Evening star., 1918-03-30
81 WOMEN VICTIMS !!
OF LONG-RANGE GUN
Paris Church Struck by Ger
man Shell During Good Fri. !
day Services.
INDIGNATION RUNS HIGH

By the Associated Prsaa.
PARIS, March 30.-Rescue parties at
work in the church which was struck
yesterday by shell from q German
long. range gun have found more bodies.
1t is now known that ffty-four women
were killed
The shell struck the north side Of the
church, bringing down part Of the roof
and opening breach twelve feet high
and twenty feet wide. Nearly all the
debris fell inward upon the heads Of
the worshipers sixty feet below.
Built in Middle Ages.
The edifice is now a heart-rending
crumbled into all shapes and sizes. lies
in the middle of the nave and piled to
about the same height as the high altar.
which was not damaged. The side
aisles are Uttered with less cumbersome
wreckage and the pavement Is covered
with gray dust. All the stained glass
windows, some of which were of his
t.orica1 interest. are shattered. The
'hurch, although begun in the middle
ages. was entirely remodeIed in the
epoch of the renaissance. The beauty
+ It's musical services. which were sung
unaccompanfed, attracted many music
lovers.
In addition to H. Stroehlin, counselor
of the Swiss legation In Paris. VINO was
killed. it is feared that his wife also
is a victim. although searchers have not
vet found her body in the debris. Among
the injured are Countess Morano. VIZ
count Molitor and former Senator Louis
Gautteron.
Same Church Hit Last Sunday.
The same church was struck BY .
shell during the celebration OF high
mass last Sunday and many casualties
resulted:
President Poincare visited the church.
where he met Premier Clemenceau.
had already arrived. The president
afterward visited the wounded In the
hospitals.
The killing of the women and chill
dren who were praying In the churcn
has caused a feeling of horror and In
tense indignation in Paris The Ger
man explosive missile Tell anio an as
semblage of peace-loving people. VINO
during peace on the day they were
commemorating the greatest sacrlnce
ever offered that peace should reign ON
earth.
No Peace Crowd in Paris.
Feeling runs high in Paris 1t Is no
neace crowd that walks the streets or
congregates in the cafes. theaters or
churches. The stern resolution to con-
duct the war to a successful termfna-
ITO, 10 written on the face Of every
The American Red Cross once more
itself in rescutng injured
persons from the edtdce.
ties late last night. referring to the dis.
aster, said:
..The barbarian enemy resumed his
on Good Friday and his
victims are numerous. II Is with eA-
treme sorrow and intense Indignation
that I note that most OF them were
in church. We must not for.
get that justice and right shall have
the last word before God and before
man"
Socialist Leader Indignant.
Jean Bon, socialist leader. said: "At
the moment WREN women. children and
the aged were imploring heaven to end
this horrible butchery the roof OF the
church, shattered by Steel responded
with blood to their prayers
1--WE address indignant protests to
those of the faithful against the crimes
Of false believers who mix blood with
prayers. In France. England and
America there will be another concep.
ton of justice"
An official statement issued in Paris
last night says seventy-five persons had
Had
of them women or children, by a shell
which fell on a church in the region
Of Paris while GOOD Friday services
were being held