New Britain herald., 1928-05-01

before the official moment of the i armistice arrived. But the penalty that was paid in useless waste Of hu- man life was appalling Sues ''To Clear Nanc''
 Sir Arthur. denying indignantly that anything like this was the case. is suing in order to c'sar hts own name and the name Of the Canadian general staff. i The town Is full of ex-service men, drawn here as witnesses or as inter- ested spectators. Hotel iobbis and smoking rooms buzz with reminis- cences of old days. Names like Nimy Ridge. Hill loi, Arleux and Frenoy pop up in every conversation. The testimony, too, has been of the same kind. A huge map of Mons and it's environs has hung in the courtroom. Onicers. non-coms and former privates have taken the wit ness stand. traced on the map the movements of troops in November. l 1918, told where the battalion of the Princess Pats entered the town, pointed out where the Black Watch Joined forces with them, described the last entry Of Edmontons famous 18th battalion.
 Lieut.. Albert J. Kelly. scout and intelligence officer of the Princess Pats, was witness whose testimony will do for a sample. He was called by Sir Arthur'a counsel, who sought to prove that the taking Of Mons had been attend ed by almost no casualties, and that it had been ordered. not by the 1 Canadian staff, but ty the British high command.
 He told how the Pats had made their way into Mons in the early ! morning. His plain. matter of fact narrative made the old days live again: for the moment one could see the stopped. laden figures making their way in attachments across canals and past the remains Of shat tered houses. looking for the ma chine gun nests that they knew were hidden ahead.
 Frank Regan, defense counsel, tried to get Lieut.. Kelly to tell Just how severe a fight the Germans put up. Kelly called it "rcarguard action.'
 Never mind that. Was it a stiff resistance 2" asked Began.
 Kelly flared up.
 If you had been advancing against 1t you would have thought so."
 No Civilized War"
 A little later the lieutenant was ex- plaining how the German retreat, in the last days, had become almost q rout. so that the pursuing Canadians had to travel fast and often got out of touch with one another. IL was impossible. he said. to preserve regular line Of battle at that time.
 Tt was not war in a civilized sense?" asked Regan.
 kellys face darkened.
 II do not know what civilized war is." he replied
 Capt. William A. Grafitey. former ly of the Black Watch, was another witness. He told Of creeping into Mons in the dead Of night, with the city silent and apparently deserted. He told Of sending attachments through the town; of a machine gun nest that was found and bombed: Of final discovery that the town had been evacuated, and the consequent reassembling Of the Canadians in the center of the town. Hi. company had suffered two men killed and 10 wounded, he said.
 The defense has maintained that the Canadian high command knew we'll in advance that the armi,t,ce would be signed: but Sir Arthur, when he took the stand, insists he was not notified of the pending cessation Of hostilitics until after 6 a. m. on the morning Of November 11-five hours before 1t took effect. ? 10 that time, he said the German resistance had been stiff, despite the fact that the Germans were in re- treat.
 All Of Canada is aroused by this , case, and there are correspondents ! here from all over the Dominion.