The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-07-11

- lIr attic in which the allies
1 ..r -lo central powers have
1.u .ugaged in northeastern
J. r...-. p.fen is referred to
H.. lt.r.,. .a> as the Battle of Pic
A. aru .-b rs a political subdi-
.,, ,ha r. s.aco of Picardy no long
,is.s -.p the division into de-
-rn. n..~ made, Picardy was cut
trpu.g nartnents of the Solnme,
s7aCa Aisue and Disc. In the
i.o, r. ben it existed as one OF
great historic provinces of France,
lsHr4.l. ,Sttuled from Hainaut
4 5e- the north and from
or1 the east to the province
E,,... nd the English channel
I'm. e..t 7th q maritime frontier
-7-r a De mouth of the Aa to
diff, oak. and it included With
A.t-r7 -~ the whole of the basin
trs - river and a great part
THAI C Disc.
rpi4r .mans it was Inhabited
ri, Il he Amhiaui, the Nero-
,oin lrl'osaci and the Sues
H. .... James are still preserved
t.4 ,....1 cities of Amiens, Yer
ri,- 5, 5ais and scissors. 1t
eair -uud in Caesars day and
q RH built military roads
rmsb ST.. province and erected de-
7sr- -.-. is along the banks of the
A19e
tga= pieardy, too, that the first
pl~ -fo ,t France as a nation took
Mr. rd.- die Merovingian kings in
hfnH utury. "The history Of an
h, Ff SAYS Michelet, chad its
yfe III n.cardy." Here Clovis made
|ktN 111 al ut scissors and Charlie
|H@55e. j his at Noyon. Famous
|hts Fought within its borders
I'D. be- fire first Prussian set foot
Hn II, su Crecy, where Edward
BIZ BoE ll.uce won his spurs, and
iaroae tuOro Henry V of England,
Th BIS N.a-7en. wrought such havoc
viii -s turh army-the bowmen
TaEs sI-Js were said to have rem
iar' 'r nus assistance to the al
ie lit Battle of the Marine.
Lard Ct seautiful Landscapes.
4.ma 5f lr8utiful landscapes is the
tli o- lic.rlf-or was before the de-
aSllg Hun al0wed up it's fair fields,
BE Wy Its roads and laid low its for
ss and IFS famous avenues of aspens
hd ppars-is picturesque Picardy"
twas known to poets and artists and
'lileFS md travellers. David Murray.
he famous Scottish landscape painter,
N'e It's PASTORAL beauties to the world
I s1oS- three score Of his canvases.
AI5 If 'orrts finest landscapes are
ny III The valley of the Disc or Somme.
Aa&n and Robert Louis Stevenson
NV glorifei It in art and literature.
wy to-day 1t is a scene of ruin, ravage
~ Oscillation. Many Of its age-old
ssS0S have been made level with the
paA Some If its historic cathedrals
~ caataauX are heaps Of ruins and
tA rBlers Of shell holes mark the
w Of the i9nd. AS Lord Byron said
\ tfeece TITS Picardy, but living
'aIdy 10 more"
Ala now again the guns of the Huns
N" Oeen laundering in the heart OF
E@lQy and at the gates of its ancient
s n Am.ens. the beautiful, the
slice Of PIcardy," home Of rare art
sSsuFes and city Of the cathedral
Ia mas been named by the Picards
|4'lSelyes the Cathedral Of the Beau
~ eod and by art lovers the par
|TaA If Gothic architecture.
n 'lr Cathedral of Amiens is one OF
N "rsest churches in the world, be-
n surpassed in the magnitude Of its
n. Uue'l"u only by st. Peters al
n. ps st Sophia's at Constantinople
n, al7 cathedral of Cologne. Into its
.p'ufea stones and statues have
H.. "io42ht by its builders almost a
m pFe biblical history, both of the
n. '19 New Testaments. Ruskin calls
M @Aedrai the Bible of Amiens,
u Ms lecture under that title he
h, gwen an Interpretation of its thou
~ 81 sealptured figures and Of its
sSuo4S in stones"
~ cathedral was built chiefly be-