The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-11

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whole story The water faucets h us
been ripped from the sinks tho m uaa
pipes laveins been torn off "a'et
gas fixtures, cooking utensils aaa
everything else which Contained anu
| The smallest proportion of tha n wen
the Germans 50 badly needed had t
taken from the kitchen. walkoa eea
stairs now with more confidence ny
ing tolerably assured that the sn,,, aee''
hadn't been after ME at ALL bnt Sas
been merely collecting metal aai
other materials which they exnao,asl
al elaborate dwelling house liz ~
one III which | was concealed to r,sn
Later l heard that the Germans h..
taken practically every ounce Of h-a.
copper and wool they could Law ,sss
hands on in Belgium. Even tho h.a.
out OF pianos has been ruthlesslv -
moved. the serious damage done :.
valuable property by the removal al
only an insignificant proportion o.l
metal never being taken into copsidl
Grafton. l learned, too, that all do.s
over fourteen inches high had hssn
seized by the Germans. This furnished
lots Of speculation among the Repons
as to what use the Germans We're pusl
ting the animals to, the general i'm
preston apparently being that thew
were being used for food.
This, however, seemed much ,os.
likely to ne thar that they We're belny
employed as dispatch dogs in tie
trenches, the same as we use them .,
our side Of the lire. They light nos.
SibiT kill the dogs AID use their skins
for leather ard tier carcasses for tai.
low, but l feel quite sure that tho
Huns are Ly &c Means so short Of food
that they have to eat dogs yet awhile
Indeed, l want to repeat here what
have mentioned before if anyone has
the idea that this war can be won he
starving the Huns, he hasn't the slight
est idea how well provided the Ger.
mans are in that respect. They have
considered their food needs in connec,
ton with their resources for severe,
years TO come and they have gone at
it in such a methodical, systematic
way, taking into consideration every
possible contingency, that provided
there Is not an absolute crop failure
there isn't the slightest doubt in nv
mind that they can last for years, and
the worst Of 1t is they are very cock.
sure about it themselves.
1t Is true that the German soldiers
want peace. As 1 watched them
through the keyhole in the door
thought how unfavorably they com.
pared with our men. They marched
along the street without laughter, with.
out joking, without singing. It was
quite apparent that the war Is telling
on them. don't believe I saw single
German soldier who didn't look as Il
he had lost his best friend-and be
probably had.
At the same time there Is big DIFF.
ference-certainly a difference Of sew.
erai years-between wishing the war
was over and giving up. and l don't
believe the German rank and file any
more than their leaders have the slight.
est idea at this time Of giving up at
all.
But to return to my experience
While concealed in the house. After
the visit of the soldiers, which left
the house in Il wretched condition, !
decided that / would continue my jour.
ney towards the frontier, particularly
as | had gotten all | could out of Huy.
Tiger, or rather he had gotten all he
was going to get out Of me.
During my conceal.lent in the house
city at night, and l was beginning to
feel more comfortable even when Ger
man soldiers We're about. Through
the keyhole l had studied very
closely the gait of the Belgians, the
slovenly droop that characterized most
OF them, and their general appearance,
and l felt that in my own dirty and un-
shaven condition must have looked
as much like the average poor Belgian
as man could. The only thing that
was against me was my height. was
several inches taller than even the
tallest Belgians. had often thought
that red hair would have gone good
with my name, but now, Of course, ]
was mighty glad that I was not col
endowed, for red-haired Belgians ars|
about as rare as German charity.
There are many. no doubt, who VIII
wonder why ! did not get more help|
than did at this time. It Is easilyI
answered. When a man is In hourly
fear of his life and the country Is full
Of spies, as Belgium certainly was
Is net going to help just anyone usa
comes along seeking aid. One Of usl
Germans most successful ways Of frapI
ping the Belgians has been to pose -
an English or French prisoner who nasI
escaped, appeal to them for aid, imph'I
cate as many as possible, and tneas
turn the whole German police 1or"
loose on them. AS l look back W
those days l think it remarkable Una.
l received as much help as l did, Dul
when people are starving under 'i'e
conditions now forced upon those un'