Arizona republican., 1918-08-16
DEAD CITY OF P|CARDY COMES
 ID LIFE AGAIN
Amicns Reviving From Bombardment of Last
 Spring. Allied Officers
 Attend Mass in Cathedral

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN TRANCE. Aug. 15.-(By The Associat- cd Press).-Amens, which has been tho dead city of Picardy" since it's population of about 10000 including 40.000 refugees, fled before the crest of the German offensive last spring, is coming to life again.
 The menace of the invader has gone for the invader himself has been chased back toward the Somme and now some of the residents who had been refugees for months are creeping back. Today street after street throughout the city was entirely de- serted but here and there the inevit- able little old woman who would not leave her home would come to her bomb and shell splintered doorway as vehicles passed.
 Give Thanks In Cathedral
 These vehicles carried men, some times officers and soldiers of Great Britain, France or the United States and sometimes civilians who have lived for years in the shadow of city, on their way to mass in the great cath edral of Notre Dame which, despite the damage from German guns and bombs, retains the title of the most beautiful in all France.
 The service was to celebrate the de- lNerance of the city from the Germans and thanks were given to the allied arms which accomplished the delivery
 But the group gathered in the ca thedral itself showed that Amiens was coming back to life. for in addition to the khaki and the horizon blue of the wounded British and. French soldiers, there was quite a sprinkling of the darker shades of civilian clothing Most of those wearing the latter had returned to the city since the enemy was thrown back.
 Priest Relates History
 Before the altar, surrounded with red, white and blue flags of Great Britain. France and the United States. and with the assistance of choir formed of French soldiers, mass was Celebrated. From the pulpit priest oloquently told his hearers, sitting among sand bags and debris, the his- tory of the cathedral.
 - panied by the soft strains of the organ and of yiols played by soldiers. carried Dot only throughout the cathedral, but well into the streets of the maimed city through the open window spaces and holes torn in the walls by explos- ives hurled by the Germans
 Priceless Objects Damaged
 The glass broken here dated back to the fourteenth century. Fortunately much of the glass had been removed from the windows in time to save it The same is true of the wonderful statuary, the famous bronze statues oi bishops dating back to the thirteenth century and the large number of price less paintings and interior decora tions One of the famous paintings was dam aged. That was cut across the center by debris sent flSng through the ca thedral when a German shell came bursting through the splenlid roof Pieces of the projectile clipped tn, columns of the edifice and also the oI: marble group of the Holy Family which for some reason had not beel removed
 Signs of Bombardment
 In the city itself. the houses every. where show signs of the German bon bardment. Some windows are withou glass. Some houses are merely marked by shell contact. while others bea great, gaping holes in their sides through which are revealed the inter iurs in some of which the covers arr still on the tables, pictures on the walls and curtains Tapping in the breeze
 Amiens is still the dead city of Pi cardy." and the emptiness Of it's shops buildings and dwellings. streets an, markets. has a depressing effect. Blu Amiens is coming to life again Tha was evident at mass in the cathedra today.