Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-28

BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN

only moderate sized family in Quebec So Pierre.
the is contented. man of large family
responsibilities. Urged neither by conscience nor by
the love of great forces that drive
men to war-it is no wonder does not enlist.
Neither is it remarkable that this spectacle of
Quebec apaec and battening on the opportunities OF
war awakens resentment and even hatred among the
fighting of Canada.
This province is goods says the recruiting
officer in deep disgust
At the discharge depot today a young
captain from British Columbia, who had
with the first division. served ten months In the
trenches and back to recover from nervous
breakdown. His battalion was among those that felt
the first shock onrushing Germans, tasted the
first wave gas went down in windrows. There were
900 men in battalion, nearly all from his town
Six hundred fifty of them fell in the first three
DAVIS on French soil The battalion had recruited
again and again. 1t had literally been extermnated
several times hundred and seventy-hve Of its
officers killed, though there had never been
than twenty-five alive at once Among these
officers were nearly all of the young captains friends
1.-THE men the trenches hate Quebec" he said
simply why shouldn't these people hght 1907 1t Is
as much their ours They have much to
gain and much to lose"
Scotch lance corporal Montreal who mad
served several months stretcher bearer and come
back wounded by shrapnel and nervously broken.
having been buried alive by the explosions of big
Shells summarized the feeling between the Quebec
people and the army.
This place amt got no a soldier" he said.
"The people won't speak to on the street"
The other day a a wounded soldier Jostied
French civilian. The Frenchman knocked him down
Several of to his and several
other civilians mixed in There soon as big riot
as the would bold. 1t significant incident.
The French Canadian does not fight, class,
because tha~e has nothing to fight for, and.
if his peace, who blame him? Yet
only natural that the soldier, who Is generally an
Englishman, should hold him in contempt and that
he should attitude 1t is plain the will
do nothing improve the relations between the French
and English elements, the incongruous mixture of
which striking thing about eastern Canada
The contrast heightened by Of the fact that
the French population been here for centuries and
loves this SOIL while the Englishman is not more than
one generation this side and still calls his island
home
This harsh feeling. however, makes only faint
discord N smooth harmony of Quebecs daily life
For this place where existence flows in ruts that
are deep, has and orderly air in
sharp contrast American cities. In these days
of prosperity well filed but not noisy.
for there are relatively few automobiles, and the
French are soft-voiced people, who do not shout and
veil about business. The attitude of the old city
toward fight is shaking the rest Of the world
seems to be expressed in the aspect Of the place.
for it is very old and and contented, huddled
confidently about feet of its towering rock citadel.
safe from aggression and seeking 20 quarrels-