Show PEASANTS REJOICE IN FREEDOM AS ASI I FLEE By Associated Press WITH THIS fill BRITISH ARMIES AR IN FRANCE Thursday da March 2 22 via VI London March 23 3 The Tim real human Interest In the brea great t rf retreat of or tho the Germans lies tics In tho half ruined d Ml- Ml e formerly occupied by hy them Th The Tho jo joy of or tho the people over what hat they pr proclaim pro pro- claim to ho bo their liberation Is vender ful CuI to see A package mSo of or ofell well ell buttered ham sandwiches distributed among the children of or one village t ca caused canoed ld greater excitement than the evacuation tion of the Germans It It Is IR butter I cried several c shrill little voices to show how their mothers mother grandmothers and r rs ry what the they had received Through tho open doors could bo ho heard such expressions t tas w as Praise God there there- IH is butter a again aln Continued on pu payee pace e dl t I. I PEASANTS REJOICE Continued from page 2 In n France The American relief commIssIon commission com corn mission has been able to distribute lour flour coffee sugar lard limited quantities quan- quan titles of rice some soap salt saltan an and vinegar but no butter butte The Associated Associate Press correspondent toda today had hall a cup of Am American rIcan coffee sweetened with American sugar with witha u. u i peasant family living next door to he tho charred ruins of or German dugouts outs I Inear near the bank of the Somme There was vas a loaf loat of brown bread on the table able That also is from Cram the Americans said the peasant mother who was holding a child of 2 years ears on all her lap We shall never forget forgot the assistance I given us b by America It saved us Yeha We Ye ha lave have Ye had nothing else since soon after the beginning of the thc Get German man tion ion When Then the Germans first began beban taking aking our goods our horses horse our cattie cat cat- tie tle le our sheep our vegetables and everything else we raised on the farm they gave us bits of or paper officially stamped b by regimental commanders which they sai said were bonds telling us we should present them to President Poincare for payment Here are some of or the tho bonds she said as aR she dis- dis at least two score of scribbled acknowledgments of at obligations But In tho the last year or so all we I have lave been able to raise has been taken taken taken tak tak- en without even these bonds she continued Wo We have been encouraged cd to o cultivate our farms th then n everythIng everything every- every thIng hing was taken and we Poe were wre compelled com corn to live on American relief It is terrible you rou are an American Please have another cup of or coffee I Iam Iam am im very sorry vo we have no milk mme We Ye have hae lave had none for more than a year all the tho cows having hayIng been taken away WJ by jy the Germans We Va nave had no no I fresh meat for nine months I |