Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-29
Joan of Arc

The story of this brave girl will be
discussed a hundred thousand times and
more while the American eXpeditionary
forces are in France, and familiar with
the ruined city of Rheims, where the
kings of France were crowned for hun
dreds of years. Under a very weak and
treacherous king. Charles the VII,
France fell to very low ebb in repu-
tation and, in finances. 1t was in 1929
that a peasant girl from the province
Of Lorraine was able to place herself at
the head of a French army and succeed
i'm inspiring the people and the king with
enthusiasm. She defeated the English
before the City of Orleans in May, 1429.
After several military victories, the
king reached Rheims on July and was
crowned with pomp and ceremony IN
the famous cathedral lately demolished
by German guns.
With all her courage and patriotism
for she asked nothing for herself-the
weak king and jealous, dOuble-faced
courtierS around the throne defeated
her efforts during the year 1929. In
the spring of 1430, she took the field
again without any assistance from the
diSSOlute King Charles.
On May %, 1880, she was captured in
a battle near Compeigne and actually
sold to the English. The Duke of Bed
ford refused to treat this cOura geOuS
girl as a prisoner OF war ana ndO n6I
burned as a sorceress, in the market
place of Rouen, May so, 1431. The
king, who absolutely owed his crown
to her, made no effort to save her. and
she died a martyrs death for her coun-
try'S freedom.
The American forces are now fighting
around and beyond Rheims. They are
on historic ground. Five hundred years
ago this great Joan of Arc was right
there and fighting to save her country.
And the weak and unworthy king in
1881 made no effort to save her, and
his cowardly subjects sold her to the
enemy for price. She was a woman,
and with daStardly treachery they de-
cided TO put the brave girl out of their
way, and connived at burning her poor
body, as means of ignoble spite, under
The Soldiers Newspaper, Stars and
The dear soldier boy in France, who
wrote me in August from a camp in
France, near city called Vannes, has
written me another letter and sent me
full copy of the army newspaper
called The Stars and Stripes" 1t is
printed by soldiers and for soldiers of
the American expeditionary forces, on
duty in France. The paper reached me
today, the letter came two days ago.
The newspaper is published every week,
and entered as second-class matter at
France 1t is dated Friday, September
81. Captain Vinishka is officer in
charge. New York office 3S1, Fifth
avenue, London agents, Sixteenth Re
gent street. S. w. [. The Paris office, l
Rue des Italians. London office, Cor
ing Hotel, London.
The newspaper is nearly the size of
The Atlanta Journal, full pages 1t
is a regular newspaper, in all it's as
meets The cartoon page is rich one.
Each paper costs the reader 80 cen
times There is a column of original
noetrv on the editorial page. We are
told there is nothing new under the sun,
but | found something new to me on
the same page, namely, the origin OF
the epithet Yankees" 1t appears, as
there explained. to be n corruption of an
Indian word The aborigines could not
pronounce English" so they called the
first settlers in New ENGLAND yen
geese" and finally settled down to
Yankees. -.
have often wondered where the