The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-21
WAR" BOY BABIES
Of FRANCE PART
OF GERMAN LOOT

CHICAGO. Aug. 21.-Joseph Pierson
in a special cable from Paris to the
Chicago Tribune writes:
pentrating-lIke winds in a cave
filled the air.
whats that?" cried an American
woman. leaning forward to speak to
an English chauffeuse, who for two
years had looked on the most hor-
rible of wars
A tear rolled down the drivers
cheeks.
1.-The children of France"
at sounds like a great dove cote"
The chauffeuse shook her head and
stared over the landscape. marred by
the recent ravages OF war, as they
sped by. The evening was falling like
mourning veil OF gauze over the
somber view. The road was vacant,
but the surrounding hedges and trees
seemed filled with the soft. penetrat-
ing murmur.
A Worn, Torn Town.
The automobile entered a French
town in the Amiens section, recently
evacuated by the Germans.
Such a village! Once II was a town
OF 5000 happy people. Now the streets
are filled with rubbish. Pretty homes
have been shattered by shell and
dynamite.
The chauffeuse explains to the sen
try that she is bringing officials of
the reorganiZed American Red Cross
10 the town to remove the little chill
dren and women. The captain of the
guard arrives.
az have biIIsts for you" he said.
"You may rest tonight, but in the
morning please withdraw from the
town. The Boche may gas us again.
II is very dangerous here-especIAlly
for the little children.
NO. we cannot rest tonight" the
American nurse said. We will take
the children out tonight to =" a
town some miles to the rear.
Very well, very good" the captain
replied.
what is this peculiar grooming Il
hear" the American woman asked the
captain.
The children of France" he re-
piled.
why are they grooming like taatT'
A Miserable Song of Joy.
Because they've been In caves all
day. They are happy because, with
the French back In this town. they
don't have to stay in the caves all
night, too. When you see the caves
where the babies. boys. girls, and
women have been compelled to live
for two years and a half while the
Germans were here you'll understand"
Soon the party. equipped with Lam
terms. stepped through the entrance
of one of the shattered houses and
down into the cellar.
I'VE shall not attempt to enter the
deeper OF these caves" the captain
said. I'VE will merely spread the
word OF your purpose here and in.
struct the children to do as you wish. |
We will gather them south of the
town and then you can undertake the
trip to But l beg you to
hurry. Many little children have lost
their lives in the gas attacks. We
have made masks for them, but the |
new gas, which the Germans use, gags
masks IN the excitement. despite our /
Then they die in convul- !
sions."
An aged woman, her face lined with
care. looked at the party-stared with |
startled eyes of flaming Goals.
What War Means to Women.
THE Germans took her two daugh-
ters," the captain said. "One was
nineteen and the other was twenty |
two. They kept them prisoners in q |
cave on the other side OF the town,
The girls endured living torture until
were about to be born to
them, when they died.
by disease, this dirty wretch
edness, or by their own hand, do
not know.
But don't wonder at that, madame.
More than q hundred girls had like
experiences. Others were killed by
bayonets, because they refused the
advances Of German soldiers. You'll
see some babies born within the last