Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-12-29
no PUNISHMENT FIT
FOR GERMAN GRIMES
IS BELIEF OF FRENCH

In oontinu alton Of the very interest
i-Ag description OF Paris at the time of
the signing Of the arnistice and the
ending of the war, presented by Frank
o. Smith former ujndge Of the superior
cour1 OF Yavspal county, and pub
1ished in The Republican recently, the
following letter has been received by
relatives OF the former judge who went
overseas to engage IN Y. NJ. c. A,
work
Paris Nov. %. 1918.
! know that some account of the end
ut the war viii interest you. You have
-een The letter I wrote to Amy, and
can take this as the final disconnected
che pier. I have spoken of how calmly
the F1euch waited for the news of the
signing Of the armistice. The fall of
Bulgaria Of Turkey and the dismem
berment OF Austria, and the flight Of
the kaiser tailed TO arouse enthusiasm.
and even when it became certain that
the srrnisttce terms would be accepted
by Germany, there was a curious re-
serye evident among the French. They
entered into the joyous festivities
heartily when the news became abso-
luteIy official, but through it all, there
ran the conviction that Germany had
not been punished, that the terrific
suffering and losses that France and
England had endured from the hands
OF Germany were not being properly
recompensed I can't say that it was
a feeling that the allies should be re-
venged upon the Germans in kind. but
there certainly was a feeling that no
nossible peace terms-hoWever drastic
no amount of ships, of war materials,
or of money, could give to Germany
the jest punishment she deserves.
Monday noon, November II, the
streets Of Paris were a beautiful sight
with the wonderful decorations OF
flags and flowers, not only the stores
hotels and buildings were brightly
decorated, but all Of the camions
autos and other conveyances as well as
nearly all of the pedestrians carried
flags. On every street corner there
vas 6. flag vendor getting rid of them
rapidly and Misunderstanding to my
experience-a million francs a minute
Dancing was going on in all the streets
as well as ring around the-rOsy, anC
many of the old fashioned American
games, which the American soldier:
we're teaching the midinettes. Out il
and American soldier took a chair anC
placed himself squarely in the center
of the great boulevard, where he sans
in a stentorian tone the popular col
lege song, relating to the One key o
beer for the four of u.s."
All kinds of conveyances were on tn
streets carrying the celebrators. O
course, the ordinary taxis were every
where, every American motor drive
that was within running distance o
Paris managed by some miraculou
means to land on the Paris boulevard
with a load of the midinettes. | say
no accidents, but how people live
through it all / am unable to imagine
for some of those heavy army lorrie
would go by through the crowds, run
ming Is to 20 kilometers the hour, an
here and there, some poor one -hors
vehicle, loaded to capacity, would ge
in the way and block the passae. Som
iignified Partisan would sail by in
beautiful limousine, but he would b
halted and the gamins of Paris woul
take possession, if he took it goo
naturedly very well, but if not, he 500
surrendered and decided to take it tina
way, I have no doubt that many
garnin rode around on plush covere
cushions that day that had neve
known what they were before.
I had on my Y. NJ. c. A. casque, an
sudenly it disappeared. [ turned aroun
TO look for it, and found that it wa
disappearing with a one horse vehicle
loaded with some working boys an
girls the leader of the band Wearin
my hat, / had to have it and starte
after it, but finally had to drag the gil
down from the carriago and just as
recovered the hat, the whole band de
scended on me, my arms We're pinne
TO my sides, and ] was thrown bodil
on top of the carriage, minus m
cascue, and on we went. The drive
was an old Paris working man and h
had been protesting loudly, for he ha
4 load of wood under his crowd of pas
sengers. and bientot the old hors
stopped absolutely dead, and the oil
man made an address in passionat
French, which so moved the young pee
pie that they descended, and l recoy
cred my hat and started away THANK
fully; they were, as near as / coul
make out, a group between the ages
fourteen and sixteen who work in tt
Paris factories. The interesting thin
that noted about them was their abb
ity to sing well together. I am Statistic
they were all strangers to each othe
and yet they seemed to have an enc
less repertoire of songs which everyboc
knew, and their voices were good, ar
they sang continuously. | noticed tn;
this was true of very many simil;
bands that we passed. The singing wa
really beautiful, but l am not sure tn;
the sentiment of the songs were of
very high character.
I have said that l recovered n
casQue, but, in a moment, it diSal
peai-ed and I was dragged away by Il
same gang again. They had discovert
q. boy with a heavy truck, drawn
two horses, and they descended upt
him, taking me with them 1t seen
that he was supposed to be actually
work, and he was really wild vii
fright when they took possession ar
compelled him to drive on. | cou
tell from their conversation that tn,
were holding me prisoner for some sp
cial Purpose, but I did not expect tn
they would hang an American on su,
a day, and so l remained as quiet
possible. Very soon. We drew up
front of large factory. and then tn
girl, who was the leader of the ban
and who had been wearing my hat
the time, informed me that the propr