The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-14

nurses In Paris on whom the
belgian government called for help
when u became evident that the
Red Cross was Inadequate for the
emergency at ChAfleroi"
Our work was done absolutely
under Red Cross auspices. We
wore the arm.bands of the Belgian
md French Red Cross. with the
official stamps OF those govern.
nents. and after the town was
AIKEN NO wore the German Red
ross. with It's official stamp"
Miss Sadler showed these In.
, Algnia. which she gtill has, 20 me.
together with the official docu.
mentA which prove her standing.
he Didn't Show Up
THE man ut the telephone final.
~ said his name was King. which
meant nothing TO me: but | told
him | would see him for five min.
utcs." Miss Sadlcr continued. Il
waited three hours and he did no,
come"
The article In the Seattle Ger.
man Press referred TO Miss Sadlcr
a. n novice ia her vocation" and
miarcproHcnted Tn. Stars report
OF her story by saying that she
claimed TO have fed several hun.
drsd patients on the food meant
for the IS cats OF the English con.
Aul'B wife.
At the statement that abe Is
novice. Miss sadlcr laughed. AZ
she can well afford 10. having
been one OF the nurses who helped
establish the American hospital IN
Paris. on whose staff she was for
year This was some time be.
fore the war broke out.
Patients ~ Treated
AS TO the cat-food." she said.
The Star reported me with abso.
Tut. correctness. ! did not cay.
and II was perfectly clear from
the story that did not say. that
We fed the cat.food TO tho patients.
We nurscs lived on It ourselves.
The patients had what was
doled out 10 them BY tho Germans
from the stock they looted from
tho homes and shops of Chartered.
Tho patients did not get anything
like what they should have had.
either in quantity or quality: but
II was. at least. more and better
than the Germans allowed the
/ civilians.
No Correspondents There
The German Press quotes sew.
eral war correspondents as say.
ing that they were unable 60 verify
stories OF German atrocities in
Belgium. As a matter OF fact. I
am positive no correspondent was
in Charleroi during the three
months ! was there. In the first
place. they could not have gotten
in. as Chartered was cut off from
the world. only n few ambulances
/ going In and out. which wer>
| closely watched by the Germans.
and. in the secoad place. | found
when reached Client and nrus-
sells on my way TO Paris. that not
even tho American consuls I'm
those cities knew anything about
what had been going on at Charl-
eroi.
Everybody was wild to know
what had happened there. and be-
sieged me for news II there had
been any correspondents there
they certainly would have given
tho American consuls at these
cities some OF the news.
More Stories Coming
81 could have said so much moro
than the story The Star printed.
about conditions In Charleroi and
tho acts OF the German officers
and troops, that the annoyance |
have been subjected to because bt
what ! did say. IL amusing. My
blood boils when | remember that
| period"
Miss Sadler has agreed to give
| The Star some further stories
from her extraordinary experience
In Belgium and France Her posi-
| ton gave her chances for observ-
alton such as no correspondent.
however fortunate. could get; and
her stories, taken together. viii be
one of the most intimate and as-
| tonishing records OF wartime con
! ditions that have ever been pub
lished. They'll appear exclusively
In The Star, despite attacks by tho
German Press, or cowardly threats
from of her gotlrCpg