Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-13

Monday a Frcnchrnan gtfod on inc
platform at the Pennsylvania Railroad
ST; d N he was Whiting for train nnd
sang the "Marselllaise" IN French, Way-
ing an American flag as he sang. i was
tho finest thing that many Of ~ saw
amid the orgy Of Joy that filed our streets,
and the song made us think. he fnhn
Bang, not with abandon, but with loy,
mingled with something else ~ ms iace
Those of ~ who snw ID thought he might
be remembering the tcrriblc prcc his
country had paid for peace Vol, may
we all ging "Marchon, F1r wr must all
march on and carry On, If peace il - be
real and what orr President hae asked
for 1T tO be
And we'll may We remember that II
was not America, bit France and Eng
land who paid the price for what wc
celebrate with such cxlbcrance u spirit
America is the laborer who stayed m the
market place till the eleventh hour, not
ST. nding idly BY, but making money out
pf the necessities II thOse who we're dc
tending our country as we'll - their own
Now VIC receive Olir penny, and N the re-
ceiving we should not forget that 4 was
earned by our Allies We have done great
and splendid things IN the few months we
have been IN war, bIt W hovc not bcen
into II long enough 10 appreciate the sor
r0v and the loescs Of France and England
Our sympathy might veil temper 'hc
rot of the last few days.
Evidently thoss in France knew that
peace was coming sooner than We dff.
for We find The same thought # p~ace and
of fearfulness that No may strut TOO
much, IN letter from Major William G.
Speaknnn. written IN the i4th of Clctn-
her We quote few paragraphs of grc9'
interest and very timely
Not ~ very long ago 2 doughboY VIth
n 7ense ~ huTnnr coined the expression
Heaven, Hell Or Hoboken bv Chrl<f-
mae This morning the expression looke
more like fact than a Joke 0i'hin fhe
pa-f fow daes there appeared upon ~"
front page If an American dali II
'uon thp subject which Was. IS i ~ -
many. the Kaiser The foundation 9as
he giOhc, orr earth here .ore 70
figures 7 nclc Sam end he haiser
nclc sam hob-uailed boot IN nf7 strnHg
right foot bad INST been planted inon fhaf
norton of ne Ka,srr anasoTn" rc flse7
when sitting state ndern"ath were
hc words f,et ofF he Earth
tEaw here = Just one little thing
fear. | might almost call It orr danger
md II < . preclpice over which ] Drav 4 2
shall not stumble Our danger IS that "
may loudly say We did il We did fo
some Of II. rs trle. ne figured n u, a..
are figurng n Z iargeiv, n''t ~ dIdn
10 II we Just helped.
The French have never for moment
lost the spirit of the Mane, he Cham
pagne and nj FerdlIn. ! don't think
there ever was a moment when they dh
not think ultimate victory would he
theirs. Even now. todav. there IS lots 0f
f1ht n them. The English. 70 express i
q she English wav. can set take . lot 81
heating. Belgium has thrown lew
parting shots. ,lst for luck ana poor
little beaten and battered Serbia has
moved tlo towards the King Tow. 30 re
Just helped.
The picture of the aftermath IS not :
hard one 70 imagine. The long, straight,
tree-iined roads. shell-hoied everywhere.
of the sides smell hole touching shell hoie,
wheels 81 rarts and trucks i5oche mats
and helmets. stacks II abandoned guns
and carnions. ammunition bv me IONS.
all lett behind, 50 rapidly I'D me hob
nailed boot administer me propeliing
force. tina. he spectre walls are aII that ;
ieft. all hat could be leir. 4 little farther
BACK. The back area ri me Boche, he
area where hev mad, y they thought, 50
strongly tort fed themselves. sides Of hills
.lll Of iugouts, many slth iancllul fronts
many with not iInattractIve interior
decorations Ont ! saw with ront 81
beams and cement. tlmbered effect.
think the English cail II Inside, the graz
brown mattress webbing mad been fash
loned upon the pine walls 20 initiate bur
lap decorations, the whole stripped IN
squares with pine STRIPS, beautifully
stained brown There Hcre 4roors. summer
houses, ii YOU VIII. built III rustic niuc
bark still on Around The bend 0f the
hill, facing east, backs 70 the Allies, q
cemetery An abrupt slope had been
selected on the upper border Of the hills.
They had left the white birch trees,
which are native ii that sector. The graves
we're N ruws, terraced IN the center. ana
ut the extreme back they had buIt :
monument 81 stone. en- Its upper portion
the Maltese cross stood ana IN bold re-
lief, on the top Of the monument, the
PrlSslan eagle With outstretched wings
directly III the center, and ca ITS widest
part. the words Fur Gott, unQ hoeDIg
and Nateriand3
Every grave had us fat earth top,
graSsed sides, and every grave had rose
bush, many had stones, Some net m
4rtiStIcallv carved one an open Bible
carved out Of wood. Periw nike was nun
ming among The IVY and in thc center q I
all, 4 big Cd oT the handsonest haiser Il
Augusta Victoria roses | ever saw.
! stood there long time | rol.8 not
help admiring the flowers, they were per
feet specimens, and the whole cemetery
was t0 sax. the least, 3rtistically made
\ few hundred wards away. shells were
breaking below and - he right another
town. but spectre walls \ little French
cemetery Just few hundred yird,
away -rusting gate, paths and graves
overgrown with weeds Quite a difference
not a flower. not VINE, not rose. 81
course there were no French behind
that line an was Boche and their ruin
But! the rtlns are not ruins of Yesterday
The vines and wTeathS told the tale OF
iour ears ago
During one of my runs over into eA-
Boche land, | saw drawer from 4 filing
system, not very large It was wing on the
ground, wires cut wish | had gathered it
in. II was most lugcniouslv ARRANGED tu
20 tf when the drawer VAS pulled OFT.
[ do not know the ctac rom which the
drawer has been taken ! gathered Ia a
lot Of letters from the home folks one Il
love letter, ana German newspaper IT
August s. wish / could send them 'o
YOU, YOU would have iuu with them | am
going TO send you one 81 he lin hats Men
are sending thcm home SOME nave
reached, Others have noj Perhaps
thousands are sent home, sad that 5
why all do not reach their destination
[ am sorry our postal system IS sn for