Evening journal., 1918-01-19
HORRORS OF WAR
Seen IN PICTURES
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porarily tied up; the prisoners in the
communication trenches carrying their
wounded to the rear; the BOYS at mess.
in rest camps. fixing their bayonets for
the charge, going over the hailing
shrapnel; the pitching bodies: the
! barrage fire; falling in even rows. a
veritable sheet Of fire before the ad-
vancing infantry, and finally the OBJ
jective gained
Then there is the Hun. dead on his
dugout threshold; the twisted mass Of
Germans guns: the Red Cross men be-
hind the lines, patching up the wounded
and finally the burial Of the dead wrap
ped in their blankets
Wiped or the face Of the earth. has
been a figure Of speech-mostlv Biblical
symbol for the power Of the Divine
but IL becomes a CHASTITY fact in the pho
tographs Of the Canadian war office.
when the pictures Of the country round
the Somme spreads out a shell-ploughed
waste. Towns and villages have been
literally powered. For seventy-fve miles
the swath Of the battle has left a fifteen
mile tract barren Of trees, or even a
blade of glass-a waste Of crater holes
filled with stagnant green water. where
It is believed 100000 men were buried
by shell fire.
You may see the blinded man who
walked 10 give another stretcher TO a fel.
low who needed It worse" the "blighty
smile Of a man wounded sufficiently TO
be sent to England but not too badly:
the swans at Ypres, the only living thing
still in that center Of fire; who are rear
ing their young and padding as grace
fully as when children played on the
banks; the falling Madonna, who stood
for decades on the pinnacle Of ST. Al
berts Church with the Christ child in
her arms, and then after a siege fell TO
an angle OF 45 degrees, and has since
hung there for six months.
The Bapaume road is one Of the great
est SIGHTS in the war. The highway Of
the Allies supplies, Il is frequently lined
solidly with slowly moving trafilc going
in both directions, for ten miles without
break. There are also on display
trophies picked up by Major Boehm
That the tales of the German under
ground palaces furnished with the loot
from French villas, are true is proven by
the wallpaper, lace curtains, sections Of
interior decorations, and even coat
hangers taken from the dug-outs.
Major Boehm is the fortunate posses /
sor Of a section Of the white marble rail
Of the wrecked Cathedral OF Arras, and
the head OF q saint carved from stone
as part Of a plaque which hung above
the altar and which also is here. The
exhibit will open this evening at s
o'clock in Eden Hall and will continue.
with the exception Of Monday evening,
when It Is closed in accordance with the
order of the fuel administration, until
Tuesday night. being open tomorrow af-
ternoon and evening, Monday afternoon
and Tuesday afternoon and evening.
During each of the exhibitions Major
Boehm will give an interesting talk, /
supplementing the pictures with his per-
sonal observations OF scenes and condi- /
I ons at the front He also will give VII |
mingtonians an opportunity tO learn /
some OF the German war methods, which /
never have found their way into news
papers for obvious reasons. The eX-
hlbit this evening will be open 70 men /
only, but all the rest Of the ex-
hibitons will be open TO the pub !
lie, irrespective Of, sex, and it is
hoped that the people Of this city |