The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-19

plIlaDle conQ1t1On OF the women anu
girls of France and Belgium could
have been no worse had they fallen
into the hands of the widest and most
cruel tribes of savages ever found.
Representative Porter H. Dale OF
Vermont devoted himself particularly
to observation of the hospitals in Eng
land and France.
Il visited hospitals at London, Par
is and the base hospitals near the
front line" he said. "Our people can
not conceive of what is being done to
rebuild the human wrecks that have
come from battlefields. The surgeons
are performing marvellous feats.
These were noticeable especially IN
the face hospitals. From mans
leg they will take a piece of bone and
make a jaw of it. Men whose coun-
tenances were seriously disfigured are
made to look like themselves again.
I'VE were assured that the proper
ton killed is less in this war than in
former conflicts, yet the fact remains
that the proportion of men wounded
is greater.
at is essential that the United
States make a thorough study of this
work of human repair and restoration.
This branch of our medical service
should be well equipped
King Albert of Belgium surprised
Representative Edward T. Taylor of
Colorado with an unexpected question.
The King entertained the Congression-
al party. Mr.. Taylor sat at his left.
He turned to the Congressman soon
after they were seated and said: "How
is suffrage coming along in Color
ado?"
The King visited the West in the
early '90s as a student of civil engin-
eering. Woman suffrage was being
agitated then. In 1898 Colorado be-
came the second state in the union to
recognize it.
Mr.. Taylor, who was under fire,
could not resist the impulse to dodge
whining bullets. The Germans were
shooting from a distance equivalent
to "across the street" The officer in
charge was amused. Don't be afraid
of the bullets that sing; they are
harmless he said.
Coordination and transportation
and tanks are among the needs re-
ported by Mr.. Taylor.
cit would be criminal to dispatch
a great army to Europe without insur-
ing continuous supplies" he said
:'Also America must furnish hundreds
of tanks to fight the German pill
boxes.
THE Allies are waiting for us to
send men to relieve Belgium, France
and Great Britain, who are now hold
ing the line. It's up to the United
States to furnish the fresh forces nee
essary to win the war.
81 return with my conviction grip
ped that we must win this great war
or civilization will get a terrible set
back. 1t is essential that every loya
American citizen must contribute ev-
erything he or she can do to help ou1
country and our allies to succeed III
this great task"
"a peace or a compromise that left
militarism in the saddle would be
criminal, for it would simply NEAR
shouldering on future generations the
task of fighting this war over again
This is the conviction brought bacl
by Representative Dan V. Stephens o.
Nebraska. Before peace should bt
considered" he continued, German!
should surrender her leaders in thi!
terrorism to a court of justice to b.
tried for murder, for rape and fol
arson"
Mr.. Stephens first real glimpse o
the war was at Boulogne.
my attention was attracted to {
pile OF stretchers and then to two Ret
Cross nurses who stood by then
: awaiting the arrival of an ambulance
train from the hospitals nearer thu
front These nurses were not wear
ing the pretty uniforms we see il
this country. They were 'bronzed vet
Grams with pinched faces, with soilet
: uniforms and with spattered boots.
IF I ever felt like worshipping
woman it was then. Too much gener
osity to the noble cause which thes
two tired women represented is i'm
possible"
This war will be decided on tn
western front" This conclusion wa
voiced by Representative Albert John
son of Washington. Others of tn
party expressed the same view.
1.-THE Germans know it." he contin
ued. "They are too wise to be fooled
They have prepared for it. This iron
is where their biggest preparation
have been made. The Allies hit ther
harder here than anywhere else.
The Italian campaign was planne
t long in. advance for its Psychologist
> effect on the German people. 1t wa
{ timed to meet the entry of America.
"They knew America was comm
in. They realized that disSatisfactio
:. was spreading in Germany. They ha
U been losing slowly but steadily. The
: planned the Italian drive long ago
0 bolster up their people. The German
d never expected to win in Italy. 1t
incumbent on US to help Italy to tn
It best of our ability.
l, I'VE might as well keep alive to tn
it fact that the issue must be decided o
the western front. There we mu!
+ win the war. It may be long, but Gel
= man efficiency has reached its heigh
+ The most shocking sight to me wa
: the battlefield of Verdun. Six hui
:. dred to eight hundred thousand me
n were shot away, and only 1000
graves to show for it. They were She
n into nothingness, into atoms. The
n were blown to pieces into the mud
e SMITH PROMOTED.