Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-19
hole somewhat larger than a door, but
the SHELF fell harmless; inside the
building on the floor.
Expected Rctircmcnts.

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ST. Expected Rctircmcnts.
The, people Of France and England.
expected the allied line to fall back
when the big German offensive COM
menced, Mr.. .Upton,states. They have
the greatest faith in their leaders and
the fighting strength OF their forces
and are in abso sute accord with the
policy of giving ground and saving
men. The working classes, and in
fact all classes. in both France and
England tMr. Upton spent some time
in the British Isles) are solidly behind
the war. They are not intense like
logged determination, which intends
to win. There is a general feeling
that to win hi war nay not mean the
destruction of Germany but all have
"a deeply rooted conviction that the
Germans cannot defeat them.
German Atrocities.
Feeling everywhere in France and
England is very bitter against Ger.
many because of the atrocities she has
permitted her troops Il commit.
These cannot. be told in language
horrible enough to be fair" Mr.. Ups
ton says. Hes talked with men who
had served in, the army and who had
seen the things they told about. One
AAAUu WV was 4uSdlAuCu lIOkHOs dIlGT
serving three years and being wound
ed in the elbow said that Of the hun
dred men in his company who went
into the fight in the first advance Of
the Germans through Belgium and
France. only himself and one COM
panion returned Some Of them we're
crucified head downward, and others
suffered such brutalities that the tell
ing is n~aNseating. There are few
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allies now and these German atroci-
ties account for the limited number.
Two British officers captured by the
Germans were placed in solitary con-
f1nement for ten years. The British
foreign office through the minister of
Switzerland informed Germany that il
these officers were not accorded the
treatment due prisoners of wal within
Ia certain time, the son Of Won Tirpitz,
who is a prisoner in England, would
be stood against a wall and shot. The
British officers. were treated as prison.
ers OF war immediately. One incident
illustrated the other side Of revenge.
a number of Germans were captured
by a British unit among whom was a
japanese soldier who had enlisted
with the British. AS the Germans
We're being led out Of the trench in
which they were scornered, the Jap
concealed himself and began shooting
them. No one could locate the con-
cealed Jap until thirty Of the Ger
mans were shot. When reprimanded
by his officers for doing so the Jap de-
Tended himself on the plea that he
took no German prisoners.
Made in America.
An interesting feature. Mr.. Upton
relates, is that in France the demand
for made in America goods is very
great. Even Americans are urged by
the French merchants to buy this or
that article because it. is made in
America" The stores are pushing
such commodities Just as America
once pushed made in Germany"
goods. The French have q very high
opinion Of American methods and
men. The people Of that country are
reaching u after American methods
and ideas, particularly in agriculture,
like so many eager children.
Food Situation.
Tt is not difficult to get sufficient to
cat in France, the local man asserts.
Meat is p%rocurable. and. other. foods
are quite plentiful. Horse meat is
eaten by many French people one day
each week. but Mr.. Upton failed to
is more critical, There the
people are ,on strict rations and the
travellers o. othersscannot secure. more
than the prescribed amount no mat
ter how hungry they are or how much
money they have. In France the peo-
PIE r. doing all they can to. raise
crops, but the limited facilities. place
Ia handicap on them that peopla Of
America could not endure: The small
size of the farms. five and ten acres,
and the small fields into which they
are !subdivided. %reyen food nroduc-
ton on an elaborate scale. In Eng
land and nsFrance. Americans are
met with a questions concerning
the 'big fields of the American west
and the prospects for a good crop this
year. , Il.
Wars Devastation.
Mr.. Upton was in France as a
civilian and not as a. soldier. hence he
could not set up to the. trenches where
the actual fighting was going on Ke