The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-16
NO PEACE FOR
The SOLDIERS
FRINGE AND ENGLISH TROOP.
ehs WILL FIGHT TO THE
BITTER END.

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BY ROBERT n. MCCORMICK
tsiiigsncer.
ARTICLE VI.
Written NJ Sea. near Malta. March
zs.-Eyery time ! have heard peace
discussed have brought up the sui
ject.
French and English constantly Ask
shst We think about the war. about
the Germans. about Belgium. about
atrocities: never about peace.
Al the time I interviewed the cabi.
net England's terms were the evacua.
ton and compensation OF Belgium. TO-
gether with the terms 10 be demanded
by her allies.
In Paris the officials were less ex.
pucit. but ! became satisfied that the
return OF Alsace and Lorraine would
satisfy France. and even less might be
accepted -
Only the fear OF becoming a men,
Der OF the peace faker club prevented
my cabling these terms.
Ihen ! went to the army and the
eyes
Peace7 There win be no peace TN
We are IN Germany" roared a sergeant
IN n faded blue coat. They DESTROYED
my house and drove out MY wife Will.
l was With the army at the Meuse. 4
am going TO Prussia for another"
Then his speech became rapid and
MS voice rose. His companions yes.
tculated approval.
With his flashing eyes and unkemut
beard he looked more like a bucca.
neer than the peasant who was quiet.
ly raising beets last July.
II Is better not TO mention peace -
said the lieutenant who was my guide
These men have suffered much and
are not reasonable. You would be-
come suspect"
But then you talk TO me about il. e
] replied. Il have talked 20 the gov.
ernment-"
me government has nothing TO
say, was the astonishing reioinder.
Inc army will make peace. but not
until II is In Germany"
The army, OF course. Every able
pooieu man IA In the army now. The
army Is the nation.
but In Germany that is different
nave not been In Germany. But those
~no nave consider the German de.
fenses impregnable.
DID not mention peace again 10
The French soldiers, but once mors
that night was brought out 10 me tbe
bitter hate OF the French for the Ger
mans
We had just returned from the
roht ana were sitting around the inn
cafe making up our minds TO climb
4
attlc, when a French interpreter On.
tered. lie Immediately opened the
standard topic. German atrocities
and from that turned TO a general i'm
dietment OF the German race
Even under the circumstance N,
my visit ! did not like to sit silent
and listen TO so general an Indictment
OF whole people among whom
treasure several friends-Germans as
well as German-Americans
DO you not distinguish between
the German people and the military
caste as the English do?" I asked.
lie was civilian in peace time. bv
his appearance a man OF sedentary
life. Because OF his command of Eng.
lish he was an interpreter.
Now he forgot all his English and
most of his French His voice be
came falsetto. HIS face livid. Sen.
fences poured from him like lead from
a Maxim.
! could distinguish the word van.
dal and other strange words I as
sumed to be epithets. and frequently
repeated the phrase Casey la tete. q
At first I thought he was threaten.
ing to break my head. out finally
gathered that French soldier would
nave his brains Knocked out before
he would obey the orders OF pillage
and destruction given 10 the Ger.
mans
Tie Gained himself. apologized for
his heat. end explained
A stranger cannot understand.
u was my last night with the
French. end 80. hazarding another "a.
rlosion. asked. But what IL to be
done?"
This time, in English and quietly.
he answered.:
we must break the line"
hut the trenches. the wire. the
mines, machine guns" I protested
1t viii be costly There will be a
hundred thousand casualties the first
dos" he replied
With that he carefully set down the
cat which was beside him on the
bench. said goodnight 10 every one.
and went 10 bed. ] sat up some time
fixing the scene in my memory.
The noTid. stout Frenchman in his
loud gray uniform. first 30 explosive
and then so deadly calm Madame ~
her caissc. for once not mistress in
her own house. Two English soldiers
stopping their checker game In defer.
ence 10 the officers wrath.
] was helpless 70 grasp this Latin
psychology that looks forward 10 tho
death OF 100. 900 in single day and az
the same time thinking Of the com.
fort OF = cat
This man and the approving ma.