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ful throng of the Paris Of to-day-appar-
emily unmoved. Yet there was light in
the eyes that met mine. there was
laughing murmur to the talk that passed
from one joyous couple to another, there
was something gay and nervous in the
movement in the streets that gave a sense
of happy tension, restrained, but not the
less effective or powerful.
We ate our sole-a poem-and drank a
wonderful bottle of Pontet Canct 1t was
dinner in thousand in THAI charming
old place, and every moment the thought
came back We have Won! Later that
night-maybe at midni rht-I was walked by
a sound of singing. number of people
were marching UP the Rue de Rivol caant-
ing the "Hymn des Allies Other heads
leaned out like my own, in spite OF the
chill night air The stars were brilliant
over us, the crowd went along laughing,
and from the windows came a sound of
handclapping and scattered "Alois, la
guerre est fnie,"
This morning | was up early Too vi
brant time to be abed. By | was out
in a coppery fog, with sun like brazen
shield and hoar frost thick as snow over the
lawns and flower beds still bright with dah-
las of the Tuileries. The rivcr Was a Won
drous thing Of reflections and mist Up it
moved slow canaboats on one hoated the
Belgian flag ] walked all the way to Notrc
Dame, magnificent at that hour, and in that
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cmptied it. Every one lapvboa
Frenchnan insisted on SHAKING ~. A' Tue
There press of people aimos. ''s.a' .
crowded into the place before tho s.''ae
AVE listened to Mme Chenal s..' 0pefs-
wrapped in the French colors in hung ha''
Of the great building, sing the nyg 1a'e0sg
iaise" The thousands joined in the .~,seai' rsss.
and she was obliged to sing it twice 4a' ...
mense was the enthusiasm. Next NJ 'm'
Belgian singer, gave the Belgian n.s,.s ses
air, the "Barbaconne." 1t was rsor;o' aa'saal '
No one thought Of rest or slssn ''ras =.
lights were still dim and the street. az .as
and blue. Chinese lanterns tied N 10y -.
sticks danced in the air above tho c,, ag
The cannon, the smaller ones ~
Madeline guns of the Place de Ia Cor, ~
began to appear along the streets. d..
by the students. Ono soldier car~;ss
Madeline gun, mounted on it's little e.r.;.
slung over his shoulders. He was
fellow, with dark blue beret of ch... ss
on his head, ard ne danced, sipvin. ~
shouting with his burden, and then ,vs:,
the crowds somehow made room s..~s.
to watch, to cheer, came long fle Of -.
wounded. Some pushed in chairs w
without arms, WITH one leg with banda
some blind. Women dashed forzrs,s '~
embraced them, and little compa,r -.
musicians, meeting them, instantly turnss
and marched at their head, playing tss
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sun shone, the sky was blue and a wonder
full music drifted-the music Of thousands
on thousands singing the beautiful march
ing songs Of France simply cheering.
There wee no harsh or raucous sounds
there were rough or ugly acts They
say that the sergeants de vile had abso-
lutely nothing to do the whole time. It
was happiness, fully and freely expressed,
by a people who had long been denied it.
And it was amazingly beautiful, entirely
thrilling. Your heart sang with all those
singers, you laughed, you danced, you
caught hands that were thrust at you,
pressed them and cried "Vive la France!"
"Vive lAmcrique!" Americans received
special, delighted recognition. They are
popular -remarkably SO. Several times
was stopped~I wear my "Y" uniform, with
ts ~. S." on the collar Of the cape-by
some one, man or woman, who demanded:
"C'cst PAmerique, ca?" And when nod
ded give PAmerique!" was the response
and smile. looked at the American flags
floating beside the other great standards
and thanked God from the very soul of me
that it had the right to float there.
Night fell, and the demonstration went
on unquenched-more joyous, more wild.
We sat on the terrasse of a cafe on the
Boue des Capucines, watching the endless
streams Of passers. BY now they had begun
to put on gay, queer caps. Some were cos
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lie Figaro" comments: The remark
able haste of the austrian National CouD~
Gil to declare for a union with Germany is
perhaps, dictated by the desire 10 put the
perhaps, to put ar accomplished fact be
fore the PEOPLE Of Austria and the Allies
before the Constituent Assembly, etc
1t might be real Austrian caculs-
ton to threaten TO join Germany and get
better terms from the Allies for :onssnting
to abandon the project. But til. pan-Ger-
man movement is surely growing"
Censorship and the peace negotiations is
an agitating subject in the French press
at present Senator Borah declaration
that the peace treaty shosld be made public
caused a vivid discussion.
Opinions are greatly divided and some
fear is expressed that public deliberations
might cause some undesirable resuts-it
would furnish Germany with information
and possibilities for organizing her obstruc-
ton, because. as the German revolution IS
viewed in Paris, her representatives are
expected to be practically of the same kind
as those who made the treaty of Brest-
Lltovsk or Bucharest. Whatever procedure
~lu be adopted, very categorical rules are
necessary, and precautions must be taken
"Of course" says lie Temps, sit is more
difficult sometimes 10 conduct public Wn'
knows and understands But such task
could not embarrass M. Clemenceau ana
his colleagues. They have managed the
ship of state through more difficult times
and the bureaus of the Qua d'Orsay them
selves will perhaps begin to pay attention
to this great truth that one leans on's
against that which does not give way unoes
pressure
The problem Of the German-Austriahs,
in the view of the "Corriels della Serrs'
OF Milan. is the knot of all the questions
concerning the reconstruction of all tns'
has been destroyed N Europe. The "OP'
riera della Sierra" says:
at viii be necessary to think very calmly
But the fear of future peril should n0'
disturb the balanced minds Of France anO
Italy The first and Fundamental guarantees
of the peace OF the future consists not !"
an abandonment to complicated calculation.
of equilibrium, but in application u
the principles for which The Allies nav
fought. The only way for not all0"'As
the reconstruction Of new MitteleurOp'
and OF the Austro German system is neilns'
to favor nor to provoke the entry OF NV
Germans into the future organization -
the Slavic and Latin nationalitiss OF sen'
trai and Occidental Europe"
The socialist "Avanti" writes about 'As
end of the "intersegnum." 1t is pr0','.
against, as the paper puts it, those VIZ ''''
want to use the victory for their impeF''',
istic ends, and it remarks that ali who n0ps'
through the war to get rid of socialism a''
ever are very alarmed, because they -s''
the end OF the "integregnum."
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"s0mbre ct Meuse." It was one Of the great
moments.
All yesterday ana to-day the thing us.
continued. Tonight it vas at It's spos..
of gayety and delirious motion.
But yesterday was the greatest Of dsu
For there was still tenseness, gravity
Of JOY. And the very stones and buildings
of the city seemed to feel the vast emotion
The Madeleine brooding in the pale siyer
light above the multitude, serene. mighty.
exquisite, was as emotioRally a part Of
Paris's happiness as the people who flowed
eelow her mighty pillars. And in the gar.
dens, the fountains released to the air.
wavering, aspiring-they too were part and
parcel Of the whole The great beautiful
city hummed like harp, rejoicing with its
children over the victory Of peace, triumph.
From my room now, very late as It is. I
hear the joy note still sounding. Many Of
the lights are on now, and they throw
radiance such as Paris has not seen In
years. Peace is here, and tie most won
derful city is giving full and perfect spon-
taneous expression 20 her JOY 1t has been
one Of the greatest things the world has
ever seen.
And was here! And my heart beat with
all those millions, I eheered, wepl, smiled
with France on her great day siall never
forget moment OF Il.
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a big German trench dog, whom she ad-
dressed affcctonately as Cochon Two SOL
diers reading the Unsupported Paris "Midi.o
and discussing the news with that compos-
ure which is so French--when big things
are happening. A child with large loaf
of bread walking beside an old man carry
ing bird cage in which was a blackbird,
with big yellow bill and brilliant brown
eyes. Also couple of Italian officers in
their handsome greenish-gray uniforms and
kapis, their long capcs flung over their
shoulders with Latin grace sitting before a
little restaurant taking their "digcstif."
The afternoon | gave up to the Place de
la Concorde, crowded with captured Ger
man cannon, huge things with great muz-
zles pointing to the sky; little ones, fat
and thin ones, all camouhaged with queer
crazy spots and stripes of color; partly
smashed Boche tank, ugly and awkward,
like all they make; quantities of machine
guns, and along the high wall, at the
Tuileries end, a row of enemy planes. I
aviator, who showed me the dreaded, alert
looking little Fokkers, of which there are
several. Everywhere were great crowds,
cheerful but quiet, family parties, couples,
groups, all interested, all smiling. very
different Paris this from last spring!
walked up to the Arc, stopping to see a
Guignol, just as I used to years before the
war. The beautiful Paris children, 80
charmingly dressed, were wildly eager
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and excited, shreking warnings to
the puppets when danger threatened,
shouting with delight when their favoritc
knocked his enemy over. All the way up
the beautiful avenue the crowds sauntcrcd
in Sunday joy~-and yet there wns. every
where, n sense of waiting. If motor car
back k-fred with loud report, people
stopped, stared. Could it be the cannon
announcing the great news? Then on they
went, talking and smiling. little boy
sitting in pony cart waved large French
flag. But there were no other flags to be
seen. Except in the sky! The sunset was
lovely and all the broad stripes OF rows,
blue and silver, the colors of France. AS
| came back in the dark the lights along
the Avenue of the Champs Elysecs and
those in the Concorde began shining.
They were real lights, not very bright, but
the blue had gone and they gave light
one could see Bly, The little boys riding on
the cannon clearly outlined, and
made strange picture, scores of them.
The Paris children are always Chamber
ing over the captured monsters.
At night once more n little crowd, sing
ing, some stir along the boucvards in the
blue haze and then to bed for the whole
city. But later l awakened again by
the sounds Of song and cheering and march
ing feet
November II.
And now it has happened Peace has
come, and I was here in Paris at the great
moment. No more wonderful time than
these two days can be imagined.
Monday morning at 10 l made my way
along the grand Grands Boulevards, which
we're pleasantly full Of people. We had
heard, don't know how, for the papers
seemed doubtful that matters would be
settled so soon, that the armistice had been
signed and the hostilties were to cease at
II o'clock. ] kept looking at my wrist
watch and the clocks along the street, won
dering whether it were true.
AT little kiosk a woman was mailing up
a sign, roughly printed by hand: "L'Armis-
tice est Signe-Vive la Francc!' People
stopped and watched her, but moved on
without sign. They must be quite sure.
We all began to crowd in front of the
Matn Building. Nothing to show what
might happen Five minutes to III A man,
several men, came out on the BALCONIES and
began to hang out flags. | glanced up and
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in the butchers street This was the
busy part; in every other region OF the
Moslem quarter hardly q soul was to be
seen at some hours of the day. except in
Harat Bah el'Amud (the Street of the
Damascus Gate), and Harat Bah Sitti
Miriam (Street of Our Lady Mary's Gate, ,
where grocers did an active trade, the
fellahin from the Eastern country buying
necessaries there just before leaving the
town. A conventional thin veil or net was
dropped over the shop entrance and pro-
jecting baskets of rice, nuts, lentils, etc,
from ii a. m to y. M, signfying that the
owner was away, presumably at prayers in
the adjacent Haram. The protection was
more real than any police measures could
have secured.
In the S1k ell Bizar the throng was some
times so great that it was impossible to
advance step; especially was this the case
when a long string of camels loaded with
grain made its way to the wheat bazaar, the
small square underneath a vault which
gives the street its name. Wheat and
barley, lentils and dhlrra, or maize. are
here poured on big heaps and sold to the
public The official appointed to measure
out the grain in the Tabbeh (about eight
rotls) or Sa' (half a Tabbeh) is quite
a serious and important parsonage. Filling
his measure, he will begin by announcing
Allahu Ahad God is One), and continues
saying this till the first tabbeh is in the
sack "Two," "three," he says at every
measure, till he comes to seven, when he
says Sameha (pardon), instead of Saba
(seven). The number seven, being that of
the princes of the jam (genis), must not
be named while handling grain for fear
the Jannj should carry off the blessing
Tamanieh (eight), va Rabb, ell Amaneh
(Lord, give me honestly. The crowd is
exasperating at times, though comical incl
dents occur occasi asionally. As SLOWLY
pushed my way forward one day, STOPPING
to avoid huge sacks, a European snob anx-
lous to escape being crushed stood in
corner, wearing new straw hat. Hats are
as q rule, disliked by Orientals The Eu
ropean, in derision, is often called Abu
1-baranit Gather of hats). A durnevtah
(hat) attracts unpleasant notice in crowd
camel, waiting to pass, looked round cas-
ually, put out his huge lips. seized the
strange straw basket, and in one bite ate
half the hat. to the distress of Mr.. Snob
and the delight of the bystanders.
The north and northeast portion as far a.
the Temple Area was most exclusively
Moslem. Like the butchers and the spicers.
the gold and silver smiths, the blacksmiths
md the coppersmiths and other workers
had their separate streets, the last named
near the dyers; but many began to feel the
influence of a new period and left their
old quarters, bidding farewell to the an
cient Oriental tradition. The dyers had as
yet sufficient space among the ruins Of the
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Mauristan OF on the low cupolas above the
butchers street to spread out their endless
rolls OF Maltl (sheeting). They had their
hands and arms stained indigo. In the
eleventh and twelfth centuries the Spanish
traveller, Benjamin of Tudela, remarks
upon the number of Jews in the towns of
Palestine who we're dyers
The city streets were tolerably clean,
though no regular sweepers existed. From
time to time the rubbish was convened on
crowds Of donkeys to the fields of Zion and
Morlah. The dogs disposed of every cor
ruptlble bit of food, and may be said to
nave been the best health and police Off
GERS OF Jerusalem. Police, in the European
sense of the word, there was none; q few
Zaptleh, or policemen, stood about the town
gates and the seraia where the Pacha lived,
And yet crime and disorder were less than
IN many police guarded modern city
There was kind of peaceabe and. for
want OF better word, tacit self-goyern-
ment. Thieves are certain to exist wher-
ever there is possessing class, vet the
Samman Clutter seller) in Jerusalem could
draw net no stronger than spiders web
over his pots of Samn (claritied butter)
and Dlbs (boiled grape juice, (the famous
Dahsh OF Hebrew history and go to his
devotlons, leaving the charge of all to Allah
and his neighbors.
Whenever we entered the town at dark
peiore the closing of the gates, we went in
troops one or us carrying lantern to light
the way and also to show that we we're no
A"lad el-Haram (children of sin. or bas
tards), but genuine Awlad el-Halal (chil-
dren of honor, or legitimate).
Hannah, an older boy from Aka. ever
reaoy TO tell stories and explain Arabic
"oros' sald' as we went alorg the rocky
streets: 1.-THE Harami (thief) IS induced to
steal by lblis esh-Sheytan. Satan. like the
other angels, was created before Adam
When Adam was created, and before he ,voa
called to life, his form Law motion]ess u,or
the ground. The angels, by command of
aii@"' ' nao 10 pass it and make reverence.
"c" ioIs passed he irreverenty touched
'ne spot where Adams heart would have
20 pe win ms stick and the touch pro-
ouced the hearts ink. The black snot ia
thus present in the heart of every son ot
Adam When Adam was called to life +ba
angels passed and bowed, but Iblis yofusod
ana was cast out of Paradise. He and b;s
host fell headlong into the valley of ho,1
winch had been created for them IN w.
interval. The trembling throne was set On
water and unstable it remained. AS the
oevl' and his angels had drunk Kowtbar
water IN Paradise, they were immortal and
by permission of Allah, they were let loose
TO 90 mischief among the careless. The
nigh fence of Sidr bushes which surrounds
PARADISE prevents Iblis and his adherents
from entering. We can witness how from
t'me to time they approach and are shot at
WIN the heavenly missiles, known to us as
shooting stars. Therefore, Iblis is also
called Ech-sheytan er-rajim (satan the
otoned), in remembrance of the pelting he
receives
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ME world knows more of Rome
and Athens than it does of
Jerusalem. Phi. j. Baldensperger

-~N~-N-AS ND>S ~
Jerusalem Phi ]. Baldensperger
writes of it entertainingly in
'The New Age (London)
"The Church of the Holy Sepulchre and
it's surrounding honeycomb of ciosters may
be said approximately to have separated
the Christian and the Mosem quarters of
the city. Two gates, closed at night, shut
off the church from the town-one below
Christian Street besides the Jami' el Omari
and the other, small one, leading to the
Maurstan. The Jami' ell Omari is the real
Mosque of Omar. 1t was built in A. D. 637
to commemorate the first prayer said by
the Caliph Omar ibn el-khattab after his
entry into the conquered city. The large
minded Caliph was inside the Church of
the Sepuchre when the muczzn called to
prayer. Sophronius, the Greek Patriarch
ordered carpet to be spread on the spot
for tie Caliphs orisons. The church is
many feet below the level of Christian
Street, and fight Of al least twenty very
broad stone steps leads down from the
spot where the Jami' ol OMAR now stands,
into the court before it,
Garry the carpet up beyond those stone,"
enjo.ned the Caliph, Cor if | said my
prayer nero now no power on earth could
prevent my people from building on this
site mosque" The present unpretentious
mosque at the top Of the steps marks the
historical spot where Omar knelt The
small, gate opposite across the court leads
straight into the Moslem quarter. No Jew
IL ever allowed to pass in front of the
church through either of the two gates.
once or twice an inquisitive son of Judah
has tried the experiment, but he has not
lived to tell the tale of his adventure, so
roughly was he handled by the Christian
mob.
Outside the small gate, in the Moslem
quarter, shops for the sale of glass
beads and bracelets, kept by men of Hebron,
and soon you come into the street of shoe
makers. The trade established here in
old days when the abattoir was in the
Mauristan, among the ruins of the ancient
hospital of the Knights of st. John The
Mauristan given by Sultan Abdul Aziz
as @ present to Frederick William, Crown
Prince of Prussia, when he visited Jeru-
gnlem In 1859 The German Church of the
Rcdeemer (Erloser- -kirche) was built here
afscr the war of 1870. The slaughter house
had previously been removed to waste land
just inside the walls up by the Zion Gate
The hides of beasts were thrown upon the
road, and people walked on them till they
were tanned enough for shoemakirg Eu-
xopean boots and shoes were then anknown
to the majority. The Moslem and Christian
men wore soft red shoes Of shcepskin; the
women yellow clippers of the same. The
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French Eyebrows Raised at Germany

ME g. attitude Of the French press to
q fhe German revolution is one of
olstrust and warning. "Le Temps"
speaks of it IS "this three story
house, where the Secretary of State of the
old regime is sandwiched between two rows
OF Soc'slists," and says it can only inspire
the feeling that there is much bluff and
instability.
hEcho de Paris" says the feudal facade
OF Germany has been broken up, but o,00O-
oO0 inhabitants, sober, disciplined and
unlted' are ardent to resume economic
work. They have a horror of Bolshevism
and reply disdainfully to the advances Of
Lenlne and Trotzky. "L'Homme Libre" con-
siders the new government neither impe-
rial nor republican nor revolutionary. but
camouilage 1t says the rulers of Germany
try to appear pro-Bolsnevik and at the
same time do everything to maintain the
old institutions, while the people of the old
regime aid them in this deception
Gustave Herve says in "La Victoire":
They play republic very simply, because
the empire conducted them TO defeat ruin
and dishonor. They overthrew Wilhelm as
we overthrow Napoleon III after Sedan.
That is ALL" He is satisfied with this situ-
alton, as he sees in it guarantee against
militaristic tendencies in the future.
The Socialists are divided. "L'Huma-
mite, which now represents the extreme
pasty, the former defeatists, published in
full the appeal of the Council of Workmen
ana Soldiers to the people Of France, Italy,
England and America and commented favor
ably upon it. "La Petite Republique" fears
"the noble, generous feelings Of the French
Socialists have let them be very crudely
out-man9uvred by their German comrades.
who try to strike the international noten
Marcel Sembat in "LHeure" repu6Iates both
opinions and says two stupidties must be
avoided: "The one which continues tn saw
the German revolution is a camouaaeed
one, and the other that the German repub-
lie is the one we hoped for, an enemy of
war and mlitarism"
Conservative French papers are much
concerned about the Pangerman possibili-
ties of the present Germany, especially with
q view to the possible union of C German-
austria with what may happen to be left Of
the old Germany. ale Temps" quotes the
expression of German diplomat in sep-
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on everything big and small ones People
moved, murmured, exchanged quick
marks AT go two men suddenly flung
out n canvas strip and began to nail it
across the huge maps on the Matin Build
ing the very place where I had seen the
affiche about the Kaiscrs abdication Satur-
day night. 1t was the long waited an
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PEACE
HA%
CON 6: s! |!

tuned as at Mardi Gras. Small bands ap-
peared, made up as they went along by
calling to drummer, bugler, cornet
player, many Of whom wandered through
the press to join the group already formed
Every uniform of the Allies and the many
regiments of France was to be seen with
the English khaki and our own AS a
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grouped together at the head Of the fol-
lowns ranhs, number oG bnnners, large,
beautiful, making miracle of color and
motion. You cannot imagine anything more
effective than these grouped flags sweying
ut the head of these marches. Infinitely
more 50 thnn if every had carried
banner, or if they had been scattered
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By Hildegarde Hawthorne

The foUowing letter acas aoritten
from Paris to a friend IN Neqc
York the day the Kaiser abdicated.
Sunday, November 10, 1918.
~ EAR CHARLEY:
What pity that you are not
49, here in Paris now-now, with great
happenings pending from moment
to moment, with victory in the very air,
thing almost intangible, and with a
beauty, wonder over the city that
seems 20 sing in your ears as you walk the
bou,evards or stroll along the quais, Last
night as | was going to dinner with an
aviator in the French service, home on per-
mission, at Marguerey's, where you get the
ever famous Sc!e a la Marguerey, they
were posting up the news of the kaiscr's
abdication. People looked on smiling;
there a cheer or two and the crowds
moved soldiers, women, all the color