The Parker post., 1916-12-16
Some Mighty Hand Seems to
Have Evolved Order Out
of Chaos.
FRENCH MOVE EVER ONWARD
Marvels Accomplished in France by
Industry and inventive Genius
Pressed by Necessity-Mighty
co. Construction of Artillery. 49,. .

London. Ellis Ashmead- Bartlett.
who recently lectured in the United
States, has just returned to the west
ern front after an absence OF many
months. and finds many changes there,
he writes TO London newspapers. He
says, in part:
when you enter the zone of war on
the western front for the first time
after Il long period spent in other fields
OF strife. you realize at once the vast
change that has come over everything
You see the difference in the attitude
OF the French soldier in his surround.
lngs and equipment, and, above all in
the appearance and spirits of the
civilian population.
Turning to the machine of war it.
self, some mighty hand seems suddenly
to have evolved order out of chaos.
and collected all the conflicting ele-
ments that make UP the ordinary life
or nation into one vast, homogeneous
force directed toward the attainment
of q single end.
This terrible light blue wave is now
moving in one direction from which
nothing will ever divert it.
Rolls Every Onward.
The current never stops rolling on
ward. 1t may be checked from time
To. time, its progress Is often slow, and
the rocks are difficult to submerge. but
ever the blue waves sweep remorse-
lessly on. There is only the back cur
rent or the transport trains CARRYING
food to the men and millions OF shells
TO the guns, The wounded alone turn
their backs to the giant conflict.
What an organization has been built
up IN the short space of two years to
keep these vast armies supplied What
1AarYels have been ACCOMPLISHED by
industry and inventive genius pressed
by necessity. financed without thought
OF cost, and utilizing the markets Of
the neutral world Hundreds of miles
OF fresh railways have been laid down:
new roads have been cut and surfaced:
Old railways have been rebuilt, and
countless bridges restored. Hundreds
OF thousands OF motor lorries pour In
incessant streams toward the advanced
depots TO meet the requirements Of
this Unsuitable NAV of war. .>t
Petrol is the true king of this war.
Without the motor lorry all these
naTeis would have been impossible.
Petrol reigns supreme on the battered
earth below, as he reigns supreme
amid the clouds above. HIS two in
struments are the car and the aero
plane. Both have helped to, revolu-
tionize the science. Of war. -
"What are the paramount impress
sions made on the mind as you ap-
proach the battlefield Of the Somme
and come within hearing distance of
the thunder Of the guns? Two were
made on mine. The one, the spectacle
OF an entire nation bent on the full
hllment at any sacrifice Of a single
nxed determination; the other, the lin
itless resources of the world placed at
the disposal Of that nation. Unlimited
everything; that describes the scene
the best. ......''".'.
aunss GUNS everywhere.
First and foremost, take r4e guns
Never before has there been brought
together such concentration Of artil-
lery Of all calibers. There are guns
everywhere. | am writing for the
moment of those behind the lines,
which have not yet been brought up,
as there is no room for them on an
already crowded battlefield. They. lie
IN the held In droves like cattle; you
see them like huge, many-colored
snakes On the railway lines, or moving
TO the front on motor torries. Some
are returning for rest and repair;
others are being pushed forward to
take their place. Many are yet lying |
idle, with their huge mouths gaping
hungrily toward the Rhine and the |