Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-08
MUST CONTINUE
To SEND FOOD
FOR .BELG|ANS
Former Congressman Charles
F, Scott of Kansas, Gables
Ex-Governor StubbS Of Peril
to People,
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former Congressman Charles w
Scott Of Kansas. who is returning
from an inspection OF relief work in
Belgium and France. to former Gov
ernor Walter X. Stubs of Kansas.
While al Nalines. Mr.. Scott called
upon Cardinal MERCER. lie was ac-
companied by Pessan, the printer,
who was fined COR printing the now
famous pastoral letter Of the arch
bishop. Describing his Interview with
the prelate. Mr. Scott said
Cardinal MERCER lives in a fine
old palace The throne room. has a
big hole in the roof and this, with
other holes in the wall. to say moth
ing of broken windows. tells the story
Of stray shells which fell around the
palace No German soldiers were seen
on guard
Cardinal Enjoys Dilemma.
''The cardinal obviously enjoys the
dilemma in which he has placed the
Germans His eyes twinkled as he
told the story of his latest adventure.
At G o'clock one morning. said the
archbishop, a German officer and
two soldiers brought communica-
ton from the commander asking
him to deny statements that he had
been deprived of his personal liberty.
The denial which had been prepared,
consisted Of four or five typewriter
sheets.
Cardinal MERCER said he request
ed his callers to return in the even
ing for an answer, but the officer de-
ciared they must await reply in the
cardinals room. At the archbishop's
request. telephone confirmation of
this order was received. Describing
his subsequent experiences. the car
dnal said:
Held In His Palace.
ct is true no manaeles were used
to restrain me, but ! was to have
performed a service at Antwerp and |
was not permitted to so there For /
three days / was restrained In my
palace Two days later I was asked to I,
modify my letter. and wrote another !
If the Germans are clever, they will !
publish my first pastoral
''The archbishop smiled as he
made the final statement Asked II I
he had any message for Americans Z
he said: (
Nothing except to give the peo- /
pie of your great country assurances !
of our gratitude. We would have |
starved had it not been for you The |
work of your relief commission has
been very efficient
VIII Save Building.
so far as I could see. Cardinal
MERCER was free TO come and go as
he pleased. subject. ] presume. to the
usual restrictions imposed upon Bel
CLANS. Men We're at work braeing the
walls of the cathedral and tearing
down the parts which must be re-
Although terribly battered, II
now appears that the beautiful build
ing will be saved. The damage to it is
at 100000"
BeIgians Are Heroic. II
THE people in and around Ma
ines appeared as depressed as any
saw in Belgium, which is saying
more than l can describe. They wan
der aimlessly through the streets
where bands of wretched. ragged
beg from every one I'm sight.
Elsewhere | was struck with the cour-
age the Belgians show in efforts to
rebuild their homes and resume their
normal life, but Of course they are :
utterly dependent on supplies brought
IN by the commission.
at one Of the villages near Ma
ines I was told Of an insane asylum,
With 200 or 800 inmates, which was
IN the line of German fire. The Bel
sian priests, nuns and nurses de-
ermined TO take their charges to q
place Of safety The lunatics, cowed
and shocked into a condition of APP
parent sanity, marched out under
ire Of bullets and shrapnel with the
steadiness of trained soldiers. n
Realizing What War Is.
when you have seen Wise. with
It's population of 900 now reduced
10 a hundred odd families, existing in
It's almost total ruins, when you have
seen once beautiful Diant, now just
4 heap of jumbled debris; when YOU
see one old woman with u spade try
ng TO till a five-acre field: when you
see for miles only women working in
he fields. then you begin to realize
what war is.
with German general | motor
I'd through a large section of France.
low occupied by the Germans. every |
foot of which had been fought over.
We drove for miles through thou
lands Of acres Of partly harvested
wheat. What had been left was
under the feet Of two army
,orps. Almost within the sound of
iring the Germans have a thousand
Dr more of their own soldiers at work
with gang plows drawn by gaso-
line tractors. farming 1850 acres -
of land which was a battle field "a ,
lew weeks ago.
Germans supply Inhabitants.
Throughout this region the Ger
mans have been giving the inhabi-
,ants enough bread to keep them
live. but they told me they could
lot possibly continue this work for
/ would be physically impossible as
soon as active operations commenc-
d. Throughout my trip | saw enough
o convince me the Germans are
reating the commission with perfect
airness, helping out with absolute
good faith Food is going only to
itarving Belgians and French. We I
have done well as a country. thus far {
itaving off actual famine. but more ]
'ood is essential" ,
p.
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