The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-23

PEOPLE ARE GRATEFUL FOR
AID RENDERED BY AMERICA
Foodstuffs Distributed by Relief
Commission Kept Starvation
Away; Products Of Farms Con.
fiscated by the Teutons.

HoSotco w VIZ ACubohos
by Associated Press.
With the British armies in France.
Thursday. March % (Via London.
March 23).-From u Staff Corre-
spondcnt of the Associated Prcssl .-
The real human interest IN the great
retreat OF the German lies In the half
ruined villages formerly occupied by
them The Joy Of the people over
what they proclaim to be their liberia
tion Is " wonderful To- see. 4 package of
well -buttered ham sandwiches distrib-
uted among the children ~ one village
caused greater excitement than the
evacuation Of the Germans
IT Is butter" cried several shrill
little voices to show their mothers.
grandmotherS and grandiathers what
they had received Through the open
doors could he heard such expressions
as. Praise God there is butter again
in France"
The American relief commission hag
been able to distribute flour. coffee.
sugar. lard. limited quantities of rice.
some cereals. soap, salt and vinegar
tut no butter
Tho Associated Press correspondent
today had cup ~ AmericaE coffee.
sweetencd with American sugar, with
a peasant family living next door 10
the charred ruins of German dugouts
near the bank of the Somme. There
was a loaf uf bread ON the table.
Grateful To America.
THAT also Is from the Americans. 80
said the peasant mother. who was
holding a child Of two years on her
lap. we shall never forget the assist
ance siycn Us by America. Il saved
us We have had nothing else since
soon after the beginning OF the GER
man occupation When the Germans
iirst began taking our goods. our
horses, our cattle our sheep. our vegc
tables ana everything else we raised
on the farm they gave ms bits Of paper
officially stamped 10y regimcntal CONF
mandcrs, which they said were bonds
tcllug ms we should present them to
! resident poincLrc for payment. Here
are some of the bonds. she said. a.
shc displayed Ut least two score OF
scri0i'lcd rcknow Judgements OF obliga-
! tluus.
But IN the last year ar So all we
have locu able to raisc has been taken
! without oven these bonds" she con-
( tinued we have been encouraged
90 cultivate our farms. then everything
was taken and We we're compelled TO
. live on American relief II IL terrible.
sir. hut you are an American. Please
have another cup of coffee [ am
sorry We have no milk We have had
none fur moro than year. an the
cows having been taken away By tho
! Germans. We have had no fresh meat
] for nine months"
Hens On a schedule
For time. the peasant. say. In ~
were q lowed To keep hens ON the con-
dit.on that they produce five eggs for
each hen weekly for the German Hu-
lthoritics. II the hens did not lay five
legEs the peasants had TO borrow then,
from their uoighhurs and they wer,
ld,lightcd when the hens az last were
i,oulisyated.
Thor" is an uudouiable thrili at
lachod tn motoring over the old front
lluo positions ON these chaugca plt
spring days when chilling snow squalls
utpUunglc with flashes Of war bril-
liant sunshine within q week road
have penetrated almost countless
Itrcnch positions and extended them
lselVcs over what once was No Mau''
Hand Running aiuus these roads ~
broad daylight u iS hard 10 reali1'
THAT six dnt- ago one dared not lif
Iau eye above the parnpct 90 the IRON
lf.r, trenches
IN pcu,tratu- the former Germal
positions J lasting memory always q
lone uf endless chains uf rustcd barhc,
,vrc This has been q most valuable
lmoaus cot dcfonsr fur the German
,uud from the amount which may b'
seen stretching away n every direction
a- lar as the eye reaches IL wuul'
seem that 8ll tho German industrial
Ipluuts h,d been turned 90 wire MAX
ling Il is not the ordinary harbe'
lwire known in America, but the harhs
IONS aud stout. hrr attached Ia th
wire at Intervals Of half Am inch.
Iinrhcd Wire DELAYS Peace.
"lf lt had NOT been Tor the barh"I
Wire this wan would have been owe
= lu luuE time ago. a British utficer de-
= clared
lu leaving th, territory recentl
c,uruatcd the Germans have take
away In addition to an strong men AN
boys above 10. Jll women and girl
= from =, yrHts upwards who are alb
tu work \ French official communi
'atluu recently mentioned the taklu
Iof uttN women uud girls uum NuNui
ON February o.. IN. Germans r.
iauNcd t3S from Ncslr n b. said thu
uil women capable ct working in Gri
man factories coz on German farm
who have no children dependent q
them, we're compelled to go.
In taking away the nt populatiQ