Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-14
BOULEVARDS OF
PARIS THRONGED
WITH SOLDIERS
Picturesque Scene Is Present
ed When Men on Leave Re
turn to French Capital to-
See Their Families,
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Paris July 2f-The bouev3rds 81
Paris have now come into their own
Thousands Of soldiers now mingle
with the usual wartime Sunday
crowds soldiers OF AN arms and IN
uniforms Of all the regulation colors
bringing Aaek some OF the Joy and 4
animation that disappeared Ia sum
mer They are grouped with families f
and friends on the terraces of all the 4
cafes they whiz along all the streets T
i'm taN-autos or In sumptuous limo +.
sines. they crowd the entrances 10 all
the moving picture shows and PRONE !
made with the arms of women rest
ing on their faded stained sleeves
while little tots hang to their hronzed
necks or cling to their ealloused
hands.
They are the popular "poilus (the
hirsutel home from the front. II
seemed last sunday that all the 60000
that left the trenches Saturday on
four days leave were there.
II is believed these soldiers were re-
turned from the front to check one
phase Of a systematic propaganda OF
dfscouragement that started Al the he
ginning Of the war and is still going
on The latest manifestations or y
was a flood Of anonymous letters 70
soldiers at the front informing them
that while they were shedding thelr
blood their wives were leading loose
lives at home This is supposed to be
the reason for the decision Of the war
department to give four days. leave
to the men at the front in continsehis
/ of 5000 at time, SO that they may
Hook into the situation at nome on
their own account.
The ANONYMOUS character of much
Of the news that circulates gave me
fabricators Of false news clear uela
1.-THE ignorance in which the puhile i
kept concerning the details Of the mil-
litary eperatios making ii Impossible
fer anyone to deny stories that are
circulated it also makes 1t dttleuH
for the police to reach the culprlls
Though the secret service did succeed
in tracing some Of the work to an ee'
centric millionaire named Provost
living at Saint Raphael who has beer
convicted by court-martial and sen
tenced to prison,
False News Circulated.
After making a fortune out of IN
surance, Provost espoused the anaf
chist cause. published subversive pam
phleis and journals and finally fel
! into the clutches of the Bonnet gam
i whose sensational crimes eXcite'
Paris two years ago. False news be
Y gan to circulate behind the lines earl
e in the fan of last year, soldiers
i hospitals and at the front receive
ANONYMOUS letters and circulars wit
significant headlines such as "Fhe
q are deceiving us, Germany ma
( made peace overtures that we re
c pulsed" our generals have had en-
t tire regiments Of our soldiers exc
y cuted'
y All these documents glorified ''grea
= Germany Names and addresses 9
soldiers in hospitals names OF retu
9 gees advertising for lost relatlFe
II names Of women advertising for en-
o ployment-all those whose state
J. mind seemed to make them accessib
y To depressing news and Suggestion
received anonymous letters and clrcl
: lars. suspicious circumstance We
:. that those sent to soldiers were pos
y Maid while those of the correspond
e ence sent to them Is postfree. Thoui
ands were distributed by unknow
y means through the big departmel
!" stores. slipped by mysterious hanC
>, letter boxes; they were even scattert
- over the floors Of postoffices and 4
= cars Of the subway.
n It was finally discovered that u
,el subjects treated and the languai
g. used were the same as in some procl
nations dropped by German aviato
upon positions held by troops Of Il
II second line of BasseuX in Novembe
as Finally a woman was detected dro
Of ping large packets of letters into le
ed ter-boxes and was Swallowed. She 7
e, ceiyed letters from st Raphael In q
ne department Of the Var in the name
lie, Herman. her real name being Dom
er dieu. wife Of a well-known anarehl
Id living with another anarchist nam
Hureau. All three were arrested al
Ist their correspondence was traced
TO the millionaire Provost. ProuVc
)s' admitted paying the postage on
X letters and circulars but declared IN
ca he had no intention of engaging IN
Ell guilty propaganda. Behind Pfnuvo
Hureau and Madame Donnadieu I
an police think there was well-direct
lal system Of German espionage.
~ The Eclaif declares that II n
no traced some Of the false news cire
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