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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1914 EVENING EDITION.
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WORLD'S GREATEST WAR DAY BY DAY
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History Repeats in Siege
Of Paris, Prepared Now
ALMOST oxiirlly mil' month lifter
tin- bi'KlnnlnK of tho Frnn
I'niKBlnii war of 1870-71 Pari
closed her KiUt'S niitl prepared to
Htnnil u MU'Kf. Now. n month, after
ii i.niriniiiiiif of the war, fans n
In 1870 tho 1'niHHlatiB mobilization
was ordered on .Inly K. No flBht-
Ins or consequence oiwu'ii
AuKUBt I. Hot ween AuKUBt 1 nuil
September 1 the battle of Wo hoii
JiurB. Hpechorn. Worth, llravo otto
nnd Hcilim were rotiht. On fceptoin
hor U Napoleon Mirrciidorcd Ills nriii
nt Sedan uml Purla ron Iwd that
Krutii'i' wan beaten. Anil on Sep
tember lit, a few da-8 moro than
two niontliH after war commenced
Paris cloned her Kitten and was in
eHted. lly September lit tin Ocr
maiiB HtirroiindliiB PnrlB. a city of
S, iion.ooo people, the proudest, love
IIobI i-lty In Europe, was cut otr
from the world.
When the Kates or l'arls wero
closed that .lay. (Icneral 'I'roi'Iier.
Its military Kovernor, had -100,0 no
troopH, moBtly untrained, hurriedly
crKanlzed levees, under IiIb eotuninmd.
So swift had been the Prussian
udvance, so undreamed or Its suc
cess. Paris was 111 prepared and
iinprovlslonod for a hIcko. OutHldo
llu u-nll linn Hv .100.000 Prusstnns
ramped.
Thu Prussians counted upon a
short Blew. Paris achieved the
nilraeuloiiH. In the fneo of starva
tion. Internal Btriro nnd cut off rrom
nil the world, It hold tlio Invaders
orf for Tour months. It was not un
til January 1!7. 1871. Its Kiites woro
opened to admit Its conquerors.
It was only wlion tlio Kiiles of
Paris cloned that Franco Iipkihi to
flKht. Army corps after army corps
wen' raised after Paris was Invest
ed, (lambotta. who escaped from
the capital In n balloon on October
7. almost succeeded In wroHtliut ylc-
HOHDKAUX, WHICH HAS IIKCO.MK
KIlANt'K'H CAIMTAIj
I tiii: sii:(ji: oi-' paihs
; :
The following Is traiiBlatod from
tlio diary of a French officer who
wiih stationed nt Paris at the time
of the sli'KO of 1X70-71.
"Toward the middle or October
wo had to mnlto up our minds to
wit-rlfleo tlio anlinalK of tlio xoo:ok
Ical Kaideii. Tlio elophantH nml
many other boasts wero bought by
M. Debos, the owner or the KiikIIsIi
meat shop In Uuo l-'rleiiillniitl. Tlio
iinmt or the elephautH was Hold rrom
$10 to $11! a lilloKraui (two pouuilHi
the trunk coiniunndod the liltfiesl
price, $10 a Itllomani. The trunk
and reel wpro both declared delliloiiB
by all gourmets. In tile huiiio Hliop
n pair or youiiK woles woro Hind
for $'J.ri0 a pound. The mcnt was
hirt and without tiisto. The IiIkkcsi
prlco was paid for a youu lainb
lliul'liail been piirloiuud by a Tram
tlieur from tlio onoiny. One bun
drod dollars wiih paid for It.
Hero Ik an exact prlco list or some
victuals toward tlio end of tlio Hleo
Two pounds of lioraufh'Mli . . $ .0
Ono ham 10.00
A wholo cat "00
A rabbit 10.00
Ono turkey H0.00
Ono okk 100
A rat 50
A uIkuoii 300
Ono poiiud or liuttor 0.00
A pound of lioaim I. no
A puck or oarrotH .00
One cabbiiKO head .1.00
uuo stick or celery 50
Wood to burn (100 pounds) 2.00
"Kon tlio rich had to live on
the mouKoruut diet and to take Into
tliulr nionii thliiK! that till then
only tlio trapper in the vliKin for
est was MiippoKod to eat. I leave
It to you to IiiuikIi.o what kind of
menls worn nerved In the am nl I ret
tuiirunU and boardliiK houses.
".Moreover, ovorybody bad to sub
mit to tho strictest orders. People
Mood In file In the butcher nnd
baker shops to wait for their turns.
Kucli household was furnished with
a curd from tho municipality author
iiiK thu boater to buy a certain
amount of meat and bread. The
cook, the housewife, tho llitte kIiIb
(men nevur o shopping in Paris),
were posted for hour lieforo the
Hhops in rain ami snow, with wot
feet, hioriuK with cold. The un
fortunate ones enduioil without mur
mur these hardships. Women
throUKliout the time of sIcko were
kottliiK an oMimple of couraKO and
kelf-abiioKatlou.
"It was u sad and toiuhliiK spec
tacle, these lonK files or women,
nearly all droteod in black, group
ed be l'o i e the doors of tho dealers,
watchnd by tho national nun id with
whom they nt first were laiiKbliiK
and chattiiiK till tho suffeiiiiKh from
the cold had silenced the laugh and
snuiotlmos brought for tears.
"Hut in splto of all preiautlons
tho store, one by one. were ex
hausted, the provisions put In too
lato bofoio tho hIoko were in-ed up
and while tlio babies, deprlwd of
milk, died In Kioat number., or were
fed on sweet wine ami bread, pined
slowly away, the bin people trb-d
to find new resource; to proioiiK
their lives."
tory from defeat. His raids on tho
Prussians' llnea of coninitinicatlon
moro than once brought Von Moltko
to tho point of rutlrliiK from ParlB.
StraNsbutK did not rail until n
week after tho GormniiB reached
ParlB. Motz, where llnzaino was
Kiillty of the folly of normltttiiK
his army to be trapped, held out
for a month longer. With Motz,
Verdun, capitulated nftcr a horole
deronse. Tho PniBSloiiH retnninod
for four months before Ilelfort and
It reslBted till tho end. Holfort hold
orf the InvadeiB until February -r,
1871. after pouco wiih declared.
While Paris was starvliiK nnd
fighting Franco put nrmlos in tho
field. A little bettor co-oporatlon
between them might havo changed
history. If (Inmbottn, Chnnzy and
llotirbakl could havo brought their
raw armies together, if tho army
Uezalno led Into Sedan to Htarvn Tind
been available, victory might have
been to Franco or bo tho French
hlstorlniiB Hny.
Starvation more than arms gnvo
Paris to the PrusBiaiiB In 1870, nnd
then, compared to today, Ita fortl
flentlons wero weak. Thero was no
ring or steel mid stono nround tho
city In 1S70, no outer rings of
bomb-proof Torts as now. And
Franco had not i.nglnim at ucr duck
nor tho Irrestlblo HiiBBlnn benr lum
bering to her nld. Tho Blego or
ParlB In 1S70 did not end tho war;
It wont on moro desperately nHer
Paris closed her gates. Tho coat
or taking It then was terrific; the
cost or taking It again will lie great
er in direct ratio to tho multiplica
tion of men and gnus Involved.
What ParlB endured during tho
winter of 1S70 mny bo Imagined
from the fact that day nftcr day In
he later BtagOH of tho aiego between
too and 100 l.'i-ccntlmotcr bIioIIb
dropped Into the heart of the city.
Von Moltko had nearly H00 heavy
ulego gtuiH around PnrlB. The French
according to Von .Moltko. had In
all 2027 pIccoB of artillery, Includ
ing -'00 of tho largest cnllbor of
naval ordnance. For each gun at
tho beginning of the siege, the
French had :i00 rounds of ammuni
tion. Long before the end they had
none.
Dordcnux, which is tho capital
of tho Department or (llrondo ,1b
Blttiatod on tho loft bnnk or tho
River Garonne, GO miles Inland rrom
tho (Jemmns' position. This distance
however, doos not detract rrom tho
city's Importance aB a nenport, and
It ranks second only to Marseilles
and Havre In this respect.
Tho Imlf-tnlle wide Garonne at
llordoaux Is connected by a wide
and beautiful bridge with the su
burb of I.n IlaBtldo. Tho city haB
been one of the most flourishing in
Franco In polr.t of Industry, com
merce and tho cultivation of tho
arts and sciences.
It possesses a population of ovor
a qttartor million, has a library of
a similar number of volumes nnd
some of tho most beautiful hutldiuga
and statuary In France. Its thea
ter, built by Louis XVI, Is accounted
ono of the finest In Kttropo, and Its
llourse, Its Hotel do Villa, Palais
do Justice mid Hotel do In Marino
arc noted.
In addition to the huge basin of
the Onronue, where ships ordinarily
tic tip, an additional harbor has been
built at Ralacau, at tho lower end
of tho city. Hero Ib shipped tlio
quantity of wine that constitutes
an Important part of the commerce
of Southern Franco.
Pordcnux has manufacturers of
liquors, vlnogar, tobacco, chemical
products and articles connected with
tho wine trade, as well ns Biignr re
fineries, distilleries nnd Iron found
ries. The city Ib the sent of an
archbishop.
WAR GETS ON THE NERVES;
BOOMS TOBACCO BUSINESS
Since Kiirnpcnn SI life llegnn 111k
Company Huh Boosted Sales
Idle Men Help Increase
NKW YORK, Sept. 10. A repre
rosontntlvo or a big clgnr company
Bald today that during tho Inst four
weeks, bIiico the wnr began, tho
basilicas' or the company lias been
the 'largest In Its history.
Ho iiHSorted that the consumption
of tobacco had been promoted by
tho nervous excitement under which
the American people are laboring
as a result of tho war.
Also, he added, the unusually
large number of people out of work
gives moro tlmo to Indulge In the
tobacco habit.
WATCH THIS PAPER FOR THE
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PATItlOTir MXI
Over .SSllil.ilOO ItaKcd for Families
of Canadians,
TORONTO. Stmt. 10. At tho f
ual meeting of (he workers of the
Toronto and New York county pa
trlotie fund It was announced that
tho fund had roached the total of
?.ss2,ooo. The announcement a
roiiked enthusiasm, which was in
creased when the president, Sir Wtl
llau Mulock, made tho further an
nounceineiit thnt the Ainerlcan Aid
Society had pledged Itseir to raise
$100,000 toward tho support or the
wIviih and families of Canadians who
hud voluutuurud for active service.
TRUTH ABOUT PROHIBITION
is the exact issue that confronts you
The prohibitionists ask you to adopt an amend
ment to -the State Constitution to prohibit the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages,
except for medical, mechanical and sacra
mental uses.
The adoption of this amendment means the
entire wiping out of the present splendid home
rule and local option laws.
Thereafter the regulation and control of the liquor
traffic in Oregon would pass from cities and towns
md be retained exclusively by the state.
Note carefully there Is no mention of prohibiting "dlitrlbu
Hon," "trantportation" or "me" of alcoholic bccrages.
Only of manufacture and tale. Distribution, transpor
tation and use Intentionally were left out by thu prohibi
tionists. Shipment of liquor!. Into the state, or through the
state, or drinking of liquors within the state would not be
prohibited by the amendment.
Washington, Idaho and California naturally would Immcdt'
ately begin shipping liquor into Oregon and throughout
Oregon. The saloon, where it now exists, would merely
hae given away to the "blind plager." "bootleaaer" and
"moonshiner. All cities and towns now either icet or
dry would be at the mercy of the state police authorities
nnd state law makers.
Present "dry" cities and towns would realize that they
had come nearer to voting themselves "wet" nn they
now are under the splendid home rule and local option
laws.
If the state authorities were derelict or failed to enforce the
law, as they are hi Kansas and Maine, the cities and towns
would realize that they had voted away their present direct
control and regulation of the liquor traffic. These articles
w III show later that Kansas and Maine authorities are derelict
and do fall to enforce the law. To undo the mistake Oregon
would have to repeal a constitutional amendment and not
a mere me a very difficult undertaking. Deceit and per
jury in securing liquor Illegally would have been substituted
for what today Is a steadily Improving, healthier public
opinion regarding true temperance, and true temperance
would lme been done an Irreparable injury requiring many
years to recoer from.
Kansas is pointed to by prohibitionists as the model prohibi
tion state. They want Oregon to become a Kansas. Watch
these articles with a fair, open mind and learn what thirty
three years of prohibition law has done for Kansas without
prohibiting or advancing true temperance.
All figures will be taken from latest
United States Government Reports
N. H. Prohibitionists are spreading the opinion that, If the proposed
amendment is defeated, the present dry towns and cities will become
wet again, This POSITIVKLV IS NOT SO. The present home
rule and local option laws would remain just as they now arc.
VOTE 333
X
NO
AGAINST PROHIBITION
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