The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-06-03
VEROUN HERO|SM
AROUSES FRANCE
SUCCESSES AGAINST TEUTONS
HAVE INSTILLED NEW
ARMY CONFIDENCE

PARIS. Nay 6.-The battle Of
Verdun appears to have had a
great moral effect i'm France. it
has turned attention from Irritating
discussions over details of the con-
duct of the war and has cut short
ar incipient revival of partisan
spirit in parliament and in the press,
which has been favored by rela-
tive stagnation at the front. Also
it seems to have diminished the
number of pessimists and hence
increased French confidence in the
final outcome.
They have snot their bolt" is
a frequent commentary heard in
places where W. months ago there
were nervous complaints as to the
prolongation of hostilities. "They
a do no more than they have
done, which is far from enough
ever to shake the French army"
Shortly before the Germans at
tackled Verdun some radical and
socialist papers attacked the priests,
the c%lericals and the "easy class"
charging them with Sinking ard-
uous and dangerous missions. No
priest or a%ristocrat. they said, had
ever been seen in a trench. They
also accused them OF aiding and
abetting the Germans after having
helped to bring on the war in the
hope that a disaster to France
would overthrow the Republican or
Parliamentary regime. They ac-
cused them of sending money 20
Germany to subscribe to the Ger
man war funds. A wineshop keep
er of the Department of Lot who
repeated these accusations was pros
ecuted and sentenced to two years
Imprisonment and was fined a thou
sand francs.
n campaign against the priests
and clericals was even taken I'D by
such a conspicuous writer as NJ.
Paul Adam, who made similar
charges in the leading radical news
paper of the south of France, the
Depeche de Toulouse. and drew
upon himself a storm of protest.
The battle of Verdun did far more
to stop the campaign than the TON
viction of the wineshop man of the
Lot and the protests against the
articles of M. Paul Adam. 1t mas
perhaps, accomplished even moro
than the letter ct the premier. NJ.
BRAND. declaring that all such cal
umnies should be punished. Today
all parties including the socialists
who have just renewed their de-
claration in favor of a wal to the
bitter end. are working in harmony.
About two months ago it was
possible to witness such incidents as
that which took place in a little
cafe in the center of Paris. Two
soldiers in stained uniforms,
smacking of the front, were taking
morning coffee in a retired corner
modestly and inconspicuously as is
the way with men who have secn
real service. They were concealed
from two civilians who were dis
cussing the war. 1--WE had my fill Of
IT, Sdlu Oue VI tHt tlNllldnS. III y
time it was brought to a finish. If
the generals in cammand can't do
1t they ought to be replaced"
One of the soldiers rose to his
feet and confronted the pessimist.
My good friend" he said, "you
must have had . hard time of it.
When were you mustered out? Tell
us what you have done in the war
and what has the wal done to you
to give you such a tired feeling"
The civilian gulped down the rest
of the coffee and rushed out of the
cafe without replying.
Today the cafe conversation sare
all about some exploit around
Verdun and what will happen to
the Germans if they perist in their
effort to take the ancient strong
hold. There is also less discussion
of the high cost of living than two
months ago, although there has been
no appreciable easing of prices.
This, too, is accounted or by the
heroic resistance of the army.
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