Weekly journal-miner., 1916-07-19
HORRORS OF WAR DESCRIBED BY
 PRIEST
FATHER ROUSELLE TELLS OF ZEPPELIN RAIDS ON PARIS; SAYS GERMANS WILL BE DEFEATED.
(From Wednesdays Uaiiy.)

spending year as member of the French auxilliary medical corps, helD- ing to care for the wounded in one of the hospitals of Paris. Father Rous- selle looks just the same as when he left here more than a year, ago, ex- cept that the old twinkle in his eyes has faded, and his face is just little more serious, for during his time in the hospital Father Rousselle learned that the horrors of the European Wa: have not been exaggerated.
 Father Rousselle left Prescott, Juno 30, 1915, feeling that it was his duty to return to his native land. As soon as he arrived in Paris he entered the auxilliary medical corps as private
 "I found from the first that war was all that it is painted" said Fath CT Rouselle. "But we all forgot about its terrors as soon as we saw the work that was before us. Hundreds of the poor fellows brought to the Paris hos pitals from the trenches were hope lessly maimed and at first I could hardly bare to look at them. Thosc who will be crippled, blind and maim- ed for the rest of their lives were the most cheerful of all, and others, who were less seriously wounded, had but one desire, to get back to the front as soon as possible.
 "All of the working people in France are working in the munitions plants. There is no starvation in Paris. Everyone has something to do and is getting paid for it. All families of soldiers in France arc cared for b. the government Each soldiers wife is given 5 cents day and 10 cents for each child. Although this may not seem like a sufficient sum of mon- ey to live on, I have been told by many of the wives that they had nev- CT before had so much money. As soon as a soldier is wounded so as to be unfit for service. he is placed on d pension for the rest of his life.
 "While I was in Paris, Zeppelins raided the city twice. Whenever one of the big aircraft. approaches the city the soldiers outside Paris who first see it notify posts closer in by wireless. Immediately scores of aero planes arise and start searching for the raider. Officials in Paris are also notified and trumpeters are at once sent all over the city to notify the people that the city is about to be bombarded Instead of crowdins fear-stricken into cellars, everyone goes out in the streets and looks up- ward, apparently not the least afraid. I saw one building completely wreck cd by an air bomb. The bomb struck the roof, and crashed through it, fall ing five stories into the basement. Each of the four walls fell outward, as if shaken by an earthquake.
 "At all times there are three or four aeroplanes circling over Paris, keep ing lookout for Zeppelins. At night the searchlights of the tiny flyers flash back and forth through the sky like so many falling stars. The Zep- pelins have made nothing by their raids on Paris. Instead of attacking the munitions plants and military posts, they have confined their efforts to dropping bombs on private homes and hotels. accomplishing nothing but the death of non-combatants, mostly women, children and old men.
 "The French have no doubt as to the outcome of the war. The siege of Verdun will fail At the beginning of the war the commander of the big fortress wanted to surrender it, as he felt that it would be a waste of time and life to attempt to hold out against the terrific onslaughts of the Ger mans. Subsequent events, however, have proven to the French military that Verdun is their strongest posi- ton.
 "The German submarines are als1 less feared than at first. Before left France I was told that the Ger mans had only about 30 divers left. Scores have been captured by the AL lies in novel way. Two small battle cruisers would be sent out to sea, steaming about half mile apart and dragging between them a steel nec, which would be entirely submerged. When a German submarine appeared and started after one of the ships, the other would swing around swiftly un, til the diver came in contact with the steel net. The net would be caught in the propeller of the submarine ard the latter would soon sink. This was | but one of the many methods employ