France has such splendid women. And
all around the world my mind travels
with the great war every day battles on
sea and land, the Japanese storminR the
forts nf Tslng-tao. tho poor Germans and
Austrian women huddled up In the guards
quarters In P<en awaiting the almos,
certain death Of their men. pekin, think
OF that! I lived there three years. II !s
a tiny village cosmopolis. long street
lined with fourteen legations surrounded
by sixteen miles OF wall And do you
know that the Austrian and German and
British guards there had to be disbanded
for fear they might slay each other on
the streets? Think OF Il. these young
lleutenants who played tennis and polo
and bridge together yesterday are down
At Tsing-tao to-day killing each other
And. dear God. for what
Two years ago In Pekln on every sat
day there gathered about my samovar
young officers. British. French, Russian,
German. Austrian. dean young lads.
happy friendly, Ike one big family To-
day DO not know whether any Of them
are dead or alive. Since have set my
feet on all tho lands whore war now RACES,
OF course NAV he more keen on II than
some other Americans, but II Ia never
travelled ut all I'm sure this war would
interest me intensely.
read nothing else dav hy day. II
takes mp all my reading time, and even
then I begrudge tho hours have 70 give
to other things. II had more time Ia
go into all the wars that have been and
read all the war poems ever written. just
20 hive more war. II Is the most won
derful thing tho world has ever known,
and please dear old SUN. continue to give
US every detail OF II and let the other
things that don't matter lie over IN your
plrc nhr les til the world gets quiet.
Amulet ANDREWS OIL.