Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-23

 riedly, owing to an accident, I omitted to mention one of the most significant acts of destruction perpetuated by German officers in Chateau Thierry, writes a correspondent of the London Times. In one house there was a val uable library which included hundreds of rare, old books, great number of wonderful bindings, illuminated miss ais, and ancient manuscripts. There was not a single volume or misSal which was not mutilated. The ex- quisitely fooled covers were wrenched off, pages. torn out, and some foul liquid poured over the illuminations which had defiled the fading. of time for centuries. Now, it is possible to imagine the mood which might smash mirrors or slash at pictures, and even the vindictive barbarism which might break lovely statues, but the slow, laborious destruction of hundreds upon hundreds of books implies condition of moral degradation besides which theft and footing like like manly vices. Even murder may have more to com mend it. The men that could vent their spite in the manner of the Ger man officers in Chateau -Thierry are not men with whom civilized com munity can make any sort of terms. They are not noble savages; they are evil-minded degenerates.-Reu
 The appointment of the Grand Duke Dn1itry as honorary and temporary captain in the British Service has been gazetted. He is the only son of the Grand Duke Paul, an uncle of the late Tsar, and, it will be remembered, took prominent part in the killing of RAsputin. For this act he was exiled, at the instigation of the ex- Empress Alexandra. to the Persian front-a circumstance to which he owes his safety from capture by the Bolshevists and Germans. He was the only mem Der of the Romanoff family whom the Revolutionary Government-before- the Bolshevist usurpation.-did not deprive of military rank s
 The Grand Duke Dmitry has re- mained in Persia, serving with the Allied forces.
 Germany's appeal for 1000 900 men's suits for the necessities of war has l failed to yield the required result and | the Imperial Clothes Bureau announces a second appeal to the Fatherland vol untarily'' to provide the necessary 1 clothes, with unpleasant references to a maximum term of Imprisonment for one year and a maximum fine of 10,- e00 marks s 5eO) and loss of civil rights.
 The announcement made by the Bureau, according to the Cologne Ga zette, says that the period of grace has i been extended to August 15, and com. nunal collecting associations are now empowered to demand fron persons who have failed to provide a minimum of one suit list of their wardrobe and to make an investigation into tht correctness of the list, any person: failing to fufnlsh a list or knowingly giving an incorrect one being liabl, to the aforementioned penalties,
 One ofternoon neiehbor was rouset from his siesta by the sound of firing He walked into his garden, abuttini on that of the inventor, and saw fnel at the queerest work. They wer
 climbing walls, monkeying up trees throwing weapons down from tn
 branches, and behaving like men pos sessed. What on earth were thos
 madmen doing in your place this after
 noon?" asked the outraged neighbo
 of Maxim that evening. "Oh, the
 were H. M. Stanley's men trying m
 gun. They are taking it on their ex ) petition for the relief of Emin Pasha. in their stirring appeal to Irish Man
 hood four Irishmen show us how Eng
 fish should be written. In doing s
 they incidentally improve on a grea
 Irish writer's most admirable phrasinE Both they and Burke used the mea
 work truck" with striking effect bu
 it's happier association makes it's us more effective in their This is Il hour for truck or bargain" than i } his 'Despotism itself is obliged |
 truck and huckster."
 In an article contributed to the Pres the Lord Mayor of London supplies tn
 surprising information that London
 daily bread involves the making an baking of ten million quartern loave.
 AS the population of what is calle Greater London has never been nor than 71z millions that quantity woul [ supply everyone with over five pound
 of bread day. MT. Hanson, howeve ! estimates the population at 10 millions which is about that of all the Hom a Counties. He says that they consum ,1 16, 900 tons of food every "A hour
 It represents an average for every mal
 woman, and child of BE lb. of foo daily, a pretty substantial ration s { the best of times.
 . A trooper asks whether 1t is likel that any kind of decoration will |
 granted to horses for distinguishe 8 war service. You see," he said, I'm B old mare saved my life and that of m , officer We were out at o'clock or
 morning trying to get communics ton, when the old girl neighed. Sf . had evidently spotted something, E
 we opened our eyes, you bet. As o result of what we saw, we swerve
 round, and returned with the new Coming back with a party of 20. W U soon wiped out the German sectiol ! only three being taken alive. If tt 0 old mare hadn't shouted, the office and myself would have gone on--t