La Junta tribune., 1915-07-17
AN INCIDENT OF
The WORLD'SWAR|
h Happesed to . Rcpssles

Hv.A mitchell

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When the great European war besAe
out I was a reporter On IN Ameriran
pewspaper. Young and full Of vieos. !
found IL Impossible to content myrssf
picking up nnlinportant items whso
great armies were iq conflict beg
ged 10 be sent either 10 France a. -
Germany n q war correspondent
There we're persons at hand Who wefe
better able than 10 write descriptions
Of battles. but ] was cho-en because
the proprietor Of the paper. hsvtag
been q soldier In the Spanish Americas
vnr. knew the dangers ! would likely
encounter and that a young fellow Of
twenty-five was better able 70 facS
them than an older man
Everybody knows now. what NO eur
knew then. thnt newspaper correspood
ents would not he allowed at the fFoot.
| I found Il out when arrived and T.
terminesi. since could not give battie
pictures. TO send my paper scenes In
the wake Of war
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ritory occupied by the allies than b
the Germans. 90 ! took the direct3oa
Of lesser opposition. on the same psin-
cipie that water nows I entered Bel
gium at time when the GesDans
we're hammering nj the Lieee fortA u
was not long. however. before The a.
lied retreat tegan. aud Tor my puSpoap
Of writing M scenes Of the coautSy
over which the tide Of battle ha0
pas.sd followed the ARMIES soatA-
ward. This put me In the rear Of IL
Germ Ms
II will be remembered that whese
the Germans passed through . ceTtain
district given up to the growing -
graf<s and fi,r manufacture of w1ne
they helped themselves 10 the stnck -
hand came one evening upoo ooe ~
theae vineyard. whese the erape was
grown. turned into vine and ssorsd h
celia~ The rlace had not only hess
sousnt o~ee. but had suffered iron ~
occupatiou Of au army eopa Whse
I sssived the srpoga hsd juse Nm aa1
thru Was not Q pes.on % The p,afV
Il w.ia evening. and. though . raaeps
Z ahsddeeed ut the ds.nlasios absss
~. took . sselanrhcay istsesae ID -
plosiae the cse0aasa.
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Waik shrouRh larFe sn~ass. 10 as0e ~
which were TN vine vass and ansns n
shieA had heen nsesi for tosslin9. each
aparfseens t<ins devosed IN . sef'an'e
purTo-e The premises ,noked - n =
hurricane had fassed oves them Ther~
were vast rrnts IN the rssofs and the
walls. while In the interior sheiis hsd
t'een exploded. knocking the winsmat
Ing apparatus To pieces
the main 6cos. went down and found
myself In q wine ~eilar Jndgins hy
the empty tosfi~s scrsier~d about. ev
esy drop ~ wine hsd h~en drunk. tn.
sight remindssi me os the .~en~ ~ an
Orgy the morning sfser hsd taken
pince and the banquet ruosn deserted
BY the wveler~
There vas q and fascination In ~nn
desinR through 'h~-e rsiisr~. passing
ftom one 10 the other They yer.
dark. tns found plenty ~ rarl,
burned rnndle. lying aicut sc give me
iight Z passed through s~verni seliar>
In all of which the t"ffi~s hsd is~n
smriie'i. then entered ooe in whirh
serv only cssks I turned the ssuce,
cs one an the lowest rcw and found I,
empty. Then trying one oa . hirh.'
tief the ri vine pushed scesh xvi
Aeusiy the stock had tssn cniy gsri,
drained
resesrasing = uarmw passage ~ n.
farther end ~ the nom. . ss>eeni-t
seveni steps ssi csms 20 IN iron doo,
while examining II I heard vc,ces or
the other side rb~y we're nos the
soices cf men. hat ~ women.
u struck me NJ on~s that Sh.~,.,
ihe t<r.on. wer~ ihey hsd shut them
selses In thew 4" ~-rare the neh'ins
that hsd rolled "ves the piacs. With
the rst.cs,crisi instinct strong 10 ne. I
de.ised 20 interview them Z kso-t~,
% the dccs
In an instant the nitine ~eased and
On was ssiii. knocked asssa. and r-
cssvins y" ssrly called cot 10 solsrsbls
psVech:
-'rhe soIase~ hsse ssse: thew b 20
6ansps.-
hssrd noshine fce Q ssw oospSs,.
thea . sWees senitine se,cs. svsdesii,
oeaf the deps. asted:
swho sse yeaY'
- rssisea. ~ Aasstcaa."
Has she tattis csasrdr
sfeA aa1 the tresss have mrse1 On.
sAse go sure thesp asp ~ German.
- ~ plscer-
= Aave seva ssse-
| eooA heas that shsae tshtsA ~
~ wsse desntine bss ~ shss the,
nA tsvseosiy sause eNs srsss1 10 move
. ~ - ~ fsnhss ~ II IT, dos
- afees sseus sRs~s sss~sv1e1 Ths,
~ ~ ~ s1ssiy sWwss sprA
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