The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-02
.ARIS at last bares her scars for
the worlds inspection.

HARIS at last bares her scars for
the worlds inspection.
The veil of censorship lifted
we learn now just how trying was the
ordeal through which the Parisians
passed mistaken. ST. -
Airplanes and Zeppelins dropped 746
bombs upon Paris and her suburbs,
killing 266 men, women and children
and wounding 60S. Big Bertha shot
900 shells into the same area, killing
256 persons and wounding $50. That
is a total Of 1.O49 hits, and the map
shows that hardly a block in the
metropolis but felt the quake of det-
oneting explosives.
Does the revelation of the full hor-
ror achieved by the kulturites increase
our admiration for Prussian efficiency
Hardly. But 1t does multiply tenfold
our admiration for French morale.
Imagine more than a thousand bombs
and shells dropped from the skies
the edges Of Grand Central Terminal,
the Pennsylvania station. on our
North River docks, close TO st. Pat
rick's Cathedral. Imagine 522 Of US
killed and 1929 of us maimed-no
borough spared. Would we have car
ried on" as steadfastly? Until the
French sent us an army, for example ?
10 81.
tive Of frankness or whether inspired
by tho more subtle desire to refresh
the memories of the peace delegates
row her guests as to what manner or
folk we plan to make treaty with
whether from the one motive or the
other, the French War Office has
gwen out every detail OF the damage
done by the commandments OF Paris.
4 brief resume Of the statistics al
ready has reached America by cable.
Vow In L'IIlustrdtion we get the map
o: Paris showing the spot where each
rrojectile fell. from August. 1914, TO
last November, together with care
full account of the results.
Be IL said to the everlasting shame
OF our enemies that the military ef-
fects were negligible. ... ..... ..
why Big Gun Killed So Many.
At first glance II seems curious that
the a!rplanes and Zeppelins In more
than four years killed and injured
shout as many persons as the lons
range cannon killed and wounded
within the space OF a few months
November 90, 1917, to August 9. 1918
oh n.
ment's reflection. 1t Is true thai
the long range cannon was shooting
blindly, hoping only to hit Paris-any-
where in that swarming metropolis
and not always doing that, while the
air raiders could to some extent OBJ
serve what lay spread out beneath
them, could correct their aim and pick
their targets. But the air raiders had
10 come at night and at the first evil
dence OF their approach warning could
10 given. Big Bertha on the Other
Land could spit her devilish pellets al
any moment of the day--and no spot
was safe. She was a blind giantess
raging away In the general direction
OF her enemy.
In monetary damage the air raider,
scored far above the big gun. Theil
incendlary bombs set few destructive
.;fcs-for instance, the Par.s-Franc'
stores in the Boulevard Voltaire, Iun'
Is. 1918. and the BARRACKS in thu
cnur:yart az the.SM!n.stry OF War
,iarCh IL, 1913,
TIE most terrible day of AL wa'
March 90. 1918. Good Friday, when {
she'll from the long range cannon
,,truclx fhe Church of ST Gcryais Oni,
The on shell hit Paris that day; thre'
Elruci lin tbs suburbs. But eighty