The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-02
I. v. CHAMBERL|N, A RETURNED NORTH
DAK0TAM TELLS TIMES OF SMELLING OF PARIS

Thirty thousand people left Paris daily during the first
few days the city under bombardment of German long
range guns many OF them old men, and children
seeking safety in cities further SOUTH said Mr. Chambern
who returned after spending five months in France where
he was engaged by the French government in assembling
gas tractors He was in Paris during the first five days Of
pig German offensive and saw, first hand the results of
the big German gum The bombardment was surprise to-
people of Paris and for the first few hours they could not
account for it. But by O'Clock the first afternoon French
amen had located long range gun and the papers in
Paris were carrying accounts Of it and its work
The first gun used, exploded and could not be used
again. according to information secured by French author
tles from Germans taken prisoners When exploded five
gunners were killed The shells reaching Paris fell about
five minutes apart at first but after the first day they came
less frequently and then ceased for time altogether
estated that shells were thrown 25 miles high and that
they required II minutes passing the point explosion
Inc shells used are nine inches in diameter, with walls
halt tor the explosive The shells explode by conclusion
when they STRIKE
The people of France and England expected the allied
line to fall back when the big German offensive commenced
They have the greatest faith their leaders and the fight
ing strength OF their forces and in absolute accord with
the policy Of giving ground and saving men, The working
soldly behind the They not intense like the Amer
leans but they have that dogged determination which in
tends to win There is general feeling that the
war may not mean the destruction of Germany but all have
deeply rooted conviction that the Germans defeat
them.
Feeling everywhere in France and England is very
bitter against Germany because of the atrocities she has
permitted her troops to commit These be told in
language horrible enough to be fair One man who was in
vahded home after serving three years and being wounded
in the elbow said that of the hundred men in his company
went into the fight he first advance Of the Germans
Through Belgium and France only himself and one comrade
returned Some Of them crlcifed head downward
and others suffered such butates that the telling is naus
1eaung There arefew German prisoners being taken by
Allies now and these German atrocities for the
limited number Two British officers captured by the
Germans were placed in solitary confinement for ten years.
The British foreign office through the minstero Swtzer
land informed Germany these officers not accorded
the the treatment due prisoners of within certain
time the son OF Won Tpitz who is prisoner in England
would be stood against wall and shot The British officers
were treated as prisoners of Immediately One incident
illustrated the other side of revenge number of Germans
were captured by British unit among whom was Japan
anese soldier who had enlisted with he British
AS the Germans being led out of the trench in which
they cornered the Jap concealed himself and began
shooting them. No could locate the concealed Jap un
tn thirty OF the Germans shot. When reprmanded
by his officers for doing the Jap defended himself by
saying he had taken no prisoners.
1t is not difficult to get sufficient to eat in France
Meat is procurable and other goods quite plentiful
Horse meat is by many French people day each
people strict rato and travellers others cannot
secure more than the prescribed amount matter how
hungry they how much money they have In France
the people doing all they torase crops but the linn
lted facilities place handicap on them that the people of
America could endure Thesnal size of the farms, 5
to 10 acres and the small fields into which they subd
vided prevent food production elaborate scale In
England and in France Americans met with many ques
tons concerning the "bg fields of the American west and
the prospects for good crop this year.