Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07
HEROES OF FRANCE
HONORED BY PARIS
People Give Ten Days Paying
Tribute to Memory of
Fallen Soldiers.
MARK GERMAN GRAVES
Simple Bouquet Placed on Last
Resting Place of Enemy
Dead.

people OF Paris have just given 10 the
memory OF their glorious dead, solemn
izinS Les fetes de la Toussaint"
Never has Paris seen such enormous
quantities of flowers as the trains from,
the south brought to the markets every
day TO be bought up almost as quickly
as they arrived.
II has been the same all over France
where practically every family mourns
tho loss OF a son. Il brother. husband
and father fallen on the field of honor
In crowds the Parisians have made
pilgrimages TO the battle fields that
arc only a few kilometers from their
gates. and day not n single grave Of
French. Belgian or English soldier
on French soil can be found which is
not hidden under n multi-colored cover
of Frances most beautiful flowers.
There have been no manifestations
of sorrow, the grief that holds all
hearts in its grip Is silent and mingled
with pride and cheerful confidence that
all these men whose memory has been
honored have not laid down their lives
in vain. This noble sentiment of hope
and confidence permeated the atmos-
phere everywhere. in the churches,
where unforgcttable. soul-stirring ser
vices were held; in all the cemeteries
from the great Pcrc Lachaisc. Mont
parnassc and Montmartrc TO the hum
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glorious battle fields of the Marine and
the Aisne. at Reims. scissors. Souchez.
In the Argonnc and in Artois. where
thousands OF heroes are sleeping be-
meath a soil saturated with blood.
GRAVES OF GERoIANs
ARE: NOT FORGOTTEN
Not even the graves. of the fallen
enemies have been forgotten. Many
peasant woman. many "A mother who
son. haH thought OF the bercaved
perhaps herself mourned the loss OF u
mothers in Germany and placed "A sim
pie little bouquet or wreath on the
last resting place OF Il German soldier
in her garden in the fields and
woods just outside.
At Coupigry lives the Dareau family.
Coupigny is a small hamlet in the De-
partmcnt OF Eurc. on the plateau which
overlooks the valley of the Rivers Ept
and Seine. where every cottage lies in
the midst of It's own orchards When
the rolling OF the drum called to the
coors last year the older Dareau, the
father OF five children, felt rnomen-
tary pang Of pain as he thought Of
what was TO become OF his family.
Il feel so worried about YOU" he said
TO his wife. in spite of his earnest
desire, Louis can never provide for
you and the little ones 1 have only
one hope-they may not find me strong
enough for active service and send me
home"
"Oh. don't speak like that, father"
cried Louis. who was then fourteen
years old.
People will think you are n shirker
Don't worry about us shall manage
all right. You do your duty and
will do mine"
CHILDREN run FARM
WITH GREAT SUCCESS
And II anyone did his duty, IL was
this boy of fourteen When his father
left for the front. Louis gathered up
the horses. did all the blowing,
gathered in the crops. put the soil
fifteen hectares. in shape again, put
in grain, beets, potatoes and vegeta-
blcs, and this year again gathered In
the crops.
The whole family assisted him. The
mother. OF course. did the housekcep-
ing. and occasionally helped in the
field The sister, Henrietta who is
twelve years. and the two little broth
ers. Eugene and Renee. eight and nine
years. respectively, pulled up man.
gels for the cows and looked after the
poultry, while Ernest, boy of three.
solemnly walked behind the horses
with the whip.
Louis and his mother, unaided.
brought into the barn more than 5000
sheaves OF wheat, and one need not
be n farmer to realize what that means
In ecclesiastical circles here it is
no secret that the Pope, whose hobby
is diplomacy. has no higher wish than
to sec the Vatican represented at the
peace conference that is to settle the
fate Of all Europe after the present
war.
SUGGEST POPE AS
CONFERENCES PRESIDENT
mere are, of course. many obstacles
In the way, but his holiness is quite
convinced OF his ability to overcome
the objections of the countries which
are opposed to his plan. He does not
conceal to himself that France will
OBJECT very strongly, but he counts
on the italian governments assistance
The Vatican, therefore, at present,
does everything possible to get into
the good graces of the quIrinal. In
recent letter to the italian Premier
Monsignore Gasparri, the Secretary of
State of the Holy See wrote:
Every difference of opinion between
the Vatican and the Italian government
should be regulated in an amicable
manner without foreign Interference"
This, OF course, can only mean that
the Holy See, II admitted to the peace
conference. would not raise the ques-
ton or temporal power. and the rela-
lions between the Papacy and Italy.