The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-07
PARIS CALM
AND CERTAIN
OF VICTORY
Feeling Prevalent That
French Will Get Re-
vpnge for 1870.
MORE BRITISH SOLDIERS
Rush Of Volunteers Contin-
ues-S500. 100000 More
credit Voted.
MORE BRITISH SOLDIERS

PAals. Aug. >, 10 Z. NJ. tDelayed) .-
w>re troops were moving through the
s.rse's ~ Paris all day on their way
- tho from there was a remarkable
trr1t n confidence and a general lack
~ hvstcriaal excitement among the c.ti.
,ers who arc being icf; in the city.
TINS agsu-erHo. 50 Universal everywhere
IN thc capital. that French arms are to
10 victorious was no doubt added to
r. the constant reports coming from
nelglum that the troops there are sue
cessfuh holding hack the German in
saslor
The general feeling that France is
destined during this war 10 get fun
revenge for 1870 and the confidence that
{, cxprc sod ON all sides has made
marked impression on all Americans
Ell ma-c"ncd within the city Tue
S vs correspondent has been stopped
0 dozen Times to-day and asked by
Amercar tourists TO he sure and men
ton loo his dispatches the fact that
French cslmness in tho presence NJ
svst war e tho most noticeable thing
e,oI' Tho city and its Inhabitants.
Hourly tho impression Is gaining
sre0eth 'uaf tho war will rot last Ions
cannot last long. because Germany. cut
~ a. SIN. Is. VIII soon bc forced To-
apitu0+tc or starve to death. There is
even VOL defined feeling hcrc that
when Tho pinch Of famine comes. If the
Kaiser does not submit II his own &C
cord ho viii 10 forced 10 dc So rs popu-
lar revolts within his empire
while the thronss about tho Amer
can Embassy were not 50 great to-day
Is they have boon previously. they
were -tul large. Many Germans APP
Feared at the embassy this afternoon
fppyng for assistance. though there is
m knowledge here Of how the United
States can give them help
Women u" work Of Men In Paris.
Women and girls Of all classes have
slaptri themselves to tho situation
sr'sing from the mobilization and are
taking the places of men in business
houses NJ every kind Young girls are
selling tickets in the underground
stations and small boys are acting as
guards IN the underground trains. Men
too Old 10 serve in the army are acting
a. motolmcn. Society women are work.
irg in stores, replacing men clerks, and
grocery stores, butcher shops and cafes
ere all being run by women.
The fashionable shops OF Paris are
practically all closed. Their latest Gre
alions can ho had for a song, but
though the cry s;ill has many Ameri-
cans within its gates these have no
actual money and the railroads won't
accept anything but hand luggage any
Way. so even If they could buy some Of
The bargains they could not get them
home
TIL wives and children of The poorer
men who have gone to the front are
being taken care of in the homes of
the wealthy and middle class.
Ambassador Herrick estimates that all
Americans IN Paris requiring passports
o. licenses 10 remain in the city have
now been provided for.
The poverty stricken condition OF
many Americans was greatly relieved
"-day when eight million francs gold
were advanced by the French Govern
Nen' and deposited with Morgan
Haries & Co. against similar amount
advanced by the United States at Wash
. hron. This money Is being used to
cash letters ~ credit and checks and
drafts usually carried by American ms
while travelling abroad
American Ambulance Corps.