El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-25

expected it TO have.
The manager Of one OF the great
French railways said yesterday that
100000 persons have left Paris since
the attacks by air and cannon com
menced: the exodus has been helped,
Of course. by the German advance on
the front, and the fears aroused
among the more timid who lack the
prevalent faith that the enemy viii
never again come as near his hearts
desire as he did at the Marine. The
lowest estimate Of departures, have
heard from a reliable source, Is.
100000
Americans In Panic.
AmolE those who have gone are a
great many Americans There has
even been, on q small scale, what has
been described. with exaggeration. as.
an American panic Americans
have filled the banks that cater TO
tourist traffic, drawing out money.
and clerks at the embassy and at the
offices Of American relief organiza-
lions have been 0verworEed inter
viewing people seeking permits TO get
out
This rush Of Americans out OF Paris
has caused a good deal Of Indignation
here and ought 10 be known at home
Because no Americans ought TO be
here now. unless they are doing war
work. excepting, perhaps, the small
resident colony If they are engaged
ON war work. they ought 10 stay on
the Job Most Of them are doing sos
The women workers Of the Red Cross
and other relief examinations have
n1ssHl I'd s1
The first on the scene at the time OF
The great Cerueuve munitions eNplos-
ion: American ambulanc6s have fire.
Queutly beaten all corners 10 the scene
OF shell explosions American RELIEF
organizations have helped 10 relieve
The thousands OF refugees pouring ln
from the invaded north
War Workers Have Good Time.
But IL is unfortunately a fact that
q very large mum Der OF Americans OF
both sexes who came here 10 do war
work have been enjoying themselves
in Paris. and have now rushed away
with some hundreds Of thousands Of
French drcnes- thinking themselves in
danger. They have thus 10 a small
extent spoiled the good impression
made on the French by their hard
working compatriots- No American
OF this sort ought TO be in France
now.
Has not the Boche. then. gained
great success in soaring by bombs and
shells 100000 people Into running
aWaT- On the contrary The French
authorities are pleased beyond words
az the exodus The problem OF iced
ing the population has been made
much easier the horde Of ldlers who
infested the city have almost disap-
peared-
Patriots Recover Quickly.
For the first day or two there was
a scare The first reaction Of
Erenchman when such a thing hap
pens is panic the second. eXniiara-
lion; the third, contempt and sneer,
said a long resident American 4ly
chambermaid rushed into my bed
room a minute after the first German
shell since 1871 fen in the city TO
che ceIlar- Boche-7 she screamed.
tried TO pacify her, telling her
stray Gotha had probably flown over
town. but she would have none Of il;
rushed down stairs, and got no
breakfast until further explosions
made me get Up 10 see what was hap
ueuinE. The rest OF the day / spent
Ike all Paris. hearing reports from
the offensive that was beginning and
wondering about trying 20 find out
by what deVument the Boche planes
were succeeding in dropping bomb
every Is minutes out OF a clear sky
Next morning before another eZ-
plosion woke me up In came the
cham bermaid- Monsieur would IKE
brea kfast in bed2' she said. ut Is
shell isn't ito She was laughing.
That was the second phase-exhilara-
ton
The Tragedy OF ST. Geryais.
Then came the tragedy OF St Ger
vais on Good Friday. In Two hours
ali Paris knew what had happened
Scores Of thousands OF people sur
rounded Che rOped OF streets near
The church To panic, during which
the worst scared portion OF the popu-
lati0n had left; 10 eLhilaration and
excitement, had now succeeded the
third phase the one which VIII last
anger and hatred Ny chambermaid
no longer laughed when she heard the
morning shell But she did not trem-
BILE She put down the tray and her
eyes flashed as she heaped curses on
the sales Boches" who murder people
in their beds and at their prayers.
German propaganda has probably
spread abroad an exaggerated impress
sion Of the material results caused by
the repeated commandments Tue
ufne and oue-half inch shell which -s
used, in fact, does remarkably little
damage Its envelope OF steel and
copper, carefully grooved, is an inch
thick so the shell can stand the en0r-
nous pressure eZerted inside the steel
tubing of q cannon, which. French eN-
perts say. IS from 200 10 800 feet long
in the she'll and also prevents the
projectile from breaking up into many
small pieces.
No Big Damage.
The actual material damage IS not
greater than that caused al the front
by a As inch hoWirZer shell. On the
other hand. the noise is five times as
great as a 80 inch shell; the bursting
charge employed. perhaps the greater
resistance Of the envelope. causes a
heavy defamation that made me think,
before the existence Of the gun was
known. that very powerful 500 pound
bombs were dropping The German
psychologist in charge OF this attempt
10 break the morale OF Paris has evil
IDENTIFY stipulated that the shell make
a biz noise even at the expense Of
power 10 smash and kill; and a bis
noise It does make.
one compliment must be paid the
technical skill Of the enemy artillery
men The shooting is extraordinarily
accurate. The Hotel de Vile. which
IS near the Isle de Ia Cite and Notre
Dame, may be taken as the geograph-
zeal center Of Paris, and during all
the weeks Of BON bardment not more
than half a dozen shells fell further
than two miles in a direct line from
the Hotel de VIE
Air Raids Abafed.
Meanwhile, the GOthas, which are
really much more terrifying than the
methodical pounding OF single shots.
have left Paris pretty much alone
since the offensive began, combining
their attentions TO railway functions
and supposed ceuters Of troop conceu-