Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-04-23
YOU NEED LIBERTY BONDS.

four, and 1t was three German dead to
one French left on the field.
Let the old inhabitant tell the story
Of the wounded:
"The number of the wounded was IN
proportion to the dead. When the bat.
tie was over they were brought to the
village from all directions. A hospital
had been arranged by the German Red
Cross, but It was kept for the German
wounded. With the exception Of three
or four the French were left where
they lay, in the gardens or along the
road, without the least attention to
their wounds and without giving them
any nourishment 1t does not seem
possible that human being could bs
20 cruel. But It Is true, as l am telling
you.
"Some Of them, after a day or two.
whether they could walk or net, were
driven to a stable. That was the only
thing done for them. They were mel.
ther fed nor had their wounds dressed
The others were left i've whole days
In the open. exposed to the damp Of
the night and the heat Of the day.
Many Of those who might have been
saved died from lack of care"
Meanwhile the German officers had
taken possession Of q house near the
hospital and established their head
quarters there.
"And while they left our wounded
soldiers without care" said the old
man, "the Germans amused them.
selves with excesses Of all kinds. The
soldiers were left to do what they
would. and they began by dashins
petrol on the walls and floors Of sew.
ernl houses and setting them on IRE.
While the flames lighted the heavens
the men drank and sang and danced.
''The officers meanwhile were drink
ing In their quarters and when they
were sufficiently drunk sent for the
mayor. But there was neither mayor
nor population. Every one had fed
save a score or SO who were hiding In
the cellars. The officers were furious
because no one remained to receive
them and gave orders for the village
to be pillaged. The experienced sol.
diers, however. had not waited for the
order they knew was sure to come,
and the sack Of Proyart was already
methodically under way. Doors wers
broken in. furniture was smashed, aud
strong boxes were emptied.
"In one house a blind man, Victorin
Boulanger, was hiding with some 9TH
ers In a cellar. The Germans broke
In, and the blind man came to demand
pity. The German soldiers shot him
dead in his tracks and threw his body
back into the cellar. The others were
driven forth over the dead man, the
men beaten with the butts OF guns and
the clothes torn from the women. They
escaped from the house into NE fleids
and there watched Their hons burA'
For long months after the isrrlsoS
were driven out Of Proyart bo,.f'.%
ment followed, and III its nnal ~
there remained one house 4, P-oya{
the four walls Of which sts 4, w.,h
section of the roof supp"-teu , oase .
the angles. All else was level nth +:
ground.
II accept the challenge" said PreGi-
dent Wilson in his speech at Baltimore
on April 6. VI know that you accept
1t. There is, therefore, but one r.
sponse possible from us-fcrce. force
to the utmost, force without stint or
limit, the righteous and triumphant
force which shall make right the law
Of the world and cast every selfish de-
minion down in the dust"
The motive power Of the force Is the
investment by Americans in the Third
Liberty Loan.
1.-The people Of the whole country
are alive to the necessity Of IT," said
the President, "and are ready to lend
to the utmost, even where 1t involves
q sharp skimping and daily saerihes
to lend out Of meager earnings. They
will look with reprobation and con.
tempt upon those who can and viii
not, upon those who demand 4 higher
rate of interest, Hpon those who think
Of it as q me7s commercial tansae