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THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE. Jaubert is, an old officer who resigned
the army years ago and then joined up again when the war broke out. He be
THEY SHALL NOT PASS."
longs to the old French aristocravy, and
By M, Joxeru Hoexis, tue WELL- KNOW NOVELIST.]
INTIMATIONS.
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bis father, was tolei pescare by the BRITISH GOVERNMENT PACIFIC MAIL S.S. CO.
(Germans in 1870. He tiid me many a
story of that time stories of censity AR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
safering, fortitulle, espeaks English like a ustive, and has bega, want to this Las more than glud..daring.my second cuntry, are that ones ou inquctant Įvait so France since the war commenced. He has very inch of the strued around Velun, and every als have the uppertacity of visiting notam is familiar to him. Che all hands #only the British Front, but that of the soldiers were saluting “* Mon Cupitaine,”
Fruch. Jo was my fortune ton, to be tresting a trendy yet with marke brought face" peract with men holdings.
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as to hold converse with the rank and fe of the people.
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more w
here the graves aid he empha- Paint every word, “Pivkhundred thou sand German were killed her. This apart from all`ike' wounded, "Mon Dieu! is it not ghastly? Anil why Beenuse they bad got their by army and were' determined to deminate the world"
TUNK BY VERDEN?"
I think that the horror, the time of) --Tell the pople of England," said this war laid hold at me while I was at; Bu olu Army officer to me, ** that tisu | Vardan, even more than when I visited|
the region of the Somu, and Vimy Ridge and this country aroună. Great where giant in their
The
i heart of France is work, and that we will ave yield an inh: no, not an inch?
tracts of forestland Fret north to surth fress wast to wish tres grew are now hideous it is the same. There is at one opinion barrenness, and grent shell craters. in Fruer, and there is but one spirit. very genins of desolation mad death seem This war minst he won We want praete
to beant every hill and valley. While we love power; lost there can be to prueshell was printed out to me which the Team of the grens fortresses, a huge while German milberism is on the throne. Hun had used it barbardment. I was That zaust be destroyed. Germany must several feet high and weighed merly a see that war die tot pay. Is the only ton. The thing was partly broken, and way to convince her of her crime, it is I saw that the steel sides of the sylinder which had wontained the explosives, were The only way to make the people of
[meirly two, inches thick. When it ex- themans cast of Kaiseriera and all its ploded it tore up a crater several feet devitry.
Everywhere there is one deep, and throw up many tons of stufi. united yoite. We want peace, but it What is the life of a man to a thing must be a permanent petice, a just pesce, like that ?" said the emptäîu of the for- And there were hundreds, and that can
while German tress to nie. Дитер буде
thousands every day! Yet our men stood militarista is clumibano,”
it." dried Captain Jaubsect. "Month after month bestod is, and by the werey of God they saved the situation.
AT THE GATEWAY *D PAR
*You thought," said Captain, Jaubers
when you say that
to me," that while the French were bril-Ah, Masinar, talk of the French vi bant ar attack, they did not prosess stay. no staying power! Think of Verdun ing power. There is you muswer!"
We were standing mi
Many Frenchmen muintain that the for- 涅 bill east Vertan. On the one hand was a vast war; that Verdum is the plant on which situde of their armies at Verlie won the
į panorama of hill and dale, while on the the future rests. Certain it is that in other was the old "wined city. Ou, the, many respects and the story of Verdun is hilis were the great fortresses, some of amung the most dramatie in the world.
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After the battle had ́ reged "keveral The £1 Certifontes (purchase price the driven out again; fortresses the names ouths, and fortress after artros had 15a. Ed.) are issued in book form. The and history of which are ngraven on the fallen, the Kaiser raised a posténk to Certificates for Eie (purchase price £9 68.) and £25 (purchase price £1978. 8d.) be printed on which was show an leagare istand without books. The £1. £13 als and the memories of every French nary picture of the German Army croes and 25 Certificates are on sale at local per soldier. There was Thierville: ute yon, ing the bridge at Verdun, and he stand. Post Offices and at most Buaka der was Morte Homme; to the right was, log on the bridge reviewing his troops Dacsamoak, while a little nester was after making the great gitadel. This post: card was dropped on the city by means
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Da ne pusse pas?"
That is a barrage. tinted the their answer.. That user has since Captain, as the gas roured out their become a new zotto for the city. continuous thunder. "There is some- thing important ea. See the clouds of When I was dinng in the old vitudel smoke rising Saaristi! this is genting and it in the mess racun. A medal
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has been strekt, too, in equimemoration of the Verdin sietery. It portrays the It was. Nevertheless we stayed on, spirit of France standing defiant, while for a visit to Verdun is no everyday underneath are the words 'I have quoted, affair, and among the names of visitors.
On ne passe pas! They shall not who have gone to this region since the Inst crufess that a sliver wat very few are English. Perbups parsed through me as I looked at it, and among all the stories of great balles pone realised the inwardness of the situation. are more tremendous than that of Ver-Remember, I was in the citadel at the It was here that the Germans time, the citade, which was the objective, determined to break through. Here, they of the German desire to gain which the said, was the gateway to Paris, the high Crown Prince threw away half a million read to France. When the war como menced this road presented, too many
The great citadel is one of the most diffenities. That was why the Huns violated their treaty and invaded Bal.wonderful places I ever saw. Cut ant of the solid rock, with perhaps a madred His early in 1918 they deter- mined to make one tremendous effort, feet of rock above it, is accommodation hack their way throngh, paralyse the for 40.000 people. It is city unmplete French, astonish the world, and win the del, brend for 40,000 men daily. Here.
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