Show PRESIDENT ENT POINCARE MAKES A PROTEST By United Press BORDEAUX UX S Sept pt 21 President 21 President PoIncare PoIn- PoIn care caro has directed a formal forma protest to the neutral nations against the destruction of or ortho tho the cathedral at Rheims b by the Germans In his protest the tho French president says aS a'S The Germans Germ without mill military tar necessity necessity sity alty and for rot the solo sole pleasure of destroying destroying destroy destroy- ing systematically and furiously bombarded born bom bal barded ed the cathedral The f basilica Is a muss moss of or ruins GERMANS EXPLAIN ACTION By Dy United Press BERLIN BERLI via Hague Sept It 21 It is iz officially stated here till that t the bombardment bombardment bombard bombard- ment 0 of Rheims was wall n.-ce n. necessitated because tho the he lest heaviest lest t French artillery fire came caine from that tha t direction It is stated b by the general staff that the German artillery had orders to spate the cathedral thedral J if it was as po possible to do so O. O GERMANS CONTINUE FIRING B By fly United Press Prese PARIS S Sept pt 21 The The city is greatly aroused over the dt destruction of the tho fa famous ta amous a- a moue cathedral at It Is learn learned d that at the time the tho Germans Germans Ger Ocr mans inane first t opened fire on the structure a force lorce of men was at nt work repairing tho the The Tho shells set ct Ira fire to the scaffolding scat scat- folding and the flames spread to straw on the thc floor wh where rc German wounded Bounded were bein being boing attended The flames spread ral rapidly l and ami the en entire entire en en- tire edifice was doomed before the Ire fire could coul 1 be stamped d out The ninth da day oC the Iho great battle of ot orth th the Alono still rages hot and fierce deree erce and without A advantage to either cither s side Tho The Germ Germans n continued tho bombardment bombard bombard- ment of or this morning Thu Tho prIncipal principal prin prIn- cipal buildings have havo been shattered by the shell tire 1110 anti ami many noncombatants noncombatants' are aro killed The Tho Hotel de tie Villo city It hall ball the museum mu mu- scum seum and the this are aro entirely destroyed 1 and fc tow few parts of tho the famous cathedral remain standing General declares that the tho Germans Germans Ger Cot mans intentionally fired tired on the principal buildings building DESCRIBES THE DEATH OF GENERAL FINDLAY IN m BATTLE LONDON Sept 21 n. n 4 50 a a. a m. m Tho rho Tho correspondent correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent of or the tho Dally Daily Mall l In Franco France describes tho the death of Gen General Nell Neil Douglas Doug Doug- las FIndlay of or tho the ro royal rol l artillery as ati fol rol- oh- oh lows When at dawn on Saturday th the e British lIt Brit ish advance continued toward Soissons the enemy was fighting an exceptionally fierce rear guard action A terrible such shell shellfire fire firo ro was directed against t our artillery un under under un- un i der General temporarily situated In a valley b by the tho village of ot Prise Pt It Ii seemed a matter of moments when we wo should have to spike our guns JUns and General General Gen Gen- I eral saw lW the urgency for tor or ac ac- ac aC 1 ion tion Boys floys his voice echoed down tho the I hue we wo ar are going to get et every gun un into f position position- IllIon Then deliberately the general approached the regimental chaplain kneeling kneeling kneel kneel- kneel kneel-I In ing beside a gunner sunner Hero are some of oC I Im m my pc personal belongings chaplain See that thO they dont don't go astra astray I One by one our guns began to blaze blazo away and tho general had hod a 1 word of orl encouragement and advice for every en man In vain his staff trl tried tf to persuade him to toI I leave c the tue danger zone Our ran range Q was as perfect the tho German nan Ore slackened lI and died away and with a yell ell our men prepared red to advance The Tho outburst came caine too tab soon Ono One parting shell exploding In a a. contact with Findlay's Find Find- lays lay's horse shattered man and beast |