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The Washington times., 1918-01-09
From the Public to the Editor

~ through a psychological interest
I have, at times. "felt them out" and
asked them why don't you charge
more for your coal oil when you do
get it?'
The answer has always been: %why
should II Your firm doesn't charge
me any more for it,
HAlf-witted argument, Ell. Mr..
Washington Grocsryman? Maybe 80.
maybe so. But when old Gabriel
toots his horn I would rather be
standing In their shoes than In yours.
Why? In Gods name. why should
the poor OF this city who. by the use
OF oil stoves. thought they had hit
upon a scheme to prevent freezing
to death. be compelled to pay the
exorbitant prices asked by the local
dealers for kerosene because there
Is a threatened famine In this prod
uct?
II Bill Shakespeare's shade could
only ramble around the streets OF
our city he would have an amused
contempt for that hItIe thing he
wrote while in the flesh called The
Merchant OF Venice" Everytime he
floated or filtered or drifted into a
grocery store. especially II he saw \
gallon OF kerosene being sold, he
would realize too plainly that Shy
lock. demanding his pound OF flesh.
was a poor piker. indeed
S. H. MCSIFoRD.
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Thinks ShAkespeare's Shyloek
Was a Piker Beside the Men
Who Ask zoe for Kerosene.
Mr.. Arthur Brisbane.
Editor Of The Tim

Mr.. Arthur Brisbane.
Editor OF The Times.
Dear SIr-I was an interested
reader Of your news article in last
evenings Times on the threatened
kerosene famine In Washington
One reason for this interest lies in
the fact that I am the Virginia rep
resentative of one OF the largest oil
companies In the world For months
we have had thousands OF empty
tifty-three-gallon steel drums. used
for shipping gasoline and kerosene.
living at freight stations throughout
virginia. The railroad companies
have been unable to return them TO
US and. consequently. our equipment
has dwIndled unit We have finally
become unable to fill the orders for
our products even II the recent en-
bargoes had not been placed on our
shipments.
Naturally. the most OF our dealers
have been for several days at a time
without kerosene for their custom
1rs,
Notwithstanding this condition OF
affairs / have yet to learn OF sin
gle dealer in my district boosting
the price OF kerosene to his custom
ers a single cent on q gallon. Pure
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When | Was a Freckled
School Girl
By Winifred Blac

And all the time there he was,
the poor Gar, hiding his simple
tastes behind a robe of ermine,
wearing a crown that made his
head ache and signing documents
he never even had a chance to
read.
Life isn't u bit like the fairy
books. is it?
When read fairy stori was
always thinking what pity it was
l hadn't been born a princess so /
could have a wealth Of golden
curls and lustrous violet eyes and
a skin like roses and milk, and
wear a dress of spun silver when
/ went a-walking with my maids
of honor in the morning, and
crown of emeralds and diamonds
when ] went TO bed at night, and
ride a snow-white palfrey with
emerald stars woven into its white
name and shod with gold and anne
thyst.
If had only been a princess, /
thought, l should never have had
a freckle in the wor' and no one
would have dreamed of calling my
hair red, and l could have stopped
from my throne and run away
with the handsome young swine
herd, who would turn out to be a
prince in disguise at all.
And l should not have had to go
to school and learn that two and
two make four. AS far as a prin-
cess was concerned, two and two
made five, or seven, or even one,
however the princess preferred.
We're All Alike.
When grew up and saw a prin-
cess l almost cried, for her hair
was anything but golden, and no
one on earth would ever guess
what her real complexion might
have been-once.
II was a great blowout / still
held on, in a way, to the Gear Of
all the Russias" fallacy.
And now that must go, too!
How much alike we are, the
Gar and the day laborer, the
princess and the little freckled
schoolgirl in the first grade, who
runs home at night after school
and quarrels with her sister over
who shall wipe the dishes!
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vice. Inc. Great Britain Rights Reserved
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KIT PLEDGE to express my
patriotism.
"By doing better than
ever before whatever have to do;
"By rendering whatever special
service | can at this time to my
community and country;
"By living up to the highest
standards of character and honor
and by helping others to do the
same"
Such is the pledge taken by the
members of the Patriotic League
of the Junior War-Work Council
of the Y. w. c. A. Girls Of all
creeds and races are eligible, and
out of it all there should slowly
emerge a new conscience and
new consciousness for the Ameri-
can womanhOod of tomorrow.
Mother, help your daughter TO
realize those ideals.
Not the money, not the clothes,
not the occasion, makes the
human personality strong and al
together worth while. So long as
there has been little of impor-
lance to do, so long as there have
been no special demands on her
character and peculiar abilities,
the typical young girl Of America
has continued to fritter away her
time upon the things of the but
terfly life.
Buy a Baby Bond.
But now it is all different. Even
the growing girl is told that
America needs her-tO conserve
food, to buy a baby bond, to work
for the Red Cross, to assist in the
patriotic exercises, and TO be fully
alert as the new calls for her ser
vices continue to come. And the
democracy of this appeal must
not be overlooked. 1t is whose
ever will may come"
Service recognizes no creed, no
caste, no special rank. Strip away
few superfcialties and the
sweet, innocent heart of the young
girlhood of America is always
pretty much the same thing, any
way. Now, here is its opportunity
to become both interesting and
serviceable.
However, all this general adj
monition will have little meaning
unless it be rendered in concrete
ness. Your little girl cannot be-
come patriotic in general. Take
her to this Y. w. c. A. council
chamber, have her name enrolled
with the War Work League, ask
for particulars as to what her I'M
skilled hands can do, make her
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AVE you read the diary of
n Nicholas Romanoff? Not
1 L the diary Of the Gear of
All the Russias"-no one would
care anything for that. He
wouldn't write that himself. One
Of his ministers would write it for
him, and it would be set down in
letters Of gold on sheets Of silk
and bound in Persian lamb, and
nobody on earth would ever read
it but the court fool, and he would
yawn over its pages.
But the diary Of Nicholas Ro-
manoff, the man-ah, that is a
different affair!
Simple, poignantly simple, heart
touching as no document ever
written by any monarch on earth
ever was or probably ever will be
again.
He wanted to be a good Gar,
h, said, and he tried to be a good
man, and his wife, the CZarina,
was a good woman, a good mother.
and a good wife, and she could
draw and sketch, just as if she
hadn't been the Czarina at all, but
just a plain little woman with her
plain little way to make in the
world; and she was fond Of a joke.
and so was her husband, but they
never heard many things that
made them laugh. And hey were
lonely and friendless and miser-
able in their gorgeous castle, and
with all their gorgeous retinue
about them. The Gar has wished
for years that he could be a quiet
gentleman on $4,000 a year, and
never have to see another lackey
or another prime minister or an
other court ball as long as he
lived.
What Is Power7
Poor man-Nicholas Romanoff!
How much happier his poorest
peasant really was than he!
What slaves they are, these poor
creatures Of pomp and circum-
stance and power!
Power-over what?
For years, whenever we wanted
to speak Of tyrant and a despot,
and a man as free as an eagle and
as cruel and relentless as a tiger,
we have said "the Gar Of all the
Russias."
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feel at home among the other
girls of the league, place her un-
der the personal care of one OF
the senior members of the associa-
ton.
Now, this big sister relationship,
this close association Of your
young daughter with the senior
Y. w. C. A. members, is second in
significance only to the opportun-
ity- for national service. As your
twelve-year-old instinctively looks
about for patterns of "the proper
thing to do" she is otter disposed
to fix her attention upon the daz-
zling and the frivolous. But here
she is likely to find a model Of
simple work and worship that will
make her forget the shallow al
lurements of youthful society.
New Atmosphere.
The young girl of the beginning
adolescent age is much disposed to
be an insurgent in the public
school. She resents instruction
because the lessons are required;
but here in this new Y. w. c. A.
atmosphere she is to be mildly per-
suaded and treated as if she were
neal young woman and in pursuit
of an ideal of her own. Thus the
call to her. heart is charming and
not little romantic.
But already an objection to all
this proposed juvenile service of
the nation has come in the form C.
a protest that it interferes with
the regular order of duties. The
objection is not necessarily valid.
The patriotic war work for all
classes is to be regarded as a part
of the regular order of things. 1t
must have its place, and in the in
stance here considered it is the
duty of both Darents and teachers
to balance it up with the whole
schedule of requirements.
From the point of view of home
guidance, probably the time for
patriotic service of the young girl
should he taken from the period
ordinarily allotted to social recrea-
ton. AS to the school program Of
exercises, these new duties may be
very profitably substituted for
some of the lessons devoted to
civics. manual industry, and the
special exercises commonly as
signed to Friday afternoon.
Finally, let it be understood,
this pledge of patriotism which
asks for the combined service CT
heart and hand and head offers a
rare opportunity for the girl just
entering her teen years. Let il
not go UNDECIDED.
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Here's a First=C!ass Suggestion
Buy War Stamps With Your Liberty Bond Coupons

We publish letter from Mr. Rogers and heartily in
dorse his patriotic common sense suggestion.
L. c. q TYPEWRITER CO.
FOURTEENTH
WASHINGTON, ID
December 81, 1917
Mr.. Arthur Brisbane,
Editor and Owner
The Washington Times,
Washington ID. c.
Dear Mr.. Brisbane:
have read with interest and benefit editorial ap-
pearing in today's Times-"One Way for the Govern
1nent to Raise Money!
venture to offer a suggestion:
\ very large number of Liberty bond owners have
immediate need for the interest Liberty bonds.
Personally, undecided to whether should clip
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Here's a First-Class Suggestion
Continued from First Column

Continued from First Column
the coupons and cash them in simply leave them at
tached to the bond when the thought occurred to me
that solved the matter, which was precisely this
l clipped the coupons and took them to the Bank
and purchased War Savings Stamps with the coupons
told several of my friends of this and they Immediately
transferred their coupons into War Savings Stamps
firmly believe there are a very large number of
Liberty bond owners who could without Inconvenience
to themselves exchange the coupons on their bonds as
they become due, for War Savings stamps and would
be glad to do So ,,r,,, ~ ,,oc,,,ne,
Manager.
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Pause and Take Breath!

Now that a new deal In the
coal situation Is about to be
made, let the public. the coal
men, the Coal Administration,
and editors effect a truce for q
while. Shake hands and for
give. Here's hoping REAL sue
cess to everyone concerned.
The Washington times., 1918-01-09

Let's form a purse for the official
who told us last spring that there
WOULD BE NO COAL SHORTAGE
this winter. Some day I'm going to
get up my nerve and reproduce his
statement along with his photograph
EDWARD KLINE, chief Of the
Employment Bureau Of the Depart
ment Of Labor, has just issued call
for 100 stenographers at salary Of
81 200 per year and so typists at a
salary Of 81 900 per year. This work
Is permanent and is open to males
or females; anyone who can III
either Of the above positions will only
have to call at room 102, Department
Of Labor, 1712 G street northwest,
and Mr.. Kline will see that they are
given a position at once.
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Dear Mr.. Brisbane:

Dear Mr.. Brisbane:
1 am eager to have an editorial
utterance for my audience of 1900
people from a few Of the notable
thinkers Of this country along the
line Of How the Church Can Help
the Country in War Days" May
impose upon you by asking you to
write for me such a message which
! may read and circulate among
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The church does help and can help in thousand ways
And these of the WAYS that the clergy the
country well understand.
HATRED '' "'D' " N'0p''"'' - -'''S '~''' ~
lasts Hatred Of enemy that has made horbeness its
agency and fought against women and children justified
The people be taught to hate the enemy abroad
They must also be taught to hate and punish the at
home.
The profteer robbing the United States is an enemy
more dangerous than any Prussian
For the American soldier with his bayonet his bullet
and his dynamite take Of the do
nothing to the proteer Only public opinion can take care
Of him.
Confidence helps men to win war
BY the telling of the simplest and oldest truths the
church give confidence to the that must fight and
to those that must direct the fighting
Tell the world that justice in the long is de-
feated. And justice is side
Tell the world that not by brutality, but
France Italy England and the United States combined
have more intelligence than Germany and Austria. they
had not more intelligence they would deserve defeat
Teach the world to hate an enemy worse than the Prus
sian and almost bad the proteer the Stacker
the premature pacist the coward who finds pleasant
philosophical name for his cowardice.
Only three words should be heard in
GO ON FIGHT.
The man who doubts damned and he darns his cause
by faint hearted suspicion and evil advice
We went into this at one end, must go out at
the other-the end of victory.
Every pacifst every groaner and moaner along the
road is obstacle friend of Prussia enemy of his
country.
Denounce the that opposes conscrpon tells his
feowmen that is not their duty to fight wherever the
fighting is
If we have war here, it is our duty to fight here
we have in Germany it duty to fight there
and should far into Germany ultimately
far Berlin into any hole in which the Kaiser and his
brood may be hiding.
Religious teaching has two sdes-a side for peace and
a side for
This the time for the church to preach the side
and the church is preaching it.
As regards your errng brother your duty under
conditions described to turn the other cheek.
AS regards the nation that started out conquer the
world the duty te on both cheeks and then on top
= Of the head and settle it.
The church can help the country in days and is
helping the country by preaching the fighting spirit
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FRED S. WALKER, of Rock Creek
Church road, says he has invented a
stove to burn coal dealers alibis and
statements from the various fuel ad-
ministrators.
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HEARD AND SEEN

A store at 1903 Nichols avenue
southeast. IN Anacostia. advertises
PUSH CART LOANED TO TAKE
COAL HOME" It's near Coco Hope
road.
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my people.
Thanking you in advance, ! am
Yours respectfully.
CHRISTIAN F. REISNER
P. 81 1t may interest you to
know that we have recently had
addresses by ex-President Taft,
Charles Edward Russell, Ambas-
sailors Elkus and Morgenthau, and
others.
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II Diogenes could overlook profit
eerinE, he might accept this truth
full buccaneer as q candidate for his
Honest Mems Club.
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No Conversation With Him

frankly Intelligent deal
military
creed is inenddo ilann"-Woodow WHson
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GLOW Can the Church Help the
Country in War Days?"
A Clergyman Asks and We Must Answer
Feebly.

This letter is received from clergyman with big
congregation
GRACE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
CHRISTIAN r.
WEST 1o4TH ST. NEAR COLUMBUS AVE.
NEW YORK CITY.
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1 know Of . woman. the wife OF
one OF the Presidents friends. who
walked into q nsh dealers store.
why do you charge such out
rageous prices for that cheap variety
Of fish ?" she asked the manager.
People don't eat meat and we
can get the price for nsh," was the
reply.
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II would be odd indeed II we
found any article Of food that did
not contribute Q war pro6t u some
one somewhere.
The Washington times., 1918-01-09

Have you tried to check . grip or
get one back from the checkroom Of
the Union Station lately? You will
agree with me that such an opera
ton takes considerable time, If you
have gone through with it.
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Halibut at fifty cents q pound In
the local markets is going to get q
grand investigating from the author
Of these lines in q few days, and II
you're interested In fish look this
column over for q little while.
Wouldn't It be odd II we discovered
a halibut trust?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-10
ONLY MILITARY
REASONS TO
ACCEPT
COLOGNE PAPER SAYS MAY RE-
QUlRE COUNTER GUARANTEES

Basel, Oct 10.-"Only military rea.
sons could compel us to accept Will
sons Conditions" says the, Cologne
Gazette, commenting on the Aemrican
reply to the Leace proposal.
at is possible that Germany may re-
quire counter guarantees; for exam
pr, the evacuation of the colonies
occupied by the Allies"
The paper continues: "rhe political
and military authorities of the en-
pier are now going to debate these
questions. 1t is probable that TIE
chancellor will present to the Reich
stag the result of these deliberations.
For the moment the hour is too grave
to i3rmit of suggestions"
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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-10
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ATLANTA COAL DEALERS
RAISE PRICE OF COAL

Atlanta. Oct. 10.-Atlanta coal deal
ers have been allowed by the govern
n-ut to make increase of 25c ton
in their prices, following careful au-
dit of their books by government ac-
countants to determine whether their
margins of profit were sufficient to
compensate them for carrying on the
coal business.
These accountants came to the con-
3lusion that Atlanta dealers were en-
titled to increased their prices Csc a
ton on all classes of coal, and accord
ingly an order was issued to that ef-
feet, and the public has been notified.
Atlanta dealers have sold more coal
this summer than ever before as a
result of the governments appeal to
the people to lay in their supply be-
fore cold weather.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-10
FULLEST SUPPORT
IS GIVEN WILSON

London, Oct. 10.-PreSident Wilson's
reply to the German peace proposal
has found fullest support in the even.
ing papers. The Westminster Gazette
says: at fulfills the hopes and .expec-
tatiOns of the Allies in Europe"
1t adds: that an immediate result is
this will furnish a last opportunity
to the Prussian at bay"
The Pail Mall Gazette says the ans
wer will put to an effective test the
sincerely of the German overtures"
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MTs. j. F. Turner who has been
visiting Miss Martha Turner has re-
turned to her home in Cordele.-Amer.
lean Times-Recorder.
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Misses Lillian Gilmore and Eddie
Lou Kelly went to Cordele Wednes.
day.-Rebecca Appeal
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-10
SEABOARD COMES
STRONG ON BONDS
LOCAL EMPLOYEES ARE TAKING
THEIR QUOTA IN FINE MAN.
NER :

The local Seaboard employees
through Mr.. j. N. Moses, member OF
the bond committee in Coriele, we're
able to report $1,6O000 in bonds to-
day as result of the camlaign here,
and this line still probably has more
to come.
The will go to the credit Of Crisp and
is indeed a fine showing.
The work with the other lines hns
not yet been completed. Mr.. r. L.
huffman has been i'll and this has
prevented extensive effort. but this
line is coming up.
The A. B. & A. will have a showing
to make when they are all in. Every
employee has bond. That's record
worth while. Mr.. C. d. Bercaw is go.
ing to be able to make fine showing
for this line.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-10
One
WILL BREAK
GERMANS
>HRITISH GO FORWARD ON WIDE
FRONT

With the British Army Oh the Cam
brai St Quentin Front. "wednesday
Associated Press) BY lastnight the
British and Americans had reached
a point where it was certain that the
German lines with probablysone hard
blow could be cracked ASA matter
of fact the calvary might have gone
through the liL9s last night in consid-
cradle numbers. Only patrols were
sent out, however, while the main
bodies were held just back of the line.
After nightthere was heavy firing
and the front for miles south and north
of Cambria this morning suddenly
sprang into action. The Canadians on
the south had hard going at orr place
After the Germans there were annihi-
lated, their resistance weakened and
the Canadians and English swept in.
smootnering the usual screen of ma
chine gunners as they went
The Canadian and Britlsh troops
metin the center and Cambria was
quickly mopped up. Many Germans
escaped but hundreds were either kill
ed or captured. Some of the nemy
were still in deep cellars two stories
under the ground and in tunnels.
They are bring routed out and sent
back to the cages.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-10
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French Continue Pursuit

Paris. Oct. 10.-Th? French = last
night continued pursuit of the Ger
mans in the region east of ST. QUEEN
tin on the Aisne, it is officially announ
ced They have passed Fontain Norte
Dame and Beautroux. North of the
Aisn5 theFrench tookthe plateau-De-
Croix-Sans-Tete while further east the
crossing of the Aisne canal was effect
ed in the region of VilleIes-EnPray-
eres.
On tlDe Champagne front the French
captured Liry, two miles west of Mon
thois.
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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-10
$50 AIRPLANES
PREY ON HUN
CAMPS
GREAT TONNAGE OF EXPLOSIVES
TURNED LOOSE

With hte American Forces north of
Verdun, Oct. TO- 1880 p. m.)-An
American bombing expedition consist
ing OF more than three hundred and
fifty machines yesterday dropped 80
tons of explosives on German canton
ments in the area between Wavurill1
and DamvilL7res, IL miles north of
Verdun
The exploit marks one of the higIl
spots in the air fleet operations of the
war. Twelve enemy machines were
destroyed and only one Entente plane
failed to return. In addition the Amer
lean planes yesterday destroyed or
downed five German machines and
one balloon.
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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-10
GERMANS STRIP
BELGIUM FARMS
BRUGES POPULAcE REVoLTED
AND WERE SHOT

Amsterdam, Oct. 10.-The populace
of Bruges, Belgium have revolted
against the attempts of Germans to
deport civilians. Les Fovelles says Ger
mans used their guns and killed and
wounded numerous Belgians. The
roads in Flanders are encumbered with
farm animals being transported to
Germany
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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-10
TERROR R ?IIl,
YET IN PETROCRAD
SOVlET REFUSES TO RELEASE
POLITICAL PRISONERS

Stockholm, Oct. 10.--Tn spite of the
assurances of the Bolshevik Premier
l'enine, red terrorism continues in
F2trograd, M. Zinovieff, close politi-
cal associate of Lenine, declares it
is duty of every revolutionist go be
terrorist. The Soviet has rejected
by an overwhelming majority the pro-
posal to release political prisoners.
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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-10
GERMANS DENIED
BURNING TOWNS
SAY BRITISH COMMANDMENT SET
FIRE TO FRENCH CITIES

London. Oct. 10.-Indications that
Germany is becoming anxious in con
sequence of the threats of reprisals
for the destruction Of tb" towns of
trance are afforded by telegram
from the semi-official Wolf Bul9a re-
ceived in Stockholm, saying that the
Germans have set fire to the towns
they are still occupying is character
lied as ridiculous. They denied firing
Roulars, throughout. and Lichtervelde.
DI1nt Mn1tn Rnnd g.