The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-30

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ia was never there, I was assured
by the old retainers, perhaps because
the immense, majestic, cherries
building was used by the old Duke
only for his hunting season in the for
est, which belongs to it. Even If the
French state should take it back fin
ally, it would remain an historic mon
ument-for American tourists to visit
In its way, it is a victim of war and a
witness of an histaric family of inevi-
table victims.
The report of the Israelte committee
at Lausanne, Switzerland, ''for the
help of war prisoners in Germany and
Austria" gives figures up to the first
of December of this year. 1t must
be only a small work-and yet for
how many unknown victims Of war it
accounts. The committee has sent
necessaries of life to such prisoners in
more than seventeen camps, all the
way from Mecklenburg and Silesia to
Bavaria and Austria-17,O00 pounds
of bread. 5000 pounds of bread toast,
5000 boxes of condensed milk, 1900
pounds of chocolate. $780, pounds of
tea, 1900 pounds of macaroni, ESQ
pounds of cheese, 1874 boxes of sar-
dimes, 1922 soup cubes, $50 pounds Of
soap, boxes of sugar and preserved
and sailed meats-and 5000 ciga-
rettes. Besides all this, the commit
tee has sent quantities of clothing-
but it suffices for only small part of
the demands. 1t is the prisoners in
Austria who are the most abandoned
and appeals come from them by hun
dreds
RemOnstrance from Switzerland
From Switzerland, too, comes a re-
monstrance rather than an appeal, but
it concerns peaceful victims of this
all-embracing war In Italian hotels
there have always been many Swiss
walters and other employees. Now
war has stirred up the Nationalist cry:
Each country for ITSELF" Swiss
waters are much afraid they will have
to go--and it is the loss of their live
lihood. Perhaps there is not un-
founded fear that, under the name Of
German Swiss, bonafide Germans may
creep back to Italy The Swiss are
reminding Italy that any number of
Italian walters have found employ
ment in the past in the great Swiss
hotels-many more than there ever
could be Swiss in Italy The union of
Swiss hotel employees is going to con-
slider the question, which will certain
ly be settled before the flood of Amer
lean tourists shall invade Europe to
see what war has left behind it
Who thinks now Of Alcala in Spain,
where Cardinal Ximenes about the
time America was discovered founded
famous university, and had the first
polyglot Bible printed? 1t is now. the
concentration city of ab1e-bodied Ger
mans informed by Spain as conse
quence of laws of neutrality A Span
ish visitor says it has become practi-
cally Prussian One Of the concentrat-
ed Germans described their commu-
nifty for him
I'VE form three groups sQne is
made up of those who, like myself,
have had our university studies. The
other is the group Of business men
men who, to gain or save mark,
would fight anybody Then there
are the sailors-adventurers noisy,
drinking, without education. And for
these last we others cannot be made
responsible in any way" |*'S =
we SnOuIQ ike TO near the OLI1er
sides of their case from each Of the
non-University groups. One of the
Spanish municipal councillors declar-
ed that the whole set behave them
selves with perfect correctness"
A Spanish woman added, Germans
Ike to drink and pay court to women"
not saying which group she partfcu-
Iarly knew. A workman of the town,
perhaps envious of a lot without la
Dor or care, summed up his class-im-
preston with it's reason, "They- live
like pigs, eating and drinking and
sleeping" 1t is hard to see what else
they can do, for they, too, in their
way, are victims of the war.
Meanwhile, here in Paris we are in
vited to an exposition of mutilated
angels from the scene of war
church treasures of art broken and
torn, and so symbols of humankind
victims of war in SO many lands. And
one of the crew of the San Bernardo
says that on top Of the German sub
marine, which looted his ship, a cfn-
ematograph took the scene while the
cannon sent it to the bottom.