The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-27
tLondon Correspondence New York
Herald

sembled The most terrible battles
ever fought! The most shocking
atrocities ever committed on q hat
tlefield! The most splendid valor
known inc the days of Their
m%opylae.
II is common to record operations
along a battle front extending a hum
bred miles. 1t astonishes no one to
read Of an Austrian army of 100000
opposing a Russian army of 500, 900.
one declaration of war on July 20 by
Austria against Servia has set the
sowing Of dragons teeth until today
the sun never sets on the sound Of
guns. This is literally true. The
British boast for years has been thai
the sun never sets on the British en-
blem. So. too, the sun never sets on
British strife.
They have been at it in South At
RIGA. in East Africa in West Africa,
on the land. They have been at it in
Zanzibar, the Bay of Benagl, in New
Guinea, and in countless places in the
Pacific. Way over in Tsingtao Brit
on's allies, the Japanese, are closing
i'm on the German colonies, and on
the fighting line in France before this
reaches you for publication will be
the regular troops from India, sup
plemented by the native troops. a gal
liant, swarthy array, 10000 in all.
Battles are raging along the Adri-
attic and in the Western Balkans.
where the Servi2nS and MontenegrinS
are forcing the fighting on Austria,
doing their best to tear to pieces what
Mr.. Lloyd George the othe day de-
scribed as a "ramShackle empire" In
Galicia a great Russian army is pre-
pairing to give what the Russian Cen
eral staff declares will be the finish
ing stroke to Austrian military
strength. Further north along the
easternnost shores of the Baltic an
other great Russian army is at work
in sufficient force to occupy the at
tention of eight or ten German army
corps Nearer home little Belgium,
devastated but not PROSTATE, is the
scene of a dozen battles a day. Nearer
home still the great English fleet waits
night and day in the North Sea eager
TO give battle and test the Kaiser's
naval strength.
London Lives I'm War Atmosphere.
The most e~xtravagant imagination
never depicted sue a world wide a
Just as one turns sick from the hor-
rors Of the battlefield one is prone to
turn dismayed from consideration OF
the problem Of bringing about peace
and settling the bill.
The greatest Of wars has made the
sayest n prOudest Of capitals the
saddest and dullest Of cities. Berlin
has felt the shock hardest and Paris
next. Here in Londo it has been felt
hard enough. Trains bearing the
wounded arrive daily. The hospitals
OF England, Scotland and Ireland are
crowded with the MANNED in battle
Memorial services are held almOSt
daily for some gallant officer who went
smiling to the front only a few weeks
ago. London is living in an atmOS-
phere OF war. You take up a Londor
newspaper. 1t is war from the frs
page to the last. The very advertise
ments reflect the all ~pervading, al
consuming conflict.
l am reading the personal column
OF the Times. The first notice Isl
Pictorial history of the war. Par
hve. Price Z pence. Now On sale.
human nature in war time is her
reflected. l will quote a few of tn
notices.
"Brussels.-Wil any one returning
10 Brussels deliver a message from
Belgian girl to mother?"
Any information regarding Cap
tain Il. u. Sidebottom, Second Lincers
fusiliers, reported wounded, would b
most gratefully received by his broth
er. X. T.. Sidebottom."
Belgian refugee escaped from Ger
man captivity, ruined, is open to CIV
SURFING lectures on war, French c
English"
'Scaforth NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ger
eneral r. FL. Murray, Colonel Sea
forth ~Highlanders, invites all friend
ol me regiment to contribute gifts IL
me two battalions now on service Wit
the eXpeditionary force. Shirts. sock
haiaclava caps, mittens, cardigans, t.
pacco, cigarettes or none will |
gratefully received by the secretary
'Forty-ninth Battery Royal File
Artillery.-Will any one who is alb
10 give any information about Maj
: t. Maidlow (wounded before SCI
.einber 14) kindly communicate Wi
AIRS. j. +. Maidlow?"
ii NJ. s. London.-Mrs. Arr
strong, No. ST Redington road, 5. v
would be glad of woollen cuffs. glove
baiaclava helmets, magazines enc
ana old, for ships company"
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