East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-01-07
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Roundup. / have some like them.
A New Paris.
II was n very. very different Paris
into which / came this time than
found four months ago. Then It was
awful dark, nervous and menaceda
Now Il was ablaze with light. happy
and gay Paree Like for Postum,
There's reason"
was passing through Paris on my
way to lie Mans as | wrote YOU from
Lille, on leaving Lille we did not
take a direct route, but went east 10
Brussels, then Louvain, following the
route of the early part Of the war in
Belgium. From Louyain we turned
south going to and through the
cockpit OF Europe. Waterloo. where
we were over night. The country,
from Lille on to Louvain and Water
loo is very. very beautiful even after
these years OF war, for little damage
has been done in Belgium, because
they paid heavy indemnlties TO Ger
many that their country and cities
might be left intact. But it is an en-
tirely different story In France.
1 France Is Devastated.
TO see the ruin andd evastation is
the only way to realize and believe
that beings. once considered human.
could have done It. My vocabulary
utterly fails me when / try to de-
| scribe it. But. again, it sure made me
smile and made my old Ford Just
prick up her ears and take the hills
on high when we came on across
Belgium and into France and passed
the French army going on into Ger
many TO watch on the Rhine until the
bill is paid for all that devastation.
II Was In Sedan.
II From Waterloo we went on south
through Charlrol. Philipsville,
Charlesville Sedan, (where the Am
p. f. were). Then we turned west to
Rethel, Rheims. The great cathedral
at Rheims Is as you know just a shell
simply gutted. not a thing left In it.
with great shell holes in the roof and
sides. 1t is remarkable how close
No Mans Land comes to Rheims, and
how close together the two lines were.
4 They Did Not Pass.
I From Rheims we came on through
1 Epernay, Chateau Thierry. Belleau
! Wood. where our marines barred the
way of the Huns to Paris and made
the words OF the French become true.
They shall not pass" They did NOT
pass, but l saw with my own eyes
I one of the reasons why. 1t was n |
little patch of ground on a corner lot |
and on each cross was an American |
emblem.
There are many others somewhere /
In France and these. too. not far away /
But I envy the mother who bore the .
son that fills anv OF those graves
Does France and will history place
those men I'm the same light? Here
Is an indication: While in Brussels
we chanced to sit down in a picture
show. seeing the program indicated
some war pictures. Imagine the
tingle our good American blood got
when there flashed on the screen
legend like thiss Some American
Marines who barred the way of the
Huns to Paris" Then the Marines
came marching past. That's giylna
credit where it is due. And a good
many Belgians that night realized
that there was an American or two
In the audience. | very nearly forgot
myself and came near shouting Let
'er Buck"
BY following these cities you will
see that. they cover much of the west
ern front. where / had not already
been. For I had begun my work last
August in Flanders (Belgiuml not far
from Ypres. Poperinghe and KENNEL
hill. Then came out and went in
again over the Hindenburg line be-
tween Cambrai and st. Quentin.
When we bursted through their line
the Huns tucked their tails like yell
low dogs and came across with
white flag.
At Historic Waterloo.
We were over night at Waterloo.
and IT, was sure very interesting to
look over that historic battlefield and
at the various monuments and posi-
tions of the different armies from
the mound now raised in the center OF
the battle field, Some French artist
has prepared an enormous canvass
with lifesize figures in action. making
a great panorama of the exact posi-
tions of the armies and the whole cir
Gle of canvass Is enclosed in a great
dome The observer stands in the
center and looks at the battle going
on about him. IT is very real The
artist was certainly well read in Vic
tor Hugo's description OF the battle
of Waterloo In Les Miserables. But
Victor was off In one OF his state
nents. After describing a certain
piece of slaughter he PHILOSOPHERS
like this-"And ali this
hat in some future day some peas
ant might say Monsieur give me h
three francs and will explain to you
The plan of the battle 5f Waterloo -
Victor was too cheap. It cost us five
S'est le guerre.'' and he knew we
were Americans and easy marke.
But 1t was worth it,
The Americans Pay.
We Americans are spotted in most
'laces and the prices are at once
aised. In Brussels we paid tho
duivaient Of 81 each for a dinner
hat could be had for 75 cents in
'ood old L. s. A. This morning in
Paris L took a hasty cup of hot choe-
late and bread. I had noted the
rice before entering. While l stood !,
I the. counter eating a lady came IN y"
nd got the same. She paid 40 cen
ines, not quite 10 cents. But had
, put down one franc, which is 20
ents
We gof ottf of Earfs al,