The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-11

Ran purple lending spot OF flame in
. ono corner. and little mosaic from
Thcb"s culorad another, when he saw th,
End was approaching. while on a visit to
Egypt, asked that he Nigh. be carried
home TO die in the studio, which he
made rich with his soul. In some such
way as that the French peasants loved
I their land and then lost it. One morning
tho enemy stood al tic gate. Tho farmer
with his pruning knife was no match for
Il German with Il machine gun. and down
he went under the p!unly tree he was
. pruning The devastated regions az
France are like unto devil world All
The pears and plum trees have fallen
over under the stroke Of German axe.
and are dead and dry Here and there
| ono secs an occasional tree where half
inch OF the bark remains. and sympa-
thi@ins with the peasants sorrow, the
roots have Sunt 4 flood OF sympathetic
tear; and sap out into one little branch.
amidst the drath of Il hundred other
boughS that famed in May its rose and
pink Of bloom, then in August gave its
read glow of clustered food But as for
the rest, it is desolation Conc all tho
! beautiful brdgcs--lhcy have been dyna-
mitcd. Gone Hll thc lovely and majestic
thirteenth century churches. Gone all
the galleries for every city Of 5000
people In France has its quarterly en-
hlb!tion Of paints sent out from Paris.
. and some Of the finest art treasures in
Tho rid have persisted The land has
been put back 70 where ii was when
Julius Caesar described il 1000 years
AGA wild land. and waste growing UP
with thorns and thistlcs That proclaIna-
ton on a wall tells ulc whole story. Let
no building stand. no vine or tree. Be-
rptrpaIiDp Let each well he nlcnt -
fully polluted with corpscs and with
..reuSolc.". The spirit was this since We
Germans cannot have this land, no one
els" shall You eyes never say a more
exquisite bit of carving for the corner of
a roof than this. a spray of myrtle
leaves. carved IN stone. after the Ger
mans had destroyed the Cathedral Of
Arras Look Mt this fircbrand. Every
German company OF soldiers carried one
automobile lorry filled with these fire
brands, with a tank Of gasoline hanging
beneath tho s4.eS. Ono Of the historic
chateaps Is that of Avricourt, rich in
noble associations OF history. 1t WAS on"
of the buildings specially covered By !,
clause In the International agreement
between England. Germany, France. the
United States, and all the civilized ma
tons, safeguarding historic buildings.
For many months 1t was the home nf.
Prince Eitel, the kaiser's second son.
Prince Eitel'B Crime.
Forced TO retreat. the aged French
servants. who understood the electric
lighting and the gas plant, and served
Eitel during his occupancy, when the
judge and jury held the trial 1T the ruins
OF tho chateau. stated that they heard the
German nfficers telling Eitcl that ne
would disgrace the German name II he
destroyed a building that had no relation
10 war. and could DC o; practically no
aid or comfort 10 Tho French army. ano
he would make his own name name
Of shame. and contempt, OF ohioquy an"
scorn. But the man would not yield. he
brought. in great wagons and moved |"
thu freight cars at the station absolutely
every object tha: was in the splendid
chateau. And. having promised TO leave
I the building untnjTrcd. he stopped h'a
car. at tho entrance and exit gates o.
. the ground ran back n tho historic
building with n can nf oil that he had
| secroted. tillnd the asbestos in this ball
Of p,rforated iron. ran through the halls
! and waited until tho flames were well ~
. rr,rrcss and then ordered his men 70
| iIvht inc fuse Of IL dynamite bomb. A!
, tho testimony was taken immediatel%
| forward from aged servants and from
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