Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-13
10 SPEAK TONIGHT.

Baron HI. 8. de M~alaussene,
who served In the French army.
with the rank of adjutant, will
speak tonight. at the university,
taking the place of President f..
L.. McVey.. my Experiences in
the War; will be the subject Of
his address. The public is in.
vited.
An effort is being made to ar
range a big meeting for some
night nex week, probably Mon
day, when the baron again will
tell Of the war.
Battle Of the Marine. where the
blank shells to deceive the Germans
as to their lack Of supplies, thrust
back the great Teuton army" said
Baron Henri 8. de Malaussene, an
adjutant in the French army. who
took an active part in that historic
struggle and won a war decoration
for distinguished service.
Baron de Malaussene, who is spend
ing several days in Grand Forks en-
route to Portal, N. D., where he will
join his wife, a North Dakota woman,
will lecture at the University tonight.
He will speak before the classes of
the summer school.
The baron married the daughter of
9. H. Bertch, a lumberman of Portal,
N. D. They were married In Paris,
while she was in that city studying.
After the war broke out, the baroness
did Red Cross work, and returned to
this continent with her husband about
six months ago. For some time, Bar
on de Malaussene mas been in Canada,
assisting the returned Canadian SOL
diers in their fight for q good pension
system. He was wounded twice. One
bullet struck him In the neck and the
other in the foot.
Baron de Malaussene must report
IN France again in September, when,
II he is physically fit, he will be re-
turned to the front.
His card is quite interesting. It
Baron H. L. de Malaussene
"ex-adjutant Ter Regiment Granger
"Titulaire de la Croix de Guerre."
when the French-only 700, 900 Of
them-hurled the Germans back, the
war, was decided. It was only g. ques-
ton Of how long. but the world knew
that the great conflict had been Won
In speaking of Americas entry into
the war, Baron de Malaussene said:
President Wilson Right.
"It seems difficult for Americans to
erywhere, I hear SO much talk about
q rich mans war; a war for profits
not so. It was not so with US and
1t is not SO with America. They can
not understand that we are all BROTH
ers and sisters. OF course, the acct
dent Of birth makes some of us
French, some Of us English and some
Of us German, but we are all BROTH
ers and sisters, and when one brother
becomes mad and unruly and rides
over the others, we must take hold Of
him and stop him. That Is what
President Wilson is thinking Of. He
knows that Germany must be stopped
in this mad ruthlessness, else she will
destroy the others.
Wilson will go down in history as
one Of the greatest presidents Amer
lea has had and as n of the greatest
executives in the world"
Need Shipping.
In speaking of the present war sit
uation, the Baron said:
France could not be better. The
shipping is the great question. 1t is
more serious than people usually
think. for the submarines are destroy
ing more tonnage than Is generally
known. It is not men we need, but
shipping-bottoms to carry food and
supplies from America. AS far as
France, is concerned, we can feed our
own men, but England is not SO for
Great Britatn's supplies, that coun-
try would starve in a very short time.
Americas entry into the war means ia
great deal. 1t means a great material
help and a wonderful moral in1u-
ence.
Russians Can Help.
Things depend largely or the Rus
slams, too. Had Russia made a big
drive when England and France did
last year, the war would now be over,
but Russia weakened and sat back
and Germany moved 100000 men,
with all their equipment and supplies,
from the east to the west.
Now Russia has started a wonder
full drive. If she keeps It up, GER
many will have to change her plans,
and II will make the fighting in the
west much easier.
Germany Can't Break Through.
There IL no chance for Germany to
break through in France or Belgium.
She may take q hundred or two hun
dred yards now and then, on q very
limited front, but v can hold It,
for everything is ours-the prepon-
derance Of material, the morale Of the
and the efficiency Of the artillery.
We now can fire 20 shots to their one,
and, when you are hammering at de-
Tense, that ear something. Ger
rnany's supremacy during the first
part Of the war vas due to her ar
3tillery and machine gun fire, but we
have made that negligible. You have
seen how quickly the German offens-
i've in Belgium stopped the other day"
Baron de Malaussene, gave q very
interesting cou of how the Battle