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Show FRENCH WAR ICIE WORKSJJKEAGLOGK Air of Victory About Highly Efficient System Now in Smooth Operation By 0 T BERJTELLI Special Correspondent of tha International Interna-tional News Service rAUIS Aug 1 Victory v. Ill go to tl e general staff Hat shows Itself most competent o lehl the 1 ordes of troops In o 1er ) and precise fashion direct the kreatest bl s at the most vu nerable points a 1 oil a aste of energy on mere ) he o b t u a al Ing exploits e I tt e ll 1 e left to chance 1 1 at Germany Is bent on doing tho a cklng on tl e French frontier If not on ll e R ss an border Is c early shown b) her In aston of Luxemburg and Bel glum She la o v e gst,ed in lining the entire nort east front er as well as the eastern f o tier with her finest rest n ents Here In Tar s e see I ft the streets all k nds of enthus astlc demonstrations by a asses of frenchmen ltepub leans rtoya Ists &tre e ttoctallsts Catholics Ja s ani foreign co onles We a so see I ndreds of thousands of oung and m d d e-aged men marching Joyful y to Jo n tl o colors At the nine rles where the responsl blllty for the future destinies of tha na tlon 1 es we see not flamboyant boast fu agkresal e action but qu et, resolute a d s)stenatlc orklng of the nations great var machine To the experienced military experts now here this serene undemonstratl e official frame of mind Is far more en couraklng than the noisy manifestations In the streets. It Is a new note In Paris symbolic of all that Is best In modern France the note of victory Prefect of Police Hennlon today Issued a decree warning the public that In lew of the declaration of martial law a 1 gatherings In the streets would be pro h blted An) one guilty of pillage or vole Ing sed tious cries or songs In public places Immediately wlli be court mar tlaled Every newspaper today deplored edl torlally the sacking of the German shops anl many French shops mistaken for German by disorderly bands. The police are stamping out this movement with the tmost rigor and already about S00 youths are about to be court, ma rtlaled French cafes, restaurants and shows of a German character are now covered with announcements that the proprietors are patriotic French people. Grande Taverne the big restaurant and cafe tn the Faubourg Montfnartre wns stoned but the early arrlal of a strong body of police pre ented serious damage The proprietor Is a French officer who was one of the first to leave for the front with his entire staff to fight for France No business was transacted In Paris today Every shop except those where provisions are sold Is closed because the assistants have gone to war How news paper staffs hae been depleted Is best shown by the fact that the Matin, with normally 00 employees. Is now left with only three All cafe terraces have been suppressed Automobiles and taxlcabs are employed almost exclusively to carry reservists to the railroad stations. Ordinary citizens a e bound to walk wherever they want to go although tram cars run occasionally and there are still some underground rains working Wherever uniformed officers and men PPear they are enthusiastically cheered. Food prices remain steady with no ab normal rise The water supply Is fully assured and measures have been taken to Insure an undiminished gas supply for a long time. There was an unimportant change in the ministry today M Gauthler mln Ister of marine resigned on the ground of ill health. M. Augagneur minister of education succeeds him and Is re placed In tum by M Albert Ssrraul Premier Y!vtant who has hitherto held the portfolio of foreign affairs has now Intrusted this Important m nlstry to Gaston Doumergue former premier and foreign minister Undersecretaries Janquler and Abel Ferrv offered their resignations so ss to be able to Join the troops at the front, but Premier Vlvlanl refused to accept them. |