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Show BEUIAEI G9UC3S HEBE TEL F H0E3 f 11 Women Used as Soldiers' Shields Sisters Mary-JohnancL j Clementine Seek Aid To Prevent Starvation I By Louite Holt V'TH pictures of Hun fiendishness and Belgian helplessnes; W scared on mind and soul to spur her on, Sister Mary-John, a fragile Belgian nun, accompanied by Sister Clementine, a tall amJ stately English nun, passed through Salt Lake today bound acros: the country soliciting aid for the maintenance of the starving nuns of Belgium. The sisters arc members of the Belgian sisters of St. Mary, who have convents at Namur, Brussels, Chatelet, Huy, Liege, Rox-cour, Rox-cour, St. . Giles, Montigny, Fosses, Fontaine-L'Eveque, Quievrain and Rochefort, and of this number seven nunneries were totally or partially-destroyed and the nuns turned out trj starve or to "face " the cannon fired by their own countrymen. Accord I ns; to Bister Mary-John, who speaks Knilish wfth a decided accent, the convent at Namur, where aha was -living, was mined on three side by the Germans, when they entered that city. Th building were taken over by the commandant and the nuns nhllgrd to ltvt In two small rooms In th. ....Mu..- At this point the English nun explained ex-plained that Belgian convent cellars i are merely dark, damp holes In the ' I ground. j CONVENTS MINED.' - - - - I Two of the convent hulldlngs were burned when the Huns left, while three .sides of the Inclosure were mined se I that anyone approaching it without be-I be-I Ing warned would be blown to pieces. At the convent at Montigny It wai declared aix nuns who were especially loved were placed In front of the German Ger-man soldiers in such a position that If the Germans were fired upon the nuns would be killed. Tncy marcned the nuns along a i rests, where the bulldingf were burning on each side, according to Bister Mary-John, and placed them on a bridge, across which the Jiuns moved their troops. The Belglsn soldi sol-di era gave up the Attempt to destroy the bridge In order to aave the nuns. Just' aa the wily enemy had expected -thev would. The children of the "convent at Ro. cour, near L.iege. were about to hold their commencement play, Although (hey had no flrearme, except an old aword. which waa being iiaed In the performance, the Germane seised the Mister principal of the st-hool and took her away aa hostage. They turned the other sisters snd children out of the convent. Only a few made their way, hiding in ditches by day and traveling stealthily by night, to Brussels. where they were cared for. SISTERS DISAPPEAR. The convent at Liege U gone. Sister i Mary-John declares, and no one knows I what haa become of the sister. I The hospital at Quievrain waa deliberately delib-erately ahelled by the Invaders snd eight sisters were killed outright, i while twelve- others were mortally wounded Just prior to the signing of ttie armistice, according to a letter received by Sister Mary-John the past w eek. Chapels were looted without restraint and only thorn convents remain intact that bad some one with foresight enough to conceal candles and altar vestments before the Huns arrive. Tlie mine are traveling llirough the country to secure funds to kevp the children and num alive. So t nought has been given yet to rebuilding the detroed convent a. Tuberculosis is menacing all children of the ror under un-der l vears or thereabout. There are many orphans whose parents have been killed by the war w ho have sought (Continued on page 1 i WOMEN USED Continued fr'm page 1 refuge In the conyents and who must be taken care tit. BLANKETS FOR CLOTHING. Women and children everywhere are J found clothed In garments made of red 1 blankets, the nuns mty, and a apool of I cotton with which to sew (nem costs 16 francs (It 20.. Meat, If It can le. had at all. costs H a pound. There Is no such thing ' as fat, snd consequently no soap. In ! fact, simp has been almost unknown J , a inc.- the outbreak of the war and as a f I reanlt uf ensuing uncleanhneas, a skin I ' ditwaae is prevalent throughout the j stricken country. j .There ta no money among the poorer clasea. and as ite as lest July, the j j Hun levied a tax of $! a head and , NM.ted the banks to get tli requined , sum. the sist-ra aay. . The iiurin have been snt over by ('ardinal Itourne of Westminster. Kn-gland. Kn-gland. and have tike sanction of Card! -I nal Farley of New York.- The Kev. J. F. Stillmans is director for the fund in this country. j The sisters were guests of St. Mury's - academv during their short stay In the I t city. They travel without f'lnda and depend on the hospitality of the sisters j in the various cities. j . The government allows them to 1 travel on the railroads free. They left at noon for Hart Francisco, a here they ' wiil confer wrth Archti.itbop Ktnna, J ! who Is to aid them in aecuring help. ; Sinter Superior of St. 'Mary's aaflemy 1m ill forward any funds sent to her for ! the BeiaTia" I ta |