The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-23
"CANNONS HAVE NO EYES" SHOWN
 IN NEW FILM
Remark of Chinese Ambas- sador During Belgium In-
 vasion Illustrated.

During the siege of Belgium, United States Minister Brand Whitlock was approached by the Chinese Ambassa- dor to Belgium, who breathlessly in- quired: Where shall go to escape the German shells?"
 "Go to your embassy!" called Whit lock.
 But cannons have no eyes," an- swered the Chinese diplomat.
 These words have often been re- peated, but seldom if ever with an un- derstanding of the actual meaning of the epigram. Today, with the modern methods of warfare better understood by Americans, the expression assumes a new significance. In Civil War days men fought directly at their target. There was no question about the landing place of the contents of the big guns. Today everything is differ ent. Warfare Is being carried on lover there" by methods which, in the earlier days would have been consid cred cticable-impossible.
 David Wark Griffith has brought home many truths to the American people in his production, Hearts of the World" coming to Polls, eight days, commencing Sunday night, Sept. 16.
 One of these, made especially mo- tceable because of the prominence given to 1t in the more stirring scenes of this master work, Is the fact that thousands upon thousands of rounds of ammunition are hurled at the enc JUjtb I1ybn ha 10 guns actually knowing where the shells will hit. For more than half an hour in the unfolding of the story of Hearts of the World" the audience lis given a glimpse of the newer, more modern methods employed. Great guns are shown discharging thei, death-dealing contents in the air, both the distance of the supposed target and the ultimate result of the firing being unknown to those who handle the guns.
 One of the most realistic scenes in 'Hearts of the World is that showing the discharge, in rapid succession of 2 long line of tremendous guns. MT Griffith, with remarkable accuracy and a complete understanding of the interest in this particular feature of war, shows the exploding of these shells many miles distant from the place where the guns are firing. The ruthless appalling devastation result ing from these bombardments, is shown in the remarkable view of the French villages under shell fire. Not only Is the setting and firing of the guns shown to the audience, but the bursting of the shells in the heart of the village, and the resultant havoc wrought.
 "The conduct of the war" explains MT. Griffith, lis quite puzzling to the average layman. Men usually ex- pect that there shall be some req sonable excuse for the firing of price less ammunition. Not so. All the Germans know is that somewhere, in some bright and happy little home, shell will fall. Somewhere innocent children will be moved down in their tracks. The Huns do not stop to count values. Theirs Is but the brutal, bloodthirsty business of kill ing, where or whom they know not, nor do they care. Throughout all their activities the Prussians main tain this constant bombardment of villages, striking down the inhabi- tants, burning the churches, destroy ing everything that might come with in range of the shells regardless ot whether the destruction will be to their advantage in the conduct of the campaign"
 Truly, "cannons have no eyes"