The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26
LYONS FINDS NOVEL
USE FOR PRISONERS
Employs Captive Germans in
the, Building Of a Huge
Stadium.
IS CENTRE OF WAR AID
Special Csrvessondesce to Trs sr,

towns OF northern France in the ha,a.
OF the Germans or under bomba rdmsn,
Of big guns fave been described hv writ.
ers in great detail. but tho rictu,. a,
France In war time is not complete with.
out q description Of the changes which
have been undergone in the towns behind
the lines. In the great central and south.
erin regions OF France which have been
touched only IN spirit by the war.
Perhaps the most interesting srd
typical OF these southern French c.,!..
In war time ls Lyons. once the city n,
syndicalism. bat now the city o. ma.
triotism.
The changes which have taken man
in Lyons since tile outbreak Of The var
are described in an article by w;nirr~a
Stephens in the Daiiy Chronicle. the
writer says:
Lyons, the queen OF French nroy,n.
cial cities. the town o.. W. rivers and
Twenty-Five bridges, Is now the &c entire o.
special interest. For AT Lyons. ever
since the beginning OF the war. notable
events have constantly been happening
lie Brotteau station has been tho sccre
OF many hear stirring arrivals; hundreds
of exchanged French prisone~s-msny
alas. blind or MISUNDERSTANDING from
German captivity; the French hostages
from Germany, welcomed with a ,rium-
plLal ovation: only the other day the
Queen and the Princesses of Montenegro
and. finally. King Nicholas himself. 40
now he M~ontenegrin court IL al The
Grand Hotel. and Lyons. once the CAPITAL
OF Gaul, In to-day the capital o. Monte
negro.
Patriotism All.Evident.
But the city is also something greater
than tina Up down it's busy strccts,
along It's auays. on It's squares. IN the
hearts Of all It's inhabitants there th-obs
the pulse of a mighty resolve Lyons u
grimly bent on winning the war and a,
any cost. Lyons has always been in The
swirl OF things. Its citizens were among
the first Christians, the AIRS. pro'es'ants
the first republicans. the first commun.
lists. the first syndicalists IN France: ,hey
stand to-day in the vanguard % French
patriots.
I'm the words OF the Mayor % Lyons
the tingu!shcd Senator OF tho Rhore
Department. In al eloquent address de-
livered at the ~Soruonnc. Lyons, grave
calm and laborious. IL now working with
all Its heart. energy and Will for the
glorious day OF victory
And OF G!s activity the Mayor him
sci. Is the lns,,ireI. and dire.,or Tho
town hsll. one, the residence of Kings
and e,nperors. is now a busy hive o,
workers. To the cio:hing 90 destitute.
refugees are devoted ih.,s, grand ,n,-..
ments which we're tho abode Of Napoleor
III. and the Empress Eugenic when The
visited Lyons. Little would those mem.
bers OF our British town councils who
went To LYONS some time ago now 70
ognize the sale DIES f.;os,' where The
we're entertain"' with 80 much brillLnce
For tho reception hall il nov , VA
work room, where aides OF the ri'y. d.
cctel by the Mayoress. Nine Iin--,o'
pack the 500 parcels which t.yn's de.
patches daily to French prisoners o, usr
and soldiers at the front.
thapcl Becomes = Iardcr.
.-T,o-o 10 -, Tau, a., ,ho ,o.,, 49,.
even Irnris whore ,a,ri,.i . - il. mos. a.
a rauc,nn .h,r a, I !n,s Al ,.,h.,.,
r.s, ,rnr, fnrc 3, ..,n .n.u ~ ".,-i.rs
ioies' should have ic,n sor,sr,cI ,,,,
lar'!cr. stored with slabs Of bread. 'tns
"t meat. lars OF jam. fringe % sdusNG~~
all destined Tor the defenders q! Ia
patric,
From the town hall radiatc th~olEN
out Lyons all manner Of activities. The
Mayor Is especially Interested IN " 70
education OF crippled soldiers f." ,|r'
purpose the muntcipality has upcuei 40