The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-11-01


ton to war and could be of practical
| Is no aid or comfort TO the Frencl
array and he would make his owl
ianas name of shame and contempt
Il obioauy and scorn. But the mar
would nat yield lie brought in greal
wagons and moved TO the freight
cars at the station absolutely every
object that was i'll the splendid cha
team. And, having promised 10 leave
the building uniajured, he stopped his
car al the entrance and exit gates oi
! the ground, ran back 10 the historic
building with can OF oil that he
aad Secreted, filled the asbestos il
this ball oi perforated iron. ran
through the halls and waited until
she flames were well in progress
and then ordered his men 70 light the
, fuse OF dynamite bomb.
All the testimony was taken I'M
mediately aiterward from aged SER
wants and from the little children
and the degeneracy revealed has not
been surpassed since the first chap
| ter OF Romans was written on the
unnatural crimes OF the ancient
world. There are the copies of the
afifdavits In the ruins. had beside
he black marble steps. | picked up
this firebrand with which Prince
Eitei assaSsinated building that be
ionged TO the civilized world | hope
20 ike long enough to see Germany
iorecd to repay at least one debt, in
addition to 10000 Others. Conceived
by the Gothic architects, after 400
! years Of neglect. the Germans, about
Il 4 II 4 ~
)gnc. Whcn this war is over, every
stone IA that cathedral should be
marked. German prisoners should be
made 10 pull those stones apart. Ger
man cars be made 10 transport ev-
cry stone 10 Louvin and German
hands made to set up the Catnedrai
II Cologne in Louvin or .Arras. For
l Judgment day is coming to Ger
many, and, though duh and heavy
Minds doubt it, men OF vision per-
,ciye its incidents and outlines al
.eady taking shape.
BUT the ruin OF his bridges, his
5cioolhouses, his churches, has farm
houses, his vineyards and orchards
IS the least of his sorrows In a lit
lie village near Ham dwelt man
Hho had saved a fortune Tor his old
age--lN0A0 francs. Wheu the invad-
ng army like black wave was APP
preaching lie buried his treasures be-
heath the large flat stone that made
he walk from the road up to the
ront OF his house. Then, with the
lther Villagers, the old man fled.
Many months passed by, while the
scrmans boinbardCd the village AT
asst the German wave retrcatci ana
5nce more the old man drew near
.is httie village. There was nothing
toGmng ielt. after a long ,lmc he To-
-ated the street, which was on the
very edge II the town, bur could not
and the cellar OF lis own house.
treat smells lad fallen Exploding
bricks away. Other shells had tall
en- hard by and blown dirt to fill
mar once had been a cellar. The
mall trees ia front Of his house had
,een DloWn ava and replaced by
hcli pas. In Paris Ambassador
narp iald me that the aged man
ad up 10 tnat time failed to locate
lis house, much less his treasure
1ut what tritles light as air are
houses.
At the officers chateau late ont
night alter returning from the front
general and captain were re-
counting their experiences. Among
ne Germans had occupied that ter
ritory several English oncers ana
young French captain were re-
ounting their experiences. In saying
me farcwelis before each maa went
ut to his place in the trenches TO
ook after his men the English boy
XclaimeG Next week at this time
will be home Five more days and
ny weeks leave of absence comes.
Then suddenly remembering the
rench captain had been there a long
time, he asked when he was going
rome 70 which came this low ans
Ner: "l have no home You men do
ages has never been invaded. When
,he Germans LETT my little town, they
destroyed every little building My
wife nd my little daughter are both
expecting babies within a few weeks
| - and the storm broke. The
wo Englishmen fled into the dark
and night knowing that there was
4 night that was blacker, that rain
was nothing against those tears, Tor
all his hopes OF the future were dead
His only task was TO recover France
and transfer all his ambitions to Goo
in heaven
That is why there will be no incon-
elusive peace. Do not deludc your
self Whether this war goes on ono
year or five years or ten years, il
will go on until these Frenchmer
arc on German soil. Nor will The
German ever learn the wickedness o.
his own atrocities and the crime O
militarism until his own land is laic
waste, until he sees the horrors o
war with his own eyes, and hear,
the groan OF his own family with hi
own ears, and secs his own land lait
| desolate. We may believe that ven
geance belongs unto God and W.
may argue and plead for forgiveness
but 1t will not avail. You will re
member that passage in Proverbs
in which the penalties of nature be
come automatic, and where an out
ragged brain and nerve and digestion
are personified and speak to tn
transgressor Il warned you, but y
would none of my reproof. | stretch
ed out my hand and pleaded, but y
would not listen. Now ] will laugl
at your calamity; | will mock at you
ldeeolafion when deeQiafiou comes a