The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-25

THE CITIZEN,
compelled to cali halt on the cult
| waiting ambitions of the French soas
| ants, They admired the spirit which
| prompted the aged ones and the WON
en- and the children to dare death il
order to make full crop possible
/ but they did not think that few ev
| ira bushels OF wheat or of potatoes
would compensate France for further
losses among its peasantry 1t was
necessary. therefore, to call halt or
this fine but dangerous farming en-
| deavor. The toilers did not mind the
hell OF she'll fire any more than the
| soldiers did. but there are some sac.
rifices which are needless. So 1t is
that the peasant Toll of today must
manifest itself only up to the inside
limit OF danger from dropping projec-
tiles. Thus II is that the plain on
which am standing has not yet been
turned by the plow.
since it felt the first warming touch OF
springs sun This battlefield today is
covered with flowers. dandelions,
daisies. forget,me.notS and violets. The
deep pits dug by the earlier fallen
shells are now sunken gardens. White
and gold. yellow and blue and Grim
son enter into the color scheme of the
battlefield | never knew before the
kniteii6e sharpness Of contrast. War
and death are in the valley, and peace
and life are on the commanding hill
The guns are pounding while over my
head two s&ylarks are soaring and
singing The fast growing grass al
IoriS the birds shelter for their nests
and above them always is. the sky
against whose foundations artillery is
VaiDly used
SeiulrGers Of the Battle.
All along the edgeS Of this plateau
the trenches are deeply cut They are
used tor shelter BY The men OF both
armies during the sweeping fire on
this open plain, Today they are some
wha back of the rearmoSt trenches
Of the present 'iehtinS line II is eas,
lily learned how savage was the fight
In this place where today one picks
flowers and listens 10 the larAs sins
ioS in defiance al the noise Of the
cannon, Reminders a the battle thar
has moved on apace are everywhere
German shells and French shells ex
pended either VSinly o. 10 awful i,0r
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modern var he wonders that any usSp
engaged II 5; can live 10 write Is
history
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