VERDUN'S ARTILLERY
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EFFICIENCY OF THE WORKERS.
WHAT THE LIQUOR RESTRICTIONS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
The effect upon American munition shipments to the Allies of a rupture be- tween the United States and Germany;trol Board (Liquor Trafie), which was The second report of the Central Con- French experiments with destructive gases; the amazing increase in French issued on May Oth, stated that the polley artillery strength at Verdun, and the of the Board has been to undertake or netüal presence at the front of the newest monaler ordinance a 157 inch siege gun encourage constructive work in scheduled -were among the subjects touched upon argas as well as to impose restrictions in an enlightening conversation I have been privileged to have with M. Albert "pon the sale and supply of intoxicating Thomas.
of Munitions. liquor. The restrictive action of the the Minister
Board has for the most part consisted in Master of the Forge," as he has come --to be called throughout all France, has the issue of probilitions and regulations
found time to follow elokely President contained in orders which have been fram Wilson's controversy with the Wilhelayed on the same general lines for each of Kl-rasse, and his approval of the Presi dent's present attitude is readily dis modifications and improvements and to the scheduled areas, subject to successise
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COUNTESS MARKIEVITZ,
A PARIS MEMORY.
[BY VIOLET HUNT.)
The mystery of "the titled lady in it " is now solved for me. I used to know her in Paris, and 1 called her by a current nickname, Teuf-Teuf.
THE YSER FRONT.
WITH THE BELGIAN ARMY ·IN·
FLANDERS.
The Special Correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette writes from the Belgian Ileadquarters!--
We were standing on the first platform of the only belfry left intact along the whole battlefront in Flanders. At our feet the quaint old market place, sur- Paris in the nineties, the Teuf-Teuf.
There were two sorts of art students in bones of the days of the Renaissance rounded by pictaresque high-gabled basked in the mild sunshine ge-head sert, and the Camomile, the sort house bore the seara of battle. Red tile Every that works all day and never plays or is roofs dismantled and crushed in, let out to play. I suppose the analogy thought they were merely the covers of of the dashing grey motor-car, dewish in "so many cardboard boxes; brick façades Camomile once took me to lunch at the those days, inspired the sobriquet. Apockmarked and peppered by shrapnel; Toons with their furnishings seemingly famous, restaurant in Crémerie Léopold Robert, that rather undisturbed, some even with lace cur Montparnasse which was decorated by
the Boulevard tains, hanging at side windows, gaped abandoned to the winds. We climbed SO student on the understanding.higher, by the steep Indder-like, steps,
It has been said that the United † minor variations adapted to local wishes I traditional in these haunts, of payment / out on to the terrace top of the tower.
States' entry into the war would em- barra the Allies by restricting their supplies of war material from America. Do you believe that I asked M.
Thomas.
or requirements.
The Board bave from the first realised that the civil results arising from exers sive indulgence in intoxicating liquor are frequently due not so much to the un **If the American” Government,” he restricted facilities for obtaining it, or replied, should take over the entire even to the detrimental practice of con American
of output
munitionssuming it at irregular times and un- and the raw material for their manus accompanied by in meal, as to the absence facture, it certainly might prove a source of wholesome and satisfying substitutes, of temporary embarrassment. We should whether food or drink. A reform of the by obliged to seek another field witch, national habits in this matter, or a re of course, could be found without insur; construction of the machinery for the mountable difficulty. But to my mind
provision of refreshments throughout the M. Thomas fondled foringly the cap of a big shell on his desk. If your Gov-Country being out of the question in an ernment goes to the extreme in settling geney period like the present, as well
- its disagreement with Germany it must strive to bring about Germany's defeat, for only thus can peace and the reeng- nition of human rights be encompassed. Aut I cannot see that the United States an achieve this and more speedily than by supplying Germany's active formen with shells and steel.
NO. MILITARY AID EXPECTED.
as being outside the province of the Board, the Board had taken such oppor tunities as have presented themselves to urg the improvement of public-houseA in scheduled areas and to assist in the provision of canteens at which good meals can be obtained at a low charge..
of an overdue bill-with toilea represent ing the story of the Queen of Hearts. I faney it was an English student; it always looked to me very English, and Teuf-Teuf had a supreme contempt for its pretty prettiness. The roof was ceiled with soft-hued billowing canvas and shed a
assembled there every day, solenui, frock- mellow light over the mixed crowd
coated repins (art students), with their flowing black ting, dusky Poles and Jewesses, and a few wide-eyed English.
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The day is warm and very clear. From this height the landscape unfolds like a map in relief, Pointing to the
my guide explains:
in front of is, behind that long line of That is Nieuport and the sea; there tall poplars is the Yser; there is Rams call and Pervyse; through the trees You see the shattered remains of Dix- There to the south lies Ypres. That is suade, still in the hands of the enemy. all that is left to us of our country,"
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Hooray here's my darling Teuf-Teuf. Suddenly Camomile exclaimed,
How simple the geography; how tragic; Now she'll tell you where to go in Paris. its significance! Through the field-giass
the minute details of this litany of de NETH, Teuf-Toaf came up to our table like a struction become distinct. Nieuport is winged Victory, walking in a flamboyant a hollow shell of battered and tattering style that had the very spirit of move-house-walls, clustering about the squat, ment in it. She was a tall, thin slip of ardy watch tower which still stands, girl, with tawny red-gold hair worn à la boldly resisting all attempts to destroy Mérode over her ears under her sailor it. The other towns are mere heaps of hat. She had on a pink cotton blouse brick and stone; a tangled mass of ruins. very much open at the collar, from which The meadows, which onc were rich Her shortsightedness lent her face a peer-sheels of shallow water, edged by a white a long white throat rose triumphantly. pasture lands, are now covered with
line of scum. A field, close at hand, has been spared, and is ploughed ready for planting. To the south a number of lean cattle are browsing on a green clump of earth which stands out alove, the water line. This is all that remains of the once fourishing kingdom. Out beyond the ring of steel bounded by the Yser there is another Belgium, waiting patiently, confidently for the day of deliverance; but of free Belgium, all that remains is a water-sodden plain, dotted here and there by villages in ruins.
with her perfect boyish frankness and camaraderie. She ordered an exiguous lunch and sat down.
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In addition to action, whether restriz- tive or constructive, on the above-me? "You have no point of direct contacttioned general lines, the Board bave folling, puzzled look which was at variance with the German Empire should you
themselves compelled to undertake in ces find yourselves al war. Your situation tain districts the direct control of the would be like that of Japan after the sale and supply of intoxicating liquor. fall of Kiaochow. Hence your only in- The more stringent powers of the Board wediate means of assuring to the Ameri- bave up to the present been exercisedonly can people and humanity at large the to a very limited extent, 20 licenser rights which Germany has so wantonly premises, of which 17 were in Scotland violated would be by providing the arms having been closed for the sale and supply and ammunition wherewith Great Briof intoxicating liquor. Lain and France could enforce these rights. American shells and · American gus in the hands of French artillery A comunittes of women, appointed men would be quite sufficient."!
Would the Allies count upon miliunder the chairmanship of Mrs. Creigh-back to his place she whispered to me:
tary assitance from the United States in the event of it becoming at war with Germany 7"
I should very much doubt it” "How long would it inke the United States to build up an army of the size of those engaged in this struggle Two yours perhaps, more or less
DRINKING AMOXG WOMEN.
tun, to inquire into and advise the Board regarding the alleged excessive drinking among women, has reported that the un- doubted increase of excessive drinking amongst women is mainly amongst those who drank before, that there is much evi-. dence of improvement in the homes and in the condition of the children that they General Joffre has often expressed to
have heard from many witnesses that me his approbation of the British troops,excessive drinking in the homes is on the yel one mustn't forget that it has taken inercase, and that they believe this ten- England a your and a half to organise donoy needs special considerations. The an army strong enough to make itself committee desire to emphasise their eca felt--and England had no Mexico to faceclusion that untold harm is being caused when it entered the war,"
to the country by the drinking habits of
I recalled to M. Thomas that last a section of the population. February the Ministry of Munitions in- formed the World that no Americanare at present receiving the careful atten- The recommendations of the committee nde shells had yet been fired from French guns, and inquired if that were bill a fact. It was the third time that the World had laid this query before the Master of the Forge, and he smiled broadly as he responded:--
It's still true. But there are some. shulls now en route from America, and I hope that if no submarine intervenes they will be flying toward the enemy from French guns in a month or so. will take gare to let you know about it
too."
NEW CAS IN CHAMPAGNE.
tion of the Board. Industrial canteens are now being established in large num- bers, and additional provision is now made for the daily refrestament of tens
of thousands of dock and munition
workers. In the case of the vast majority of these persons this new supply of nourishment, combined with its change of surroundings and its welcome period of Irest, has contributed substantially to the formation of more temperate habits, with can improvement in physical health and well-being and an increased energy and output.
A few days ago an officer friend fresh from the front told ine of French experi- ments with a new gas in the Champagne sector. I asked the Minister of funi- tions about it.
over 7
"DECIDEDLY BENEFICIAL."
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All the rapins glared at all the other repius as if all the rupins there were in love with her. I have heard that they mostly were. One of them rose from his clistant seat with esipressement and offer ed her a light from his cigarette. When this handsome Byronic bigare had gone
I didn't introduce my friend. He is a genius, only very pour, and that makes him shy. He is a Polish count. His name is Casimir Markievitz."
Then Camomile invited her to be kinė and take me round a bit, and she agreed heartily. But not to English-infested places like this or the Moulin Rouge or Heaven and Hell, all got up on purnoe for such as you. I might get you a ticket for the Catzs next week.
Affectionately shortened, this meant the notorious Bal des Quat'z Arts held at Montmartre, where all the artists take their models. I did not go there, but shared with Camomile. She came ear! Teuf-Teuf attended it from the flat. I
her pocket a pair of gloves, a wreath, and on the top of an omnibus, bringing in
About two in the morning the returned Spanish scarf to throw over her head and, putting off her walk to her studio on the other side till morning, lay down on the floor of my room and put herself to sleep with a recitation of Swinburne's Triumph of Time-every word of it. d'Or on the Boul' Mich," but not to any She took me to La Cigale and Le Soleil of the more questionable haunts.
Paris to get back to her one room on the other side of the Seine. She sometimes turned in at the Morgue, which had a singular fascination for her.
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Descending from our high point of vantage, we are soon under way, by motor, through the deserted streets of the town. A brief ride, and we. to a halt All along this Flanders, front the enemy has the advantage of holding slightly higher ground, so that every movement of the Belgians in this sector can be observed by the Germans. To skilfully masked by all manner of de Iessen this danger, the roads have been vicea, so that road traffic is now relative ly safe, even quite close to the enemies' ling. We stop behind a masking wall, the deep, slimy mud and leave our car, and go on foot through of a Ride rosd, loughed up by great shell craters filled with water. We soon come to a board new; it leads across the inundated unra walk, narrow and white, for it is very dows. To the right and left, entrenched and strongly fortified positions have been but tier upon tier of square-cut slabe prepared; not trenches dug into the soil, of turf, piled up to form a solid bastion- feet thick. Everywhere there are these. above ground, four feet high and five
turf trenches.
ог
"THENCHES IN THE DYKES, We walked along the board walk through the endless reaches of water. High overhead shells hurtle by, barın- Our amusements were innocent enough.lessly. With a dull thud a shell buries We sat in front of one or other of the its nose in the soft, spongy soil, cafés on the boulevard every evening sip hisses as it explodes in the water. No ping our coffers or our rhum St. James. one pays much attention. It is merely The returns show that in each area in looking out on the human stream surging the customary midday cannonade. The England and Wales where the orders of past, listening to the raucous voices of positions of the two belligerents along "There have been experiments, he the Board have operated there has been a
-zamelots bidding see La Presse or La replied frankly he is much froker notable
the front held by the Belgians is peculiar. deeline in convictions th the average
of Patre..
About eleven we would Neither can advance without super- American business drunkenness. The most recent authorita-part--Camomile and 1 fived quite acar- human sacrifices; but, what is more magnate whom he resembles and they tive expressions of opinion from Admirals but Teuf-Teuf had to walk half across significant, neither belligerent seems to have been highly satisfactory.
STAF experts tell me that when our gas was
and other officers in important commands
"be planning to advance. The task allok carried over the German lines near
are summarised by the Admiralty as co
ed to the Belgians is to hold their posi- tions. The great stretches of country- Rhuites by a favourable wind all soundrming reports received earlier in the
side under water make an attack impos- ceased behind their trenches, although year that the general effect of the just before that their batteries had been strictions has been decidedly beneficial,**
sible, so that the war here consists chifly bombarding heavily.
of artillery duels; the wholesale destruc believe, their and in the latest report received from
She was very poor. She painted portion of everything which might serve as losses were very heavy. The Germans the Admiralty (March 28th) it is stated traits when she could get commissions. had a big lead over, as in the manufar- that transport officers are unanimously While I was there she was engaged n churches, even small groups of trees, are a screen or protection; houses, villages, fare of gases owing to their superiority of opinion that the restrictions have had painting the lady who is now Marchionesa daily the objects of intense cannouading. in chemistry, but I am glad to say we
a considerable benefit upon the efficiency Townshend. She boasted bitt rly that she now, have several establishments given
of the transport service. The principal could live on two francs a day and take of the dyke trenches have been cut, but- Here we are at the Yser. Into the top entirely to the production of officer at Southampton has commented on her bath in a pannikin in the middle of tressed, and bastioned by sandbags. asphyxiating gas. German fiendishness the increased eficiency and good health the bare studie floor. She was hopeless! The sides of the dyke have been burrow las forced us to have recourse to his wea of all the labour at the docks." _p, but I can't say I consider it of
generous. Her father and mother were ed out for “dug-outs." Along the base primary importance. Its scacessful use
Similar results have been reported by niggardly with supplies in the hope of of the dyke a brick wall has been built depends too much on conditions, and
the military authorities. Statements re-starving her back bome to Lissadell. where the men may walk about, dryshod nowdays our protection against it is
ceived through the Board of Trade are When Sir William and Lady Gore-Booth and with relative. safety. Beyond is such that it can have no effect except in singularly uniform in their testimony to came to Paris they went to one of the marsh and water, dotted here and thers the initial surprise attack. The proof the advantages meured. Various circum fashionable hotels, and their daughter with a soldier's grave carefully tended 18 that the Germans, though depending stances have contributed to make the suc had to go and see them there, properly and
and decorated with fresh wreaths, for un lachryanogenous and asphyxiating cossful operation of the Board's orders in dressed with gloves and a hat. Once it is the custom among the Bolgians to. shells liberally have attempted no at Scotland more difficult than in England, they told her to order herself a new dress bury the men close to the spot where they tacks with clouds of gas in all the Ver
have fallen. The Yaer flows slowly by but it is now possible to report an in- for the occasion. dun fighting.
immediately in front of us. Beyond, provement of the situation in Scotland. "All I can authorise you to say about
trees, underbrush, and barbed wire ew the 400 mm. guns (15.7 inch) is that
tanglements half-submerged in water ume are actually at the disposal of the
mask all traces of enemy fines. Yet at Commander-in-Chief in the zone of the battle of Verdun has been unprecedented Apart from its other aspects, the
point the Germans are not much armies," he observed cautiously; then he
of a bullet close at land warns us to over a hundred yards distant. The whizz added briskly."
as a gunnery combat, and the German inny that the Germans use guns of a offort has been, and still is, simply colos- a rabbit sitting in the heart of a cab-
take cover. As long as no heads are seen greater calibre than 210 in artillery pre- sal. In no previous battle have batteries
above the parapet there is no firing. paration against the trencher or in open shell-fire of their adversary. The Ger
But let one head show above the trench- Lon both sides suffered more from direct-
The red hair! The green dress! The line, and in a moment a hail of bullets Geld fighting;305, about which so much mans had the superiority at the start, assistance recognised the justice of the has been written, is much too cumber-
arrives. This is the warfare of the some for operations other than against but we've caught 354)
Yser. Mining, sapping, and other mili- with them and yet criticism and roared with laughter. forts like Douanmost and Vaux. We have have been able to
heavy guns "Cette Gore-Booth!" everyone said; tary devices common in other sectors are 20-evidence of any German quick-frans in reserve, As regards ammunition, we "mais elle éżk folle!”
impossible here owing to the waterlogged heavy guns-if they have one its effects were obliged in the early days of the I do not fancy she was mad at all, but conditions of the soil. Sniping, which aven't been noticed but it is a fact but we have since been able not only to
offensive to draw on our reserve stock, I am sure she had not over quite enough causes few casualties, and artillery fire, hat they have largely discarded their 77
to eat. I believe her brain was starved which is more serious, but, on account eld gun, although we are using our 75's
maks up the depletion, bat add to the She did not think; she had no emotions of the solid construction of the dugouts, o an ever-increasing extent.
reserve. This means that are able to which she could not work off with a round 18 not necessarily dangerous unless a fair meet all the Verdun requirements in of Swinburne or a danes at the Moulin hit is scored, is the only fighting known shells by our daily production, and at de la Galette. She was of old Irish along the Belgian sector.
It is an
exaggeration
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"I consider the 75 still the finest artil ery arm of this war from the standpoint f scientific precision and perfection. In
the same time our reserve is mounting omparing the Frerich and German. daily,"
rdnance one must not forget that our And the war as a whole!" I asked hesis contain a far higher proportion in conclusion.
explosive.
-
It was green with a high, upstanding ruff at the back of the neck as the fashion of the day then was. Iwent with her to the final trying on.
"Mon Dieu!" she exclaimed turning round before the glass: "I look just like
bage!"
family, consequently a patriot de rigueur, with the facile fanaticism of persons abeu lutely without what I would call power of progressive imagination.
this
"MONTSERRAT" Lime Juice, in
My confidence is undiminished. So She married her Pole, and I hear no ported from London, is the healthiest drink. For instance, our 75 shell hag as
long as they work together, the Allies more of her until the other day. Poër uch as their 150, and our 155 is equal hold the whip-hand and will continue to Con! I wonder if she is even now, re-
their 210.
wield the lash until the day of final citing the "Triumph of Time" to keep victory.'
herself in heart.—Daily Mail.
(Continued on next Column.)
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