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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01

when food, imported for the inhabit-
ants Of the stricken city, was seized
by military authorities and diverted
to- the soldiers. Our friends fell dead
about us like fleas. Scores of young
girls sold their souls to the German
soldiers in return for food"
1t took five months for Miss Moines-
tea and her mother to reach Denver
after leaving Jerusalem.
1--WE witnessed the most heart-rend-
ing scenes while travelling through
AUSTRIA" the girl declared, "where
roads were filled with cripples and
food was so scarce that the peasants
refused to sell eve small portions ut
fabulous prices offered by the trav-
elers."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01
TELLS CHASTITY TALE
Inhuman Germans Described bY
\ Holy City Refugees.
Great Suffering Among Population Of
Jerusalem After Germans
Took Control.

Denver, Colo.-Stories of the fright
full experiences suffered by residents
of Jerusalem previous to the capture
of the Holy City by British forces un-
der General Allenby were told here
by Miss Celia Moinestea, who, with
her mother, fled from the torture tn
1licted by Turkish soldiers and Ger
man officers there several months ago.
Miss Moinestea and her mother
were among 300 refugees who escaped
from; Jerusalem while thousands were
starving within the gates of the an
Gent city.
"There was agonizing suffering
among the civil population of Jeru-
salem after the Germans took control
of that city," said the youthful refu-
gee. Hundreds died of starvation
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01
NO. TOBACCO DAYS IN PARIS
Shops Open Half Hour Each Week
When Police Guard Smokers
Lines.

Paris.-French tobacco and ciga.
rettes are now obtainable in Paris only
once each week and ven then during
the space Of but about thirty minutes.
During that half hour the tobacconists'
shops present about the same appear.
nnce as did the coal and wood yards
during the fuel famine last winter. II
takes from three to n half-dozcn police
men for each shop to keep waiting
smokers orderly while the weekly sup.
ply is being dealt out, and to pacify
those that are still in line when tho
mo more tobacco" sign is hung out.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01
PRESIDENTS WIDOW
IN WAR WORK
Mrs. Thos. ]. Preston, jr. (For-
merIy Mrs. Grover CIeveland)
Active Secretary of Security
League Committee.

Mrs. Thomas ]. Preston, Jr. (for-
merly Mrs. Grover Cleveland), who
was recently elected a member of the
Executive Committee of the National
Security League, the first woman to
be so honored, has joined the execu-
tive staff of the league as secretary
of the Committee on Patriotism
Through Education, through which the
league is promoting a campaign
throughout the country to awaken the
people to a realization of the true
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01

meanings of the war and the necessity
for Its efficient and aggressive prosecu-
ton.
Mrs. Preston is at her desk in the
new offices of the Security League, 10
West Forty-four.t street, New York
city, daily, conducting the voluminous
correspondence connected with the
work of her committee, which now ex71
tends into every state in the Union.
In accepting the secretaryship, Mrs.
Preston wrote DR.. Robert M. McElroy !:
Il am happy in accepting this oppor1
tunity to work with the league. I can
think of no way in which l could more
surely contribute my share to the pres
ent needs of u country than by join
ing in the very important work which
your bureau has undertaken"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01
ESIRAY TAKEN UP

On Sat. July 18th 1918 a sorrel
gelding pony with white face
and one white hind leg, came to
my place, NJ 35-144-57. Owner
can have same by proving owner
ship and paying charges aud ad.
vertising.
Jasper Wilson,
Hope N. D. Route 4.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01

Miss May Pershing, sister Of Gen.
John J. Pershing, is Jointly responsible
with a married sister for some inter-
estlng sidelights on General Pershing.
They vouch for the statement that his
hobby is gardening and that but for a
newspaper story he would never have
entered the army through West Point.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01
Lick the Stamp and Lick the Kaiser.

Be a spendthrift in Thrift Stamps.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01

State Of North Dakota IT,
County of Steele )so
In County Court, Before Hon. Adam S. Moote,
Judge.
In the matter of the estate Of Adam Blinn,
Deceased.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01
Drift toward the Thrift
Bumper Ice Crop,

Bumper Ice Crop.
New Haven, COnn.-The Connecticut
ice crop is to be u bumper me-. Al
ready the majority of ice houses in
the state are filled and in many places
Ice is being stacked. =.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01

Stamp, Stamp, Stamp, the Boys are
Marching.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-22
MILLS EXEMPTED
FROM FUEL ORDER
CONTINUED from page 81

moving picture theaters' as tney =
ou;re lectricity. SPECIAL functioh'
and dances at the hotels, where light
and heat are necessary, will not pe
permitted. The law forblddihg 'he
use of light and heat to amusemeh.
places will be effective on Tuesdays
far the next ten weeks.
Fuel Administrator Garfeld's order
saws nothing of the use Of electriclt!
for lighting purposes, Mr. Williams
said, and stores, offices and other IN
dustries will be allowed to use elec-
tricity and gas for the full day Mon
days, where it is for light exclusively
and not for heat.
Motorists had to "get out and get
under" today and furnish their own
man power for pumping up tires as
tie fuel order included the use of
fuel for the operation of pumping
machines Automobile tires were re
ceiving loving care from owners and
drivers, who believed that an ounce
in the tire is worth pounds in a
pumping machine" when the opera
lions of said machine have beer sus-
pended for twenty-four hours.
Many people are under the i'm
preston that Administrator Garfield
ordered stores to close" Mr. Viii
liams said this morning. THE orde~
says nothing whatever about closing
but simply forbids the use of fuel
for heating purposes on Monday for
ten weeks. In the North, where the
weather makes heat absolutely es-
sential, this closes the stores and Of
fees automatically.
Under the amended order making
Tuesdays instead of Mondays the
closing day for amusement places,
theaters, moving picture houses,
bowling alleys, billiard rooms, and
private and public dance halls are
affected. These will be allowed nei-
Their heat nor light.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-22

New York, JAN 22.-American
friends OF Connop Guthrie, the repre-
sentative in the United States of the
British Ministry of Shipping, have
just learned that knighthood has
been conferred him in recognition of
his work here. He had been made a
knight commander of the Order of
the British Empire and henceforth
will add the prefix "Sir" to his name
Sir Connop has made his headquar
tiers in this city whence he has con
trolled all the British and some of the
Entente Allies tonnage employed in
the transportation of supplies to the
war zone. This has brought him in
close contact with large business in
terests of America. At the beginning
of the war he went to France with the
Grenadier Guards, was wounded at
Neuve Chappelle and incapacitated
for further military service, retiring
with the rank of captain. Afterward
he was attached to the British Admir-.
atty service in London
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-22
Tax Commissioners Call
Conference Throughout State

been divided into groups so that a
conference may be held in the diff
ferent localities where there is a
similarity in the soil, local and bust
ness conditions. as nearly as it may
be possible to reach. In carrying
out this idea the counties have been
divided into groups or districts, az
follows:
Group bay, Calhoun, Escam.
lila, Holmes, ORaloosa, Santa Rosa
Walton, Washington.
Group 2-Gadsen, Jackson, Jeffer-
son Leon, Madison.
Group 3-Franklin, Lafayette, Lib
erty, Taylor, Waukulla.
Group 4-Alachua, Bradford, Co
lumbia, Marion, Suwanee.
Group 5 = Baker, Clay, Duval,
Hamilton, Nassau, Putnam.
Group 6-Brevard, Flagler, LAX,
0sceola, Orange, Seminole, st. Johns,
Volusia.
Group Citrus, fernando, Levy,
Pasco, Sumter.
Group S-DeSoto Lee, Okeechobee,
Palm Beach, st. Lucie.
Group 9-Hillsborough, Manatee,
Pinellas, Polk.
Group 10-Broward, Dade, Mon
roe.
Very respectfully,
TAX COMMISSION.
John Neal, Chairman.
r. J. Patersonu.
]. V. Burke.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-22

The Hague, Jan. 22.-Some idea of
what follows in the train of under.
feeding, which at present prevails ev-
erywhere in Belgium, may be gath
cred from the following statistics
from an official source; since 1914 the
general mortality in Belgium has
risen by so per cent; while births
have fallen off about AZ per cent; in
Client and northern France deaths
from tuberculosis have multiplied six
fold.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-22
NOTICE

Lakeland, Fla, Jan. 10, 1918.
In compliance with Ordinance No.
15S, the City Commissioners have
ordered the property owners along
the streets where sewrs ar laid and
those within 200 feet Of the sewers
to make connection with the sew
ers before March Is, 1918.
VIM. GREER.
'lz2 Plumbing Inspector.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-22
To Meet With Assessors and County
Commissioners with View Of
Equalizing Taxation

Tallahassee, Jan. 22.-The State
Tax Commission has issued the fol-
Flowing important circulars:
To the Tax Assessors and County
Commissioners of the State of
Florida Gentlemen: Enclosed,
herewith, you will find circular ad,
vieing as to meetings that the COM
mission wishes to hold with the tax
assessors and boards Of commission
ers at various points in the State.
We would like to hold these meet
ings, beginning about the first of
February if possible.
We suggest that the conference be
hela at the places named and on the
following dates:
Group Place Date
Chipley February 22
2 Tallahassee February 1S
3 Tallahassee February 20
4 Gainesville February 26
5 Jacksonville March II
6 Sanford March 7
7 Inverness February %
s Okechobee February IL
8 Tampa March 4
10 Miami February 7
Very respectfully,
TAX COMMISSION,
John Neal, Chairman,
R. J. Paterson.
]. v. Burke.
To the Tax Assessors and County
Commissioners Of the State Of Flor
ida:
Gentlemen: In order that the
work Of equalizing assessments may
be more easily arrived at the COM
mission has decided to call meetings
for consultation with the assessors
and boards Of commissioners, in va
ricus parts of the State, to see /!
some uniformity in assessments can.
not be reached. The counties have
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-12-10
SECCION EDITORIAL
los ESTRAGOS DE UNA LOCURA

ticular. para que todos Sc former idea del monte
Y calidad dc semejante operation.
En- ninleroS retlondOS. los pesos mcNicanOs
del culo antique, valcn ochenta cenlaros orc amerl-
cano. Los toStones Ia mitad, o sean cuarcnta cen
taFoS.
Los nucvoS pesos. sc cuotiZan Il cuarcnta Y sic
tc centavoS orc americana. ' en- conSecucncia los
toStoueS nucyoS ticnen IN valor de VENTURES celta-
voS ' medic. .ASi pueS, Ia diierencia entire cl pc
so antigua Y 81 nuevo. eS de ochenta. a cuarenta Y
Siete centavoS. O sean 81 ccntavoS orc americana,
menoS. FL toSt0n antique, vale III centaVos orc
americana, 81 nuevO. VENTURES Y medic.
Pero como para el carranciSmo nj Ia moral
nj los numeroS vale nnada, eSta cnorme dlte-
rencia V depreciation, Ia valuan en- eSta cantldad
Y lorna: f GOBIERNO CARRANClSTA PRO
CEDERA \ RECOGER la moncda antigua pagan
do con la nueya IN DIEZ o ClENTO DE PRE-.
MO. So eStableccn penas severaS para el que
oculte. cxporte o funda la mOneda antigua.
Las consecuencias. naturalmentc. no Sc han
hecho eSperar. Los precioS corrlenteS, pagaderoS
en- la nueva moueda. han Subido Va al doblc, Y to-
davia tiencn Ia tendcncia de llegar haSta trlpll,
carSc.
Para impedir tai cStado de coSaS. los carral-
ciStaS Sc inaginan que con los decrctOS haran e1ec'
tos deciSivos. ;Craso error. Las lcyeS econ0mi-
cas- no sc alteran con decretoS nj con balazoS. Sc
ri inutil que Nieto V Carranza, imilando al comico
tItSGst tC 1t ALL
calienteS, vuelvan Il preguntar que quien es csc tai
Gresham. para que nos impOnga Sus- leyeS. cuya
es la abolicion que debe de decretarsc.
De c~ualquier manera que sea, nueStraS pre-
venciones Sc han c~umplido al pie de la letra: los
prccios corricnteS Sc han d~uplicado en- Mexico;
la moneda antigua cSta desapareciendo ell Ia for
midable proportion que nos haccn SaDer las pu'
blicacioueS cSpecialiStaS: el pals Sc esta quedando
sin numerario. Y ha>ta hoy los jornaleS Y sueidoS
cstan eStacionarioS, Q~uedando ell un desequlhbrlo
rspantoSo que Sc traducira ell una Serlc de traS-
tornoS ' perturbacioncS de TODD genera. Los mis-
mos prcSupueStoS van Il Sufrlr las conSccllenclaS
1erribleS dc csc deScquilibrio. FL pals Va Il qucdar
sumcrgidO en- una eSpantOSa anarqula tlnanclera
Y economical. NucStroS mcrcadoS Seran i%nvadl,toS
por cl papel moneda eNtranjcro. Y las conSecuenclaS
SerTtn las que >abcn ' proven los conoccdorcS.
Tales son. en- brcvcS lineaS describes. los -
TRACES que en- nuc>tro pals, eStan hacienda una To-
clra ......:o I'm ncgociu......?
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Las Ii>po>iciunc> que afcctan 4 una coieC'l-
vidad, cuando no son muv fundadas Solida ' fazo
aahlcmente. tcnicndo por Objcto SECURE FL oehel4'
clio general son vcrdadcros crlmene>, Por que Ma
die tiene dcrecho. en- jue"oS de b"lSa " dc otra 1T
dole. a cynouer los intercScS $ocialc> o naclonalc>.
Los SovictS carrarci>ta>. procetien en- todo
con esd objectionable e ilcgIuma lIgereza. creyenHo
one purJen diSponer a <u talante de los lnterc>eS
nocionales. V cue pueden impunemente. hacer '
deShacer 10 uue gIISten. aun paSandO Sobre leEeS
ccon5micas y SocinlGgicaS, con tai de legar a los
fines eGoiStaS que pcr>lguen-
pero como no eS la ciencia. nj Ia eNperlencia.
nj los intere>e< generates. cl norte de los proceed
miento> carranciStas, one no uenen otra orlenta-
ci6n nj Fundamental que III voluntad ciega { isno-
rantc. rcsulta que las diSpoSicioneS mas graves
y tr3SccndentaleS >c tradUcen en- verdadcraS locl-
raS que eStan hacienda eStragoS en- nueStro abe
rrojadO Mexico.
De e<taS diSpo<icioneS ninguna ha Sido mas
.fuueSta que la "reforma nronetaria".
Como Va SeTalamo> tecnicamente. aunque en-
una forma >encilla, para que por Su Slmpllcldad
Y claridad luera accessible Il los profanoS en- eSta
2Specialidad de la cconomia political. los vlcloS
fundamentaleS Y los pcligroS de eSa in>enSata IN
novaci6n. hoy ramoS Il detenernoS. NADIA mas. Il
comentar las UltiIna> noticiaS de los hechoS que
c>tan Suce.liendo. V que con toda anticipation adj
vertimoS, porque nccc>ariamente tenian que ser IL
consequence logica Dc la rcforma.
Las publicacloneS eSpeclallStaS, nos acaoah
,e haccr Sabcr que Ia emigration de Ia moned4
standard" " sea Ia del antique cuno, hi eStado
:,scendicndn commandments, de>de que Carranza
Y Nseto "decrciaron" la refOrma 4 MAS DE Tres
MILLONES DE PESOS. Sc calcula que en las
SeiS illtima> <cmanaS. han SaIido del pals CEittA
DE VEINTE MILLONES DE PESOS.
10 mas curioSo del case. Y 10 cue nos dt idea
DC In moralidad bolSheviki de los carranciStaS, es
que eSta cnorIe emigraci"n de Ia moneda del clno
antique st eSta vcrificamdo franca { impunementc,
al amparo" de Ia disposition que prohibe ia eN-
portacion Y Ii characterization dc los Antiques pc
sos Y to>tonr<. FL decree prohibicioniSta alu-
dido. SOLO ha >ervilo. pur>, PIAZZA IN realization lie
uu negocio colossal, que ign"ramoS quien o qaiencS
10 cStaran hacienda.
De Ia magnirui de est" Hc""cio, nos dArl idea
aproximada la depreciation del valcr de Ia nue'a
momeda. en- rclacion con Ia antigua. Vale bien III
pcna. que diaamo> algunaS ~paiahra> Sobrc ei par
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-12-10

MGS Gale viejo por conoc'do qHe
RueUO POr cOROcer.
La experienced es la madre dc Ia
c~iencia...
Estos q otros ~retraneS por ell estilo,
todos de los 9TcoS 81 sUbios que uend-
ron Gnta;o qlforjaS de Sarcho q que
Hcncn hogaNo la p~intoresca hcbiG p0-
pticr. ticne preSentes, segun las Sc
mas inequirocas que dc clio do, el &C
tual maMdGtario de la RepNblicd Ne
ricGnG, que de cuando en- cUGndo re-
cuerda q Nevc a Ia prdctica los r1eJos
| pr0ccdimieRtOS dic~tdtoriaLes dc nqHel
gran tiruno que Sc Ham6 Porfi7o
Dja-, de cuya tirunia sGii6 ell Merlco
juerte y tranquilo q teli= que uegnrG
a sus Hltimos diaS, en- mltaa de tuS
giorias del centenGrio de nueStra III
dependencia.
BESIDE que i7jo Ell regimen carrdn-
cistG empe=Gron q Nccar&e a cdbo
clccciones. y q hacerse CONFERENCE.-The
n a fincur, sO6re ell desoTGen preconS-
titRcionni. algo que Sc GSemejorn a tG
politicu, DON FenuStian0, que no ca
! rano pcS6 IdrguS horas comodamente
sentGdo en- ana cuywl del Sc1ndo, So
propuso Segun las huetaS del gran
| dictator.
Solo quo como Ell nldndo6lc del Cid,
solo Ell brG=o del Cid mOUerto puene,
la imituci6n carrancjSta reSult0 q las
yeceS c6mica q trGgica a las recess.
/ SIN embargo. eli mismo Carrdn@o,
que conoce a sus hombres, hn recono-
cido que no podrG meterJG en- cinturu
! nj dar puSo SegWro. SinC S'guiendo ID
| hueia portiiSta, Sobre TODD, Ia dc les
prircrOs amos deSpues de Turtepec.
Don TenuStiQnO. Gca0G dc dor uaa
nuera prueba de que los ClejoS pro
| cedimiemtos portuistas son los mas
pr,icticos para nueStro pueblo q para
nuestros homb2eS, y de que a peSaT
de que la r~evoLuci6n echo por terra to
| do 10 pusado, para ~cinientarlo de nne-
10 sobre Ia base d~emocrdticG dc Ia
co7sclwci0n dc los djeToS dcrechos q
la rapiRn de las cjenas propiedGdes,
| bqy Gue roEver de cunndO en- cWando
los OjoS a 10 contrGr7o.
Los jweces dc Distrito, iban he
| ciGedose de dmiStGdeS entire les hoBl-
bres de SIS respectiras demarcacto-
res.
Tbqn tomando personaljdad en- las
| ciudcdes, rodedndoSe dc cGmGr1tH
mas o nsenos Teal y mGS o menoS res
petGble, kuciGndoSe de ~ProplcddaeS q
de nrrcig0. creGndo interese$ que no
erap precisGmcHte los del gObierno, y
ha resuelto cambiGrloS.
jQu6 ell Jue= dc DiStr7to dc TGmp'-
co tiene Ghi muchoS amigos, que nag
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-12-10
E OLA

quien 10 rodea c intluye so5re et que
en- un CASE dado tend1in ahi quie7o Ia
defendiera contra Ell 9obie7no?
Pues q enriarlo, con ell mismo en-
cargo, q un pobLGcon t~abdSqueno, DOR
de no 10 conOce nadie, donde encuen-
ire am medic hurG5io q hostil, q dom
/ dc no tenga reLactoneS mas que con
cl gobie,7o.
;Que en- chihuahua hay partidos
poLiticos que influyen de npaneru de-
finitirn sobrc ell dnilRo del jueE de
Distrito. y 6 inclinan algmnos Ueees
a falLar en- contra de los interesss del
gobierno, y dc acuerdo con Ia just'eia!
Pues que Sc vayG a hacer 3ust1ca
a YucGtdR.
Ell procediHtientO, como sc ne, no
| mede ser mds porjiristG,
Ell pueblo de Me1ico hu resuetto,
seg0n parece. qmitGrSe de enctmd Ia
tutela del muchete q dc las chnrrete-
rGS.
Por CHICO amos. los cinco amos que
han sequido al tyiunfo reuoGuc'onhr'o,
en- MGrico no ha habido mGs o que
la de los ~cIGrines de 6rdeneS, M mas
len oue la votuntad LiberramG e I'M
Derutivn de los soldudOS, M ma no
nores u los dc g~aiones, nj mas mGn
do one Ell de los hombres de arrmns.
Y. naturaLmente, ell pueblo estd ga
cnnsado de ~charreteras, q de espadns,
n de soldados y de generates.
Sobre TODD, estd cansddo de dt'ope-
los y de ubusoS.
Las pr6rinas elecciones pressdene7o-
les Uerardn q la P1lmera MaglstrH-
tara dc MGrico, segttn todaS las ira
saS. a I'm miHormr5O. Pero es pre-
c:so Ell gobierno que hdga elecc1o.
mes u Ell que vengG deSpues, no cream
a. ell pals SC contorun regoc'5ado con
clio.
81 ouien en- ell periodic pr6rimo go
| bierna a M6rico no es an c1ra, ser'
porgue ~quicneS tienem ell pnndero en-
la mano SON los niIitares, no porqne
eli pueblo no 10 deSce.
nnra ESQ ACADIA dc formdrsc en-
| MGrico un particle civilistd que pos
tuln para la P~residencia de Ia Re
pi6licd a Don Carlos Zettna, a Don
Alberto Robes DoHangue-, dos can
didatos may superiores a los caHd'-
datoS del carrdpciSnlO.
Nadie sGbe 81 podrdn TRUMAN pero
dc todos MOODS hnrGn sentir por la
pyianera vez Ell deSeo popular. y a.
case den mq:qen q algunn trGnsac-
ci6n dc todGS 7nGneTuS benelct1oSd
para Ia marion y para Ell pue6lo.
PEDRO RECIO.
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CURIOSIDADES s.

Existe en- Nueva Caledonia (Nou'
meal una hierba de are virtud. rs
Ia planta que h. sido muy Observable
por los hotinicos, posee la propiedac
unica dc obligar a los qde observer
SUI hugo 4 hacer revelaciones.
Parece que los ~condenados no 10
~ignoran. V cuando s~ospechap que IL
gunos de sus colegas pueden tener
celtic 4 gun Ginero ahcen beber a 81
a~ntojo. mezc,ando a su bebida ordi-
maria. una infusion de esta hierba.
FL hombre cue Ia ma absorbidc
esta como ebrio y ! pesar suyo los
pasos lie dirigen hacia ell escondrijO
donde tiene guardado su tesoro.
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Is una question grave. muy Craze
eSa de sabar como Sc reparara-o me-
ior dicho, como Sc hara de nuevo-
la d~eSgraciada terra de Francia una
ve2 cue Sc yea al fin liberada de L
cauaila que la mancha con su sim
PIE presenc!a.
Por mas que los americanoS sean
emUrenGedoreS Y practices. por mas
u havan Dorado del diccioIario in
gIes Ia aplabra impossible" ' por mas
cue sc haller fam;liarizados desde fe-
cha nuy remota con las grandes ca
~tastrofes tpues TODD entire ellos Sc
hace en- grande eScala,D auno no vuei-
ven en- sly no 10 disimulan-dei a
turdimiento a Ia vez lleno de indig-
naci6n Y de descorazonamiento que
experimentation a Ia simple vista de
las regiones inradidas Y reconquista-
uaS.
Este aturdimiento. bien pronto
transformaGo en- Juror, ha Sido en-
una buena parte IL causa de 81 az
dor guerrero. Pero no baSta cort2r:
va . ser necesario coser de nuevo
GeSoues ' entonces sera cuando Sc I'M
Gle Ia era de las dificultades.
Es indudable que va Sc est&n preo-
cupando por clio entire nosotrcs. \
al efecto. hasta Sc ha nomorado va,
mas bien que una comision. IN ser
vicio especial. una oficina'.
Tn edecreto que data de hac
mas de IN ano. puesto que Sc remonta
al is de agcsto de 1917. especit!ca'
en- efecto. que IN servic;o especial
Que dependera del ministerio de que
IRA, debera encargarse de poner en
bucnas condlciones Ia Zcn2 hberada'
Este serviciO tendra entire u &
tribuciones los esCudios Y traoaIoS
conccrnientes a recojer los proyectl>eS
Y maouinas explosives de cualquiera
n~a-uraleza que sean, tanto de Ia SD
perficie como en- profundidad tpor 10
menos hasta la profundidad de iaoori
Que hayan eScapado a los traoaloS
de escombramiento de los campos &c
batalla. la Suppression de los obStacn-
los 9 i~nstalacioneS de cualqulera natu-
raleza. la n~ivelacion del Suelo, Ia con-
solicitation Y terraplenamiento de las
obraS SubterraneaS. ', cuando las CIT
~cunstanciaS 10 permitan, Eel restaoie-
cimiento de la capa vegetal neceSa,
ria nara ponerlo en- estado de Guilt
vo."
Este uitimo periodic de la Erase que
he Subrayado por mi propia cueuca
es baStante para producirle es:alo-
frios q c~ualquiera que tenga tan solo
unas cuantaS gotaS de Sangre &c ram
pesinoS en- las venaS que cS el case
IN que Sc encuentran el orhenra poi
cianto de los franceseS. Este hecho
significa que en- todOs aquellcs luga-
res por donde hayan pasado los bo-
chas. en- don6e hayan P~ermanecido
o en- donde Sc hayan batido antes
de ser ob!igados 4 ~retirarSe. Ia TERRA
yegetal. va emontonada Y endurec;-
de- hasta la p~etrificacion. va p~ulveri-
zada hasta la volatilizacion. Irecuen-
temente esterilizada Y en~venenada por
los residuos de la ~deflaraci6n de los
explosives Y por los gases toxicos,