Evening star., 1918-12-22

of the allies rose in the east JerSalem
was taken by the British forces This
seemed to us that il ever there were
divine sign given to men to uphold
their faith at time Of need. the giving
OF the Holy City into the keeping Of the
allies was sign from God Himself that
He was on our side.
~ shall never forget the morning
when the news came into Nancy. Our
Red Cross camionette was standing In
front OF the American Fund for French
Wounded. 1t WAS the only sign Of life
square that teemed with life before the
war and looked like tombless cemetery
afterward. A boche plane which had
been brought down a few days before
was lying beside the central monument.
It was sorry wreck. the deadest thing
great bird that had just been killed.
Its body was crushed. it's wings were
broken and tangle Of fine wires con-
nected its different parts as though the
torn from their sheaths. still held to
the lacerated surface tissues.
THE black German war cross painted
on the green wing OF that mechanical
corpse fascinated me. had not realized
before that the sacred cross of St John
OF Jerusalem had been misappropriated
by Germany as its distinguishing en-
blem. 1t was the cross Of the hospi-
tallers. the cross OF mercy which had
been painted on that merciiess bombing
strange violation Of the fitness of things
when the girls came out to the camion-
cite and called me. The mail had ar
rived. The English daily paper printed
In Paris was opened. and there on the
front page was the thrilling headline,
Jerusalem has fallen!'
Jerusalem has risen! we translated
it, After thousand years Of occupa-
tion by the Turks. the Holy City had
been given into the hands Of the allies.
ionette rose to 100 per cent plus and
kept mounting upward as we skidded
along toward Pont-a- -Mousson, where a
Red Cross dispensary was located within
stones throw of the trenches.
X
''Our camionette was camouflaged in
the green, russet and gray shades OF the
autumn landscape and we did not change
color gradually with the seasons like the
animals that depend on this subterfuge OF
nature for survival. Paint was scarce.
A passing airman would have spotted US
instantly and smiled at the spectacle OF
a moving object that looked like a stray
section of a bosky dell gliding swiftly
over the white expanse of that snow
covered country.
"But We wero not worrying about
airmen. We were rejoicing in the
good news and discussing the plans
for Christmas-the first Christmas
after the taking of Jerusalem-and
breaking spontaneously into the Holy
City every few minutes. We couldn't
remember all the words of the
anthem, but those we remembered
must have been inspired for the day
Of deliverance.
passing through Pompey, one Of
those border towns, wo noticed
crowd of women and children and
old men following after very active,
strong -lunged cripple, who was yell
ing some sort of information at the
top of his voice. His message was
causing unusual excitement. Our
first thought was of bombs and shells.
and we involuntarily looked around
for an abri. A moment later, how
ever, we learned that it was our ad-
vance agent. the town crier officially
informing the people that the Ameri-
can Red Cross was to open II dis
pensary in that town on the following
day
at IS impossible to imagine the
monotony Of existence In many of
those towns. The tragic routine was
maddeninE. The inhuman order Of
things was more than a normal hu-
man being was created to endure. 1t
is easy to think of men engaged in
battle. This Is history repeating
-. t. Aor1 n n