The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-11


with one of several known methods
of increasing the speed Of protec-
tiles, such as, for example, methods
used in sending firewoTk rockets. II
! the latter, then the shells fired on
paCity; hence OF little efficiency.
This turned out to be exactly the
case. Sunday morning at the bonn
| bardment began again. but by this
time Paris had recovered its stupe
| faction and horror, and was gay and
hght-hearted once more. A perfect
Palm Sunday drew the usual crowds
| to the streets. The outgoing trains
to the suburbs were packed with
| holiday makers, the Metro ran on
schedule and nobody paid the slight
| est attention to the Boom! Boom!
| that kept up most Of the day, but in
a tired, discouraged fashion. /
| thought, as If aware that the Pari-
| slams knew that the Germans latest
bark was worse than its bite.
saw where g. shell had alighted in
| the middle of one Of the boulevards.
The heavy paving stones were torn
up for the space OF several yards
| but the earth beneath was not
broken. On the north side OF the
street there had been a great smash
| ing Of glass windows. a tram wait
ing room was wrecked and news
paper kiosk was a. mass OF twisted
iron. A heavy she'll from one Of the
big guns at the front falling in this
space would have wiped out the en-
tire street and the buildings on both
sides of it.
In another quarter saw where a
V.InzT L. r4S
| house, leaving the lower stories in
tact. In another case q shell blew
the roof off Of a four-story house,
breaking the windows of the third
story, but leaving the rest OF the
house quite hs.bitable. I heard of q
building through which q. shell pass
ed, making a large hole, but leaving
the roof and the lower floors I'M
damaged.
Nevertheless, Paris is being bonn
barded. This Is written Monday
| noon and the all clear signal has just
! sounded in the street below. Per-
haps the big gun has had to lay up
for repairs. Certainly it must be a
strain on the v1tals of any gun to-
send even weak shell seventy Ave
| miles.
Perhaps the Germans are really
discouraged at the reports brought
back by their aviator observers who
kept us awake the better part OF
| Sunday night-not by their bombs,
for they dropped none, but by their
disturbing presence. Perhaps the
expense Of firing has been something
to do with it. Paris derived. a mel
ancholy satisfaction from the knowl-
edge that each long distance shot
| cost the Germans something like
$780,
The French government had made
rules to govern the new situation.
Instead Of the fire engine whistles
which herald the approach Of air
| craft, Paris will have drums to warn
them of bombardment. During bonn
bardments crowds will be prohibited
| in the streets, but the Metro win run
as usual, and tiu:id people must seek
| other abris than those afforded by
| the underground stations.
Small Boys Mock.
have just heard the musical bugle
call sounding the end Of today's
alarm The streets are full of peo-
pie walking calmly about as IL un-
aware OF danger.
This morning early I leaned over
my balcony to see the policeman
drummer who was rousing Paris to
the third day of the bombardment
Rub dub, rub dub, he pounded Wig
orously, looking a little foolish, be-
cause Just back of him trotted two
small boys, typical gaInins of Paris
streets, each wearing suspended
from a string, a. tin can on which he
| was beating an admirable imitation
1 eff the official alarm.
I The new German frightfuIness