Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-11

helping raise the states quota and
| OycisuDsCIDO II.
ITO know thdt'we are 10 he per-
mittcd to share with the stricken
HoIgtans ana French people the COM
forts We supply the Yankee army ap-
podIs tO me more than anything that
| mas Ooen said about raising this fund,
dS much Of 1t goes Just al the choCo-
late to those hungry French children
that drlfted INTO Y hut on the
French front" said Il. w. Sinclair.
district manager.
Mr., rOmroy writes from Paris as
follows:
This In n dismal rainy Sunday
| evening not very cold but disagree
ably emily ! came back .GI5t night
10 tho 5. o. s.. which means the
service Of supplies and generally
| uack Of the active fighting. The lit
tie town | am in ls ono recently held
by tho Germans ana has been sub
JoCted to so much bOmbardment that
not a building Is intact and few even
OF the ruins are standing. | saw
Thousands Of French refugees ycster-
day On Tho road and It was a pitlful
slght-old men and women mostly
barefoot. ragged clothing, what few
'lANg ilhh tll AAf bbgS anu XII Is from
infants to 10 years of age, ali bare
foot, most Of them with only one
garment and all OF them starving
\ bunch just came in here and the
gave them what few supplies they
had. and .. Lord, how they ate! |
never knew what 1t was 10 DO SO
hungry. The Kids would actually
lick the tin from the cups to get
the last drop OF chocolate in them.
These refugees were from towns that
have recently been held by the Ger
mans and which the French and
Americans took the last few days.
You should see these Americans
fight! Nothing can stop them. |
saw them charge up a long hill right
In the face Of a whitening machine
gun fire. They never wavered. As
soon az one man fell, another step
ped into his place and on they went
~ unConCerned as II on a parade.
lney are SIMPLY irrisisuble. The
Germans siHply cant stop them.
They have the nerve and II is hard
to hold them back.
And the artillery is fine | saw
a barrage laid down that was in
line almost as straight as could he
drawn. The French have shown
them how and they learn quickly
and soon excel They sure have the
Germans on tho run. Guess the Ger
mans did not figure on leaving soon
as they have fine siX-fOOt plate glass
mirrors and porcelain bathtubs in
their dugouts Many were Of con-
crete. 1 passed several thousand
German prisoners recently taken
and some OF them were not over
IL years old. All seemed disgusted
and tired. And none Of them want
to get back.
You ought to see those tanks
work. They just run over every
thing; nothing stops them except the
big Ca,iber guns. never thought
there were as many airplans in the
world as I've seen lately, and in this
branch also the Americans have
come. saw and conquered. Nothing
in this line they will not attempt
and their consummato skill and ut
ter fearlcssuess have sure diSCon-
cerned the BoChe. soon they will he
bombing Berlin. But there are lots
OF BoChes left and lots OF fighting yet
to he done before they are wholly de-
feated, unless Germany accecdS
sooner TO Americas peace demands
ut IL wonderful To see the aircraft
guns firing on "A German plane over
head and II You are right under the
shell In some minutes YOU can hear
the pieces OF sharpnel fragments hit
the ground Had lot OF souvenirs
picked up on the field but lost them
all VIII try and get some more.